Review: For Me:  Terrible
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2014
I do not mind a mean hero, what I mind (and very much so) is for the heroine to fall in love with him, while he is behaving meanly toward her, as is the case in this story.  Half way through the book (more or less) the heroine is madly in love with the hero, sacrificing all pride, and willing to put up with a humiliating hand-fasting just so he can make love to her, she will do just about anything in her  desperate persue of his body and heart..  Her internal musings are pathetic, constantly wishing he would love her, agonizing over her unrequited love, again, and again and again.  But worse she is  willing to give him: her heart, body and soul, even though she knows her intimite relationship  with him,will only last a year and a day.Worse, the hero does not realize, until toward the end of this book, his love for her and that he wants her by his side, for more than a year and a day.  The fact that he had loved before, made the whole situation even less palatable for me.Please realize my review reflects my personal taste in a fantasy read.  People who enjoy the scenario I described above, will surely love this book.  Personally, I hated it!