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Edilean #2
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Escócia, 1766. Angus McTern tem tudo o que pode desejar na vida. Embora o avô tivesse perdido as terras e o castelo da família num jogo de cartas quando Angus era pequeno, ele continua a encarar seriamente os seus deveres na qualidade de laird. Por conseguinte, quando a herdeira legítima do castelo — a bonita Edilean Talbot — aparece, a calma existência de Angus fica abalada para sempre…
No início, Angus trata Edilean com frieza. Ressente-se da educação privilegiada da jovem e sente-se enraivecido pela forma como todo o seu clã parece adorá-la. Contudo, quando a herança de Edilean é roubada e ela precisa desesperadamente da sua ajuda, Angus põe o orgulho de lado. Porém, nem tudo é o que parece, e devido a uma terrível confusão Angus é acusado de se apoderar da herança da jovem. A partir desse momento, a única forma de escapar à perseguição consiste em subir a bordo de um navio na companhia de Edilean. Durante a travessia, o amor começa a nascer entre eles. Contudo, a felicidade é de curta duração pois não é a liberdade aquilo que os espera na América, mas o ganancioso noivo de Edilean, que faz tudo para obrigar Edilean a regressar à Escócia com ele. Porém, o destino volta a reunir Angus e Edilean...
No início, Angus trata Edilean com frieza. Ressente-se da educação privilegiada da jovem e sente-se enraivecido pela forma como todo o seu clã parece adorá-la. Contudo, quando a herança de Edilean é roubada e ela precisa desesperadamente da sua ajuda, Angus põe o orgulho de lado. Porém, nem tudo é o que parece, e devido a uma terrível confusão Angus é acusado de se apoderar da herança da jovem. A partir desse momento, a única forma de escapar à perseguição consiste em subir a bordo de um navio na companhia de Edilean. Durante a travessia, o amor começa a nascer entre eles. Contudo, a felicidade é de curta duração pois não é a liberdade aquilo que os espera na América, mas o ganancioso noivo de Edilean, que faz tudo para obrigar Edilean a regressar à Escócia com ele. Porém, o destino volta a reunir Angus e Edilean...
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First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Jude Deveraux
199 books7,041 followersJude Gilliam was born September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky. She has a large extended family and is the elder sister of four brothers. She attended Murray State University and received a degree in Art. In 1967, Jude married and took her husband's surname of White, but four years later they divorced. For years, she worked as 5th-grade teacher.
She began writing in 1976, and published her first book, The Enchanted Land (1977) under the name Jude Deveraux. Following the publication of her first novel, she resigned her teaching position. Now, she is the author of 31 New York Times bestsellers.
Jude won readers' hearts with the epic Velvet series, which revolves around the lives of the Montgomery family's irresistible men. Jude's early books are set largely in 15th- and 16th-century England; in them her fierce, impassioned protagonists find themselves in the midst of blood feuds and wars. Her heroines are equally scrappy -- medieval Scarlett O'Haras who often have a low regard for the men who eventually win them over. They're fighters, certainly, but they're also beauties who are preoccupied with survival and family preservation.
Jude has also stepped outside her milieu, with mixed results. Her James River trilogy (River Lady, Lost Lady, and Counterfeit Lady) is set mostly in post-Revolution America; the popular, softer-edged Twin of Fire/Twin of Ice moves to 19th-century Colorado and introduces another hunky-man clan, the Taggerts.
Deveraux manages to evoke a strong and convincing atmosphere for each of her books, but her dialogue and characters are as familiar as a modern-day soap opera's. "Historicals seem to be all I'm capable of," Jude once said in an interview, referring to a now out-of-print attempt at contemporary fiction, 1982's Casa Grande. "I don't want to write family sagas or occult books, and I have no intention of again trying to ruin the contemporary market." Still, Jude did later attempt modern-day romances, such as the lighthearted High Tide (her first murder caper), the contemporary female friendship story The Summerhouse, and the time-traveling Knight in Shining Armor. In fact, with 2002's The Mulberry Tree, Deveraux seems to be getting more comfortable setting stories in the present, which is a good thing, since the fans she won with her historical books are eager to follow her into the future.
Jude married Claude White, who she later divorced in 1993. Around the same time she met Mohammed Montassir with whom she had a son, Sam Alexander Montassir, in 1997. On Oct. 6th, 2005, Sam died at the age of eight in a motorcycle accident.
Jude has lived in several countries and all over the United States. She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and has an additional home in the medieval city of Badolato, Italy.
She began writing in 1976, and published her first book, The Enchanted Land (1977) under the name Jude Deveraux. Following the publication of her first novel, she resigned her teaching position. Now, she is the author of 31 New York Times bestsellers.
Jude won readers' hearts with the epic Velvet series, which revolves around the lives of the Montgomery family's irresistible men. Jude's early books are set largely in 15th- and 16th-century England; in them her fierce, impassioned protagonists find themselves in the midst of blood feuds and wars. Her heroines are equally scrappy -- medieval Scarlett O'Haras who often have a low regard for the men who eventually win them over. They're fighters, certainly, but they're also beauties who are preoccupied with survival and family preservation.
Jude has also stepped outside her milieu, with mixed results. Her James River trilogy (River Lady, Lost Lady, and Counterfeit Lady) is set mostly in post-Revolution America; the popular, softer-edged Twin of Fire/Twin of Ice moves to 19th-century Colorado and introduces another hunky-man clan, the Taggerts.
Deveraux manages to evoke a strong and convincing atmosphere for each of her books, but her dialogue and characters are as familiar as a modern-day soap opera's. "Historicals seem to be all I'm capable of," Jude once said in an interview, referring to a now out-of-print attempt at contemporary fiction, 1982's Casa Grande. "I don't want to write family sagas or occult books, and I have no intention of again trying to ruin the contemporary market." Still, Jude did later attempt modern-day romances, such as the lighthearted High Tide (her first murder caper), the contemporary female friendship story The Summerhouse, and the time-traveling Knight in Shining Armor. In fact, with 2002's The Mulberry Tree, Deveraux seems to be getting more comfortable setting stories in the present, which is a good thing, since the fans she won with her historical books are eager to follow her into the future.
Jude married Claude White, who she later divorced in 1993. Around the same time she met Mohammed Montassir with whom she had a son, Sam Alexander Montassir, in 1997. On Oct. 6th, 2005, Sam died at the age of eight in a motorcycle accident.
Jude has lived in several countries and all over the United States. She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and has an additional home in the medieval city of Badolato, Italy.
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April 2, 2010
I am a HUGE fan of Deveraux's older books. I grew up reading her, and for years, I considered her to be one of my favorite authors. Unfortunately, she's not an author that has improved with age. Her plotlines have become convoluted, and have become much less focused on romance and much more on "normal" adult fiction plotlines.
When I first started this book, I was thrilled to see that it was set in historical Scotland, which is where many of her older books were set. Finally, she's getting back to her roots! I greatly enjoyed the book at the beginning, but it started sliding downhill fairly quickly. Again, not much romance, and the two main characters are forced apart again and again by circumstances, I'm guessing in an attempt to make the book a reasonable length. Quite frankly, there was no real reason that the couple couldn't have gotten together from the beginning, but that would have made for a 50 page book. It got to the point where I just rolled my eyes when yet again, the two main characters were parted yet again.
