The Bridegroom is a pretty good read, but not as good as it could have been, not as good as it should have been. An intense romance between a revenge-driven hero and an ice princess suffers somewhat from a secondary romance that, while involving on its own, suffers somewhat from its own clichéd conflict. The…
Is there ever a point where a hero is so gosh darn awful that he becomes irredeemable? My tolerance for cruelty to a heroine by the hero is admittedly low, but the cruelty by the hero in The Bridegroom may even be too much for fans of this type of romantic device. Lady Regina Wharton…
For the three hours it took me to read this book, I was mesmerized. If the roof had fallen in, the rescue team would have found my body desperately grasping the book and facing the text. But the roof stayed in place and waking from my daze, I found myself in the middle of an…
I guess how you feel about The Runaway Princess is going to depend on what you are expecting when you pick it up. I expected a European Historical taking place “somewhere in The Pyrenees” in 1816. I didn’t get that. Not necessarily a bad thing; surprises can be very nice. But in this case, it’s…
Odd as it may sound, I can often judge how much I enjoyed a book by simply counting how many times I wanted to clobber the hero with his own boot. There’s just something about the alpha male. He’s maddening and sometimes amusing, but he has a heart of gold, and his redemption at the…
Sometimes a book you liked can confuse you terribly. What about this book kept it from earning keeper status from me? There was nothing really wrong and nothing truly not right, but I feel like The Forbidden Lord left me standing at a deserted bus stop, having just missed the late night express to a…
Holy hemlock! Characters who spout zingy catch-phrases belong in cartoons, not historical romances. Sabrina Savage, the heroine of No Decent Gentleman, liked to say “holy hemlock” often. Every time she did, I pictured Robin – the boy wonder. That was just one of the many problems in this convoluted, unlikable novel. Sabrina Savage and her…
I’m normally a big fan of Regency historicals, so when I read the cover blurb on this book, I was looking forward to reading it. What a letdown – Boring characters, tired plot, transparent suspense elements. Even the sex was tedious! The Earl of Abingdon has died. Everyone says it was suicide, but his daughter…
Yes, it’s now six in a row. All of Elizabeth Hoyt’s historical romances have received DIK status here at AAR. As with many readers, I have followed the author since she appeared on the scene in 2006 and read each book as it was published. Two of her previous books earned places on my personal…
Hope and Glory is the first I’ve read by Katherine Sutcliffe. The story’s prologue begins in England in the year 1164 with the birth of the hero, and then moves to France in the year 1189. This time period appeals to me, as I love a “knight in shining armor” rescuing damsels in distress. Roland…
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