Review: Time travel love story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
Just finished reading Bren & Faith's love story...and what a great love story it was. Bren is the laird of his clan..yet he does not feel fulfilled. The lore is that there is only one mate solely destined for him and he has yet to find this woman. So he keeps longing for the one woman that will complete him and make him and his clan stronger. Dirc, the clan's sorcerer senses his longing and takes matters into his hand. That is how Faith ends up in Bren's time with the help of a Dragon's ring that she found while catergorizing the relics in the Smithsonian where she works as a historian.What results is a control struggle between Faith and Bren: Bren, being the laird and warrior wants what he wants and he wants Bren. But he made a promise to Dirc that he will not take Faith unless she herself is willing. Faith (still a virgin) fights her immense attraction to Bren by being stubborn and contrary to what he orders her to do around the house. I found that although they were stongly attracted to each other, the author does not have them fall into having sex immediately but instead creates a slow build up to the inevitable combustible result. Faith finds out that she really does belong in Bren's time but because of a threat to her life, she and her mother were sent to the future for their survival. The threat to her and Bren is the dark wizard Mored who wants to do away with Bren and his clan because the Mac Coinnach line counteracts his dark powers. And he knows that Bren together with Faith only makes the clan stronger.Anyway, the buildup of Faith and Bren's love story was awesome. I love how there were a lot of steam building up and that the author didn't fall back on just gratuitous sex. When Faith is kidnapped by Mored after being reunited with her father, Bren and his 2 brothers (Drust & Eian) ride to her rescue. While under Mored's capture, Faith is able to escape and reunites with Bren but in the ensuing getaway, they are pursued by the dangerous Mored. The brothers unite to garner power to fight Mored because they know Bren has been made more powerful with his bond with Faith.Unfortunately, because Bren has not physically coupled with Faith, the power has not been released. This creates a dilema because Bren knows Faith is still a virgin and this was not the way he wanted to de-flower her. But due to this life or death situation, Bren has no choice but to de-flower Faith right at that moment to garner the power. Ok...some readers felt this wasn't right and that Bren "raped" her. But if you were in a life or death situation and you have to do something for the greater good, you just HAVE to do it. And Bren had to do what he had to do. You knew he felt awful for what he did and Faith understood. Even after they were saved and returned to the castle, Bren was still feeling shameful and guilty for having "taken" Faith under those brutal circumstances and he avoids her through his guilt.Faith, however, wakes up after the ordeal and completely understands and forgives Bren for what he had to do. Listen...she understood the act was due to survival so the readers should also understand that too. What did they expect Bren to do? Lose his life along with Faith and his two brothers because he failed to bind with Faith? Please! Faith proved to be a strong, resourceful and resilient heroine. Bren is her strong and protective warrior. What happens to this couple after will test their love for each other. You will feel the anguish both go through to find each other again. What a perfect match! Loved this story and the segue into the next story involving Drust who Bren thought he had lost during the battle with Mored.Love story: AwesomeSex: sexual tension buildup and hot towards the endOverall: Get the book