Anna Grant (2)

Let me start off by telling you I've never read this author before, and I came by this book via someone's post on Facebook. It sounded like something I might like and I bought it. I honestly never expected to like it as much as I did. The writing was so good, that finding out of it being a part of Lescaut Quartet, I bought the other four not even knowing whose stories they were about. I've never done that with `new to me' authors before!

I was impressed the most with its well-developed and solid plot. It was something to behold.

`Dark Angel' is without a doubt a historical romance yet its heavy emphasis on espionage in Peninsular Wars it reads well as a mystery too.

Its historical background is well researched and because of it, as a reader, I was deeply touched by the reality of the period. As most of this story develops in Spain and Portugal, behind enemy lines and it's filled with action, adventure and intrigue.

Despite its typical, predictable secrets and misunderstandings between the hero and heroine [at one point I wanted to slap Caroline around for her selfishness, but in the end I realized that the more these characters had their flaws, the more I liked them as human beings; no one's perfect and they certainly were not], I found the book well written, well researched, fast paced and vastly engaging and entertaining.

If the rest of the series is as this first book, I'm in for some great reads this summer! Highly recommending you give it a try!

Melanie for b2b

Book purchased from Amazon.… (mer)

Oh my. Again the minority. This book made me lose it and not in a good way. I didn't like it at all. I thought the characters were drab.. Silly Me huh? I thought the storyline was somewhat boring and I really really could not get into the story. I actually found myself wishing that I had chosen another book to read for my summer challenge. I will give this two stars because I think the author deserves that and I reserve 1 stars for bad editing, or no story line at all. It may be something that you will like so don't take my word for it. It has pretty high ratings on GoodReads.… (mer)