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El Dragón De Las Highlands (2000)

by Kimberly Killion(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 3

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Romance

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review 1: Calin is out for revenge and nothing will stop him, not even his beloved, Akira, and his secrets that revolve around her. Akira has been claimed by her lifelong benefactor and believes that her life and her family's fortune is starting to take a turn for the best. But secrets do not stay buried and soul mates are tested by extraordinary trials... For starters, of course this plot has a lot of drama... why else would you read a book but to get lost in someone else's story? Akira is extremely feisty and yes, a bit much for a woman who would have come from this particular time. But really, how exciting is it to read about a sniveling door-mat? She jumps to the wrong conclusions and throws fits (all of which I was cheering her on for) but she is very loyal and compassionate an... mored comical and I was very fond of her character. Did I sometimes wish that she had stopped while she was ahead? yes. But did work out for the best afterwards? of course. It is a romance, and a passionate one. (: Calin, of course, says the wrong things (more than a few times and he has a whopper of a secret that everyone but Akira knows about) and there is an evil ex-mistress that would stop at nothing to ruin his future unless he comes crawling back. However, with all of these ands, I could not help but root for them the whole time and hope for their happy ending. Also, the baddie in this book is so disgusting, vile, and evil that my gut was clenched with worry every time he got some face time and more of the "evil plan" was revealed. I wanted to see him punished accordingly (the violence here was well warranted) and all of the characters in this story happy in the end. I cannot wait to, finally, get my hands on another story from this author.
review 2: Calin is the Lard of Clan MacLeod and has been engaged to the daughter of the rival clan Kinnon since he was ten years old. The match was made to bring peace between the two clans, but on the night Akira was born things went terribly wrong. Calin's father was murdered right before his very eyes and Akira would have been killed too if it wasn't for Calin's quick thinking. He secreted Akira away to grow into a young woman and when the time was right, Calin would come back for her and make her his wife.Akira had always known she was different. She didn't look like any of her family. She also was sent to school through her benefactor and she knew that one day she would marry him. She hoped he would be kind to her and give her the babies she longs for. At eighteen, her family believed that her betrothed had come for her, but instead she is kidnapped. Calin finds this out when he comes for Akira himself. Along with Akira's foster brother, Calin rides to get back his bonny bride.Akira is an interesting combination of forthrightness, but she is also inexperienced in the ways of the world. Yet for only being eighteen, which I think is young for a heroine (I am showing my age here) she comes across as older. Although, she does have her moments of immaturity, but for the most part she is a thoughtful individual. I found the exchanges between Akira and Calin, especially in the beginning of the story when they first meet, to be a lot of fun to read. There are some really good conversations between the two of them. Calin likes to tease Akira for her naivete.Calin has a lot of secrets he is keeping from Akira and this eventually drives a rift between the two. Readers know early on that this is going to happen because there is plenty of foreshadowing. That is the one drawback to big misunderstandings. They tend to leave a black cloud over the romance, because the reader knows that eventually the secrets will come out. They just don't know when.There are also some complicated politics between the clans. I felt like I followed along fine, but there were a few shaky moments. I got a little confused when the English were brought into it. Fortunately, I felt like everything was clearly wrapped up at the end. One interesting secondary character Catriona, Calin's former mistress was a surprise. Her character starts out as a vindictive woman, but later on changes her tune due to Akira's forgiveness. I always enjoy reading about a villain who is redeemable. Some villains aren't redeemable and there is one of those in this story too. less

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