Rating: 
Summary: More than 5 stars!
Review: READ THIS BOOK - but first read Lord of Fire. These twin stories are wonderfully romantic, exciting, and down right sexy!
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Rating: 
Summary: Good, but . . .
Review: Really nice writing in a maturely handled story, but there were two glaring mistakes on details that showed the author was not doing research on things she didn't know about. First off the Christmas carol "Silent Night" was referred to as an "old carol" when in fact it wasn't even written yet in the year the events in this book takes place (1814-15). It was written in Germany and wasn't performed until 1818, and would have taken longer to reach England and get into general circulation there. Secondly, horses have a gestation period of 340 days. They don't "breed in the fall to foal in the spring". In a book written about a time period where the horse was the major fast transportation on land, this is a bad mistake. In themselves, these errors don't kill the book, but the main problem with these kind of mistakes is the reader never knows if ANY of the little facts that are sprinkled through the author's writing is correct. It really takes some of the fun out of reading the book. The sad part of it is, these facts could have been checked with Google in about five minutes. A good read, but don't take anything written in the book for gospel.
Rating:
Summary: Really 3.5 stars
Review: Sorry, but,... I just did not like this book as much as Lord of Fire. LOF's hero, Lucien, was so much more multi-dimensional and complex. To explain why he is the way he is, Foley spent an appropriate amount of time on his background, particularly how Lucien had always felt inferior to his "older" twin brother Damien. Also, so much was made of Lucien's admiration for Damien. so I expected Damien to have admirable qualities, which he really didn't. He was obviously tormented by his war experience, but this was the only aspect of his character Foley covered. So Damien wound up being one-dimensional and boring. Also, the way his post traumatic stress syndrome was portrayed was almost silly. Although he agonizes constantly about bugging out in front of people, he only has one public episode, and that's when a champagne cork pops, triggering his war memories. I couldn't help giggling. Also, the way Miranda apparently "cures" him with one session of oral sex was silly as well. I felt like Foley raised a worthwhile topic (survivor's guilt and PTSD) but then dealt with them in a very shallow way. Equally shallow has been Foley's portrayal of Lucien and Damien's relationship as twins. Perhaps it's a cliche that twins are emotionally close, but Lucien and Damien almost treated each other like strangers. In LOF, they avoided each other until the very end of the book, and in LOI, Lucien actually spent more time talking to Miranda than to Damien. I didn't expect the twins to have mental telepathy, but I did expect the fact that they were twins to have some impact on the stories, which it did not. It's almost as if she made them twins for no reason.
Rating:
Summary: Really 3.5 stars
Review: Sorry, but,... I just did not like this book as much as Lord of Fire. LOF's hero, Lucien, was so much more multi-dimensional and complex. To explain why he is the way he is, Foley spent an appropriate amount of time on his background, particularly how Lucien had always felt inferior to his "older" twin brother Damien. Also, so much was made of Lucien's admiration for Damien. so I expected Damien to have admirable qualities, which he really didn't. He was obviously tormented by his war experience, but this was the only aspect of his character Foley covered. So Damien wound up being one-dimensional and boring. Also, the way his post traumatic stress syndrome was portrayed was almost silly. Although he agonizes constantly about bugging out in front of people, he only has one public episode, and that's when a champagne cork pops, triggering his war memories. I couldn't help giggling. Also, the way Miranda apparently "cures" him with one session of oral sex was silly as well. I felt like Foley raised a worthwhile topic (survivor's guilt and PTSD) but then dealt with them in a very shallow way. Equally shallow has been Foley's portrayal of Lucien and Damien's relationship as twins. Perhaps it's a cliche that twins are emotionally close, but Lucien and Damien almost treated each other like strangers. In LOF, they avoided each other until the very end of the book, and in LOI, Lucien actually spent more time talking to Miranda than to Damien. I didn't expect the twins to have mental telepathy, but I did expect the fact that they were twins to have some impact on the stories, which it did not. It's almost as if she made them twins for no reason.
Rating:
Summary: Sweet and Passionate!
