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Summary: Honestly
Review: Honestly, I could not finish this book...I couldn't even get past the first two chapters. The hero was AWFUL! He was crude and rude, and just so...and so uncaring. No matter how much he might have changed later in the book, he was just so horrible, and so UN-romantic that I could not tolerate him. I skimmed ahead in the book a little, and did not see any signs of sensuality or chemistry between these two main characters. All I could say was ICK. Sorry.
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Summary: One of Her Best
Review: I really enjoyed this book! I love that the main character was an extremely flawed man. Who become a better man for loving her. It was so discriptive and it was a quick read. I could barely put it down. It has some interesting concepts of religion, and ones faith. Its one I could read over and oner.
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Summary: One of Her Best
Review: I really enjoyed this book! I love that the main character was an extremely flawed man. Who become a better man for loving her. It was so discriptive and it was a quick read. I could barely put it down. It has some interesting concepts of religion, and ones faith. Its one I could read over and oner.
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Summary: Great story and so different!
Review: I really loved this story as it was so different. It led me to looking for more information about the Knights Templar. Read a Virginia Henley book also "Desired" that told more about them. Like others I would love to read a sequel about Kadar and Selene....Please!!
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Summary: Great story and so different!
Review: I really loved this story as it was so different. It led me to looking for more information about the Knights Templar. Read a Virginia Henley book also "Desired" that told more about them. Like others I would love to read a sequel about Kadar and Selene....Please!!
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Summary: Not Wonderful, But Fun Nonetheless
Review: It wasn't the greatest romance I've every read, but it was fun. Occassionally I would get a little more caught up with the possibility of (and hints toward) a romance between Kadar and Selene. (It's been awhile, so I'm not sure if I spelled those correctly-I'm sure you get my meaning though) I would like to see how that turned out.
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Summary: lovely lovely lovely (i will say lovely untill i die)
Review: it's a wonderful story . Full of love. Full of secrets. Full of happiness.
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Summary: Lion's Bride = Superb
Review: Once you read this book, you can never put it down. The characters and storyline are written very well. The romance in the story is powerful. This book is definately worth reading.
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Summary: good but not best
Review: Overall, I enjoyed the book. In the beginning, the hero is totally crass and I did have to wonder where his redeeming graces were. The heroine was well drawn and feisty.But the people who REALLY intrigued me were the side characters of Selene and Kadar. I literally have dog-eared their pages and reread them. I would sit through this book if only to get to sequel with them. Setting was great, there was lots of action (and mulberry trees). Good knights. Bad knights. Knights that you think are bad but maybe are not so bad. Evil assasins. Silk. But Jo, if you ever read this...give us Kadar and Selene. Their ending left me unsatisfied. I wanted to follow them and then you stopped!!
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Summary: good but not best
Review: The story was set in a place where and when women were viewed with a little more respect than a commodity. That setting gave a lot of allowance for the extent of crude treatment of women, for exmaple: female slaves were treated almost like whores if they were comely, Ware had women to service his sexual needs at his beck and call, existence of harem and total submission to the men etc. One should bear in mind that such was oppressive setting thus not to expect it to be too romantic. My main complaint about the book was the rivalry and alliance between the various tribes and factions, which I had problem following. Also, the talk of the legends and God were confusing. Ware was a hard man who tried to be heartless. Thea was determined and single-minded about what she wanted. But the most enjoyable exchanges were those between Kadar and Selene. I noticed that Iris Johansen's books always have a secondary character with amusing sense of humour, whom we often liked as much if not more than the lead characters. And Kadar was, as usual, delightful. A minor disappointment in the book was that I wished Ware and Vaden could be together as brothers again after they left behind their baggage, but it didn't happen. Overall, it was not a flawless and impressive story as compared to other IJ's books, but enjoyable still. Wish there were more steamy scenes though.
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