Oh, and in the story, three ladies started and ran a company during a point in history when most women couldn't even own property. Yeah, that's believable.
If you love Deveraux's more current work, then you'll probably like this book. But if you're looking for a return to Deveraux's past writing style, you won't find it here. Count me disappointed.
When I first started this book, I was thrilled to see that it was set in historical Scotland, which is where many of her older books were set. Finally, she's getting back to her roots! I greatly enjoyed the book at the beginning, but it started sliding downhill fairly quickly. Again, not much romance, and the two main characters are forced apart again and again by circumstances, I'm guessing in an attempt to make the book a reasonable length. Quite frankly, there was no real reason that the couple couldn't have gotten together from the beginning, but that would have made for a 50 page book. It got to the point where I just rolled my eyes when yet again, the two main characters were parted yet again.
Oh, and in the story, three ladies started and ran a company during a point in history when most women couldn't even own property. Yeah, that's believable.
If you love Deveraux's more current work, then you'll probably like this book. But if you're looking for a return to Deveraux's past writing style, you won't find it here. Count me disappointed.
June 2, 2021
3,5 / 5
January 28, 2011
I'm giving this 3 stars as in "I liked it" but not more than 3 stars. However, the narration by Davina Porter was definitely 5 stars! In fact, she may have saved the book for me. I'm a sort of on-again, off-again Jude Deveraux follower - I love some of her books, and hate some. I did not particularly like A Knight in Shining Armor.
This one starts in 1766 Scotland, with a young, orphaned British heiress living with an uncle who won a Scottish keep in a game of cards with the original laird. Edelean finds herself in a number of scrapes - falling in love with a young British fellow who tries to scam her fortune; her uncle tries to marry her off to one of his old cronies, again for the fortune. She ends up being smuggled out of Scotland with her gold and the most recent laird, Angus MacTern, and the two of them cross the ocean disguised as man and wife, with false names.
Once in America, more - well, misunderstandings, some standard Deveraux story twists, a stint in the army for Angus, more scrapes for Edelean who finally creates her own business. Truly, with Davina Porter reading the story, I'm convinced it was much more likable than if I had read it in print. Her wonderful Scots accents and warm British accents are so delightful (and having listened to literally dozens of hours of her voice I feel I can say that!). I'll say this: Deveraux is no Gabaldon!
Still, it was an enjoyable (enough) listen.
This one starts in 1766 Scotland, with a young, orphaned British heiress living with an uncle who won a Scottish keep in a game of cards with the original laird. Edelean finds herself in a number of scrapes - falling in love with a young British fellow who tries to scam her fortune; her uncle tries to marry her off to one of his old cronies, again for the fortune. She ends up being smuggled out of Scotland with her gold and the most recent laird, Angus MacTern, and the two of them cross the ocean disguised as man and wife, with false names.
Once in America, more - well, misunderstandings, some standard Deveraux story twists, a stint in the army for Angus, more scrapes for Edelean who finally creates her own business. Truly, with Davina Porter reading the story, I'm convinced it was much more likable than if I had read it in print. Her wonderful Scots accents and warm British accents are so delightful (and having listened to literally dozens of hours of her voice I feel I can say that!). I'll say this: Deveraux is no Gabaldon!
Still, it was an enjoyable (enough) listen.
April 5, 2020
This book is the 2nd book in ‘Edilean Series’. I thought this is a continuation of the 1st but surprisingly it goes way back to Scotland when they, Edilean and Angus met. Scotland is one of my favorite places in the world, so I was thrilled to read this book. I really missed her historical romance.
I loved the characters and the plot but it’s kinda rushing. And sometimes I don’t understand why Edilean and Angus have to be separated for nearly 4 years. I love how Edilean proved that she’s useful and clever to manage herself by built a company. I love the fighting between her and Tabitha. It’s was really good 😁 The end of the book, I learned that Angus has named his land as Edilean, the woman that he loved.
I loved the characters and the plot but it’s kinda rushing. And sometimes I don’t understand why Edilean and Angus have to be separated for nearly 4 years. I love how Edilean proved that she’s useful and clever to manage herself by built a company. I love the fighting between her and Tabitha. It’s was really good 😁 The end of the book, I learned that Angus has named his land as Edilean, the woman that he loved.
March 7, 2014
Put a prideful and honourable Scotland guy together with a pampered oblivious to other peoples’ predicament English lady and you’ll get stressful reading.
Again… I don’t feel like this is JD’s book. A bit draggy in the beginning and abrupt at the end…. In the middle was filled with on and off relationship between the both abovementioned. At certain point, I don’t see the significance of their separation and when they get back together, it was like they just picked up where they left and was like nothing had happened and they weren’t separated for four years… Hmmmm…..
In the beginning I was like... Urghhhhhh!!!!!!
Angus! Wake up man!!! She loves you!!! Go for it!!!
Edilean! Open your eyes!!! He has pride and he cares for you too much!!! Work with it!!!
Sheeshhhh…..
And then suddenly things went here and there and everybody comes into the picture and matchmaking goes around like nobody’s business and AGAIN they were separated!
Finally when they got together, it was abrupt and I really felt cheated. I would have really like it if JD had ended it at Edilean Town instead of where she ended the story coz I really do like it when Angus tells a little bit of Edilean town to Edilean.
All in all, I am not really satisfied with this story….
Again… I don’t feel like this is JD’s book. A bit draggy in the beginning and abrupt at the end…. In the middle was filled with on and off relationship between the both abovementioned. At certain point, I don’t see the significance of their separation and when they get back together, it was like they just picked up where they left and was like nothing had happened and they weren’t separated for four years… Hmmmm…..
In the beginning I was like... Urghhhhhh!!!!!!
Angus! Wake up man!!! She loves you!!! Go for it!!!
Edilean! Open your eyes!!! He has pride and he cares for you too much!!! Work with it!!!
Sheeshhhh…..
And then suddenly things went here and there and everybody comes into the picture and matchmaking goes around like nobody’s business and AGAIN they were separated!
Finally when they got together, it was abrupt and I really felt cheated. I would have really like it if JD had ended it at Edilean Town instead of where she ended the story coz I really do like it when Angus tells a little bit of Edilean town to Edilean.
All in all, I am not really satisfied with this story….
January 4, 2010
This book took me awhile to get into. If you can hang in there through the first several chapters, it improves. That being said, it isn't up to Deveraux's usual standards. The hero and heroine spend the majority of the book either hating each other or apart.
This is book 2 in her Edilean trilogy. Since this is a historical book, it should have been the first in the series. Lavender Morning is the first in the series and is a contemporary romance.
This is book 2 in her Edilean trilogy. Since this is a historical book, it should have been the first in the series. Lavender Morning is the first in the series and is a contemporary romance.
September 8, 2016
Além de se passar noutra época, o livro combina personagens cativantes com personalidades fortes, momentos divertidos e um romance enternecedor.
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January 2, 2012
Blah blah blah. Skip to end. Yep they lived happily ever after. Blah. I couldn't even get slightly interested in the plot or characters.
August 21, 2010
So I needed to clear my mind. I read mindcandy to do so. I wanted something light and frothy I wouldn't have to think about but just enjoy. Perhaps a historical romance with some playful banter would do the trick? WRONG!
