Review: Wonderful historical, just a little cold
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2010
4.5 stars.I read it in one sitting. I loved the setting, the writing and the characters. The story took me to that period thanks to its details (sounds, smells, clothes, lights).I like the stories of seduction, especially when there is an initial imbalance between the characters (it might be age, social class, education). Here we have a squire aspiring to knighthood and its lord. Their first encounter in the dark is for me one of the hottest scenes I've read, but I feel their following encounters were colder, I didn't feel a connection. On the other hand William has a sort of reverence for his lord and the respect he has for him doesn't and can't make him closer.Robert de Cantilou is an interesting and mysterious character and I wish we could have touched the fire burning in him in some ways and that's the only reason why it's not a full five-star novel for me.