Review: Short Scottish Novella
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2014
I purchased Her Rebellious Heart a few months a go as a free download on Amazon, and since we went to the Scottish festival this weekend, I wanted good a historical fiction with roots in Scotland. I was pleasantly surprised that this was clean, and the setting was authentic. I loved the descriptions of the North Sea, the crumbling castles, the tartans and feuds between clans. My only complaint is that at times the Scottish dialect was present and others times it wasn't. Do not becomes "dinna" etc. Also, the flow could have been more smooth and the main villain definitely needed to be fleshed out more fully. It seems like the author cut the conflict short. It reads more like a novella than a full story. With more editing and filling out of story line this could have been much more. I did enjoy the surnames in the book...main man Aidan MacLeod carries my ancestral clan name!Overall, if you want a short historical Scottish read as a taste of the era, this may be a good pick, but I would wait until it goes up for free again.Content: some tension and kissing, innuendo