Back before I was allowed to buy the books I wanted because they were not considered "age appropriate" I was stuck stealing romance novels from my sister and horror from my father. In that period I read a good many Jude Deveraux novels and either my memory is faulty or her writing has suffered in the years since I last picked one up.
Oh dios mio. Now I don't go into a romance novel expecting much. But this was above and beyond bad. First and formost the characters did not behave in the way that should as per her set up. People just blurt out things that are out of character so that she can move her plot in the direction she wants it to go. I hate that. The romance novel cliches are bad. I can't remember the exact wording but there was a sentence that said something to the effect of, "He walked into the room and he filled my senses. He smelled of heather, and horses, but mostly, man." Yeah it was like that. The sex wasn't overly present, I think there's only one or two small sex scene, so it had that going for it. But that's about all. The plot was a convoluted mess. But I guess it had to be, cause otherwise this story could have been told in about 5 paragraphs.
Back before I was allowed to buy the books I wanted because they were not considered "age appropriate" I was stuck stealing romance novels from my sister and horror from my father. In that period I read a good many Jude Deveraux novels and either my memory is faulty or her writing has suffered in the years since I last picked one up.
Oh dios mio. Now I don't go into a romance novel expecting much. But this was above and beyond bad. First and formost the characters did not behave in the way that should as per her set up. People just blurt out things that are out of character so that she can move her plot in the direction she wants it to go. I hate that. The romance novel cliches are bad. I can't remember the exact wording but there was a sentence that said something to the effect of, "He walked into the room and he filled my senses. He smelled of heather, and horses, but mostly, man." Yeah it was like that. The sex wasn't overly present, I think there's only one or two small sex scene, so it had that going for it. But that's about all. The plot was a convoluted mess. But I guess it had to be, cause otherwise this story could have been told in about 5 paragraphs.
April 1, 2020
*Reread Review*
4-4.5 stars. I tried out the audio off Audible for the reread. I was really expecting some awesome scottish brogue here.. and while the brogue was present and accounted for I'm not really feeling that the narration did it the justice that my own mind had done it. It wasn't bad though just wasn't amazing either lol. I like how for book 2 we get to go back and read about the founders of our beloved Edilean and how they all ended up their together. It was so great to see all the names we are already so familiar with and see how fate put them all together.
I wish that in this story in particular we got to spend more time in our MMC's POV. I think it would have done more for our MC's chemistry. Edilean our FMC, while super naive at the start of the book, comes around quite nicely and turns into a firey vixen that shoots first and asks questions later lol. I like how our characters in this go off to do their own things becoming successful but are drawn back together in fates design. I do think that we could have stood way more groveling from "The McTern".. way more groveling indeed.
Enjoyable reread even though I knocked a 1/2 a star off.. I really feel it was the audio.. its hard not to be overly critical when its books that you have loved for years. I'll reevaluate in the future I'm sure but for now... that's where I'm at.
4-4.5 stars. I tried out the audio off Audible for the reread. I was really expecting some awesome scottish brogue here.. and while the brogue was present and accounted for I'm not really feeling that the narration did it the justice that my own mind had done it. It wasn't bad though just wasn't amazing either lol. I like how for book 2 we get to go back and read about the founders of our beloved Edilean and how they all ended up their together. It was so great to see all the names we are already so familiar with and see how fate put them all together.
I wish that in this story in particular we got to spend more time in our MMC's POV. I think it would have done more for our MC's chemistry. Edilean our FMC, while super naive at the start of the book, comes around quite nicely and turns into a firey vixen that shoots first and asks questions later lol. I like how our characters in this go off to do their own things becoming successful but are drawn back together in fates design. I do think that we could have stood way more groveling from "The McTern".. way more groveling indeed.
Enjoyable reread even though I knocked a 1/2 a star off.. I really feel it was the audio.. its hard not to be overly critical when its books that you have loved for years. I'll reevaluate in the future I'm sure but for now... that's where I'm at.
May 23, 2015
Güzel bir hikayesi.. Angus ve Edilian'ın İskoçya'dan Amerika'ya uzanan maceresı güzeldi ancak tam da çok mükemmel harikulade değildi..Derinliği olan bir yazar ama hep bir şey eksik hissinden kurtulamadım.
Edilian Kasabasının doğuşunu anlatan çok güzel bir romandı. Ancak Hatun lafına çok takıldım. Çevirmen bunu tatlım olarak değişitrebilir miydi? Bu kelime beni hikayede ilerledikçe çok rahatsız etmeye başladı..
Zaman zaman Angus karakterine çok kızdığım anlar oldu. Şartların iki aşığı ayırdığı anlar ve deygusal anlamda Edilean'ın duygusal çöküşlerini okumak bir kadın olarak kendimi kötü hissetmeme sebep oldu..
Edilian Kasabasının doğuşunu anlatan çok güzel bir romandı. Ancak Hatun lafına çok takıldım. Çevirmen bunu tatlım olarak değişitrebilir miydi? Bu kelime beni hikayede ilerledikçe çok rahatsız etmeye başladı..
Zaman zaman Angus karakterine çok kızdığım anlar oldu. Şartların iki aşığı ayırdığı anlar ve deygusal anlamda Edilean'ın duygusal çöküşlerini okumak bir kadın olarak kendimi kötü hissetmeme sebep oldu..
February 8, 2011
I have to admit it. I checked this out of the library audio book collection strictly because I wanted to hear the voice actor, Davina Porter, do more Scottish accents. She's probably my favorite reader. The story was pap, but the reading excellent.
May 11, 2025
"Birbirinden tamamen farklı bir kadın ve bir erkek,
Gerçeğe dönüşen hayaller,
İnatla yeşerip çiçek açan bir aşk..."
(O kadar uzun uzun yazdım. Yarım kaydetmiş neden bilmiyorum püüü yazıklar olsun)
Ayyyyyy çokzeldi😍🥰
Bu seriye başlamayan romantiksever herkesi kınım kınım kınıyorum🫢
İlk kitaba göre çok daha iyiydi. Yani ilk kitabı okumasaydım ve seriden sadece bu kitabı okusaydım da çok beğenirdim. Kaldı ki zaman sıralamasına göre hikayenin nerede ve nasıl başladığını anlamamız için normalde serinin ilk kitabı bu olması gerekiyor. Birinci kitapta iki zaman dilimi birbiriyle bağlantılı geçiyor (günümüz ve ikinci dünya savaşı). İkinci kitap ise tek zamanda geçiyor historical türünde. Üçüncü kitap da günümüzde geçiyor. Bir günümüz bir geçmiş zaman şeklinde gidiyor sanırım. Gayet güzel olmuş
Ama yazar muhtemelen ilk kitaptan sonra ve talebe göre ikinci kitapta Edilean Kasabasının kimler tarafından kurulduğunu ve ne şartlarda yapıldığını anlatmak istemiş gibi. Başarılı olmuş? Pek sanmıyorum. Ben kasaba hakkında bol bol bilgi ediniriz zannediyordum. Daha çok kimler tarafından kurulduğunu ve onların kaderlerinin nasıl kesiştiğine dair bir kurgu okuyoruz. Valla tadı damağımda kaldı. Neden ya nedennnnn devam etmedin!!1!!!
