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Summary: Yuck - Worst of the Trilogy!
Review: Bravo Ms.Coulter. I must admit that at first I didn't want to read this book because of low ratings other readers had given and besides low ratings-----I didn't seem to accept a scarred hero) I gave it a try though and I found that I was a fool to dislike disfigured heros) This book is much better than I thought. The hero is Cleve of Malverne from 'Lord of Raven Peak' (2nd book in trilogy) he is now friend of Lord Merrik and a Viking warrior. The heroine is Princess Chessa (she is Eze, daughter of the wizard Hormuze from 'Lord of Hawkfell Island') Cleve has a scar on a side of his face but it does not reduce the beauty of his face in Chessa's eyes. Their adventure is exciting. The secondary characters do their job well. I highly recommend all the books in Viking Trilogy. They are all entertaining read.
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Summary: Loved it
Review: Bravo Ms.Coulter. I must admit that at first I didn't want to read this book because of low ratings other readers had given and besides low ratings-----I didn't seem to accept a scarred hero) I gave it a try though and I found that I was a fool to dislike disfigured heros) This book is much better than I thought. The hero is Cleve of Malverne from 'Lord of Raven Peak' (2nd book in trilogy) he is now friend of Lord Merrik and a Viking warrior. The heroine is Princess Chessa (she is Eze, daughter of the wizard Hormuze from 'Lord of Hawkfell Island') Cleve has a scar on a side of his face but it does not reduce the beauty of his face in Chessa's eyes. Their adventure is exciting. The secondary characters do their job well. I highly recommend all the books in Viking Trilogy. They are all entertaining read.
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Summary: The worst book of Coulter's viking trilogy!!!!!!!
Review: Catherine Coulter's viking stories started out fun and interesting, but its like she just had to pick some character to portray so she just decided to use Cleve. He was not (in this book)like the nice sweet person portrayed in Lord of raven's peak. This story is from Cleve and his future wife chessa's perspectives. But what is it with Coulter and giving these slaves royal or special lineage. In raven's peak Laren had royal lineage and was betrayed by her sisters. Now in this story cleve also has interesting heratige. She was running on empty when this was written. I liked the first 2, but it should have been just the 2. This book was not neccesery, and is not fun to read like the previous novels.
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Summary: very fragmanted with many typos and contradictions
Review: I enjoyed having all the characters from the first two books included in this one, however, there seemed to be three separate stories with many slow areas. Typos were numerous as well as contradictions, such as; pg. 153 "It was so unexpected, the concubine screamed" - pg. 162 "Weren't the two young girls last night quite lovely? They're mute, born that way . . ." Lastly, this novel was very believable until Lord Varrick with his magic stick entered. At that point it was as if Ms. Coulter ran out of things to write about and didn't know how to get out of the story. I have read and enjoyed many Catherine Coulter novels prior to this and will continue to do so.
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Summary: What was that..??
Review: I have read several Catherine Coulter books and I am afraid to say they keep getting worse ! I really enjoyed her writing at first; kept looking for all of her stories. But after reading so many, I find the major difference between each of her characters, especially the men, is their names. There are a few unique traits perhaps with each of them, however, they are so closely related they have become easily predictable. Most of the men have been in the same situation, say the exact same things, treat the women identically in every story, to which the women respond identically in each...etc. This one in particular was the very worst, at some points, I actually laughed at the silliness of the characters. I really couldn't believe how ridiculous some of the dialogue was.I thought I would finish the novel despite my disappointment but I just can't. I could go on but there's really no point. Ms. Coulter is a fine writer, I just wish she would write a different story...maybe put some real effort into it.
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Summary: i like it don't know why others don't
Review: I like it. (Actually I like almost all of Ms.Coulter's historical romances). I don't know why others don't. It's a good viking romance though not Ms.Coulter's best. This book is not as bad as others may think.
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Summary: Comme ci comme ca
Review: This book isn't one of the best of Catherine Coulter, but it was good
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Summary: Yuck - Worst of the Trilogy!
Review: This is definitely the worst of the Viking Trilogy! Coulter is one of the more prolific writers and also one of the most inconsistent. The best of the series was the first (Hawkfell), followed by the second (Raven's Peak). Ms Coulter should have stopped there. While Chessa was a spunky, likeable heroine, I have no clue what made her so mad so quickly about Cleve. I found him dull, dull, dull! His daughter was quite cute, but for the life of me, I couldn't see what Chessa saw in him. And the whole Loch Ness monster thing and the magic stick Cleve's father had - well it was just plain silly. I'm the sort who will read and re-read over and over books that I like. This will not be one of them.
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Summary: Finally a good romance ending!
Review: When I read romances, I read them for the adventure and action. I also like the way most romance novel women are stubborn and fiery etc etc. It amuses me. However, each time I finish a romance novel I am disgusted with the ending. I cannot believe that any woman would fall in love with a man that had raped her or what not. I cannot and do not like the concept that the man must "tame" the heroine by the end. They can be amusing to read, but always disappoint. The Lord of Falcon Ridge is the very first romance novel I have read in which I could swallow the ending (yay! it wasn't ruined!) I liked the way Cleve (Viking lord) wasn't out to dominate Chessa (Irish princess). I mean, they had their struggles, but Chessa was never treated badly by Cleve. This is what I like- Chessa is not seduced by him despite her resolution to hate the guy, she choses him and that's that. The Viking setting is cool with adequate amounts of scheming and fighting, but for those of you who read romances for the sex, stick with Elizabeth Lowell (yuck)! For those of you who read romances for the action, I would reccommend this book. Thanks!
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Summary: Stilted and boring dialogue
Review: Yuck - this is the very last book of Catherine Coulter's I will ever read. This Viking triology was awful. I can't believe I actually read through them all. There was no creative and entertaining dialogue. The dialogue between the characters was stilted and boring. I can't begin to describe it. I have to agree with all the other reviewers who gave these books poor reviews. If you want to read an author who can actually drag in to the story, try Judith McNaught or Kathleen Woodiwiss. With these authors, you get an in-depth story about the characters, their lives, their feelings & emotions, their growth, their surroundings, etc. Catherine Coulter does not describe her characters' actions as they're speaking. One does not know if the character speaking is speaking in jest, anger, softly, harshly or whatever. What do the characters' faces reveal when they're speaking? Are they gesticulating? What is their tone? What do their eyes reveal? You get NONE of this from Catherine Coulter. Be honest, when you're speaking with someone, all these things matter in how you yourself will interpret the words being spoken to you. Her characters' conversations are hard to follow. You get long long paragraphs of one person speaking. For instance, in each of these three Viking triologies, several instances occur where one person is telling off another. Come on, NO ONE interuppted? This person was just able to ramble on and on and on without ONE SINGLE PERSON interuppting??? Yeah, right, these Vikings, rough and ready to fight as Coulter TRIES to describe them, would willingly let a person continuing mouthing off without stopping?? Get a little creative, Coulter!! On the romance part, it was hard for me to believe in any of this Viking triolgy that romance would spring up between woman-abusers, no sharing, violence. This wasn't romance, as one other reviewer, it was about hate and violence. Coulter should read some authors who have more depth, to see what writing is really supposed to be.
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