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Wonderful af Jill Barnett
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Wonderful (udgave 1997)

af Jill Barnett (Forfatter)

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"Read this just for the pleasure," says Romantic Times of Jill Barnett's last luscious romance, Carried Away. Her marvelous talent for enchanting stories laced with sensuality is always a delight, and never more so than in this thirteenth-century tale of a brave knight who returns to the Welsh border to claim -- and tame -- his bride, or so he thinks....After too many years on the battlefield, Merrick de Beaucourt is looking forward to a simple life of peace and quiet with a docile wife at his side. But when he finally fetches his bride-to-be from a secluded English convent, he finds he needs more than his knight's spurs to bring order to his life. When she was betrothed at fifteen to the legendary English knight she had never met, Lady Clio of Camrose believed that love was something magical. But her youthful hopes faded as she languished in a convent for six long years, never hearing a word from Merrick.Weary of war, Lord Merrick finds little peace guarding the wild Welsh borders, and even less with the wife whose trust he destroyed. But as Lady Clio comes to understand the dark knight she so blindly wed, she sees a chance to make her dreams come true. Amid the enchanted mists that envelop Camrose Castle, they will battle together to discover a place where all things are possible, even a love that is rare and wonderful.… (mere)
Medlem:katiekrug
Titel:Wonderful
Forfattere:Jill Barnett (Forfatter)
Info:Pocket (1997), 352 pages
Samlinger:Dit bibliotek, Skal læses, Kindle
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Nøgleord:Fiction, historical, romance, 13th c., England, medieval

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Wonderful by Jill Barnett is a historical romance set in medieval times as Clio, a young, orphaned ward of King Edward II is awarded to Merrick, Earl of Glamorgan as a bride. Along with Clio comes Camrose Castle, her family’s rundown castle in the Welsh Marches.

At first these two, although attracted to each other, battle over everything. Merrick’s main concern is to repair and fortify the castle, while Clio had dreamt of a romantic courtship. She’s had to wait six years for her knight to claim her as he was off battling in the Crusades. Now her main purpose in life seems to be to goad and annoy him. Of course as time goes by, they learn not only to understand each other, but to love each other as well. The story has some history, along with plenty of action and romance, and while I would hesitate to recommend it, this story was exactly the light escape I was looking for.

Wonderful is much more of a bodice-ripper than a proper historical fiction story, the thoughts and actions Clio are far too modern in scope to be believable but there was romance, humor and some descriptions of day-to-day life so although rather silly, I enjoyed the time I spent with the book. ( )
  DeltaQueen50 | Dec 30, 2019 |
I'm sorry to be really critical about any book because I can imagine how a book can be a labor of love for authors, but I have to say that I did not particularly like this. I didn't hate it, but the writing was poor and I found the characters and the story inconsistent.

All of chapter 1 (granted it's only 4 pages) is used to describe Clio. I don't want to be told what a person is like, I want to learn through their actions. And then, frankly, Clio's actions throughout the book were contradictory to the long opening description. I was told she was independent and strong, and then later I kept thinking she needed to grow a backbone.

There were a number of passage that I felt hadn't been fully developed - or maybe the author was purposefully trying to be vague (although I can't imagine why) - and I couldn't understand what was happening exactly. For example, when Merrick uses the tunnel to recapture the castle and rescue Clio. There is no mention of a battle and whether or not it was successful. One minute they are escaping through the tunnel and then a few pages later I realized that they were living in the castle again. I had to back track (on this and a number of other occasions) to figure out what I had somehow just missed.

And then some of the writing, I was just like ??? For example:
"Like a field of golden buttercups that hides a prickly hedgehog, Lady Clio's hair hid her true nature." Just, wow.
And unfortunately this line was in the first chapter. I think some of the problems I had with this first chapter really colored the way I saw the rest of the book. ( )
  emmytuck | Sep 27, 2013 |
Truly one of the best medieval romances ever written. ( )
  booklovre6 | Mar 30, 2013 |
Truly one of the best medieval romances ever written. ( )
  booklovre6 | Mar 30, 2013 |
I had never heard of this Author before, and let me say how glad I am to have found her! She is such a gifted writer who has the ability to draw you right into her characters' lives. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and have just bought the next on in the series, Wild. ( )
  coffeenut1992 | Aug 18, 2011 |
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"Read this just for the pleasure," says Romantic Times of Jill Barnett's last luscious romance, Carried Away. Her marvelous talent for enchanting stories laced with sensuality is always a delight, and never more so than in this thirteenth-century tale of a brave knight who returns to the Welsh border to claim -- and tame -- his bride, or so he thinks....After too many years on the battlefield, Merrick de Beaucourt is looking forward to a simple life of peace and quiet with a docile wife at his side. But when he finally fetches his bride-to-be from a secluded English convent, he finds he needs more than his knight's spurs to bring order to his life. When she was betrothed at fifteen to the legendary English knight she had never met, Lady Clio of Camrose believed that love was something magical. But her youthful hopes faded as she languished in a convent for six long years, never hearing a word from Merrick.Weary of war, Lord Merrick finds little peace guarding the wild Welsh borders, and even less with the wife whose trust he destroyed. But as Lady Clio comes to understand the dark knight she so blindly wed, she sees a chance to make her dreams come true. Amid the enchanted mists that envelop Camrose Castle, they will battle together to discover a place where all things are possible, even a love that is rare and wonderful.

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