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Of Honor And Love (2012)

by S.J. Frost(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

M/M Romance Group @ goodreads

review 1: If all one is looking for is a sweet period romance one will like this little one and will only complain about its being too short.I will also begin by complaining about its being too short, but problems go a little further than that.The clash between Japanese and Western culture has been done before but it remains a fascinating topic. Ms Frost has clearly done some research and even catches a couple of enchanting snapshots (Jonathon in the garden, the bathing) but her story is simply too hurried to convey the subtle fascination of two men belonging to two different worlds slowly coming to understand and love each other.Next it is very fine to imagine and portray an immediate attraction between the leads and make them burn with passion but this same attraction should have ... morebeen nourished with more details and lead to a much more nuanced and slow romance. As any good author of romance knows, the tension leading to the characters' coming together is usually more satisfying than the final romantic outbreak.The second half of the story is so hurried and clunky as to make little sense and reads like a summary.Sex scenes are not entirely bad but the author not only indulges in the irritating -for me- habit of attributing rigidly codified roles to her lovers but also makes a sex starved madman out of Jonathon, hardly an endearing trait. As far as editing is concerned, one could surely do without the typos but it is the grammar, especially the tense harmony, that leaves much to be desired.
review 2: I liked this story. It takes place after the Civil War in America, but what makes it stand out is that the location is somewhere far more exotic. It takes place in Japan, in 1867. The story follows a man named Jonathon Addison on a journey to Japan to meet with Takezaki Kazuhiro (written last name first as done in Japan), a "lord and samurai set to buy arms" from a Mr. Barrett. Barrett is a profiteer that hired Jonathon to be his go between and wants Addison to complete a "special mission" in order to obtain his freedom from jail. Jonathon had been in jail for attacking Barrett's nephew in a house of ill repute, doing "perverse things". Jonathon had been studying Japanese Culture, the language, and the stories of samurais in an effort to better understand the people he would be meeting. When he reached Japan, he was met with silence; he was escorted to Lord Takezaki under samurai guard and managed to earn a modicum of respect from the soldiers due to a skirmish they were involved in. He saved one of his guards. Suffice it to say, Lord Takezaki was nothing that he had come to expect and Jonathon was eager to learn more about the man and his position; the "arms deal" was bogus under the guise of "getting to know the enemy". He was, for lack of better terminology, having a difficult time deciding if he should complete the "special mission". I'm not quite sure what kind of time frame was involved for the book, but the story has a happy ending. I thought it was a good book; it was worth my time. less

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