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The Bloodletter's Daughter (2012)

by Linda Lafferty(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1612184650 (ISBN13: 9781612184654)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Lake Union Publishing

review 1: I borrowed this book for FREE! via the Amazon Prime Lending Library. This book has got it all - historical setting (Bohemia early 1600s), madness, SEX!, love triangles, more sex!, engaging characters, exciting climax, good ending. I loved it!I was so into this book that I took my kindle to the gym and read while I bounced around on an elliptical for 30 minutes. And I stayed up late to read it, and would immediately start reading as soon as I woke up.Very engaging. So King Rudolf is the Holy Roman Emperor/King of Austria, and he has a “mad” son by his Italian mistress. When Don Julio, the son, is a grown up, he is so depraved and out of control that his father imprisons him in a castle in Bohemia… where he becomes infatuated with Marketa, the boodletter’s daughter.Y... moreou get to know Marketa and the townspeople really well, and I just felt totally immersed in this book.Cheesy, but good.
review 2: I was torn on this book. On the one hand I found the story absolutely fascinating and couldn’t wait to see how everything played out. On the other hand the characters seemed a bit one dimensional, all of them seemed to be defined by one trait and one trait alone. The dialogue was rather stilted at times, it just didn’t seem to flow very well. There were quite a few inconsistencies throughout the book and there were sub plots that never really went anywhere and seemed to be there just to make up the word count.This seems very much a love it or hate it book judging by other reviews. It had its faults but I don’t think it was as dire as some made it out to be. I have no idea how historically accurate it is or who half the characters even are, it’s not a period in history I’m familiar with at all. The book was a nice easy read for me, the plot was good and while the writing wasn’t as good as some I’ve read the story kept me engaged and wanting to know what happened next. I found the ending very disappointing though. A really “okay what the hell just happened?” ending for me. And not in a good way I’m afraid. less

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letsthink

I borrowed this book for FREE! via the Amazon Prime Lending Library. This book has got it all - historical setting (Bohemia early 1600s), madness, SEX!, love triangles, more sex!, engaging characters, exciting climax, good ending. I loved it!I was so into this book that I took my kindle to the gym and read while I bounced around on an elliptical for 30 minutes. And I stayed up late to read it, and would immediately start reading as soon as I woke up.Very engaging. So King Rudolf is the Holy Roman Emperor/King of Austria, and he has a “mad” son by his Italian mistress. When Don Julio, the son, is a grown up, he is so depraved and out of control that his father imprisons him in a castle in Bohemia… where he becomes infatuated with Marketa, the boodletter’s daughter.You get to know Marketa and the townspeople really well, and I just felt totally immersed in this book.Cheesy, but good.

Ivysaur

If I *Wanted* a Romance, I'd *Buy* a Romance!About a quarter of the way in, this morphed into a cheesy Romance novel. What I wanted (and how it's described on Amazon) is a Historical Fiction Thriller. Why do so many authors of genre fiction featuring female protagonists feel that a romance subplot is necessary, as if no female hero's story could possibly be complete without it? BLECH!Hate to say it, but I'm beginning to feel the only way I can be certain a given book *won't* turn into a Romance is to avoid books with female protagonists. And that's incredibly disappointing to me as a reader, a woman, and as a novelist whose protagonists are usually female.

becky

Love it!

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