![]() ![]() The tribe she came from was terrible, and the way they treated her was the worst. I had nothing to root for, especially in the heroine’s case. And any hope of actual character development.Ģ. Which is then mentioned with such regularity (literally every other page, it felt like), that it completely smothered the rest of the story. Lucius barely has the arrow removed from his butt cheek before his “rod” takes over, stiffening every time he glances her way. No sooner than heroine and hero take one look at each other, but their loins start a-flaming. That just comes with the territory with this sort of novel, and it can even be fun to read.ġ. I’m not going to fault it for the cheesy sex scenes and the purple prose, because look at the cover. ![]() But unfortunately the book took a turn for the worse very quickly. On his way to the outpost, he’s attacked by a group of the tribe, including our heroine, Rhiannon, who shoots an arrow in his ass. The Roman’s brother, Lucius, is haunted by his ghost, and goes north to discover what really happened. It begins with a tribe of Brigantes in Roman Britain, under the direction of a Druid, sacrificing a Roman commander at Vindolandia. It was even entertaining in its trashy fashion. To clarify, while I thought this novel was kinda bad, it wasn’t terrible. Because sometimes you can judge a book by its cover…. ![]()
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