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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Esta serie me encanta, y esta autora tiene algo magico a la hora de escribir, cuida muchos detalles, ya lei todos libros de esta serie solo me falta el benefactor donde finalmente habla de la sra. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
I will not open my mouth to utter a single word while I am in the company of such knaves. Trabajar es un deber indispensable al hombre social. ILady Amelia Plume tiene bastantes admiradores. Calliditas , simulado, versulia. Still, I think they make a good well-balanced pair. Varian is very even tempered, which is a must for living with someone so volatile. Two volatile people aren't going to make it long-term, IMHO.
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Esme is blunt in a way that Varian needs. He got away with floating through life on his charm and looks for too long. Someone needed to lay it out for him, which both Esme and the adventure of hard times in Albania did. I did wonder how Varian would be redeemed. He wasn't a horrible person, don't get me wrong. Everyone knows a Varian to some degree. The guy who is good looking, charming, generally likeable and mostly harmless as long as you don't count on him or take him too seriously.
He usually has a string of exes and a mound of debt to prove that, but he's great to have at a party. I was generally happy with how Chase chose to show his growth. Yes, there was a magic windfall at the end which put the two fashionably back into the black, but this is romance and Varian certainly had to work hard up until that point and face the consequences of his irresponsibility. Also the windfall happened as a result of his own heroics which made it more acceptable to me. So, all in all, despite the 'magic pen' windfall I believe it was a satisfactory 'out', especially since this was romance and it is virtually written in stone that the HEA include material comfort.
It's important to note that Esme would have been fine living in poverty, but it was important to Varian's sense of self worth to be able to support his wife as a lady of her station. So, I think it all worked out well given the genre and the characters. Nov 28, Laura V. Y es tan lindo cuando quiere no rendirse a su deseos.
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View all 5 comments. Aug 31, Julia rated it did not like it. Spoilers but you might want to look anyway because there's some shitty stuff in here. It was intensely ooky. It's also not better because he thinks that "her people", the Albanians, are all sodomites and pederasts who would marry her off and impregnate her at thirteen. I enjoyed this, though I got impatient with some of the plotlines. Esme is an Englishman's daughter, but brought up in Ankara. Her character was a fascinating study in the contrast between the cultures and their separate expectations—particularly for marriage. It didn't help that it does the bad-guy PoV periodically during much of the novel.
It was probably necess I enjoyed this, though I got impatient with some of the plotlines. It was probably necessary for the plot to make sense, but I still found it wearing. I really liked the protagonists. Esme and Varian were fun together and having him stretch out of his habitual indolence as he discovers what is worth working toward was fun.
Chase takes no shortcuts here, no magic windfalls, so Varian is stuck with trying to provide the best for the women he loves but without the means to do so. His maturity arc was a good deal of fun. Best of all, it happened without Esme having any kind of expectations and entirely driven by his own sense of what he'd like to provide for her. I also enjoyed Esme's fire and determination. No simpering harem-bred woman, she's more likely to grab a rifle than indulge a fit of tears and seeing Varian learn to appreciate that was a fun ride.
I wish I had enjoyed the plot, though.
It's well put-together and the pacing is great, but I just couldn't invest emotionally in it. Some of that is due to Esme's father, Jason. The guy fakes his own death in order to go undercover and leaves Esme alone in a society without a great deal of respect and no rights for women. It was irresponsible and everybody treating him like some kind of genius didn't help my opinion of him at all.
As far as I can see, the entire plot was unraveled by Esme's 12 year-old cousin more than anything Jason did. Having Esme's entire motivation for most of the novel be mourning and vengeance for a father that wasn't dead was just frustrating. Being a father to daughters of that age may be a factor here Anyway, the romance was an awesome four star run with everything exactly how I like it. The plot dragged it down a lot, though. As much as I enjoyed the setting and the cultural basis for Varian and Esme's clashes I wish Chase had come up with something a lot less provoking in the plot.