Review: The novel. Lord of Ice is a classic example of a true regency romance the way a true regency romance fan wants it told. The charcaters are deep and inspirational with just the right touch of bravado and whimsy to keep a reader engaged and amused. Ms. Foley has created the type of book that leaves the reader satisfied and yet wanting more. This book along with its companion novel,Lord of Fire now both belong in my collection.
Rating:
Summary: I wouldn't call this a cliche...
Review: The story was really good! The hero (Damien) is a distinguished official in the army, but even he doesn't come out unscathed from the horrors of war. The heroine (Miranda) was summarily forgotten by her relatives (after the death of her parents) and left in a ladies' school with a headmaster who has some questionable activities.
Damien's good friend, Miranda's uncle, dies, and names him as Miranda's guardian. Damien is attracted to his ward, but is determined to marry her off to the man he believes right for her. But Miranda sets her sights on her guardian.
Miranda is almost killed in a few incidents, and Damien tracks down her killer. On the way, Miranda and Damien both heal each other from past emotional wounds, and fall in love.
They live happily ever after of course. But they say it's the journey that matters, not the destination. The "journey" seems to be all the fun, isn't it?
Rating:
Summary: Lord of ice
Review: There is but one word that I can apply to this book and do it justice and that is "WOW". Talk about a great book. I read the other one "Lord of Fire" also and that one is just as fantastic. If anyone picks up one of these books to read, they may as well pull up a chair because they won't be able to put them down until they are done.
Rating: 
Summary: Rambo Meets Cinderella
Review: This latest installment in the Knight family has once again left me banging my head in frustration. Every cliché known to man has been brought forth and strung together to resemble a plot. Handsome heroic tormented war hero? Check. Spunky beautiful orphan who's really an heiress? Check. Forced relationship so that there can be a happily ever after? You bet. I won't bother going into too much detail (if you ever have a day to waste you know what to do with it.) But once again Ms. Foley excels at mediocrity. Miranda is a headstrong orphan who has found herself under the care of Damien Knight. Damien is the tormented war hero who is traumatized from his service in the war and doesn't want the burden of being responsible for the raven haired beauty. After the initial meeting I can see why. Miranda behaves like a hot-blooded trollop who needs to be taught self control and Damien acts like a sexual predator who shouldn't be the guardian of anyone female and under twenty one. Steamy introduction aside the two soon fall into the guardian/ward relationship which is then encouraged by Damien's own family to turn into a romantic pursuit, in spite of the fact that Damien's relationship with Miranda by all accounts resembled at the very least that of a brother and sister if not a father and daughter. Throw in an evil uncle desperate to get his greedy hands on Miranda's money and you have everything set up for Damien to become the brave knight in shining armor. Between Damien killing people with his bare hands(he knows nine different ways to kill with his hands) as if he's Solid Snake and Miranda having the cliché rags to riches story the book came off like Rambo meets Cinderella. The afterthought of throwing in Napoleon's escape from Elba was more like utilizing some lost notes than to move the plot along; by the time I had gotten that far I couldn't care less what happened to any of them. I have to question myself as to why I continue reading anything by Ms. Foley when I'm constantly frustrated by her haphazard story telling but maybe deep down I'm a masochist at heart.
Rating:
Summary: Another hero to fall in love with
Review: This was another great hero from Gaelen Foley! Lots of passion and excitement with a hero who was so wounded from his time in the war. A definate keeper IMHO!
Rating:
Summary: Oh Damien! What a man!
Review: When i first read Lord of Ice I figured this book would be so dull, the way Lucien describ his twin as a stiff militairy man I didnt see what could be said about him! But after what happen to Damien in Lord of Ice I just had to find out what was wrong with the other handsome twin.
To my shock this book is so full of passion and a true connection between Damien & Miranda, wow Miranda what a woman! She totally deserve a man as passionate as Damien once she got "saved" him. Ms Foley trully did justice for this book and does not dissapoint. Lucien is still the man for me, but there is thru passion in Damien, A MUST read! No need to read Lord of Fire before
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