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rjordan19 's review for:
Captured by a Laird
by Margaret Mallory
I’m calling this a DNF at 50%. I am not enjoying this story. The metaphors. The metaphors! Reading the metaphors are like having your eyes paper cut by bad metaphors 😆
“He felt strange, and his vision was distorted, as if as if he had swallowed a magical potion that narrowed his sight.” No I did not mistype the double as if.
“His men parted, and there she was, standing under the arched doorway like an angel descended from the heavens”
Honestly this just feels like a beginner book. It’s not horrendous, if you can get by some of the writing style but I’m just so not invested in the characters or the problems or the outcomes at all. It has great reviews and over 4 stars so maybe it’s just picky Becky striking again...
The plot is a highland Laird lays siege to the castle where our heroine (a recent widow) lives. There’s a lot of saying things but not showing them. I want to feel the tension between the two without reading “...and the tension flowing between them.”
“He felt strange, and his vision was distorted, as if as if he had swallowed a magical potion that narrowed his sight.” No I did not mistype the double as if.
“His men parted, and there she was, standing under the arched doorway like an angel descended from the heavens”
Honestly this just feels like a beginner book. It’s not horrendous, if you can get by some of the writing style but I’m just so not invested in the characters or the problems or the outcomes at all. It has great reviews and over 4 stars so maybe it’s just picky Becky striking again...
The plot is a highland Laird lays siege to the castle where our heroine (a recent widow) lives. There’s a lot of saying things but not showing them. I want to feel the tension between the two without reading “...and the tension flowing between them.”