| The Border Lord's Bride (The Border Chronicles) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bertrice Small
Publisher: NAL Trade
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 41701
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 0451222148
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780451222145
ASIN: 0451222148
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
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 Not Ms Small's best book January 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been reading Bertrice Small for over 20 years probably closer to 30 and I have loved her books. 'The Kadin' is probably one of my favoriter books ever along with the Skye O'Malley series. But I don't love this book. I wasn't able to finish it. Too much history (and I love history) and not enough character and plot developement. I found the characters and the story just plain boring.
 Very engageing, rich in historical info... January 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It seems that we have yet another of the few authors that can weave romance and history together in such a ration which leaves you off feeling pleasantly educated as well as swept off of your feet. The original in my experience being Diana Gabaldon with her Outlander series.
Very interesting and not oftenly covered info about Tudor era, English/Scottish borders. We hear much in these novels about the worthy and lovely highlands, but this is the first I've read about the Lowlands and the border politics.
Exciting and brave heroins and engaging characters all around right down to James IV. Well done Miss Small, I keep reading.
 Torture to finish... January 8, 2008
The author apparently was paid by the word - she repeats story lines and meal descriptions over and over. Even the "love scenes" are repetitive. How many times can she describe sex as "he was like a piston"??? Did they even have pistons back then?! Unfortunately, she doesn't use any of her word count to describe the main male character...I'm not even sure if he was dark or blonde haired. My advice to Ms. Small...Know your audience - we're all here to read an escapist romance novel - not a history lesson on the brutality of Scottish history.
Bizarre, yet bad, book January 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't understand what this book was supposed to be. A boring recitation of historical events? A romance novel? Literary porn? There was no chemistry between the characters. The book moves from irrelevant-to-the- plot rambling monologues on historical events, to completely cringe-inducing descriptions of violence done to women, to unbelievable plot points. Rape of women is so commonplace that the heroine doesn't get too bothered by it, but even when the plot logically is begging for it to happen to her, it magically does not. Not that I want any character to be raped, but it rang completely false and ridiculous to me. It was a terrible book. I can't believe I actually finished it.
The Border Lord's Bride December 27, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Border Lord's Bride was the most boring book I've read in a long time. Not anywhere near Ms. Small's usual standard. I've noticed in the past that Ms. Small takes great pains to describe meals. I'm sorry, but I don't care that the bread scooped out of the cottage loaf will be added to the stew and that King James likes poached eggs in a Marsala sauce. I can understand it if the meal was a wedding banquet, but she doesn't need to go into excruciating detail about every meal served.
How many times will Adair say "My half brothers are dead and this Real King of England is an imposter? We got it after the 2nd time. Ellen and Duncan are so boring. Again, Ms. Small keeps repeating how practical they both are, how honorable, how unimportant they are. If they are so unimportant, why waste a book on them?
I would not recommend that anyone purchase this book. I also noticed several mistakes where Ellen should have been Adair and vice-versa. I've noticed several mistakes of that nature in the last few years.
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