Review: Problems
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 28, 2014
The story itself wasn't bad.  However -- knew that was to follow, didn't you?-- the language was often completely modern.  I don't care to slough through pages of the original spoken tongue, but I do look for the author to at least stay within boundaries.  To do otherwise negates the historical part, right?The heroine is being forced to wed a man she has never seen.  He has served his king and his reward is a large amount of land and a wife.  The heroine lives in a manor with her evil cousins.  Both of them have been abusive to the heroine.  The heroine is not only somewhat emotionally scarred, she suffers from an old injury and limps.  Basically she feels ugly and unloved.  She is not a petite woman by any means.  Lush and full figured too.The hero is the usual strong, silent type.  He doesn't want to appear weak so he ignores the feelings he has for her, and he goes around telling her he doesn't have to explain his actions.The author seemed determined the reader had no sympathies for the cousins.  Not only was the female cousin a slut, the male cousin was vicious, smelly and had homosexual tendencies. I felt she was leaving no stone unturned -- like a large sign stating "do not feel sorry for these people!" Overkill.The heroine is constantly tearing up or on the verge of tears or the hero is wiping away her tears.  That was one over used phrase.I would recommend the author do some reading of leading historical romance writers.  There are several who write about this time period and topic with knowledge of what would be realistic.There is also several explicit sex scenes.  If the reader doesn't care for that they are forewarned.