Kitabın konusunu özetlemek gerekirse; Haşin İskoç erkeğimiz Angus Tern'ün dedesi bir kumar masasında klanının yaşadığı yeri ve yönetildiği kaleyi bir İngiliz olan Neville Lawler'a kaybediyor. Ama bu Neville denilen adamda bölgeyi yönetecek, hayvanları sürecek ve üretim yapacak kafa yok. O yüzden işi klan varisi olan Angus yapıyor. Sonra kaleye Neville'ın yatılı okulunu mecburi bırakıp gelen eğitimli ve aristokrat yeğeni Edilean Talbot geliyor. İskoçlar arasında güzelliği ve asaleti ile hemen popüler oluyor. Angus daha Edilean'ı görmeden herkesi büyülediği için ona sinir olmaya başlıyor. Ama bazı olaylar sonucunda tanışıyorlar ve Edilean da Angus'a sinir oluyor. Hatta siniri nefret boyutuna ulaşıyor. Yanyana gelemeyecek bu ikili birtakım olaylar sonucunda Angus kendisini Edilean'ı kaçırırken buluyor ve olaylar gelişiyor.
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Edilean Talbot (18), çok tatlı ve aşkından asla vazgeçmeyen çok genç bir karakterdi. Başta okurken ilk kitaptaki sevimsiz Jocelyn gibi beni gıcık edecek zannetmiştim. Hatta yazarı kadın karakterleri yazamaması konusunda tam eleştirecekken konu o kadar güzel ve heyecanlı ilerledi ki karakter dönüşümüne bizzat şahit olduk o yüzden sözlerimi hemen geri aldım. Gerçekten 'çok seven' ama müptezel gibi görünmeyen gururlu bir kadın karakterdi. Olgunlaşmasına şahit olmak çok güzeldi. Böyle karakter gelişimlerini seviyorum🌼🌻
Angus McTern (25),
Sana ne kadar şiirler, şarkılar, maniler, türküler yazsam azdır. Anlatabiliyor muyum? Seni alıp kendime saklayasım var anlatabiliyor muyum? Aşık oldum sana anlatabiliyor muyum? Ben de seni kaçıracam olum anlatabiliyor muyum?
Yani görüp görebileceğiniz en dürüst, en aşık, en GURURLU, en çalışkan, en güzel seven erkek karakterdi🥹
Yani böyle bir şey ne gördüm ne okudum arkadaş. Aşık oldum adama ya... gerçek olamayacak kadar my ideal typetı❤️🔥 Evet vazgeçişleri vardı. Ama sor neden? Çünkü aşırı realistti 😭 keşke bu kadar ayakları yere sağlam basan biri olmasaydı...
Yani çok güzel sevdi. Gözleriyle bile sevdi.
"Benim sevdiğim altınlar bunlar işte..." o sırada Edilean'ın saçlarını seviyordur😭
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Başta da belirttiğim gibi kitap eksik gibi bitti. Ben Angus ve Edilean'ın mutlu olduğu, çoluk çocuğa (ki karışıyorlar ama bu kitapta göremiyoruz😔) karıştığı kısa da olsa okumak isterdim. Bu çifte haksızlık yapılmış. Bu kadar güzel bir çift bi elli sayfayı daha hak ediyordu.
Klasik historical tadında aşk okuyacağını düşünen arkadaşlar varsa yanılıyorlar. Bu kitapta bol bol gerçekçi diyaloglar, monologlar okuyacaksınız haberiniz olsun. Sonra vay efendim neden bıraktı, vay efendim neden gitti. Hadi öpüşüp koklaşın diye sitem etmek yok ona göre. Uyarımı da yaptığıma göre bana müsaade 🫡
Gerçeğe dönüşen hayaller,
İnatla yeşerip çiçek açan bir aşk..."
(O kadar uzun uzun yazdım. Yarım kaydetmiş neden bilmiyorum püüü yazıklar olsun)
Ayyyyyy çokzeldi😍🥰
Bu seriye başlamayan romantiksever herkesi kınım kınım kınıyorum🫢
İlk kitaba göre çok daha iyiydi. Yani ilk kitabı okumasaydım ve seriden sadece bu kitabı okusaydım da çok beğenirdim. Kaldı ki zaman sıralamasına göre hikayenin nerede ve nasıl başladığını anlamamız için normalde serinin ilk kitabı bu olması gerekiyor. Birinci kitapta iki zaman dilimi birbiriyle bağlantılı geçiyor (günümüz ve ikinci dünya savaşı). İkinci kitap ise tek zamanda geçiyor historical türünde. Üçüncü kitap da günümüzde geçiyor. Bir günümüz bir geçmiş zaman şeklinde gidiyor sanırım. Gayet güzel olmuş
Ama yazar muhtemelen ilk kitaptan sonra ve talebe göre ikinci kitapta Edilean Kasabasının kimler tarafından kurulduğunu ve ne şartlarda yapıldığını anlatmak istemiş gibi. Başarılı olmuş? Pek sanmıyorum. Ben kasaba hakkında bol bol bilgi ediniriz zannediyordum. Daha çok kimler tarafından kurulduğunu ve onların kaderlerinin nasıl kesiştiğine dair bir kurgu okuyoruz. Valla tadı damağımda kaldı. Neden ya nedennnnn devam etmedin!!1!!!
Kitabın konusunu özetlemek gerekirse; Haşin İskoç erkeğimiz Angus Tern'ün dedesi bir kumar masasında klanının yaşadığı yeri ve yönetildiği kaleyi bir İngiliz olan Neville Lawler'a kaybediyor. Ama bu Neville denilen adamda bölgeyi yönetecek, hayvanları sürecek ve üretim yapacak kafa yok. O yüzden işi klan varisi olan Angus yapıyor. Sonra kaleye Neville'ın yatılı okulunu mecburi bırakıp gelen eğitimli ve aristokrat yeğeni Edilean Talbot geliyor. İskoçlar arasında güzelliği ve asaleti ile hemen popüler oluyor. Angus daha Edilean'ı görmeden herkesi büyülediği için ona sinir olmaya başlıyor. Ama bazı olaylar sonucunda tanışıyorlar ve Edilean da Angus'a sinir oluyor. Hatta siniri nefret boyutuna ulaşıyor. Yanyana gelemeyecek bu ikili birtakım olaylar sonucunda Angus kendisini Edilean'ı kaçırırken buluyor ve olaylar gelişiyor.
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Edilean Talbot (18), çok tatlı ve aşkından asla vazgeçmeyen çok genç bir karakterdi. Başta okurken ilk kitaptaki sevimsiz Jocelyn gibi beni gıcık edecek zannetmiştim. Hatta yazarı kadın karakterleri yazamaması konusunda tam eleştirecekken konu o kadar güzel ve heyecanlı ilerledi ki karakter dönüşümüne bizzat şahit olduk o yüzden sözlerimi hemen geri aldım. Gerçekten 'çok seven' ama müptezel gibi görünmeyen gururlu bir kadın karakterdi. Olgunlaşmasına şahit olmak çok güzeldi. Böyle karakter gelişimlerini seviyorum🌼🌻
Angus McTern (25),
Sana ne kadar şiirler, şarkılar, maniler, türküler yazsam azdır. Anlatabiliyor muyum? Seni alıp kendime saklayasım var anlatabiliyor muyum? Aşık oldum sana anlatabiliyor muyum? Ben de seni kaçıracam olum anlatabiliyor muyum?
