Review: I didn't like it
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 9, 2013
This book had all the 'ingredients' for a good Scottish historical but the author didn't pull it off in my opinion. I think that this is the author's debut book and I'm loathe to totally trash a new author. Other reviewers have summarised the plot so I'm going to just go over what I didn't like. It's important to know that the h is a healer though for some of the comments below to make sense+++Spoilers+++The ingredients I was talking about:*Feuding between the H and h's clans*Kidnap the h*Mistrust between the H and h*Seduce the h*Villainous ex-mistress*English soldiers attacking*Pregnant h*H's clan members come to love the h*H still distrusts h*H marries h*h loves H but he can't admit the same*Attack on h by ex-mistress*H goes away to war and is captured*h goes to the rescue*h accused of being a witchetc, etcI think the author totally lost me though with the very slapdash way in which the h gave herself to the H for the first time. I really doubt that the daughter of a Laird would have been so quick to give away her honour. Up to that point there'd been a little chemistry but I doubt a woman of her age and background would've behaved so thoughtlessly. I also didn't respect the H for the way he did things and the lack of contact between them for more than a month after the event. Both knew she could fall pregnant but it had very little impact on either. She was supposed to be a healer for heaven's sake. Honestly I just didn't think this part was at all credible since the H knew who and what she was and he would've known the implications. I hated that he treated her like a mistress and with little respect since his ex had told everyone that he'd slept with the h. This is my very least favourite plot line in romance books. This felt like a 'modern' historical and I prefer more authentic stories.Some of the other plotlines were troublesome and trite. The ex-mistress was merely a maid yet we are to believe that she thought the H would marry her. He gave her no signs of interest either. The very pregnant h riding out to rescue the H when he was captured was honestly too much. The way the h gave birth and then was up and walking around when reunited with her husband had me more than rolling my eyes. I could go on and on.I'm not sure if I'd read another book by this author.