Review: Overall a lovely story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 11, 2013
The Laird's Forbidden Lover by Amelia C. Gormley is the story of Tavish, MacIntyre, future Laird of Creachann-Dubh and his distant cousin Ian Murdo, lovers since their teens they now face the reality of commitments and responsibilities and a future apart.Iain hero worshiped his cousin growing up but when Iain is 15 and Tavish a few years older they meet at a family gathering and an attraction develops between them. Over the next few years the attraction develops into love although they only see each other occasionally, family duties and commitments keeping them apart, even though Tavish becomes adept at arranging for Iain to spend time with him. As the years pass both men try to imagine a future without each other, but Tavish, finding a future without Iain impossible to contemplate comes up with a plan to get Iain to work for his father. When that plan is betrayed where does this leave them?Overall this is a lovely story. Tavish is hot blooded and reckless, quite possessive actually. Iain is more subdued, cautious, and thoughtful, he can see the problems they face ahead, but he loves Tavish so much he can't walk away. The sex scenes are hot and intense, they explore all the range of emotions the young me go through. The ending is a bit strange though, not quite a happy ending, but not an unsatisfactory ending either. It's one of those endings you either love or hate.I did have a few issues with this book. The speech is very 'Scottish', it should be I hear you say, as its set in Scotland, but if it's so prevalent it affects your ability to enjoy the story then it's a problem, my biggest bug bear was the constant use of the word 'ye' which I soon realized is meant to be 'you', but it didn't stop it annoying me. The other issue I had was the interludes that came between each chapter, some of these were meant to provide backstory, showing how Iain and Tavish's relationship developed, and the others showed side stories, parallel events, but I just felt they pulled me out of the current story.Originally reviewed at Mrs Condit & Friends Read Books.