review 1: Well I enjoyed it, no doubt. It was easy reading, the characters were interesting and had plenty of dimensions, and the historical detail was great.I was drawn in by the set up of a half-faerie heroine who has never quite fitted into her 'place' in society, and the independent minded knight Phillippe who has a dark secret to hide. For me, the best part of this novel was the dialogue, especially in the latter part, and I will probably read more by this author.Why not 5 stars? Because I found the tale just a little too long, despite the pace being quite even. Perhaps another edit would have tightened it just that bit, and also picked up on the incidences of repeated words that were rather distracting. And I'd have liked it better if there had been more foreshadowing of some ... moreof the rather convenient revelations that were crucial to the resolution.Overall, a recommended read for those who love historical romance with a paranormal twist. review 2: Wow. All I can say is WOW. I did not expect this at all. For starters, I had no idea that this was more of a Romance - Adventure story. I was pleasantly surprised that it had a romance-air to it as well as the supernatural flair to it.There were a few twists and turns into the story that kept me turning the page and kept me wanting to finish this and wow. I have to say wow.. I was almost surprised at how much I enjoyed the story, it was fairly well written and not entirely predictable.Peregrine is that strong, dark, secret male lead, but seems to be constantly undermined and shown up by Leonie, in a most comical way. She is strong but not just in a 'I'm going to shoot my mouth off to you', sort of way. She actually follows through and often saves Peregrine's hide.It's a funny, romantic adventure. Read it, you may be surprised yourself! :} less
