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Cuestion De Honor (2002)

by Wendy Lindstrom(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

9876090143 (ISBN13: 9789876090148)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

del Nuevo Extremo

series

Grayson Brothers

review 1: This turned out to be such a disappointment. I really did enjoy getting to know Evelyn, Radford, and Rebecca but I grew frustrated that nothing significant happened between the main couple until almost the end. And even then all the action was packed into a few paragraphs instead of being spread throughout the story. I'm glad that there was no insta-love between Radford and Evelyn and that they struggled with their feelings for each other but after a while the "tease" got old and I was ready for them to either act on their feelings or just leave each other alone. Then after all that build up, there wasn't much passion or emotion to that scene. I felt as though I'd invested all that time reading only to be disappointed. Their language and word choices also seemed very moder... moren. I often forgot that I was reading a book from a different time period because the characters often said things I hear people say now. That wasn't a huge issue for me but it was noticeable. There were quite a few parts that I genuinely enjoyed but overall Shades of Honor was a let down.
review 2: AudioBook ReviewStars: Overall 3 Narration 2 Story 4 I was excited to return to the United States for an historic romance, and Wendy Lindstrom brings a Civil War era story into this romance involving two brothers. Post-civil wartime settings and ideals are well defined, and the people are lovely: hard working, hopeful and above all, looking to start anew with the new definition of their country. The story is also not a story of people with money and grand aspirations: it is of the ordinary people with their own humbler hopes and dreams as we follow their lives. Evelyn is going to marry her childhood friend Kyle Grayson: she isn’t dreaming of passion and soul mates, the war put end to dreams of that sort. Respect, friendship and a kinship from their long acquaintance is perfectly fine. I liked her attitude of making the best with what you have, and the real regard and friendship between her and Kyle was well defined and nearly palpable. But then, in walks Radford after the war and a family estrangement, and the whole story went left for me. I saw the very well developed and defined character, and I believed in the attraction between he and Evelyn, I just couldn’t get past the whole “brother’ thing. I was hoping for some real reason, a real purpose to his returning to patch things up and diving right in to devastate the family all over again, and I couldn’t find it. Sometimes, and most especially in the 1870’s, I couldn’t see the pressure from society allowing it to happen. And, I will say that Evelyn wasn’t particularly indecisive or spineless, but I didn’t see her as a particularly bold woman either. It was, other than the disappointment with the twist in the romance, a well-crafted romance that was more compelling for its setting and surrounding characters and world than for the main hero and heroine. The narration in this book were from Julia Motyka, and this is not my first encounter with her work. While I find her voice pleasing, she needs to dial it back in her emotional (and often over-emotional) enhancements. This was not a story set at Tara, but I swear she was channeling Scarlett in one of her infamous drama queen moments more often than not. Her over-reach in several passages starkly contrasted with passages that were perfectly balanced and performed, and made for a very uneven listen. I received an AudioBook copy of the title via AudioBook Jukebox for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility. less

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