Review: Where to begin...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2013
I loved the first installment of this series, and you must read Highlander Unchained before this one.  The premise of the story in the first book was intriguing and I really grew to love the hero and heroine Cree and Dawn.  Sadly the second book (Kindle edition) was not edited whatsoever.  Not at all. Wrong words, typos, spelling, grammar, you name it.  Even an entire paragraph repeated.  Was it typed up on an iPad with Dragon software?Dawn is mute, but able to communicate through elaborate pantomiming.  In the first story, Dawn is forced by the evil ruler to care for a prisoner, Cree, a fierce and most feared warrior, and entice him to elicit information.  She is expected to sleep with him.  What happens is during the time Dawn and Cree spend together is Cree becomes enamored of her strength, intelligence, and wit.  He becomes fiercely  protective of her and she becomes intrigued by him.  He escapes and  vanquishes the evil earl, Collum, and  embarks on a relationship with Dawn.  Cree is now ruling and because he is told by the king !!!!!!spoiler alert!!!!!!! he must marry another, Dawn is forced to be his mistress.  After the first book which ends in a cliffhanger, Dawn and Cree continue their relationship but all is not well as someone is trying to kill Dawn and nobody can figure to why.  Murder, mayhem, etc. ensue.I enjoyed the unfolding of events and also where the story ended up although it could have gotten there quicker.  And to be honest, the sex was unrealistic even for this genre.  Does he really have a hard on ALL day long?  And is she panting for him ALL day long? I think not.  And she must have gotten carpel tunnel with all the grasping/tapping of his arm during sex to indicate her enjoyment.  Another problem was in this second installment, people are able to interpret Dawn's elaborate gestures more quickly than is believable.  I kept envisioning Lassie trying to explain how Timmy was trapped in the well.  Also, missing from this series are the highland words and phrases I have come to love in other highland books.  You would barely know it took place in Scotland.  I did however enjoy how Cree dealt with Lucerne right from the start, also anyone else who would disparage Dawn.I will probably try the 3rd book when available just to see if the author heeded any of the complaints about this book, and also to see the direction this story goes withe Cree and Dawn.  If you love highlander novels I would recommend Eliza Knight and Vonda Sinclair as well, or the rolls royce of all highlander series, Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon which is my all time favorite in this genre.