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A Counterfeit Betrothal:
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Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Overall enjoyed the book. I gave it 4 stars. I loved the heroine and hero.
My annoyances with the book were:
I felt like it had a lot of unnecessary details. I’m sure some of it is to build up the other characters if they are in a future book, but I felt like there was a lot of nonsense stuff that really took me out of the moment (like during the first intimate scene where it starts talking about Graeme losing his virginity and how his clan feels about giving oral sex...I was like, why is this HERE? Or in here at all?? Lol.) The beginning was especially hard for me. My attention was wavering at page 30 and I literally said to myself “Get it together!” 🤣 And again at page 66. But after they reached the Montgomery hold and the dialogue picked up I liked the flow a lot more.
I hated how the heroine was this amazingly fierce, genuine, proud character that turns into some meek, downtrodden housemaid when she goes to take over the lairds wife duties. I get that maybe she didn’t know exactly how to run a keep but I highly down she thought her own mother scrubbed the floors by hand and washed the pots. Even if I got past that, she knew something was wrong. She literally ripped a sword off the wall to threaten a woman the previous day but now was working until her hands literally bled and didn’t say boo? But after those scenes involving that I felt like she perked back up to what I thought she was.
I loved Evaline (other than above mentioned) i loved that she went to Graeme wholeheartedly and gave herself to him. I love that Graeme fell in love and didn’t fight it. I LOVED that. I thought they were very sweet together. I loved that he just adored her and was so protective and never doubted her loyalty to him. I think they are a good match for each other. I am left sooo content that they are happy together after the story ends even though there was no epilogue.
I’d like to say that while I liked cover, I wish the heroine would have been dressed in one of the Scottish tunics described. I know this dress wasn’t in her clothing trunk 😂 Graeme can stay shirtless 🤣
My annoyances with the book were:
I felt like it had a lot of unnecessary details. I’m sure some of it is to build up the other characters if they are in a future book, but I felt like there was a lot of nonsense stuff that really took me out of the moment (like during the first intimate scene where it starts talking about Graeme losing his virginity and how his clan feels about giving oral sex...I was like, why is this HERE? Or in here at all?? Lol.) The beginning was especially hard for me. My attention was wavering at page 30 and I literally said to myself “Get it together!” 🤣 And again at page 66. But after they reached the Montgomery hold and the dialogue picked up I liked the flow a lot more.
I hated how the heroine was this amazingly fierce, genuine, proud character that turns into some meek, downtrodden housemaid when she goes to take over the lairds wife duties. I get that maybe she didn’t know exactly how to run a keep but I highly down she thought her own mother scrubbed the floors by hand and washed the pots. Even if I got past that, she knew something was wrong. She literally ripped a sword off the wall to threaten a woman the previous day but now was working until her hands literally bled and didn’t say boo? But after those scenes involving that I felt like she perked back up to what I thought she was.
I loved Evaline (other than above mentioned) i loved that she went to Graeme wholeheartedly and gave herself to him. I love that Graeme fell in love and didn’t fight it. I LOVED that. I thought they were very sweet together. I loved that he just adored her and was so protective and never doubted her loyalty to him. I think they are a good match for each other. I am left sooo content that they are happy together after the story ends even though there was no epilogue.
I’d like to say that while I liked cover, I wish the heroine would have been dressed in one of the Scottish tunics described. I know this dress wasn’t in her clothing trunk 😂 Graeme can stay shirtless 🤣
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1305
Still love this story, though it does have some decently long separations between the hero and heroine. And the heroine is a bit of a ninny. And there's some boring parts where she works to clean up the house, etc
I love the sex in this one though! And the kiss!
Content warnings:
Attempted sexual assault - man holds her, refuses to listen, kisses, paws, and rips her dress to grope her breast
Painful sexual encounter when heroine loses her virginity
Death/violence on page
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Pg 79 - heroine goes in her nightgown into bed with Tor, who thinks she's there for a good time. He starts kissing her, rubbing her, some breast play, one fingering touch, then he takes her virginity from behind. It's painful for the heroine and they stop because he's like WTF
Pg 114 - a chaste wedding kiss
Pg 165 - breast play and fingering for her (O), missionary sex (both O)
Pg 204 - brief remembered sex
Pg 220 - from behind sex - I loved this scene because he's mad she orgasms and he can't see her face, he feels cheated. So he flips her over and makes her come again and demands she meets his gaze while doing it
Pg 250 - the first REAL KISS
Pg 282 - brief kiss
Pg 326 - oral for her (O), followed by missionary sex
Total pages - 405
Original review 12/15/2018:
This book. THIS BOOK
1305
Still love this story, though it does have some decently long separations between the hero and heroine. And the heroine is a bit of a ninny. And there's some boring parts where she works to clean up the house, etc
I love the sex in this one though! And the kiss!
Content warnings:
Spoiler
Attempted sexual assault - man holds her, refuses to listen, kisses, paws, and rips her dress to grope her breast
Painful sexual encounter when heroine loses her virginity
Death/violence on page
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Spoiler
Pg 79 - heroine goes in her nightgown into bed with Tor, who thinks she's there for a good time. He starts kissing her, rubbing her, some breast play, one fingering touch, then he takes her virginity from behind. It's painful for the heroine and they stop because he's like WTF
Pg 114 - a chaste wedding kiss
Pg 165 - breast play and fingering for her (O), missionary sex (both O)
Pg 204 - brief remembered sex
Pg 220 - from behind sex - I loved this scene because he's mad she orgasms and he can't see her face, he feels cheated. So he flips her over and makes her come again and demands she meets his gaze while doing it
Pg 250 - the first REAL KISS
Pg 282 - brief kiss
Pg 326 - oral for her (O), followed by missionary sex
Total pages - 405
Original review 12/15/2018:
This book. THIS BOOK
Reread review: 1/17/22
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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