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A review by lenorayoder
Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
There are so many things wrong with this book we’ll just have to stick to the highlights
1. I love time travel and this is technically a time travel book but it might as well not be for all that it factors into the plot and character’s thoughts. The female lead could have been taken from England in the same time as the male lead and this book would have been basically the same. 👎
2. The female lead is the hottest woman who ever lived and the male lead is the hottest man who ever lived. You can’t go two pages without some super hot physical attribute being mentioned
3. The characters are very one dimensional. When they each first think that they love the other, I’m left wondering why. They talk about each other’s non-physical qualities, but we’re never shown proof of them, or shown when the other learned of these qualities. We’re told instead of shown
4. Overall the kind of book people point to when they make fun of romance novels. Barely any plot, kind of silly, contrived conflict, boring characters, and the smut isn’t even good.
I’ve been trying to find an alternative to Highlander that doesn’t have the weird vibes (if you know you know, the beginning was so promising too), and this was not it. Don’t recommend.
1. I love time travel and this is technically a time travel book but it might as well not be for all that it factors into the plot and character’s thoughts. The female lead could have been taken from England in the same time as the male lead and this book would have been basically the same. 👎
2. The female lead is the hottest woman who ever lived and the male lead is the hottest man who ever lived. You can’t go two pages without some super hot physical attribute being mentioned
3. The characters are very one dimensional. When they each first think that they love the other, I’m left wondering why. They talk about each other’s non-physical qualities, but we’re never shown proof of them, or shown when the other learned of these qualities. We’re told instead of shown
4. Overall the kind of book people point to when they make fun of romance novels. Barely any plot, kind of silly, contrived conflict, boring characters, and the smut isn’t even good.
I’ve been trying to find an alternative to Highlander that doesn’t have the weird vibes (if you know you know, the beginning was so promising too), and this was not it. Don’t recommend.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault