So uni is so stressful at the moment that I'm just going to read a bunch of these until my assessment ends, sorry!

ANYWAY.

I finished this book in a day. I like MacLean's book because they're super easy to read and I find them oddly absorbing.

The only thing I have a problem with in MacLean's series is the sometimes dubious consent the characters have during sexual encounters, BUT much to my surprise, the author addressed this and actually made me feel way more comfortable while reading the book.

I will say that I wish her female characters had a little bit more depth, because after reading two of her books, they're starting to sound similar, if not the same. But who am I kidding, it's a sexually-objectified-Scotsman kinda novel, of course I want the sameness.

I will say, though, that their first meeting is hilarious and possibly one of the most outlandish I've read. It went a little something like this:

Male Hero: I WAS BROODING mysteriously but I'm back now and want my father's castle

[ male hero quickly begins to kill everyone, heroically ]

Female Heroine: Oh, shit, we're being attacked. Let's head into his gunfire with a musket and my dressing gown.

[ male hero, swinging his sword, covered in other people's blood and swearing ]

Female Heroine: Ho damn, son. You fine. What up? I'm terrified, but also aroused. (????)

Male Hero: Oh, what up. Let's get married and make a baby to unite our clans.

[ female heroine screams internally ]

Male Hero: At least you're kinda hot, that helps, I guess.

[ male hero broods about sex ]

That's it. That's how they meet.

Also this book wins the prize for worst word used to describe female reproductive parts. I'll let you read it for yourself and find out what that is. ( )

I did not read the 1st one in the series...yet, this is a good stand alone story a little flat towards the end but good none the less ( )

Good storyline but some extrememly questionable and laugh-worthy descriptions during love scenes. ( )

Run of the mill novel. Nothing really special. I'm glad several years passed between the first novel and this one because Angus was not a favorable hero based on the first novel. Gwendolyn was moderately interesting but acted out of character many times - she adjusted to the marriage more quickly than I would expect based on her actions in the first chapter. The novel also used a lot of terminology that seemed wrong for the time period (1710s). It jars a reader out of the environment when these words come up...

I think I'm done with this series... ( )