Yani görüp görebileceğiniz en dürüst, en aşık, en GURURLU, en çalışkan, en güzel seven erkek karakterdi🥹
Yani böyle bir şey ne gördüm ne okudum arkadaş. Aşık oldum adama ya... gerçek olamayacak kadar my ideal typetı❤️🔥 Evet vazgeçişleri vardı. Ama sor neden? Çünkü aşırı realistti 😭 keşke bu kadar ayakları yere sağlam basan biri olmasaydı...
Yani çok güzel sevdi. Gözleriyle bile sevdi.
"Benim sevdiğim altınlar bunlar işte..." o sırada Edilean'ın saçlarını seviyordur😭
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Başta da belirttiğim gibi kitap eksik gibi bitti. Ben Angus ve Edilean'ın mutlu olduğu, çoluk çocuğa (ki karışıyorlar ama bu kitapta göremiyoruz😔) karıştığı kısa da olsa okumak isterdim. Bu çifte haksızlık yapılmış. Bu kadar güzel bir çift bi elli sayfayı daha hak ediyordu.
Klasik historical tadında aşk okuyacağını düşünen arkadaşlar varsa yanılıyorlar. Bu kitapta bol bol gerçekçi diyaloglar, monologlar okuyacaksınız haberiniz olsun. Sonra vay efendim neden bıraktı, vay efendim neden gitti. Hadi öpüşüp koklaşın diye sitem etmek yok ona göre. Uyarımı da yaptığıma göre bana müsaade 🫡
October 16, 2024
Such a let down 😔 The first part of this book seems so exciting especially when the plot starts to pump up but then after that from when they go to America, everything just starts to go down and to such low points that are almost forgettable. It seems that I kinda agree with the other reviews that this book also have which is bad cuz when I first read this book it seems to have many potential.
November 13, 2019
Muy buena historia. Quizás porque había leído críticas no muy buenas sobre esta novela, pero superó ampliamente mis expectativas!!!!
Me encantó la historia de Angus y Edilean. Coincido en qué se hace un poco larga paro realmente vale la pena.
Me encantó la historia de Angus y Edilean. Coincido en qué se hace un poco larga paro realmente vale la pena.
September 26, 2019
3.5 stars
February 8, 2010
I checked this book out from my county library. I'm glad that I didn't buy it.
Deveraux is a very problematic writer for me. On the one hand, she's undeniably talented. I always want to read her newest books, because the good ones are gems. On the other hand, some of her books are tired and cliched. Usually, her newer books are better than her older ones. Sadly, this is not one of her best.
A while back, I wrote a rather scathing review of Sweetbriar. It's one of her bad books from the 80s, filled with all sorts of the inadvertent racism that overflowed in New World contact romances. Days of Gold is nowhere near that bad.
This novel is the story of Angus McTern and Edilean. Readers of Lavender Morning will know that this the couple that founded the Virginia town of Edilean, and they'll know there's some sort of kidnapping story at work. This is supposed to the narrative that grounds the history of the town around which Deveraux is setting her newest series. Sadly, this book isn't much of a groundwork but rather an anchor.
Edilean is a young heiress about to be wed to someone she despises--even though she's all but engaged to a man of her own choice. Angus McTern is the laird of McTern, but his family lost the estate to Edilean's uncle at cards many years ago. Angus helps Edilean escape, and they find themselves on a voyage to the New World posing as husband and wife. As should not surprise anyone, they fall in love, and complications ensue. Angus is wanted for kidnapping Edilean. Her former fiance wants her money. To make matters worse, while the couple does love one another, neither respects the other, and they must become someone worthy of respect in order to make a marriage work.
That summary makes this novel sound better than it is. Unfortunately, the finished product reads like a collection of ideas from Deveraux's earlier novels that she's decided to rework. The kidnapping/New World voyage hearkens back to Counterfeit Lady. (Minus the icky forced marriage aspect.) Edilean's ability to make friends with fallen women? Temptation. And the idea of woman run business? Let's see, that would be Secrets and The Mulberry Tree, among others whose names I've forgotten.
I recommend this only for the true hardcore Deveraux fans that love all of her books--or those that are unfamiliar with her work in general. If I'd never read anything else by Deveraux, I might have given it three stars. The plot is heavily fragmented, but the characters are fairly decently fun. However, having read so many Deveraux novels over the years, the connections between her books stood out a bit too much for me.
Deveraux is a very problematic writer for me. On the one hand, she's undeniably talented. I always want to read her newest books, because the good ones are gems. On the other hand, some of her books are tired and cliched. Usually, her newer books are better than her older ones. Sadly, this is not one of her best.
A while back, I wrote a rather scathing review of Sweetbriar. It's one of her bad books from the 80s, filled with all sorts of the inadvertent racism that overflowed in New World contact romances. Days of Gold is nowhere near that bad.
This novel is the story of Angus McTern and Edilean. Readers of Lavender Morning will know that this the couple that founded the Virginia town of Edilean, and they'll know there's some sort of kidnapping story at work. This is supposed to the narrative that grounds the history of the town around which Deveraux is setting her newest series. Sadly, this book isn't much of a groundwork but rather an anchor.
Edilean is a young heiress about to be wed to someone she despises--even though she's all but engaged to a man of her own choice. Angus McTern is the laird of McTern, but his family lost the estate to Edilean's uncle at cards many years ago. Angus helps Edilean escape, and they find themselves on a voyage to the New World posing as husband and wife. As should not surprise anyone, they fall in love, and complications ensue. Angus is wanted for kidnapping Edilean. Her former fiance wants her money. To make matters worse, while the couple does love one another, neither respects the other, and they must become someone worthy of respect in order to make a marriage work.
That summary makes this novel sound better than it is. Unfortunately, the finished product reads like a collection of ideas from Deveraux's earlier novels that she's decided to rework. The kidnapping/New World voyage hearkens back to Counterfeit Lady. (Minus the icky forced marriage aspect.) Edilean's ability to make friends with fallen women? Temptation. And the idea of woman run business? Let's see, that would be Secrets and The Mulberry Tree, among others whose names I've forgotten.
I recommend this only for the true hardcore Deveraux fans that love all of her books--or those that are unfamiliar with her work in general. If I'd never read anything else by Deveraux, I might have given it three stars. The plot is heavily fragmented, but the characters are fairly decently fun. However, having read so many Deveraux novels over the years, the connections between her books stood out a bit too much for me.
December 28, 2011
I read Lavender Morning first and it is a tame contemporary romance with a helping of mystery whereas Days of Gold is a historical romance with all the 'trimmings' as well as some suspence. In Lavender Morning we are introduced to an array of people connected to Edilean, Virginia a small town outside Williamsburg. What I enjoyed most in Days of Goldis that it takes us way back to before Edilean was even started and tells the story of the man and woman who we get a whiff of in Lavender Morning that established Edilean. Here in Days of Goldwe are taken to Scotland, across the atlantic to Boston and to the American Frontier of 1770. There are twists and turns, some evil plots, an amazing love and happy endings for everyone who deserves a happy ending. Our characters are bigger than life they behave in ways that may not be realistic but who reads a historical romance for the realism. I know I don't! But what I love is that Jude (at least for me) makes it seem realistic enough that I don't feel compelled to over analyse her writing. That is certainly not my objective when I read a book from this genre and calibre of author. Something I enjoyed immensely (as a lover of genealogy) is that we see surnames of the characters that are residents of Edilean in the present who are characters both major and minor in Days of Gold. One particular character even shares a love of botany with his descendant! But even if you haven't read the first novel in the series you won't be deprived, you won't feel as if there is an inside joke you aren't privvy to.
