Review: Fun, Quick Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 22, 2011
I've read more novellas since I got my Kindle than I think I've ever read in my life. It seems like many authors don't want to pull a whole novel out of their minds, so they opt for a novella. That's not to say that some of the novellas aren't good - it's like the difference between watching a full length movie or watching a 30 minute TV show (which is really about 20 minutes because you know there's at LEAST ten minutes of commercials in there).DESCRIPTION:Half-Fae Laird Duncan MacDougall is cursed. His nights are haunted by Otherworld creatures sent to kill him. The only way to stop them is to possess the magic bow currently in the hands of his enemy half brother, Kinnon MacClaren. In desperation, Duncan plans to take MacClaren's bride-to-be hostage and exchange her for the bow.Lady Alana Forbes has never met her intended, but she hopes he is handsome-and a good lover, for Alana is no innocent virgin. On her way to Castle Claren, Alana and her escorts are intercepted, and she is kidnapped by a man with extraordinary abilities-and every attribute she longs for in a mate.Duncan didn't expect the woman he thought of as a mere pawn to be so beautiful, and so arousing. Alana is drawn to him as well-but Duncan still needs the bow, and Alana is betrothed to another. How far will Alana go to save the life of the man she's come to love?PROS:Nicole North, writer of this novella, gets right to business with the story, introducing us to Lady Alana and Laird Duncan in just a few quick pages. One moment they're meeting, the next he's abducted her and has her ensconced in his castle. And a few minutes later, voila, they're in bed! But that doesn't mean that the story is bad. Actually it was a fun little read. One of those "cleansing" reads that I like to give myself after I've read something particularly long or heavy.CONS:The biggest con is that I'd like to learn more about what happened to the characters. I'd like to read about what happens when and if the brothers meet again, and to learn more about their back story. These characters, even though it is a very short novella, really came alive on the page, and I found myself really enjoying them all.RATING: BUY IT If you're looking for a good, quick read that is fun and sexy, it's definitely a good option!Laird of Darkness is for sale at Amazon.