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Banished To The Harem
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The average delivery times for our orders are as follows: Then when she can finally leave, she runs to the harem to wait for his return - even though she's disgusted with that concept. I really kept thinking of Stockholm Syndrome reading this. The book doesn't make much Sometimes books with the dumbest titles are the best books you will read. The book doesn't make much sense, especially trying to figure out why his country was split and all the rules about whether the countries will reunite or not. I found it hard to like the main characters, let alone hope they find a happy ending.
The way this story was written, I think the happy ending should have been her telling him off and going home a free woman. Even though it also set up the next story in this series, if she plans to keep writing her heros like the one in this story, I'm going to pass. Apr 21, Gege86 rated it it was amazing. I gave it 5 stars, but actually it deserved ten, and don't get me wrong , that's not because it was that good, but for its total silliness. Please don't tell me that anyone who read this one actually believed that this how the Arabs live there lives. It was completely fiction and made up stuff.
And in some point I literally fall off the edge of my seat laughing, and every time I read the word "harem" I burst out laughing so hard every one around must've thought I was crazy or something. On to the next one, I really want to know where is the author going with this. Sep 13, Tia rated it it was ok. Errrm this novel was all sorts of fucked up. The whole tradition thing with the heroes kingdom almost had me throwing up. Jun 03, Caro rated it it was ok Shelves: Esta novelita tiene demasiados elementos locos como para catalogarla en: Los pocos flashes de sobriedad que tuvo la autora, estuvieron bien.
Dec 04, Carol Storm rated it it was ok. Started well, but fell apart after the abduction. The icky custard, the weird rituals -- who has the time for this stuff? Nov 12, Ann has a dirty mouth rated it liked it. I think that this book should get either one star for stupidity or five stars for its completely surprising wackiness. Here is what I liked: Natasha is not the usual Harlequin Presents mega sweet ultra virgin. She actually had some backbone.
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She was a fun character, and I really appreciated how optimistic she was given all the crappy things that happened to her. Here is what dropped my jaw: After Natasha is kidnapped by the Sheik of Made-upistan, she has to learn to deal with a world of wacky cu I think that this book should get either one star for stupidity or five stars for its completely surprising wackiness. After Natasha is kidnapped by the Sheik of Made-upistan, she has to learn to deal with a world of wacky cultural quirks, which include only making love to her husband two days a month the book is careful to specify that this does not mean two times and is then expected to go months and years at a time without seeing him.
She also lives in a tent, is bathed by maidens and is force fed custard before bedtime.
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Here is what I did not like: This book is way short even for a category length. I read like 5 Harlequins this weekend what? By that, I mean it was half the length of the others. Probably because of this, I thought that the last third of the story was very rushed, and I would have liked the conflict to play out with a bit more detail, especially Natasha's reconciliation with Rakhal. All in all, I liked that this one was so unique, but I probably won't continue with the series. Jun 07, Hemavathy DM Suppiah rated it did not like it. So cliched, so stereotypical that I was LOLing throughout the book.
One particularly bad as in corny scene had the hero and heroine pretending to have sex with appropriate sound effects so that the listeners outside as in his voyeuristic subjects as he is after all, a prince would be convinced. Ms Martinelli really scraped the bottom of the barrel with this one. Jul 02, Mudpie rated it really liked it. This book is terribly good. I read this when it first came out but never recorded it in GR; within the first chapter I remember vaguely the plot because the pink sapphires gifts were wickedly clever Here we saw it in action!
To me there's a horrid fascination with the details What it meant when music was playing, what he or she would get This book is terribly good. What it meant when music was playing, what he or she would get when their respective bell rope was pulled! He got a harem girl, she'd get custard! It was funny yet horrifying for a modern non Muslim woman like me to even imagine. Yet can we really blame Rakhal? It was his way of life He was used to how things were done in relation to his wife and harem, she only knew the concept of one man, one wife as equal partners. Even if he were so desperate to want her he got rid of the harem, he'd only grow to resent her because it'd seem like only he was giving up his way of life while she erm sacrificed nothing.
Definitely a foreign concept No one else would do or was necessary. The one true love would be woman enough for him, and with her beside him, he'd be all that much stronger. I'm so glad Rakhal got it after spouting all his traditions and beliefs. It cannot be easy to go against king and people, with thousands of years of traditions behind them.
So I forgive him for his assholery throughout most of the book. He had his decent and tender moments Look at how he resolved the mess her bro was, and that first night of er baby making in the desert tent. The acting, just blew my mind away. I didn't know to laugh or cringe or feel aww for them! Terribly good indeed, some parts were so bad like Rakhal spouting his idea of marriage. The poor wives who came before Natasha!
Well, I could almost put this in "Fantasy" because the so-called marriage rules were so out there! This was another pretty good book. Of the books I've read recently from this author this one I like the best. There was sill a lot of emotional struggling, but there were some better parts and it didn't feel quite so negative. There was a little humor, some sweetness, plenty of emotion, happy scenes, aggravating parts, hope, regret, confusion, and a good ending for this couple.
I am actually interested in reading the other book in this duo and am looking forward to seeing to the end hopefully a This was another pretty good book. I am actually interested in reading the other book in this duo and am looking forward to seeing to the end hopefully a happy one for this country. This is something I wouldn't mind reading again. Other times it redeemed itself, but only enough for 3 stars unfortunately.
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I generally love Marinelli books, but I don't know I prefer desert ones where they don't have to overcome strange traditions. Was never explained in a way that I could fully get it. What has to happen so they become one country?? And while it ended up good, it was hard to get there Yet I still want to read Emir's story when it comes out Jan 09, RomLibrary added it Shelves: He spends one night in jail. In the meantime, he He spends one night in jail.
Aug 21, Debra rated it liked it. Natasha and Rakhal end up having a one night stand that goes longer than either expects when something breaks. Now she has been taken to his country to wait and see if she is expecting the next heir for the throne. But she doesn't go willingly She has backbone and knows how to use it.