Review: SO GOOD !
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
This book was soooo good!  It reminded me a lot of ******SPOILER ALERT****** Daenerys and Kal Drogo in Game of Thrones, but the set up is different.  It was really just a darn good book.  I went back and reread some of the passages, and I was just so sorry that it ended.I came back to read some of the other reviews of this book, and I was quite surprised at their negativity.  I saw that some of the reviewers were basing their opinions (by judging the behavior of the characters) on our countries' societal norms.  This girl went to a WHOLE OTHER WORLD, and her adaptations were made to SURVIVE.  She had to adapt to a lot of conditions as best she could without ostracizing herself from the people. She taught her husband lessons which caused actual change, and because he really loved her, he did change because that is what love will do.  I am an older woman, and I have lived in foreign countries, so I think I was more accepting of some of the behaviors in the book, not that i would want to live like that. I had to examine what I would have to do if I needed to survive a completely different culture.  Did you know that our soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq saw terrible abuse of women, (i.e., beatings and such) and yes, had to just ignore it; had to live with it?  I have read some of their reactions, and my stars, that is really a different WORLD!  Blessings and Love to you all.