Glendraco
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Of course this lassie is feisty and beautiful unbeknownst to her with an inappropriate independent streak. She skirts many a harrowing circumstance and fends off admiring lords left and right with the thrash of her riding whip. She spends the entire adventure desperately seeking the dreadful truth about her great grandfather that she is the spitting image of — we know this because those who knew him are aghast when they see her face for the first time. Everyone seems to know the dreadful history but no one will tell her!
And so it goes.
You will like this entire "feel" far more if you love horses, know how to ride them, was a great fan of Outlander- and also like a touch of that "seer" or "the gift of sight" in your old hags. What sort of juxtapositions? He's handsome as sin and a bigger stuffed shirt than the one she left behind in Edinburgh plus he's almost engaged to a paragon of beauty, manners and piety. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. It really reminds me of a Jane Austen story only I was able to get through this book.
There are many endearing characters, warm relationships, evil lurkers and lots of beautiful horses and riding escapades! Also some highly unlikely scenarios but I expected that. This is fun, atmospheric, mysterious and romantic yet mostly clean. Just what I like. Would probably appeal to Holt lovers. Sign into Goodreads to see if any of your friends have read Glendraco.
January 15, — Shelved as: February 13, — Shelved as: Feb 13, I'm more than half way through and am taking it VERY slow because it is such a mix beyond the period or romance aspects. But I would like her MUCH more if she wasn't so immediately bowling over every male she meets with her looks. Not her fault, but what an entry "card".
So glad you let me know about this one, Gita. He author put in some excellent juxtapositions in there. In her world, everyone either loved or hated her, and there were people who knew the history about her paternal grandfather, James Drummond, and those who did not. This book has everyt Rating: This book has everything in it from jealous rivals, attempted rape, good-looking noblemen, beautiful heiresses, violent storms, splendid wilderness and wonderful animals. Christina draws all the males and more like a moth to a flame.
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Everything she undertakes she does well, whether it's dancing, fishing or learning to ride. I had to roll my eyes sometimes. Another point of irritation was having the local people talk in heavy Scottish dialogue which was distracting and difficult to read or understand. Still, Christina understood them when I did not! The most admirable thing about Kirstie is that she did not take any garbage from anyone!
When I say this girl kicked but, sometimes she literally did! She fought for herself and told people off when it was needed.
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It made her strong and someone who had a great deal of pride and self-respect. She was no doormat to anyone just because of her circumstances. I didn't like when she placed herself in situations that could have gotten her killed or worse. This chickadee had a lot of luck on her side! This vintage romp of a book was just as fun as it was over the top to read. If you enjoy taking a dive into older books, then this is worth the roller-coaster ride, provided you can stand endless pages of dialogue. View all 5 comments. I have to give this about 3. I had no idea about the author going into this.
I was intrigued because this is one of those vintage historicals written by a male author using a female pseudonym and I love the cover illustration. A sensible way to chose a book , yes? I seem to be a bit hooked on these lately. It begins like many of the gothicky historical romances from this era with a young woman thrown into undesirable circumstance I have to give this about 3. It begins like many of the gothicky historical romances from this era with a young woman thrown into undesirable circumstances.
Somehow she always ends up in a castle entrenched with a duke of sorts and she is clever and lovely but someone is always waiting to thwart her. And so it goes here. But this one takes place in Scotland with all the lovely trappings to go along with that setting. Byres, burns, bairns, braes and so forth. I enjoyed the injection of the Scottish Gaelic. Of course this lassie is feisty and beautiful unbeknownst to her with an inappropriate independent streak.
She skirts many a harrowing circumstance and fends off admiring lords left and right with the thrash of her riding whip. She spends the entire adventure desperately seeking the dreadful truth about her great grandfather that she is the spitting image of — we know this because those who knew him are aghast when they see her face for the first time.
Everyone seems to know the dreadful history but no one will tell her! And so it goes. There are many endearing characters, warm relationships, evil lurkers and lots of beautiful horses and riding escapades! Also some highly unlikely scenarios but I expected that. This is fun, atmospheric, mysterious and romantic yet mostly clean. Just what I like. Would probably appeal to Holt lovers. View all 10 comments. But then it became too "perils of Pauline" for me.
Just beyond my ability to accept as possible- the ending and most of the "action" after the Countess the Dragon's sickness.
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This has a different aspect in the characterizations than most romance fare does, and that's what I liked the most about it. Usually we get female depth from the narrator. Her own, that core of identity for herself, that especially. In this one we get a much more intricate insight to the men, IMHO. It's a juxtaposition of most romance fare, even the best, like Heyer.
You have MANY men that are suitors. And each and every one of them gets his own stage for acting out his "play", IMHO. We see that ALL men are swayed by our heroine. We get all the various physical types, but surprisingly, we also get the different personality types clearly cut and defined.
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