August 13, 2016
Que preciosa portada, lástima que es solo eso.
Este libro me recuerda muuucho a otro libro de esta autora, La Mujer Perdida, no por la trama sino por la forma en que se encuentran y desencuentran los protas. Pero la diferencia radica en que esa me gustó más que esta.
Tenemos aquí la historia de los legendarios Angus y Edilean, fundadores de la ciudad donde transcurre las historias de esta serie. Angus decepciona como personaje, el chico tiene potencial es listo, vergonzoso, con gran sentido del humor, pero se pierde en cuánto la trama avanza. Edilean pudo haber sido una niña lista, si no hubiera escuchado que le decían inútil y no se hubiera pasado toda la novela gritando que no era ninguna inútil... mientras lo era. Cuando se lo creyó, se volvió pesada.
Empezó de forma graciosa, pero perdieron la gracia demasiado pronto. Una cosa sí, me gustó ver los tatarabuelos de las familias más importantes de Edilean, como a Connor (antepasado de Luke, el chico del libro anterior), o Alridge, o Welsch o McDowell. Ojalá tengan historia y sea mejor que esta.
Para ser una novela ambientada en el siglo XVIII no parece muy acorde a ello. Si no fuera por la fecha tranquilamente podría haber transcurrido en la actualidad.
Este libro me recuerda muuucho a otro libro de esta autora, La Mujer Perdida, no por la trama sino por la forma en que se encuentran y desencuentran los protas. Pero la diferencia radica en que esa me gustó más que esta.
Tenemos aquí la historia de los legendarios Angus y Edilean, fundadores de la ciudad donde transcurre las historias de esta serie. Angus decepciona como personaje, el chico tiene potencial es listo, vergonzoso, con gran sentido del humor, pero se pierde en cuánto la trama avanza. Edilean pudo haber sido una niña lista, si no hubiera escuchado que le decían inútil y no se hubiera pasado toda la novela gritando que no era ninguna inútil... mientras lo era. Cuando se lo creyó, se volvió pesada.
Empezó de forma graciosa, pero perdieron la gracia demasiado pronto. Una cosa sí, me gustó ver los tatarabuelos de las familias más importantes de Edilean, como a Connor (antepasado de Luke, el chico del libro anterior), o Alridge, o Welsch o McDowell. Ojalá tengan historia y sea mejor que esta.
Para ser una novela ambientada en el siglo XVIII no parece muy acorde a ello. Si no fuera por la fecha tranquilamente podría haber transcurrido en la actualidad.
February 13, 2010
This book was weird for me. I absolutely loved it for the first three quarters of the book. Then, the last quarter totally fell apart, not literally but in the feeling of the book. The romance, decisions and story development made sense and was thoroughly enjoyable to read then at the end, both Angus and Edilean started making choices completely against their characters. By the time Angus had left Edilean twice (once for 4 YEARS, then again for 6 weeks) without so much as a "good-bye", leaving her heart ripped apart and having to muddle through and make it on her own, I was confused. THEN, after EVERYTHING, when he shows up, she just smiles and takes his hand... WHAT!!! There is not a woman on this earth who would not have at least demanded an explanation and some pretty serious begging first, let alone the strong woman Deveraux had worked so hard to develop. Such a disappointing ending to an otherwise 5 star book.
February 18, 2017
I love this Jude Deveraux book so much that I would give it at least 8 stars. I am astounded to come write a review and see so many 1 star reviews. The same thing happened with the Mulberry Tree. I must be the target audience for her books because all of my favorite books were written by her.
I read Lavender Morning and loved it and wanted to continue the story. I almost skipped this book because it wasn't a continuation of the story, but I had a chance to buy a used copy fairly cheap so I decided to read the whole series. I am so glad I did. I loved this book from beginning to end. I am glad that I read Lavender Morning first just because it had a few hints in what was to come but this book could have easily of been a stand alone book. I am sure I will re-read it several times.
I read Lavender Morning and loved it and wanted to continue the story. I almost skipped this book because it wasn't a continuation of the story, but I had a chance to buy a used copy fairly cheap so I decided to read the whole series. I am so glad I did. I loved this book from beginning to end. I am glad that I read Lavender Morning first just because it had a few hints in what was to come but this book could have easily of been a stand alone book. I am sure I will re-read it several times.
June 28, 2010
This book had real potential even though much of the plot wasn't really plausible. (I understand that it is fiction though and so that isn't a big deal to me.) There were two parts to this book and Part I was about 3/4 of the book long. Then it ended abruptly and the last forth of the book was set for years in the future in a completely different setting with different characters and I was lost and then very quickly bored. WTH??? This could have been a really great book and I was excited about reading it after waiting on the holds list for it for weeks. What a disappointment. I would have given it one star if the first 3/4 hadn't had so much potential.
December 19, 2014
This book started very well and with some LOL scenes that were very cute. I really loved the part of their sea travel and how close they became. Unfortunately, the last 1/4 of the book was pretty lame, just an excuse to add more pages and perhaps some tension & angst to an otherwise great book. I strongly disliked the last part, but for the sake of the rest of the book I still have to rate it with 4 stars. Plus, I really liked the narrator of this audiobook.
November 6, 2018
Jumping back in time to when and how Edilean was founded makes a good story, but Ms. Deveraux must be the Queen of the Fast Finish, because I was once again stunned when the book wrapped up so quickly. Even with an epilogue, it was too fast and left too many unanswered questions. Perhaps she is saving them for a future book, but it is a little exasperating for the reader. I do like the way her characters grow and change, particularly when it is for the better.
March 21, 2017
Days of Gold
by Jude Deveraux
#2 Edilean
Audio narrated by the AMAZING Davina Porter
4*
Although this is the second in the Edilean series, this takes us back to the beginning (1766) with Scottish laird, Angus McTern, and Edilean Talbot, niece of the Englishman who stole away the Scots' land. Even though Angus is really a laird in name only as the property no longer belongs to them, his people still consider him their laird and he still oversees the business of the land because the Englishman doesn't want to do it himself. Angus also is allowed to wear his traditional kilt at the benevolence of the new owner, even though that had been outlawed by England at this point in Scottish history.
Edilean is a sweetheart of a girl whose beauty transfixes everyone who meets her, including Angus McTern. Although a misunderstanding at their first meeting causes the laird some embarrassment and makes him fodder for lighthearted teasing and sets the tone for a cantankerous relationship, he starts to see that Edilean's situation may not be as simple or happy as she and her uncle are presenting to the clan.
She attempts to run away and escape to the man she loves, and unaware of the full situation and trying to help, Angus quickly finds himself in a spot where he must run away with her, partly to provide protection for her and partly to keep himself out of the hangman's noose. Their adventure brings them to the New World, where they must make their way under the guise of a married couple. After Angus is forced to abandon her to once again escape trouble, she finds her own way and proves that she is not the incompetent fluff of a woman that he seems to think she is.
