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Lord of Fire (Knight Miscellany, #2)
by Gaelen Foley
by Gaelen Foley
Carrie Lim's review
bookshelves: angsty-drama, crime, ebook, favorite, historical-romance, lust-at-first-sight, heroine-independent, hero-mysterious, opposites-attract, part-of-series, plot-has-plot, sealed-with-a-deal, unpredictable, thriller-suspense, knight-in-shining-armor, heroes-unsung, saving-grace, lmfao
Sep 09, 11
bookshelves: angsty-drama, crime, ebook, favorite, historical-romance, lust-at-first-sight, heroine-independent, hero-mysterious, opposites-attract, part-of-series, plot-has-plot, sealed-with-a-deal, unpredictable, thriller-suspense, knight-in-shining-armor, heroes-unsung, saving-grace, lmfao
Read from September 07 to 09, 2011
All 5 Stars goes to Lord Lucien Knight. Very well deserved. Mysterious, gorgeous Lucien is not what everyone imagines him to be. Every one sees him like the devil. How tragic. They fail to see that Lucien is all the more gallant, strong and so very clever.
Misunderstood to his very core, Lucien isolates himself from everyone. Including or rather, perhaps, ESPECIALLY, from his once always present twin brother, Damien. Lucien lives behind measured walls, puts on his mask of indifference and plays the devil role he is resigned to. That is, until he meets the good girl Alice Montague. Giving her the ultimatum that will ultimately seal both their fates, she reluctantly agrees to stay with him for a specified amount of time (which is one of the most hilarious scenes, I might add).
Alice is just the one to bring out the true Lucien to the fore.
He's very much the perfect embodiment of a romantic hero. Tormented. Passionate. An unsung hero that just wants to be loved. In his mind he doesn't deserve it, he doesn't deserve Alice.
Now, Alice, sometimes I feel like her character falls a little short. Not sure how to describe it, but I was left with the thought: "Does she really deserve Lucien?"
Well, anyway, who am I to question their love? She makes him whole, happy, complete. And vice versa. That's all that matters. (And really, Lucien already won all the stars. So, still an "amazing" read.)
The story reads like an action packed movie. Scenes with stunts and guns and swords and heroes on horses and ladies in white dresses. And a romance to die for.
Can it get any better?
Misunderstood to his very core, Lucien isolates himself from everyone. Including or rather, perhaps, ESPECIALLY, from his once always present twin brother, Damien. Lucien lives behind measured walls, puts on his mask of indifference and plays the devil role he is resigned to. That is, until he meets the good girl Alice Montague. Giving her the ultimatum that will ultimately seal both their fates, she reluctantly agrees to stay with him for a specified amount of time (which is one of the most hilarious scenes, I might add).
Alice is just the one to bring out the true Lucien to the fore.
He's very much the perfect embodiment of a romantic hero. Tormented. Passionate. An unsung hero that just wants to be loved. In his mind he doesn't deserve it, he doesn't deserve Alice.
Now, Alice, sometimes I feel like her character falls a little short. Not sure how to describe it, but I was left with the thought: "Does she really deserve Lucien?"
Well, anyway, who am I to question their love? She makes him whole, happy, complete. And vice versa. That's all that matters. (And really, Lucien already won all the stars. So, still an "amazing" read.)
The story reads like an action packed movie. Scenes with stunts and guns and swords and heroes on horses and ladies in white dresses. And a romance to die for.
Can it get any better?
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Quotes Carrie Liked
“When you find the one, my lad, grab her up in your arms and never let her go. You may never get another chance.”
― Gaelen Foley, Lord of Fire
― Gaelen Foley, Lord of Fire
“I see. So you playacted the role of a rake who was only pretending to be in earnest, knowing you would come across as though you had the lowest of motives, when in fact, you were sincere?”
“Precisely.”
She gave a short, wry laugh and shook her head at him. “Convoluted sir! You are a maze.”
He shot her a sulky glance. “I thought you were going to say I was amazing.”
“That, too,” she admitted with a rueful smile, capturing his square chin between her fingertips.”
― Gaelen Foley, Lord of Fire
“Precisely.”
She gave a short, wry laugh and shook her head at him. “Convoluted sir! You are a maze.”
He shot her a sulky glance. “I thought you were going to say I was amazing.”
“That, too,” she admitted with a rueful smile, capturing his square chin between her fingertips.”
― Gaelen Foley, Lord of Fire
Reading Progress
| 09/07/2011 |
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26.0% | "what even is happenig? lol" | |
| 09/07/2011 |
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30.0% | "is this beauty and the beast? lol" |
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Sep 07, 2011 02:40pm
Lucien? Draco? lolol
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I'm about to pick this book up again and I just wanted to refresh my memory and came across this review... Might I just well put! "He's very much the perfect embodiment of a romantic hero. Tormented. Passionate. An unsung hero that just wants to be loved. In his mind he doesn't deserve it, he doesn't deserve Alice." Loved it!
Theresa wrote: "I'm about to pick this book up again and I just wanted to refresh my memory and came across this review... Might I just well put! "He's very much the perfect embodiment of a romantic hero. Tormente..."Woohoo, thank you! This book is one of my all time faves.
Glad to know that you are rereading. I do that too, just to get those feelings from books back. And sometimes the second time around is even better than the first XD Enjoy the read... hehe, now you make me wanna pick it back up XD
