Lily Baldwin

I liked the history

Shoney is trying to keep her Pictish ways from dying out in a world where Christianity and superstition have taken over. In order to live in peace, she has to disguise herself as the Witch of Dervaig which keeps people to frightened to go anywhere near her.

It's a lonely life until she meets Ronan MacKinnon, the future chieftain of his clan.

Together, they try to find a way to be together but are finding it to be impossible.

I liked the historic accuracy of this book on the Hebrides. I've always been fascinated with Western Scotland and its history.

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I liked the history

I think I was more into the history than the romance in this book. I love Scottish history and instantly recognized Angus Og MacDonald's name.

I had a hard time liking either of the main characters at first. I dubbed Duncan a pig because he had sex with some strange woman on the mountain just because and then wanted a dancer. It was like he couldn't control himself. It made me think less of him.

Brenna seemed like a shrew. Everyone kept saying she was steady and even tempered but she said rude things to people and was super impatient and ungrateful.

I liked the plot though and the other characters.

I have one more complaint. One of my biggest peeves is when an author writes too much introspection, especially in romantic scenes. It ruins the scene. I don't want to go through paragraphs and pages of introspection over and over again.

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A sweet read

This tale followed Ronan and Shoney aka Bridget throughout their lives.

The first book was their romance. The second was about Duncan and Brenna's romance and the this book was about Nellore and Garik.

I enjoyed the history and how the author inserted these lives into the war in the times when Robert the Bruce struggled against England.

I was a little squeamish that Nellore was twelve when this book began but was glad when time passed quickly.

I'll definitely add Lily Baldwin to the list of must read authors.… (mehr)