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Desire's Prize (2013)

by M.S. Laurens(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Savdek Management Proprietary Limited

series

Chronicles Of Claerwhen

review 1: This was my first Stephanie Laurens. I absolutely love Medieval romance and overall this was a good one. It is nice to see an author with such talent step outside of her comfort zone by trying a new genre. It's a great first effort. I loved the h/h! They were perfect for each other. Alaun was so understanding, protective and loving towards Eloise. Eloise is strong, practical, wary and sometimes a big too stubborn. I enjoyed seeing their love progress. Secondary characters were engaging but didn't overshadow the h/h (Roland was a favorite and I enjoyed the scenes with King Edward III). The descriptions of the castle and surroundings were amazing,I felt like I was there! Audio Version: I only had two issues w/ the book: The overall length and # of sex scenes. 1) While I e... morenjoyed the plot, the story was drawn out. The book could have been scaled down some and still achieved the the desired result. I love long books in general but not when it is full of fillers. This book was 15 hours long--about 5 hours more than needed IMO. Which brings me to issue #2, I love a good steamy romance more than anyone else and enjoy the sex scenes but I found myself ffwd'ing through scenes because there were so many and they were over long at times.Despite those two issues I really enjoyed it. Overall I'd rate this about a 3.7'ish. If you love Medieval and/or Stephanie Laurens, give this one a try. I am slowly starting to get into Regency and Victorian and SL's books are high on my list to read. I say that because I don't want to give the impression that the two issues I had with the story would keep me from this author. I thoroughly enjoyed her writing style, she writes beautifully.The narrator Jim McCabe was great, I enjoyed his accents and tones. He was perfect for the time setting.
review 2: I loved this book! This is the Stephanie Laurens writing style that I first feel in love with. Don't get me wrong - I like her new stuff - but this is classic. It is not as wordy and it is much steamier than her current work. I read the authors note and see that this book was written between Captain Jacks Lady and Devils Bride (my personal favorite) and it has the protective/possessive hero/warrior with a strong yet feminine heroine. Alaun the hero in the story reminds me of Devil - he sees Eloise and decides then and there that she and only she will be his wife. Eloise is a widow currently acting as her fathers chatelaine - I am not sure that I believe that in 1347 a widow had the right to decide if she was to remarry or not - but for the sake of the story I went with it. Once Alaun makes a wager with Eloise's father to "win" her all bets are off and the fun begins I hope Ms Laurens decides to write another medieval story - because this one was fantastic ! less

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