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Taming the Scotsman (Brotherhood of the Sword, #4; MacAllister, #3)
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This is the story of Ewan McAllister, the third brother to wed (all that remains is Lochlan).
I enjoyed the first half of this story but then it started to drag on forever and I found myself skimming just to finish it. Ewan has been living a life of self punishment as he blames himself for the death of his brother Kieran. When Ewan was younger, he had believed the words of a faithless woman which had caused a rift with his brother. When his brother commits suicide,Ewan blames himself. This experience colors every action and reaction Ewan has throughout the story. Even when evidence clearly suggests otherwise, Ewan is unable to move on. He doesn't come around until the 95% mark! This would have been okay, but despite his belief Nora (our heroine) isn't his, Ewan is willing to sleep with her on numerous occasions, which does not line up with the rest of his characterization. This lust without commitment plot thread was a huge reason for my lack of enjoyment.
Nora is the daughter of a powerful man. When she is forced into a betrothal that will make her miserable, she goes to Ewan for escort to her equally powerful aunt. Nora is a chatterbox, but she has a heart of gold and is always up front with Ewan about her feelings. I enjoyed the chatterbox element of her; Macgregor did a nice job of demonstrating Nora's capacity to talk without making her annoying.
Like many other Macgregor books in this series, this is a travel romance. Nora and Ewan are on the road together for a large portion of the book. Several characters are encountered along the way that changes things up, but even with this, things started to drag and became repetitive. The third sex scene had to be the most boring scene I've read in a while. The author jumped between each of the characters' heads to show their insecurities and I almost put the book down then and there. It never really improved after that point.
As this is a romance, all things are resolved between Ewan and Nora at the end, but Ewan is a fool and almost loses Nora for it. There are some villains in this story (that plot thread isn't resolved) as well as clues about Kieran (also not resolved). At this point, I just didn't care enough to wade through another book to find out.
I'm done with this series. This started out fun, but fizzled at the end.
I enjoyed the first half of this story but then it started to drag on forever and I found myself skimming just to finish it. Ewan has been living a life of self punishment as he blames himself for the death of his brother Kieran. When Ewan was younger, he had believed the words of a faithless woman which had caused a rift with his brother. When his brother commits suicide,Ewan blames himself. This experience colors every action and reaction Ewan has throughout the story. Even when evidence clearly suggests otherwise, Ewan is unable to move on. He doesn't come around until the 95% mark! This would have been okay, but despite his belief Nora (our heroine) isn't his, Ewan is willing to sleep with her on numerous occasions, which does not line up with the rest of his characterization. This lust without commitment plot thread was a huge reason for my lack of enjoyment.
Nora is the daughter of a powerful man. When she is forced into a betrothal that will make her miserable, she goes to Ewan for escort to her equally powerful aunt. Nora is a chatterbox, but she has a heart of gold and is always up front with Ewan about her feelings. I enjoyed the chatterbox element of her; Macgregor did a nice job of demonstrating Nora's capacity to talk without making her annoying.
Like many other Macgregor books in this series, this is a travel romance. Nora and Ewan are on the road together for a large portion of the book. Several characters are encountered along the way that changes things up, but even with this, things started to drag and became repetitive. The third sex scene had to be the most boring scene I've read in a while. The author jumped between each of the characters' heads to show their insecurities and I almost put the book down then and there. It never really improved after that point.
As this is a romance, all things are resolved between Ewan and Nora at the end, but Ewan is a fool and almost loses Nora for it. There are some villains in this story (that plot thread isn't resolved) as well as clues about Kieran (also not resolved). At this point, I just didn't care enough to wade through another book to find out.
I'm done with this series. This started out fun, but fizzled at the end.
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