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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very nice start....dull finish......, 26 Oct 2002
Nice start to the book, but it soon let me down. Their marriage was arranged years before to heal two warring Irish Clans. He will not consummate their marriage because of the 'curse' that all brides of the Black Swans die within a year and a day usually through childbirth. His compulsion for this obsession (is never really fleshed out to buy into it) causes him to abandoned her on their wedding night, which causes her brother to kill his father. Her brother kills his father too easily, she forgives groom too easily, she wins his family over too easily, they forgive her brother too easily, and we get tired of him running from her.There are moments of brightness, and the writing craft is well, a nice voice, but then she gets to the point where she is 8 months pregnant and just HAS to go riding on a horse because she is bored and - surprise - ends up in trouble. I am sorry. I hated this when Garwood did it 10 years ago and it plays just as poorly now. Sorry, but 8 month pregnant women DO NOT ride horses for fun. They can barely see their feet, let alone stick them in stirrups!! I have been pregnant and I am an avid rider. The two do not mix. This insults the intelligence of the character, and insults the intelligence of the readers. At my romance site where we discuss books of the genre, this is a big pet peeve!! This forced 'ploy' to put the heroine in danger, with her going to great lengths to escape people warning her it is not safe, seems like the writer gets to a point she cannot think of anything else to do and goes 'I know lets get her to sneak off 8 months pregnant to go riding a horse'... and it should rank up there with 'it was a dark and stormy night...' This sort of cop out gives the romance genre its lack of respect in many corners. I enjoy the books in the Irish Eyes series, some reaching a 5 star rating from all in our group, but this one was disappointing. The writer has good skills and talent, but she needs to be a bit more original than following in the trite ruts trod way too often by others.
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