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A review by amshofner
Surrender by Pamela Clare
3.0
If there's anything I got from reading Surrender, it's that my reading tastes have changed over the years. It was an odd realization, even though it seems obvious, given a little bit of thought. (Apparently this is not the kind of thinking I do regarding books.) (I'm fine with that.)
Iain was larger than life (incredibly strong and resourceful), Annie depended on him almost exclusively (I guess penises make everything better), their "fights" always coincided with other people attempting to get them apart. It wasn't a bad book. I just skimmed over parts. Even over some of the sex scenes because my WORD those two get it on quite a bit. Like, seriously. How many times do you have to get it on in a book before it becomes gratuitous?
It always seems wrong when I have to point out gratuitous sex as a bad thing.
Anyway. Surrender feels "old school" historical romance, but it's probably only "old school" in that it's the type of romance I used to love but don't anymore because I've changed. I did like that Surrender's set in 1750s in America, but would have liked more American-ness. If that's even a thing. Iain and Annie were both from Scotland, so it still had that vibe.
I don't have much else to add beyond this---I'd actually forgotten I hadn't finished it some time during the week, if that's any indication how of gripping the book was. I'm vaguely curious about the rest of the MacKinnon brothers, but not, at this point, enough to pick up the rest of the series.
Iain was larger than life (incredibly strong and resourceful), Annie depended on him almost exclusively (I guess penises make everything better), their "fights" always coincided with other people attempting to get them apart. It wasn't a bad book. I just skimmed over parts. Even over some of the sex scenes because my WORD those two get it on quite a bit. Like, seriously. How many times do you have to get it on in a book before it becomes gratuitous?
It always seems wrong when I have to point out gratuitous sex as a bad thing.
Anyway. Surrender feels "old school" historical romance, but it's probably only "old school" in that it's the type of romance I used to love but don't anymore because I've changed. I did like that Surrender's set in 1750s in America, but would have liked more American-ness. If that's even a thing. Iain and Annie were both from Scotland, so it still had that vibe.
I don't have much else to add beyond this---I'd actually forgotten I hadn't finished it some time during the week, if that's any indication how of gripping the book was. I'm vaguely curious about the rest of the MacKinnon brothers, but not, at this point, enough to pick up the rest of the series.