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by EC2 » Fri October 29th, 2010, 9:43 pm
I liked the descriptions of Sienna - they were very well done, but that was about it. The content IMO was very silly and melodramatic. Some of the plot twists might have worked in a film if you are in the mood for a bit of mindless romantica action drama, but in a novel they were just plain daft. The hero was more of a creepy stalker guy than a hero and his entire family were nuttier than fruitcakes. The Shakespearian influence came over as wooden but overblown.
I read this for Amazon Vine but it was one of my less successful reads on the scheme.
I think the author and Weir may share the same publisher....
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
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