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1: I loved it
The book was great, I loved Roger! He was such a good guy but at the same time he was real. And Roseanna, well she was a bit spoiled, but remember she was raised this way. It was a very good book and I just started reading it today for the 2nd time. That's how much I love it!
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2: This book shouldn't even be on the rating system
I had to force myself to finish this book, and am now burning it. No one should be exposed to such a sick and distrubing book ever! People should have the right to read a good book and not be disillusioned by it! This is the first book i've read from henley, and i really thought i was going to like it. I am sad to say it makes me wariy to even try anymore of her books. This book should not even be called a romance book, i can't think of a good genre to put it in! Sure the history was rich and the characters were strong but when you play cat and mouse for so long you can only hold your audiance's curiosity for so long. It makes me sick to my stomach that her own uncle raped her, not once but twice and she let him! The ending wasn't resolved since no justice was served. To add insult to injury she married someone eles only to have her husband come back from the dead and her second husband join the bad guys in the end, it would've been better if he died...i don't care if she had to have sex to protect her son, but her father is the king, surely she could hide behind him, being the brat that she was. sorry to spoil the fun for you as it did for me. not worth your money and time, i would rather burn it that give it away.
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3: You ever buy all the authors books because you were blown away by one?
I am so guilty of this and am getting burned.
I read The Pirate and the Pagan which is by far one of my most favorite books of all time. I also read reviews saying that the series of novels with the "and the" in the titles were just as good so I bought them inspite of reading many other reviews that did not recommend them.
Well the Raven and the Rose started off like her other books and I was sure I was going to absolutely LOVE it. I felt positive that I was going to be the one who understood Henley when all the other reviewers didn't and I was going to be blown away. BUT UGH!!! I couldn't stand these two by page 200.
When an author drags out resistance between two characters it gets old fast. If this book was reality I would feel the same way and fight just as savagely as the heroine did, but it isn't...its fantasy and I either want a the reading high you get from an intense fast moving plot...or I am moving on.
I always should trust my instincts with books. A tightly packed book with small type shows thought and care of the finished product (as in the Pirate and the Pagan) A book with large type and fewer pages shows formula following and writing for a paycheck instead of passion.
I not giving up on Henley....I just need a break.
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4: Great Book
This was a wonderful historic Romance. I would reccomend it to anyone that enjoys history and romance as much as I do.
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5: The Raven and the Rose
This was the first book I read and it was pretty good but I hated the ending (or at least what comes just before) and I probably wouldn't recommend this book to my friends for that reason. Luckily I bought another book by this author or I may not have read anything else after this one.
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