A fun read, but not one I'll be tempted to revisit. A note about Steamy: Middle of my range. Maybe a touch on the low side with two or three explicit sex scenes in such a long novel. The plot kept them busy enough that there simply wasn't a lot of leisure to pursue amorous opportunities.
Not that they didn't find the time, but it wasn't intrusive or gratuitous. May 14, R. This is such a crowded, mixed up book. Okay to start with there are at least three different instances where the heroine eavesdrops on a conversation, overhears someone saying something that is some sort of falsehood or manipulation , believes it, then runs away feeling betrayed. No, seriously, exactly this sequence of events happens over and over and over. Then there's this super weird and contrived early subplot where the hero thinks that the heroine is much younger than she is so he's in gales This is such a crowded, mixed up book.
Then there's this super weird and contrived early subplot where the hero thinks that the heroine is much younger than she is so he's in gales of self-loathing for being attracted to her. But nothing significant ever comes of it! After a bit he finds out her real age and it's never brought up again?? Nor did it appear to have any real effect on the progression of their courtship. There was a whole thread about how much the heroine hated being treated like a child, so I guess Chase was attempting to tie that in, but really that thread worked fine without the useless age confusion and seemed mostly unaffected by it anyway.
And THEN there are also multiple confusing plotlines about smuggling and many years old betrayals and revolutions whose not being immediately resolved hinge on the protagonists particularly a 12 year old boy bizarrely keeping unnecessary secrets. And most of the actual relationship between the hero and heroine is engaging, funny, and emotional. There's just a whole bunch of other utterly unnecessary crap sometimes amusing, often less so crowding the book that you have to dig through.
Also, though it features a few different queer characters, it has some really side-eye worthy stuff happening there narratively. Feb 16, L8blmr rated it liked it. I rounded this up from 2. Unfortunately, those moments were too few and far between. In fact, I came very close to putting the book down permanently just about daily. I don't know if it was the setting, the characters or the plot that bothered me - probably a combination of all three - but th I rounded this up from 2. I don't know if it was the setting, the characters or the plot that bothered me - probably a combination of all three - but the magic just wasn't there.
I think I made a poor choice of a second book by Ms. Chase, and I am certainly not giving up on her; next time I will read friends' reviews rather than buy a book just because it is on sale! Sep 05, Kimberly Carrington-Fox rated it really liked it Shelves: Mar 26, Robin rated it it was ok. I thought I would never finish this book, and I am so happy it's over.
So just imagine my disappointment with this Way too many complicated story lines that I was not interested in enough to actually follow. I didn't dislike any of the characte Whew I didn't dislike any of the characters although our heroine needs to stop eavesdropping AND misunderstanding what she hears AND making rash decisions based on misunderstandings Our hero Varian was quite like-able, and the dialogue between him and Esme were the only redeeming qualities of the book and the reason for 2 stars instead of 1.
Free on Amazon http: Dec 19, Jultri rated it really liked it Shelves: Solidly written book with a compelling and appealing male lead in Varian, a penniless baron. A wastrel all his life, albeit a ridiculously good looking one, his comfortable survival to date has been made possible by many willing people happy to purchase his charming, titled company. He certainly oozes effortless lazy charms to the utter frustration of the heroine, Esme, a fierce red-headed young warrior, daughter of the famed Red Lion who is an English nobleman in self-imposed exile in Albania.
The secondary characters are colourful and multidimensional and Varian's slow eventual maturation and assumption of responsibility and charge is quite believable. Varian has some beaut lines, full of subtle sarcastic and self-deprecating humour and Percival, the ingenious precocious 12 year old cousin of Esme, also has some great dialogue. Esme, with her volatile temper, did at times irritate me, especially with her lack of faith in Varian especially towards the end, when he has proven himself trustworthy and man enough for her. There were also uncomfortable moments for me reading about the pubertal looking Esme, and how Varian despite thinking she was quite underage and tried to fight his growing physical attraction for her, did not fight hard enough and still gave in to his impulses.
