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A Jóia Do Seu Harém (2000)

by Carol Marinelli(Favorite Author)

3.29 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

series

Empire of the Sands

review 1: Sometimes books with the dumbest titles are the best books you will read. This is NOT one of those books. The heroine is basically kidnapped and forced to a foreign country - even though he claims she's not a captive because she can call people as long as she lies about why she's there. Then when she can finally leave, she runs to the harem to wait for his return - even though she's disgusted with that concept. I really kept thinking of Stockholm Syndrome reading this. The book doesn't make much sense, especially trying to figure out why his country was split and all the rules about whether the countries will reunite or not. I found it hard to like the main characters, let alone hope they find a happy ending. The way this story was written, I think the happy ending ... moreshould have been her telling him off and going home a free woman. Even though it also set up the next story in this series, if she plans to keep writing her heros like the one in this story, I'm going to pass.
review 2: I think that this book should get either one star for stupidity or five stars for its completely surprising wackiness. Here is what I liked: Natasha is not the usual Harlequin Presents mega sweet ultra virgin. She actually had some backbone. She was a fun character, and I really appreciated how optimistic she was given all the crappy things that happened to her. Here is what dropped my jaw: After Natasha is kidnapped by the Sheik of Made-upistan, she has to learn to deal with a world of wacky cultural quirks, which include only making love to her husband two days a month (the book is careful to specify that this does not mean two times) and is then expected to go months and years at a time without seeing him. She also lives in a tent, is bathed by maidens and is force fed custard before bedtime. Here is what I did not like: This book is way short even for a category length. I read like 5 Harlequins this weekend (what? don't give me that look) and this was by far the shortest one. By that, I mean it was half the length of the others. Probably because of this, I thought that the last third of the story was very rushed, and I would have liked the conflict to play out with a bit more detail, especially Natasha's reconciliation with Rakhal. All in all, I liked that this one was so unique, but I probably won't continue with the series. less

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