Review: Amazing series - true to the time period
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2012
This is a series taking place in 12th century England. Each book is about one of the Grainstan brothers and how they find love. I`ve reviewed each book separately so I won`t do that here, only talk about the series as a whole.The universe was an amazing one. The author was true to Medieval England and didn`t just put 21st century characters in Medieval clothes. No, their actions, their thoughts and their choices seemed very likely for the time period the series took place in. It was a harsh world with death just around the corner and most people in general - and women in particular - had very little control over their fate. There was still room for romance - or at least there is in this series.The author used the five brothers to portray five different parts of the 12th century England since two of the brothers were born bastards and the three others landed in different situations in life. The five women they found were also very different from one another and I liked how the author didn`t make neither the heroes nor the heroines perfect. They all had their issues.The books were very well written. The last one was much sadder than the four first ones and it had more flash-backs but generally they were all great reads and I can recommend them from the bottom of my heart. And I`m a picky reader when it comes to medieval romance (which I love - but also hate because so much of it is not true to the time period).The romances were not fluffy but they were hot and they seemed true to (medieval) human nature. The characters seemed "real" and their actions were according to how they were portrayed. The books were also linked together in a nice way which makes me recommend that one reads the series in the right order - even if it isn`t strictly necessary as all the books stand alone well too.