Do I feel so angry right now that I wish I could kill every man in this book? Definitely yes. I hope the rest of her historicals will prove similarly enjoyable.ĭo I hate this book? Yes. I was never bored with this story and quite frankly surprised at many times. I love HRs but get bored easily due to repetitive and monotonous tropes. You know the cartoonish, mustache twirling villain is out to get you so how many times are you going to go gallivanting about the highlands without an armed escort before the readers roll their eyes at the stupidity? That and some other red herrings pained me because it ruined what had been until then such a stellar and refreshing story and characters.ĭespite my disappointment, overall, I was more than impressed with this book and it has definitely whet my appetite for more books from Hannah Howell, a new to me author.
The ending was underwhelming because it resorted to the typical TSTL actions that you see in every other book of the genre. I really liked that aspect of the story, how everyone had an agenda and played a cunning chess game amongst each other in order to achieve success. They are both shrewd and savvy players intent on playing the game together. It is mutually desired on both their parts. So the bargain that he and h strike together is not really one that could be called forced. He is enlightened for his times without making him anachronistic. Having said that, the author ensures that her hero is not villainous. The players are all aware of the rules and so there is very little hand wringing and outrage at what was a common occurrence at the time, including the "forced seduction" of female hostages. The author wrote the characters true to their nature in terms of the historical setting and context, especially the rules about capturing and ransoming hostages among Scottish clans of the time. Which brings me to the other reason I liked this so much.
I could actually believe in her as a historical character. And the author painted her in a plausible manner as well as authentic to the historical setting. A hero in her own right and definitely the star of this show. I really enjoyed this highland romance for the first three quarters, mostly because of the shock of having a heroine who was neither a willowy Mary Sue or a TSTL hellion.
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