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This book was great. I loved the MC Margaret. She's very relatable (at least to me. Some of the other reviews seem to think otherwise) from her default of a haughty attitude to her immediate need to parent her parents.
Both MCs had fantastic character arcs and once they (separately) realized they loved each other there was some really nice pining of both sides.
I was wholly unsatisfied with the ending though. I definitely wanted more declarations of ardor and plans made for the future.
It was number 4 on my self-imposed history of romance curriculum, written in 1854.
Both MCs had fantastic character arcs and once they (separately) realized they loved each other there was some really nice pining of both sides.
I was wholly unsatisfied with the ending though. I definitely wanted more declarations of ardor and plans made for the future.
It was number 4 on my self-imposed history of romance curriculum, written in 1854.
SO you have to take into context the time this book was written (Number 5 in my self-imposed history of romance curriculum, written in 1919) because it was problematic AF.
For starters, they refer to all the Arabs around them as "Orientals". There are a lot of references to pretty ugly stereotypes.
The main character is a feisty and adventurous young woman and of course, her persistence in going out into the desert without an appropriate male chaperone is the reason she was kidnapped. She was traveling with a full-on caravan of guards, supplies, and a guide, but they were all Arabs and sold her to the Sheik, which of course would never have happened if there had been even one white male chaperone to protect her (eye roll emoji).
There is off-page, but heavily implied, rape. Which is indicative of the time, when it was believed rape was the only way a woman would accept premarital sex and of course she eventually falls in love with her rapist (puke emoji).
I was optimistic that the main characters were of different races. It's not often in 1919 historical romances you see a white woman and a non-white man together. However, it turns out The Sheik is actually a white man who had been adopted by an Arab sheik.
There were some suspenseful and entertaining parts. If you can ignore or take the problematicness within context it was an entertaining read.
For starters, they refer to all the Arabs around them as "Orientals". There are a lot of references to pretty ugly stereotypes.
The main character is a feisty and adventurous young woman and of course, her persistence in going out into the desert without an appropriate male chaperone is the reason she was kidnapped. She was traveling with a full-on caravan of guards, supplies, and a guide, but they were all Arabs and sold her to the Sheik, which of course would never have happened if there had been even one white male chaperone to protect her (eye roll emoji).
There is off-page, but heavily implied, rape. Which is indicative of the time, when it was believed rape was the only way a woman would accept premarital sex and of course she eventually falls in love with her rapist (puke emoji).
I was optimistic that the main characters were of different races. It's not often in 1919 historical romances you see a white woman and a non-white man together. However, it turns out The Sheik is actually a white man who had been adopted by an Arab sheik.
There were some suspenseful and entertaining parts. If you can ignore or take the problematicness within context it was an entertaining read.
Cute, sweet, interesting novella. I liked the heroine because she was described as "plump", wore glasses, and was 34, which is always a welcome change from 25 with a flat stomach. I liked the MMC. Would be interested to read a series.