This was a great example of one of Jude Deveraux' historical novels and has all the elements needed for a grand epic story which includes adventure, friendship and love stemming from a forced partnership, humor, frustration and angst. It also shows how difficult life could be for women, constantly having to navigate the unfairness shown them simply for being female. They really were forced into situations of needing men for protection--physical, financial, and to protect their reputations. Although both main characters are likable and you feel they are meant to be together, the hero can be extremely frustrating by going incommunicado on several occasions for long periods of time, causing greater misunderstanding and heartache than was necessary.
by Jude Deveraux
#2 Edilean
Audio narrated by the AMAZING Davina Porter
4*
Although this is the second in the Edilean series, this takes us back to the beginning (1766) with Scottish laird, Angus McTern, and Edilean Talbot, niece of the Englishman who stole away the Scots' land. Even though Angus is really a laird in name only as the property no longer belongs to them, his people still consider him their laird and he still oversees the business of the land because the Englishman doesn't want to do it himself. Angus also is allowed to wear his traditional kilt at the benevolence of the new owner, even though that had been outlawed by England at this point in Scottish history.
Edilean is a sweetheart of a girl whose beauty transfixes everyone who meets her, including Angus McTern. Although a misunderstanding at their first meeting causes the laird some embarrassment and makes him fodder for lighthearted teasing and sets the tone for a cantankerous relationship, he starts to see that Edilean's situation may not be as simple or happy as she and her uncle are presenting to the clan.
She attempts to run away and escape to the man she loves, and unaware of the full situation and trying to help, Angus quickly finds himself in a spot where he must run away with her, partly to provide protection for her and partly to keep himself out of the hangman's noose. Their adventure brings them to the New World, where they must make their way under the guise of a married couple. After Angus is forced to abandon her to once again escape trouble, she finds her own way and proves that she is not the incompetent fluff of a woman that he seems to think she is.
This was a great example of one of Jude Deveraux' historical novels and has all the elements needed for a grand epic story which includes adventure, friendship and love stemming from a forced partnership, humor, frustration and angst. It also shows how difficult life could be for women, constantly having to navigate the unfairness shown them simply for being female. They really were forced into situations of needing men for protection--physical, financial, and to protect their reputations. Although both main characters are likable and you feel they are meant to be together, the hero can be extremely frustrating by going incommunicado on several occasions for long periods of time, causing greater misunderstanding and heartache than was necessary.
July 6, 2024
In lieu of writing a proper review, I'm just going to go through the plot of this book beat by beat and you'll understand why I gave it 1 star.
1. We begin in 18th Century Scotland, where Edilean is being forced to marry some gross dudes at the behest of her evil uncle. She also meets a burly Scottish man named Angus and they proceed to "hate" each other. A normal enough start to a historical romance.
2. She makes a plan to escape by hiding herself and her money in trunks and getting Angus to haul them to a city, where she can meet James Harcourt (the man she's in love with) and marry him. Unfortunately, James is already married and is just planning to steal her gold and sail to America. Angus and Edilean figure this out and decide to sail to America with the gold together and leave James behind. Angus agrees to do this because he thinks he'll be hanged for stealing her.
So, at this point is where things turn sideways. It's not completely out of the question for an HR to do an Outlander-style going-to-america bit, but all the setup of the Clan and Scotland seems to be just thrown out the window. I basically just assumed the author was just trying to do Outlander again.
3. Once in America, Edilean meets Harcourt's sister (who thinks her brother will be coming on the ship). The sister basically says "Glad you fucked over my brother, he's a dick. Why don't you come live with me?" Edilean gives Angus some diamonds she stole from Harcourt's wife and then he promplty fucks off somewhere. Edilean is sad about this.
4. Months later, Edilean is courting suitors at the sister's place, one of whom is Thomas Jefferson, but is sad cuz no Angus. But don't worry he couldn't stay away! He sneaks into her room in the middle of the night with no warning! Then he makes out with her and then fucks off again for basically no reason. She's so enraged by this that she goes insane and starts chopping up furniture with a knife.
5. Naturally, Edilean's first thought after this is, "Angus is acting wierd because someone stole his diamonds! It must have been that shady criminal girl that I hated for no reason on the ship! I'm going to find her and beat her up and take the diamonds!" We take a harsh left turn into crazyville as she proceeds to sneak attack this woman's thief camp and beat her almost to death. But guess what! She was right about the diamonds somehow.
6. Edilean goes to Angus with the diamonds. They have sex in a very vague hand-wavey lovey-dovey scene. He sees that Harcourt is back and looking to kill Angus. He then thinks, "I can't marry Edilean when I'm a wanted man! Instead, I'll leave her with no warning or explanation and then tell her servant that I just fucked her for fun, hence making her hate me."
7. Cut to many years later where we take another hard left turn. Angus is working for a military captain who's daughter fucks a lot(yes the book is very sexist about that). The daughter wants to marry some guy who went missing. They find the guy who has been scalped and is now sewing his head back together. There's a gunfight with the bandits and coming in for the rescue is... Angus' old clansmen from Scotland! Why are they here? Because they're helping Harcourt's wife kill him! but they tell Angus it's because they want the clan land back from Edilean and he needs to talk to her again.
At this point, I begin to think, is this even a romance? Literally what the fuck is going on?
8. In the ultimate girlboss move, Edilean has spent these years creating a female-led female-staffed slave labor operation where she buys bound women and has them grow fruit. Also, you know that woman she almost beat to death? Edilean kindly saved her from the horrors of prostitution and gave her a job picking fruit.
9. Angus shows up to Edilean's house. She proceeds to fucking shoot a shotgun at him and his friends are just sitting and laughing about it. Women, am I right, boys? Pretty much all of her "bound girls" (slaves) also want to kill Angus, for *checks notes* .... sleeping with her? But she gets over it (for some reason, even though this woman is clearly crazy) and agrees to help the clansmen get their land back.
10. Edilean wakes up to a gunshot noise randomly in the middle of the night. Harcourt has been shot through the head by his wife and now lies dead on her floor. The other Scotsmen force her to ask Angus for help disposing of the body .
11. The scalped guy helps them chop the body up into pieces, and boy does Edilean think it's romantic. She goes from being murderously angry at Angus to accepting his lukewarm apology and wanting to marry him again.
12. Angus proceeds to stay at the fucking scalped guy's house for 6 fucking weeks while sending no word to anyone. He shows up out of nowhere when Edilean is shopping and takes her to where he's been for 6 weeks. The ship that they went to America on. (for some. fucking. reason.) He then says "Hey girl, I know I've been a ghost for six months and haven't discussed any of this with you, but will you marry me on this shitty boat?" To which she replies, "Yes! A thousand times yes!".
13. They sail back to Scotland to do the land transfer? I think? Someone steals the chest with Harcourt's dismembered body (which I guess they didn't just fucking yeet off the ship) and everyone seems to just think "Glad that's off our hands!"
14. In a final left turn into what-the-fuck-land, the next book in this series takes place in 1973 Fort Lauderdale and appears to be an urban crime thriller.
