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Marrying The Captain. Carla Kelly (2012)

by Carla Kelly(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0263892182 (ISBN13: 9780263892185)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Mills & Boon

series

Channel Fleet

review 1: Oliver Worthy is a Captain of a ship (and also pretty damn rich from the ~spoils of war). Eleanor "Nana" Massie is the granddaughter of an innkeeper (and also the illegitimate daughter of a Viscount). Because of said Viscount, Oliver goes looking for Nana and they fall in love! And get married! And some other plotty bits happen!1. This was enjoyable even though there was approximately zero romantic...tension? Like, Nana realizes she loves Oliver in Chapter Five. Oliver realizes he's in love a chapter or two later. Yes, there's an additional chapter or three of Oliver being a big stubborn-head, but by just past the midpoint of the book--they're married! 2. While enjoyable, this definitely did not feel like a mid-career effort? Or perhaps that's harsh: basically, the book fe... morelt rushed and incomplete. There were too many poorly parsed phrases and simplistic emotional developments to truly ~woo me into the universe. There is absolutely some lovely writing mixed in, but the people-bits felt awkward. 3. What the hell kind of name is Nana--that's what you call your grandmother as she hands over the cookie goods.
review 2: ‘Marrying the Captain’ is the first of a trilogy involving three sisters. I didn’t realize this until well involved in the first book I got ahold of – which is actually #3. So obviously I read them in reverse order which turned out not to be a big deal. I enjoyed the other two and of course, had to read the story of the remaining mystery sister.The setting is the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century. One story tells it from the medical blood and guts side; the other from the war front involving the hero and heroine as POWs; and this one of intrigue, cleverness and heroic guts of a military captain and seemingly ordinary woman. And of course the blossoming love between them adds excitement… Half way through I thought this is least exciting of the three, until like a Carla Kelly roller coaster, it descended with ever increasing speed into the loops and twirls of not wanting to put the story down!What can I say other than I liked the other two enough to read the third sister installment. Carla Kelly does write an intriguing story… or two…or three… All of which are brought to a satisfying ends. I will keep them this whole trilogy and probably read them again someday. less

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