The fact that she was really 18 and not 12, did not negate the fact, that he thought she was 12 and still seduced her. Free from Amazon "Moreover, she doubted any female could spend so much time in the company of such godlike beauty and remain unaffected, worthless and dissolute as this particular deity might be. His face and form, unfortunately, betrayed nothing of his weak character, nor did the smoky sound of his persuasive voice. When one admired a handsome palace and longed to live there, Esme reflected, one did not think of the rats scurrying about in its bowels.
May you fall into black water and a thousand leeches feast upon you. And you composed it just for me, romantic creature that you are. That wounds me, Esme, truly it does. You think I agreed to wed you for a mere thousand pounds? My dear girl, I should not agree to shackle myself to Aphrodite herself for anything less than twenty thousand. I heard him tell Ismal. A whore I may be, but a precious expensive one, I promise you. I have never been so insulted in all my life.
Unfortunately, this book had an incredibly slow start. The intrigue in the first few chapters caught my attention even with all the political shenanigans. Then, the remainder of the first half of the book was about the hero and heroine's extremely long and boring journey through Albania.
To much historical information detracted from the flow and really bogged down the story. Honestly I was about to give up on this book and I would have had I not needed it for two challenges and then low and be Unfortunately, this book had an incredibly slow start. Honestly I was about to give up on this book and I would have had I not needed it for two challenges and then low and behold, finally the story got interesting and exciting.
I really liked Esme as she was indeed a little warrior avenging her father's death. She's a fierce little thing determined to have her way regardless of circumstances or sense. Poor Varian did his best to protect her though he wasn't much of a hero. Esme may be 18 but she's tiny and has no womanly figure to speak of and Varian's constant references to her being a child and yet still lusting after her was kind of creepy and was distasteful. Of course, I knew she was 18 but just the thought of a 30 year old man lusting after a prepubescent-like teen turned my stomach.
I did like the second half of the book and ending up eventually liking Varian. I really liked Esme's cousin, Percival. If I was to continue with this series, it would only be if Percival had the lead as there wasn't any other character I liked well enough to follow to his own book. Apr 05, Aviva rated it it was ok. When I have friends or people on the street who don't get why I read romance, I toss a copy of something by Loretta Chase at their heads. Generally Lord of the Scoundrels. But then, every writer has at least one stinker. I tried to like it. I begged my subconscious to suspend disbelief.
And okay, I admit, I really bought it because I wanted to see if it was as bad as everybody said and because the guy on the cover bares more than a pa When I have friends or people on the street who don't get why I read romance, I toss a copy of something by Loretta Chase at their heads. And okay, I admit, I really bought it because I wanted to see if it was as bad as everybody said and because the guy on the cover bares more than a passing resemblance to a wrestler that I was more than a little obsessed with in college.
So anyway, the badness makes me sad because this book DID have potential. And the interactions between the heroine and the hero were what kept me reading. But all the other stuff Lord Byron's BFF is a babysitter. A seventeen-year-old girl is the baddest ass in Albania, next to her father who's a little, kinda sorta dead.
Everybody only thinks he's dead. A chess piece that holds the key to the whole game and lets all pause and appreciate the hamfisted zanniness of THAT metaphor. A crotchety old grandma who's not so crotchety at all. Cause believe me, you guys, I could keep going. Chase's ability to write tummy twitching love scenes and verbal exchanges are definitely still here, but the rest of it was just a little, uhm, over the top.
Read it if you've read other things by her and know it's not her best. But don't read it if you're expecting a spectacular spectacular.
Muy lindo, con un background cultural muy bien armado: Jun 19, Kat Desi rated it did not like it Shelves: Mar 20, Carolyn rated it liked it Shelves: Going through my lists of books by my favorite authors, I found that I missed this one!