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Goldenseal (2009)

by Gill McKnight(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1602821151 (ISBN13: 9781602821156)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Bold Strokes Books

series

Garoul

review 1: It seems that everyone and their girlfriend has already read this except me. Its been in my reading queue forever. The author has just released a 4th book for the series and the good reviews are in.Once I started reading Goldenseal, I suddenly recalled that I HAD read this before but never bothered to finish it. The reason why is--In the first few chapters of the book, the lead character is annoying as hell. Fortunately, things get better and the intriguing mystery and suspense is enough to save the book. I have finished reading all four books in the series and I can definitely say it is very worthwhile to wade through the first one.
review 2: After so many people told me that Falling Star wasn't really her best book, this one practically fell into my hands. Af... moreter it fell, the person who threw it told me that really, this wasn't her best book either. Heh.Anyhoo... I liked it while reading it. Now there's an issue that destroys the whole story for me the longer I think about it.It's fantasy, which really isn't my thing a lot of the time, but I'm learning that there are only certain elements of fantasy I don't like, like elves, for some reason ;), and this book didn't have them.It's one of those books I really don't want to say a lot about content-wise, because along with the main character, Amy, you're dropped into a world and are left to figure things out for yourself. If you're open to that you'll have a good time with the story, unless you happen to stumble upon and are bothered by the following:I have to go into spoilerish territory now because something did bug me. Bothers me a lot, even though it was addressed and resolved in the book and in the end I guess you can put it down to genre-specific cliche. There's two sex scenes in this book that read a lot like rape, and at the point they happen that remains unaddressed. The main character later addresses it and says she was abused, both mind and body, but it still left a bitter taste in my mouth. I wonder if that specific point that was made by describing those scenes could have been achieved in any other way, without leaving the impression of abused forgiving abuser for what she did and live happily ever after.ETA: The above issue is still bothering me, with the additional level that the scene is clearly written to be sexy. WTF? I am truly and really offended by this in the context of this story. I also don't quite understand why none of the other reviews here and wherever I came across them address this. I really don't think that I'm 'too sensitive' in this regard. less

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