Review: If you`re looking for something different
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2013
I just finished Untamed and my instant reaction is WOW! I started the book this morning and couldn`t put it down - all my Sunday chores easily forgotten because I had to read another page. And another page. And another page. Why? Because I had no idea what the next page would bring and that`s pretty special for historical romances.I read a lot of romances (she admitted blushingly) and most of them are historical romances. Unfortunately most of them are easily forgettable--the best you can hope for is a few hours of entertainment and not being annoyed too much by the easy ways out the author picked. This is definitely not the case with Untamed. The author wrote an original story with very original characters. In a world of alpha heroes the author of this book had the guts to give us a hero who spends half the book wearing a dress (to be able to live in the heroine`s home and to share her bed) and he wears it well. We`re also told that he`s slept with men as well as women and he is not seven feet tall or super-strong. What he does have, though, is an incredible ability to manipulate and hurt people--and he can`t stand to be touched. All because of a terrible childhood.He meets Kit who is of his height and probably physically as strong as he is since she`s had to take on manual labor at the manor she lives at with her mother and brother. She also has a troubled past, a father who gambled away all their money and broke her nose and a couple of her fingers when she tried to stop him.These two troubled people meet when Kit tells Jude what she thinks of him and Jude in intrigued--and in the need of a place to hide. They spend time together and get under each other`s skin in a way that is very beautifully described.This book is not for you if you`re looking for yet another forgettable book but if you want something really special--then you should definitely try Untamed. I fell in love with both hero and heroine, as dysfunctional as they both were. I also love how things weren't made too easy for them. They didn't miraculously turn into different people just because they`d found each other.The book also has a strong cast of supporting characters. Kit`s sister and brother, first and foremost. It was beautiful how they also found a way through their own personal problems--all woven together in the general storyline.