Kate Silver (1)
Auteur van On My Lady's Honor
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Kate Silver (1) via een alias veranderd in Kate Adair.
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Algemene kennis
- Officiƫle naam
- Sneyd, Catherine
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Adair, Lissa
Adair, Kate
Silver, Kate - Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- New Zealand
- Korte biografie
- Catherine Sneyd, aka Kate Adair, lives on the beachfront in New Zealand. When she isn't writing historical romances (as Kate Silver) or contemporary romances (as Kate Adair) she can be found swimming, sailing, diving, or fishing.
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 15
- Leden
- 143
- Populariteit
- #144,062
- Waardering
- 2.6
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 14
- Talen
- 1
And for the most part, the book delivered. The hero, Jean-Paul, and the heroine, Miriame, were both likeable and interesting (although she was a little more interesting than he was), their relationship was sweet, and the obstacles in their way felt real and not like the characters were being ridiculous and should just sit down and talk to each other already. Swashbuckling action, while not the main focus, was also present and quite fun. The secondary court intrigue plot was also entertaining, and I enjoyed the fact that while the heroine's rival in love, Francine, looks like a stock shallow-bitchy-female-rival character at first, by the end she's been given a little more depth and she and the heroine are on friendly terms. It's common in fiction in general for the "wrong" love interest, as it were, to be portrayed quite negatively, and in historical fiction featuring plucky female leads in particular, women who conform more to societal expectations tend to get a bad rap. So it was nice to see those trends subverted a little.
The pacing was a little weirdly rushed in places because this is part of a "trilogy" of books that all take place concurrently, so subplots involving Miriame's two friends (also women who have joined the Musketeers disguised as men) are brought up and then quickly dispensed of in a single sentence (presumably because they are dealt with in depth in the other two books). For the most part, though, things moved along at a decent pace, and my attention was hooked all the way through.
And then I reached the ending, indeed the very last scene, wherein
Really, though, the only reason I was angry enough about the ending to feel moved to write a review is because I felt it had ruined (for me) what was otherwise a solidly enjoyable book. So if the stuff mentioned in the previous paragraph is something you don't mind, or indeed actively enjoy, then I actually recommend it. If, however, it bothers you like it does me, I suggest staying away.… (meer)