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Healing a Highlander's Heart by Keira Montclair
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Perhaps I have read too many of the “Rogues with Brogues” genre of romance, but this one felt a little too trope-filled:
-Healer with uncanny abilities (almost as if she’s getting clues from a writer in the future!) = check
-Laird who has sworn off love but immediately falls for the healer’s beauty and intelligence? or whatever… = check
-Tender loss of virginity = check (style points for having them actually get married first)
-Loose tresses = check, minus points for being historically inaccurate
-Bathing scenes = see above
-Jealous cows = check, style points for the witchcraft accusations
-Running off away from the castle to greet her family despite warnings of danger only to immediately come into said danger = check
-Getting kidnapped multiple times and then her supposedly super-overprotective brother deciding he’s okay with it because True Love.
The first half felt slow to me, and I was like, oh let me guess, his wee bairns have celiac disease and she will put them on oats and then they will be healed for a bit and then someone will sneak them some wheat so everyone thinks that they are sick again = check.
With so many historical inaccuracies I am almost tempted to file this under “fantasy” instead of “historical romance.”
One part in here is super accurate though: a toddler running around asking you repeatedly to “watch me” as they run back and forth. 😆
-Healer with uncanny abilities (almost as if she’s getting clues from a writer in the future!) = check
-Laird who has sworn off love but immediately falls for the healer’s beauty and intelligence? or whatever… = check
-Tender loss of virginity = check (style points for having them actually get married first)
-Loose tresses = check, minus points for being historically inaccurate
-Bathing scenes = see above
-Jealous cows = check, style points for the witchcraft accusations
-Running off away from the castle to greet her family despite warnings of danger only to immediately come into said danger = check
-Getting kidnapped multiple times and then her supposedly super-overprotective brother deciding he’s okay with it because True Love.
The first half felt slow to me, and I was like, oh let me guess, his wee bairns have celiac disease and she will put them on oats and then they will be healed for a bit and then someone will sneak them some wheat so everyone thinks that they are sick again = check.
With so many historical inaccuracies I am almost tempted to file this under “fantasy” instead of “historical romance.”
One part in here is super accurate though: a toddler running around asking you repeatedly to “watch me” as they run back and forth. 😆