Status Updates From The Storm and the Splendor ...

Was a little skeptical about this book going in due to the ratings and some reviews. But it's turned out to be quite an interesting saga. The writing is very good.

He slashed the rhinoceros-hide whip through the air so that it sang with an evil whine.

"Do you flinch, my lovely, untouchable Julia? Well you might, for I intend to take my toll f your lovely white skin."

"There is no such thing as freedom for a woman here, just as there is no such thing as a fine mare without an owner."

"I am not a mare!"

"No, though deny that Ali Dey would have liked to put you through your paces."

"But he did not. He gave me to you!"

Pass then, Christian dog, and never again let your infidel's gaze fall upon so much as the dhadow of the most previous treasure of the dey of Algiers.

That was a close call. Whew.

I knew a little thing like a ship sinking wouldn't stop that bastard from showing up again like a bad penny.

From lost at sea to a sultan's harem. How the h*** will Rud manage to save Julia? Or is Rud really a bastard and doesn't care to save Julia?

I so want to find an excuse to go home so I can read some more.

"A Bourbon agent-" Napoleon murmered then abruptly exploded in rage. "A traitoress, sniveling little dungheap bastard of a Bourbon agent!"

I smell treachery in the air...

A meeting at Longwood house with Napoleon

Would someone please wrap this hero up and let me take him home for keeps? He's a keeper :p

I did not want to put this down and go to work today :/

From where I stand, medemoiselle, it appears that I have set out to free a man guarded by the naval power of the greatest seagoing nation in the world with the aid of an elderly gentleman, a popinjay, a young woman, and a dying man. Can you truly blame me for being cautious?

Not me :p