Review: Disappointing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2014
It pains me to write this review and I've waited a day to do it but this book just didn't live up to expectations. Today I went back and read bits and pieces from the other 4 books in this series and I'm not imagining it, the writing in those books was just so much better.This book is about the cousin of the Hs in the first 4 books. He is an orphan is sent on a mission by his Laird (the H from book 1) to try and find a French noblewoman who is believed to be in danger. The trouble is that no one knows who she is and so the H goes to try and find her. Along the way he and his friend and fellow warrior are attacked and separated. The H finds his way into the h's hut where he is resting on her bed when she finds him. The h is a shepherdess, living on her own since her guardian died. She and the H are initially very hostile and untrusting towards each other but obviously that changes along the way. There is danger and there are villains but nothing that really grips the imagination.The trouble is that the story just lacks something that I can't put my finger on. It doesn't captivate or enchant and neither does it have any element of paranormal like the 2 previous books. The main characters are very likeable but not very exciting.I hope the author is intending to write about Gunnolf (the last of the band of warriors common to the other books) and again I hope she finds some fresh inspiration to bring her books back up to the standards we are so used to.