Deborah Simmons (1)
Auteur de A Knight's Vow
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Séries
Œuvres de Deborah Simmons
Safe Haven for Christmas (A Christmas Rose/ Unexpected Guest/ Christmas at Bitter Creek) (2002) 11 exemplaires
Taming the Wolf | The De Burgh Bride 1 exemplaire
The Bachelor Knight: A Medieval Romance Novella 1 exemplaire
Bringing Peace Home 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Brides of Christmas (The Wise Virgin / The Vagabond Knight / The Unexpected Guest) (1999) — Contributeur — 166 exemplaires
Harlequin Series Sampler (Mommy On Board / Unspoken Confessions / Overboard / The Squire's Daughter) (2000) — Contributeur — 4 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Études
- Wittenberg University
- Professions
- novelist
journalist
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Taming the Wolf par Deborah Simmons
I read this as a young woman and always loved the story. It is sometimes disappointing to reread something that we read far in the past but this was surprisingly good even 30 years later. If you are a historical romance fan you will enjoy this one.
Yes this is romance! Yes it has a few sentences that wouldn’t have been missed, or could have been written differently but I would read it again. This was a romance with mystery!
A unconsummated relationship. Other relationships from previous books are not mentioned in the same type of way. SO many threads left hanging. Good if this was one of the only ones in the series that you read, but in context is quite... out of place.
2.5
Its refreshing to read about a hero who isnt a rake or rogue.There are way too few fops and dandies about. Who doesnt love a man who dresses fashionably and isnt afraid to flaunt it? ;)
I really liked the hero´s sense of humor and his observations of things around him (and the heroine of course) He wasnt just a dandy/fop because of some vague reasons. It was a kind of rebellion for him (against his all too proper parents) at first I think,but it had become part of his personality in time. He had embraced that part of his personality fully.
As for the heroine I cant say I liked her very much with her "oh my god im so plain and my sister is so beautiful" internal monologues and her treating the hero badly because he offends her just by being himself. I could have understand if he had treated her badly but the animosity was all on her part and for the silly reason of him making her feel shabby next to him. :/
I would have bought her resentment and bitterness if she had been a bit older but to me it come across more as teenage sulking.Wich is perfectly natural since she was teenager (18) But with all the reading and general bluestocking behavior she prided herself on having I would have expected her to be a little less smallminded.
In most romances the heroes doesnt deserve their heroines and has to work to win their love.However in this book it was the opposite.I wasnt so sure the heroine deserved the hero!
In the end if I have to think back about this book it felt like it was made up out of bits and pieces,it starts out as a compromised situation plot,then they marry and goes to London for a bit and you think "oh its going to be a making the marriage work plot"but no then they have to go to the hero's inherited house and it turns into a gothic story.
I guessed the cause for the spooky going ons at once, it wasof course smugglers. Why is it mostly always smugglers really? Get creative authors,please.
In conclusion I think this is a good book to pass a few hours with,but sadly not keeper.… (plus d'informations)
Its refreshing to read about a hero who isnt a rake or rogue.There are way too few fops and dandies about. Who doesnt love a man who dresses fashionably and isnt afraid to flaunt it? ;)
I really liked the hero´s sense of humor and his observations of things around him (and the heroine of course) He wasnt just a dandy/fop because of some vague reasons. It was a kind of rebellion for him (against his all too proper parents) at first I think,but it had become part of his personality in time. He had embraced that part of his personality fully.
As for the heroine I cant say I liked her very much with her "oh my god im so plain and my sister is so beautiful" internal monologues and her treating the hero badly because he offends her just by being himself. I could have understand if he had treated her badly but the animosity was all on her part and for the silly reason of him making her feel shabby next to him. :/
I would have bought her resentment and bitterness if she had been a bit older but to me it come across more as teenage sulking.Wich is perfectly natural since she was teenager (18) But with all the reading and general bluestocking behavior she prided herself on having I would have expected her to be a little less smallminded.
In most romances the heroes doesnt deserve their heroines and has to work to win their love.However in this book it was the opposite.I wasnt so sure the heroine deserved the hero!
In the end if I have to think back about this book it felt like it was made up out of bits and pieces,it starts out as a compromised situation plot,then they marry and goes to London for a bit and you think "oh its going to be a making the marriage work plot"but no then they have to go to the hero's inherited house and it turns into a gothic story.
I guessed the cause for the spooky going ons at once, it was
In conclusion I think this is a good book to pass a few hours with,but sadly not keeper.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 43
- Aussi par
- 7
- Membres
- 1,979
- Popularité
- #12,995
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 27
- ISBN
- 138
- Langues
- 10