Review: What the Scottish heck!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 30, 2013
I really liked the characters in this novel as well as the premise of the story but was disappointed with the delivery. The dialog constantly left me scratching my head.  This is a mystery/romance and a lot of the mystery, for me, was unraveling the conversations between the hero and heroine.  Normally I enjoy snappy banter between the characters, and there is plenty in the story.  Maybe too much.  It felt like all they did was exchange cute quips and insults. The constant reference to "repaying" each other for either insulting his Scottish heritage or her "Yank" heritage became old after about the 500th time. I would have liked to see a few more "normal" conversations between the two.  There was a lot of Scottish symbolism thrown in which was interesting and confusing at the same time.  At one point, James, the main character, confronts the other three lairds with the fact that his "ally", another overused term in the book, was left with a thistle on her pillow.  This seems to be very important, more important (spoiler alert) than the fact that the following evening she was attacked in her bedroom.  He never brings this up with the lairds nor does the author explain why.  All this banter and mystery leads to a short time travel episode at the end of the book and a confusing ending.  Did he or didn't he? I know it sounds like I hated the book but I didn't.  It was entertaining but I was left with unanswered questions.