E. Wakeman

kidnapping was deeply disturbing, not sexy

Revisado: 02-04-24

That Tanner is a bully. I have enjoyed the other books, but Tanner is my least favorite character in the series so far.

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good but troubling

Revisado: 12-13-23

I really enjoy Heyer and in many ways this is a good example. it is as much mystery as romance. the characters and dialogue are what we expect. That a young man's VERY BAD behavior is explained (not excused) by his youth and the young woman's "flirtatious" ways may make some readers want to skip this one.

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bad prince

Revisado: 08-31-23

I really enjoy most of James's novels. this prince turns out to be okay, but for most of the book he is an a**. I really wanted Kate to run off with his half brother.

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good review

Revisado: 06-15-21

If you are unfamiliar with the literature on unconscious bias, this is an excellent resource.

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not like the print book (print spoiler)

Revisado: 02-03-21

the audible version excises one character entirely and has a worse ending ending.

and the conversation at the end is not so sappy. in the print version Cam says, "if we have children, will you mind that they are half Roma?" Amelia responds, "not if you dont mind that they are half Hathaway."

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Do you care about English usage?

Revisado: 05-15-18

I have liked many of Diane Duvall's books but I don't know if I am going to make it through this one. It is sent in 1092. That means they were speaking something between Old English and Middle English. To give you an idea the first line of the Lord's Prayer in Old English is "Fæder ure şu şe eart on heofonum/" In Middle English it is "Oure fadir şat art in heuenes."

Clearly Duvall's characters can't be speaking like that. We would never understand them. Whatever they say has to be translated into contemporary English. But Duvall makes it sound "old-fashioned" by throwing in some Shakespearean vocabulary. So in one paragraph you might get "nigh," "anon," and "whilst" right along with contemporary phrases like "walking in tandem."

So if you are not a word nerd and you like Duvall's work you will probably like this. If you are a word nerd who feels pain at such torturing of the language, skip this one.

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good with an annoying pronunciation error

Revisado: 08-05-14

James Marsters is the voice of Harry Dresden. I love his narration.

However, I just have to say this. Hecate is pronounced "he- cah- tee" not "he-kate," kinda like how Persephone is not pronounced "per- se- fone."

I get so caught up in the story though that I would forget that the person who didn't know the correct pronunciation was James, not Harry. One of my first thoughts when Hades shows up was, "HE HAS to know how to say 'Hecate.' He will correct Harry."

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Yes, it really ends that way (no spoilers)

Revisado: 06-23-13

Any additional comments?

One of the things that I do not like about contemporary romance articles is the endings. They generally go on for a few pages after it is clear the story is over. Heyer's books end the instant the various strands of the story are resolved. It can be jarring, but it is also delightful.

I can quote the first sentence of many of my favorite novels. Everyone must know the first line of Pride and Prejudice or Tale of Two Cities. If you love Heyer though, you are much more likely to know the last line, even if on first reading you checked twice to see if that really was the last line.

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On the meaning of life

Revisado: 06-10-07

I ended up recommending this book to a colleague who teaches a philosophy class entitled "The Good Life." He plans on using it, saying it is the best novel that he has found so far.

Because that is what the book is about and that is why it seems slow to some people. It is not action packed. The novel will not go places that you would expect a movie to go -- revolution, loud cries for justice. Though the characters seem to be very different from us, they are not. Their lives are just compressed. In their childhoods they understand and don't understand what their lives will be. They have opportunity to have all the things that philosophers says makes life worth living: friends, love, study, work, everything except children.

The book makes us ask, if this is all there is, is life worth living?

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