Sharon Green (1) (1942–)

Be warned, for the first 150 pages you are rereading the same story over and over and over from five different viewpoints. Once you got past that the story moved much faster since the events were not repeated. The reader still had the benefit of different viewpoints, but it is not tedious after that point. This book was okay. I will probably pick up the second book from the library at some point. As it stands I would not recommend this book, but if you just need something to fill your time, it's not bad.… (plus d'informations)

I read a review somewhere that said, specifically, that this was not a bodice ripper. I would disagree with that, and, therefore, this book was not for me.

It was the type of book where the hero, even though he claims to love the heroine, takes advantage of her again and again. He locks her up, strips her naked, tricks her into sleeping with him and just generally tries to dominate her. And then feels sorry, but screws up an apology so misunderstanding piles on top of misunderstanding.

Not my cup of tea.… (plus d'informations)

I really enjoyed this book. Somehow it was exactly what I wanted to read. But, that said, I understand those who only gave it one star. Since I rate books solely on personal enjoyment, this whole series got high marks. But, to give it such high marks I did have to forgive the same glaring problems that those who did not enjoy the books. I was willing to do this, and those who enjoy intriguing magic systems and interesting (if sometimes infuriatingly dense) characters, and are willing to forgive the problems will likely enjoy the book.

I admit that I did skip over the sections from the bad guy's perspective, but I tend to do that in most books.… (plus d'informations)