Title: So I Married a Sorcerer (The Embraced #2)
Author: Kerrelyn Sparks
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: August 29, 2017
Genre: Romance, Paranormal
Format: eBook, Print
Length: 496 pages
Rating: 3.25 Stars
synopsis
Growing up on the Isle of Moon, Brigitta knows nothing of her past, except that she is Embraced: born with powers that forced her into hiding. Everything changes when she learns she’s a princess, hidden away from her villainous half-brother who now rules the kingdom. But he knows about Brigitta, and he’ll do anything to get her back. Unless a certain roguish pirate has anything to say about it…
Rupert is both an infamous pirate and a sorcerer with the power to harness the wind. He’s been waiting nineteen years for revenge—and he needs Brigitta to get it. What begins as a kidnapping of the fiery beauty turns into a fierce attraction. But can he win the captive princess’s heart?
♦ Personal Thought ♦
There’s a lot I enjoyed from this second entry to Kerrelyn Sparks‘ “The Embraced” series; the recurring characters as well as the newly introduced ones among others. Just like the previous installment, the camaraderie and verbal sparring between characters are entertaining. That saying, over time one of the nun’s overly dramatic agitation (which she does over and over) turns my amusement to exasperation. Most likely the case of being sick after overindulgence.
The main characters are likable enough. Readers can figure early on the dashing pirate’s true identity and might making allowance of his conflicting feeling – and thus, the resulting hot and cold treatment – to the heroine given the circumstances. Discounting a much later negligence, Brigitta is quite smart in picking out clues and not a damsel-in-distress sort of heroine.
Yes, the rushed romantic involvement between them bears a semblance to Stockholm Syndrome, though I’m more than okay to disregard that. What piqued me – other than that exhausting nun – is the pace of the story. After such leisure-rate throughout the book, the ending is like sprinting to the finish line because the time (or the pages) runs out.
There are many issues shoved into the last few chapters; the recurring villain, the long-lost character, unexpected alliances, a villain sudden change of heart… Personally I feel like reallocating some pages from earlier chapters to give more room to the conclusion to develop. I just wish the next book will be spared this kind of ending. Well, we’ll see.
Advanced copy of this book is kindly provided by the author/publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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