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Sins Of The Highlander (2012)

by Connie Mason(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1402261829 (ISBN13: 9781402261824)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sourcebooks Casablanca

review 1: With a fantastic story line as this one has (hero kidnaps heroine for ransom), what reader could resist? Not me, for sure. Add in a hot highlander, witty banter between hero and heroine, great writing and wonderful action scenes, I thought I was a goner. I didn't really go that far though!To start off, I really enjoyed this book. It was a refreshing, gloriously paced, savor-the-writing-in-your-mouth kind of read. It's something I would definitely recommend to fans of highlander books. I just felt like the characterisation was a little bit iffy. First of all, Rob McLaren didn't really seem that well fleshed-out for me. Yes, I enjoyed reading about him, reading about his witty banter with the heroine. However, he is supposedly a tortured hero (eeep!) but it wasn't really sho... morewn much in the story. I didn't get to know him on a personal level as how I would like to get to know my heroes. I liked the heroine as well, though I wish she didn't put herself on a rather vulnerable seat all the time (to Rob). Other than that, I really liked her. She was mature with a funny child-like side. In short, she was kind of adorable. She was so easy to relate to.Another thing that I wasn't really very keen on was the romance. I liked how it blossomed between them; how it started slowly and started to build up, but I didn't really feel like she replaced Fiona in Rob's heart. It was more of a telling but not showing situation between the two. I wasn't really contented at how it ended as or how they professed their love. Let me get this straight-it didn't seem like a passionate exchange of vows..given that Rob once loved someone very passionately.Some characters also seemed a bit silly to me. The heroine's father couldn't point out the bad guy even when he was just in front of him. For someone who loved his daughter a lot, he seemed too eager to put her to a vulnerable place. I really liked the supposed witch though! She was so fun to read about. And the twist in the end was a wee bit laughable to be honest. However, I believe that we all have different opinions and other readers might not point out this many flaws in the concept, or they might like it just fine. Over all, I enjoyed this book a lot and I would recommend it to everyone.
review 2: The story begins rather surprisingly: Elspeth is about to marry Lachlan Drummond, a man she doesn't knows, she has never see or meet for the needs of strategic and financial parties involved. However, when imposing these wishes, she is suddenly taken hostage by ''Mad'' Rob seeking retribution for the kidnapping and death of his wife.From this point the story becomes, still continues to be interesting and exciting! I was impressed by the book's contents: the expressions, the myths and legends from Scotland, the rituals practiced by the people at this time, we believe it!I must admit, it wasn't very difficult to convince me: A woman who is caught in an unwanted marriage, a husband to whom you want death, a sexy, intelligent, mysterious and troubled kidnapper, adding the Scotland background, the time and just enough supernatural behaviour to make the perfect recipe for a success story!As soon as Lady Elspeth is kidnapped, the action begins the intrigue about what really happened with Rob's wife, encounter of new characters and sequence of events takes place naturally. The authors have done their research on myths and legends of this specific time. The writing style is fluid and impeccable. Whenever I put the book aside, images of this story came to me naturally and my mind was fulfilled with naughty thoughts! I thought about it constantly! Apparently, it's a good sign when a book or more precisely the story is stuck into your heads for days. It was good, original and well built!The characters are very interesting: Elspeth is not the spoiled kind of girl who is just good at whining. Her head is on her shoulders, heart in the hand and I like reading about a heroine who seems to know what is good for her, even though towards the end of the novel she seems to take funny decisions...Rob is the perfect gentleman, attractive, charming ... but he's troubled by the death of his wife and I love the tortured kind of male characters.Lachlan is the ''bad boy'' character in the book. He seems to want to marry Elspeth only for the benefits it will bring to him. Of course, at that time, they were often arranged marriages and it was the norm! Lachlan plays his role to perfection as a man greedy for power and wealth, is doing very little for the happiness and security of his future wife! I love to hate him!I recommend this book: absolutely! Buy it, rent it! to put in your TBR pile! less

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