So....holy shit did this book take me for a ride. And boy oh boy did I hate all of it. It's not written well, it's sexist, it's very wierd about sex, and overall I still don't think this is a romance. If it was meant to be one, it fucking sucked ass. The characters have no reason to be in love, no reason to not just be together if they wanted to, and also both suck. The ending isn't even good! She gets her dream wedding exchanged for an 18th century passenger ship!
All the characters are just sort of bland and I didn't care about any of them. The wild turns were so nonsensical that they didn't keep me invested, they just made me want to stop reading (hence why it took me 3 months to finish this, I had to go in 50 page bursts).
1. We begin in 18th Century Scotland, where Edilean is being forced to marry some gross dudes at the behest of her evil uncle. She also meets a burly Scottish man named Angus and they proceed to "hate" each other. A normal enough start to a historical romance.
2. She makes a plan to escape by hiding herself and her money in trunks and getting Angus to haul them to a city, where she can meet James Harcourt (the man she's in love with) and marry him. Unfortunately, James is already married and is just planning to steal her gold and sail to America. Angus and Edilean figure this out and decide to sail to America with the gold together and leave James behind. Angus agrees to do this because he thinks he'll be hanged for stealing her.
So, at this point is where things turn sideways. It's not completely out of the question for an HR to do an Outlander-style going-to-america bit, but all the setup of the Clan and Scotland seems to be just thrown out the window. I basically just assumed the author was just trying to do Outlander again.
3. Once in America, Edilean meets Harcourt's sister (who thinks her brother will be coming on the ship). The sister basically says "Glad you fucked over my brother, he's a dick. Why don't you come live with me?" Edilean gives Angus some diamonds she stole from Harcourt's wife and then he promplty fucks off somewhere. Edilean is sad about this.
4. Months later, Edilean is courting suitors at the sister's place, one of whom is Thomas Jefferson, but is sad cuz no Angus. But don't worry he couldn't stay away! He sneaks into her room in the middle of the night with no warning! Then he makes out with her and then fucks off again for basically no reason. She's so enraged by this that she goes insane and starts chopping up furniture with a knife.
5. Naturally, Edilean's first thought after this is, "Angus is acting wierd because someone stole his diamonds! It must have been that shady criminal girl that I hated for no reason on the ship! I'm going to find her and beat her up and take the diamonds!" We take a harsh left turn into crazyville as she proceeds to sneak attack this woman's thief camp and beat her almost to death. But guess what! She was right about the diamonds somehow.
6. Edilean goes to Angus with the diamonds. They have sex in a very vague hand-wavey lovey-dovey scene. He sees that Harcourt is back and looking to kill Angus. He then thinks, "I can't marry Edilean when I'm a wanted man! Instead, I'll leave her with no warning or explanation and then tell her servant that I just fucked her for fun, hence making her hate me."
7. Cut to many years later where we take another hard left turn. Angus is working for a military captain who's daughter fucks a lot(yes the book is very sexist about that). The daughter wants to marry some guy who went missing. They find the guy who has been scalped and is now sewing his head back together. There's a gunfight with the bandits and coming in for the rescue is... Angus' old clansmen from Scotland! Why are they here? Because they're helping Harcourt's wife kill him! but they tell Angus it's because they want the clan land back from Edilean and he needs to talk to her again.
At this point, I begin to think, is this even a romance? Literally what the fuck is going on?
8. In the ultimate girlboss move, Edilean has spent these years creating a female-led female-staffed slave labor operation where she buys bound women and has them grow fruit. Also, you know that woman she almost beat to death? Edilean kindly saved her from the horrors of prostitution and gave her a job picking fruit.
9. Angus shows up to Edilean's house. She proceeds to fucking shoot a shotgun at him and his friends are just sitting and laughing about it. Women, am I right, boys? Pretty much all of her "bound girls" (slaves) also want to kill Angus, for *checks notes* .... sleeping with her? But she gets over it (for some reason, even though this woman is clearly crazy) and agrees to help the clansmen get their land back.
10. Edilean wakes up to a gunshot noise randomly in the middle of the night. Harcourt has been shot through the head by his wife and now lies dead on her floor. The other Scotsmen force her to ask Angus for help disposing of the body .
11. The scalped guy helps them chop the body up into pieces, and boy does Edilean think it's romantic. She goes from being murderously angry at Angus to accepting his lukewarm apology and wanting to marry him again.
12. Angus proceeds to stay at the fucking scalped guy's house for 6 fucking weeks while sending no word to anyone. He shows up out of nowhere when Edilean is shopping and takes her to where he's been for 6 weeks. The ship that they went to America on. (for some. fucking. reason.) He then says "Hey girl, I know I've been a ghost for six months and haven't discussed any of this with you, but will you marry me on this shitty boat?" To which she replies, "Yes! A thousand times yes!".
13. They sail back to Scotland to do the land transfer? I think? Someone steals the chest with Harcourt's dismembered body (which I guess they didn't just fucking yeet off the ship) and everyone seems to just think "Glad that's off our hands!"
14. In a final left turn into what-the-fuck-land, the next book in this series takes place in 1973 Fort Lauderdale and appears to be an urban crime thriller.
So....holy shit did this book take me for a ride. And boy oh boy did I hate all of it. It's not written well, it's sexist, it's very wierd about sex, and overall I still don't think this is a romance. If it was meant to be one, it fucking sucked ass. The characters have no reason to be in love, no reason to not just be together if they wanted to, and also both suck. The ending isn't even good! She gets her dream wedding exchanged for an 18th century passenger ship!
All the characters are just sort of bland and I didn't care about any of them. The wild turns were so nonsensical that they didn't keep me invested, they just made me want to stop reading (hence why it took me 3 months to finish this, I had to go in 50 page bursts).
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 26, 2018
2.75 ☆
A cheesy, wannabe romantic read full of *gasp* surprising twists and turns, as well as *shocked face* completely unexpected happy endings a.k.a. everybody perfectly fell head over heels for their one true match from the group.
The bad, greedy and sleezy bastard .
Money started magically growing on trees.
And everybody had their happily ever after. EVERYBODY. With NO exception what so ever.
THE END.
A cheesy, wannabe romantic read full of *gasp* surprising twists and turns, as well as *shocked face* completely unexpected happy endings a.k.a. everybody perfectly fell head over heels for their one true match from the group.
The bad, greedy and sleezy bastard .
Money started magically growing on trees.
And everybody had their happily ever after. EVERYBODY. With NO exception what so ever.
THE END.
October 23, 2023
I loved this book all the way up to the time they reached America. After that I think it went downhill. I hate when lovers separate and I thought the whole army part of the story added nothing to the book.
Angus kept disappearing with no word which really does not seem in keeping with his character. And the whole premise of the possibility of him being charged with kidnapping and theft, when Edilean could clarify everything seemed ridiculous to me.
I would have preferred an epilogue further in the future.
Angus kept disappearing with no word which really does not seem in keeping with his character. And the whole premise of the possibility of him being charged with kidnapping and theft, when Edilean could clarify everything seemed ridiculous to me.
I would have preferred an epilogue further in the future.
June 26, 2017
Puiki knyga, kai pavarksti galvoti, skaityti, matyti daugiau. Viskas paprasta ir gražu.
October 3, 2018
historical öğelere sahip olsa da daha çok günümüzün etkisinde kalmış hissi veren bir hikayeydi. Fena değildi galiba ..en azından yarısından sonra hikaye daha akıcıydı :)
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