Review: A Great Story: Romantic, Intense and Exciting
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2012
I absolutely loved this book. Twins, Anora and Gwendolyn, are very different in personality and spirit yet are completely identical in looks except Gwendolyn keeps her hair short. Gwendolyn is definitely a tomboy with her short hair, breeches, galloping around on horses and even trained in wweapondry. The morning Anora is due to marry Prince Wulfgar, her and Gwendolyn are kidnapped by Vikings. Gwendolyn is mistaken as a boy (Anora's brother,named Garric) while Anora steals the heart of the captain, Hakon. Gwendolyn promises her sister they she will take care of her and they will find a way to escape and even promises Anora that when threturn home Anora's maidenhead will still be intacked. From there it gets very interesting with lots of action and 'that was too close.'So, if I loved the book so much then why only 4 stars?! The author missed some very important details during the story. It's said that Gwendolyn and Anora look exactly alike except one has short hair and one has long hair but Gwendolyn is forced to cut Anora's hair as short as her own so they can switch identies. The way I see it, that should have been a dead giveaway right there. They look too much alike not to raise some eyebrows and if not that then why would Anora all of the sudden cut her long, beautiful hair to look exactly like her "brother." Another thing that really bugged me: after an attempted escaped, Rakon finally decides to show "Garric" who's boss and uses the whip on her. Not even half an hour later, Gwendolyn has changed to become Anora and ends up naked with Rakon yet there are no open wounds, scars or bruises from the whip. The servants even give Gwendolyn a bath the next morning and notices nothing. Small details forgotten in the story but they really bugged me. Other than that, I loved this story. It was romantic, intense and exciting.