Review: Not one of the best in the series
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
I just read 'Sweet taste of love' by this author, which is about the son of the H in this book. I decided to go back and reread this one (I'd read it some years ago) since I'd forgotten some of the details mentioned in the other book.+++Spoilers+++There was a part where the h wanted to kill herself with an inherited ceremonial dagger because she thought she'd lost the H. I never remembered that part in this book. Anyway the reason this book never made a great impression on me is that I don't think it's particularly well written. I find it to be a bit choppy and inconsistent. The idea that the H fell in love with the h so quickly when she was looking after him at the beginning was great and gave the book a good start. I don't expect the course of true love to run smoothly but this story didn't do  it for me. The great revelation that the H from 'Conquering Passion' is his father comes out and completely derails him. He goes off on a tangent and forgets about everyone except himself. I really don't know why he didn't love his wife enough to consider her before running off to war again. It was fairly obvious she could've been pregnant by that stage. It just all annoyed me so much. Then we have his ramblings written in between like a kind of journal. I also think that his natural father stepping in and rescuing him was all a bit over the top.For me this series really has been all over the show but the truth is that there is a story thread that runs between the books that I like. The prices of the books are low and as a result I keep buying and reading them. I really didn't like the latest 'Hearts and Crowns' and that may be the last that I read in the series. I'm not, however, against going back and reading some of the stories that I've missed between this one and her latest offering.