The Many Sins of Lord Cameron -MacKenzies 3 -Jennifer Ashley
Feb 21, 2018 0:06:27 GMT -7
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Post by secretromancejunkie on Feb 21, 2018 0:06:27 GMT -7
The Many Sins of Lord Cameron - Book 3 of the MacKenzies - by Jennifer Ashley
Rating 3.25 / 5.0
Heat 7 / 10
Genre - Historical Romance, late victorian period
I am surprised that I am rating this book so low, given that TMOLIM is one of my top five romance books ever. It isn't that I didn't enjoy the story, I did like it. I also liked the characters of the H and h. My problems was with the plot elements. There were several that were very weak and took away from my enjoyment of the overall book.
First of all, I felt like I was playing catch up a lot of the time. On page 10 the H has the h half undressed. But that happened six years ago when she was still married. By page 21 they're on a bed together (fully clothed), but now she's a widow. On page 37 he corners her and demands to know how many buttons she'll undo for him. They bargain like a fish wife and a fish monger until they agree on a number, which she undoes. This h is supposed to be a moral and upstanding woman. She's a bed chamber attendant to the Queen. If the story had implied that there were other encounters between these two people that would explain their behaviour it would have made some sense. But in fact, the story made it clear that these were their only interactions. I felt like I needed about 50 more pages of story preceding this for it to make any sense. BTW, the buttons bit was repeated and could have been a cute element if it has started better.
Later in the story, they spend some time on the continent. I didn't quite understand why they went. Then they both admit to not wanting to be there, and yet they stay anyway. I didn't understand why.
The most unbelievable part of the story had to do with the H's previous wife. I get that she was an awful (and crazy) person. But the stuff that she is supposed to have done just wasn't realistic. The H is supposed to be this very tall, very broad, very strong man (believe me we're told this a number of times). For his wife to have been able to do what she did (repeatedly) just didn't make any sense. Also, he's a very rich man. With his resources, he could easily have dealt with his wife in other ways, but he didn't. Seemed a very weak plot point.
My final complaint is that the sex scenes were at best perfunctory. There was no heat or sensuality to speak of. I know this author can do much better. She did in the first two books. I hope the fourth book is better than this one.
Rating 3.25 / 5.0
Heat 7 / 10
Genre - Historical Romance, late victorian period
I am surprised that I am rating this book so low, given that TMOLIM is one of my top five romance books ever. It isn't that I didn't enjoy the story, I did like it. I also liked the characters of the H and h. My problems was with the plot elements. There were several that were very weak and took away from my enjoyment of the overall book.
First of all, I felt like I was playing catch up a lot of the time. On page 10 the H has the h half undressed. But that happened six years ago when she was still married. By page 21 they're on a bed together (fully clothed), but now she's a widow. On page 37 he corners her and demands to know how many buttons she'll undo for him. They bargain like a fish wife and a fish monger until they agree on a number, which she undoes. This h is supposed to be a moral and upstanding woman. She's a bed chamber attendant to the Queen. If the story had implied that there were other encounters between these two people that would explain their behaviour it would have made some sense. But in fact, the story made it clear that these were their only interactions. I felt like I needed about 50 more pages of story preceding this for it to make any sense. BTW, the buttons bit was repeated and could have been a cute element if it has started better.
Later in the story, they spend some time on the continent. I didn't quite understand why they went. Then they both admit to not wanting to be there, and yet they stay anyway. I didn't understand why.
The most unbelievable part of the story had to do with the H's previous wife. I get that she was an awful (and crazy) person. But the stuff that she is supposed to have done just wasn't realistic. The H is supposed to be this very tall, very broad, very strong man (believe me we're told this a number of times). For his wife to have been able to do what she did (repeatedly) just didn't make any sense. Also, he's a very rich man. With his resources, he could easily have dealt with his wife in other ways, but he didn't. Seemed a very weak plot point.
My final complaint is that the sex scenes were at best perfunctory. There was no heat or sensuality to speak of. I know this author can do much better. She did in the first two books. I hope the fourth book is better than this one.
