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Rorik il vichingo
Inghilterra/Norvegia, 904 - A Yvaine, ferita e semisvenuta, il possente guerriero vichingo appena emerso dalla nebbia che le offusca la vista appare come l'eroe dei suoi sogni di bambina. Ma quando lui la salva dalla crudeltà del marito solo per trascinarla sulla sua nave, il Drago Marino, un cieco terrore si impadronisce di lei. Un terrore che si stempera nel sospetto quando, ripresi i sensi, scopre che lui non solo ha curato le sue ferite, ma ha anche difeso il suo onore. Chi è in realtà quel barbaro misterioso, capace di legare un assassino al corpo della sua vittima per poi precipitarlo in mare, e al tempo stesso incapace di prenderla con la forza benché vittima inerme nelle sue mani?
195 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 2, 2003
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Julia Byrne
29 books9 followersJulia Byrne lives in Australia with her husband, daughter and two overgrown cats. She started her working career as a secretary, taught ballroom dancing after several successful years as a competitor, and presently works part-time in the history department of a Melbourne university. She enjoys reading, tapestry and playing mah-jong.
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October 23, 2017
3,5 en realidad. De las buenas novelas de romance histórico ambientadas en tierras nórdicas, donde los bravos y despiadados guerreros vikingos son los protagonistas. Muy bien manejada la evolución de los sentimientos de los personajes principales, aunque tanta desconfianza entre ellos llega a cansar un poco. Sin embargo, la magia del entorno, las costumbres y la fuerza y pasión de los personajes la convierten en una historia muy ágil y entretenida, que atrapa y no puedes soltar.
Buenas descripciones que además reflejan el papel de la mujer de la época como “moneda de cambio” para ganar lealtades y favores políticos. Algunas intrigas y secretos familiares le dan el toque de aventura que le pone la guinda a la torta.
Buenas descripciones que además reflejan el papel de la mujer de la época como “moneda de cambio” para ganar lealtades y favores políticos. Algunas intrigas y secretos familiares le dan el toque de aventura que le pone la guinda a la torta.
April 15, 2016
No sé qué me ha conquistado más de esta historia, si los personajes o la ambientación.
Respecto a la ambientación, me gusta cómo la autora muestra la cultura y la vida, tanto de ingleses como noruegos, en una época que era más que común la lucha por conseguir tierras u obtener venganza. Las pequeñas incorporaciones de la mitología nórdica a lo largo de la trama también le dan un toque especial.
En cuanto a los personajes, resultan muy realistas, las escenas de peleas entre Rorik e Yvaine son más que divertidas, pero también sufrimos cuando llegan los momentos dramáticos.
La personalidad de Yvaine, a pesar de aparentemente sufrir un cambio drástico al inicio, resulta algunas veces algo contradictoria, pero como la de Rorik tiene una base parecida, se complementan perfectamente.
Esta es una novela romántica histórica que, a pesar de lo corta que es, entretiene desde el inicio y lo tiene todo. Muy recomendable.
Respecto a la ambientación, me gusta cómo la autora muestra la cultura y la vida, tanto de ingleses como noruegos, en una época que era más que común la lucha por conseguir tierras u obtener venganza. Las pequeñas incorporaciones de la mitología nórdica a lo largo de la trama también le dan un toque especial.
En cuanto a los personajes, resultan muy realistas, las escenas de peleas entre Rorik e Yvaine son más que divertidas, pero también sufrimos cuando llegan los momentos dramáticos.
La personalidad de Yvaine, a pesar de aparentemente sufrir un cambio drástico al inicio, resulta algunas veces algo contradictoria, pero como la de Rorik tiene una base parecida, se complementan perfectamente.
Esta es una novela romántica histórica que, a pesar de lo corta que es, entretiene desde el inicio y lo tiene todo. Muy recomendable.
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March 29, 2014Average read. To be honest I got bored before the halfway point, but hey I'm a sucker for Vikings so I finished it. I read it in a day because honestly if I put it down odds were I wouldn't pick it up again. Generic captive viking bride story, with a few twists. It all wraps up in the end, ehh 'bout average love scenes as well.
Didn't love it..didn't hate it but only a one time read and forget for my opinion.
Didn't love it..didn't hate it but only a one time read and forget for my opinion.
July 18, 2021
Riassumo il commento di questo libro con una sola parola: noia.
La storia poteva essere potabile, ma: 1) si dilunga troppo; 2) la nostra eroina purtroppo soffre di disturbi della personalità e dopo un po' la si prenderebbe volentieri a schiaffi.
Fortuna che il nostro eroe bello, biondo e con gli occhi azzurri (un Chris Hemsworth di questi, insomma...) aggiunge una stellina al magro bottino. Ma purtroppo non basta a raggiungere la sufficienza, quindi bocciato.
La storia poteva essere potabile, ma: 1) si dilunga troppo; 2) la nostra eroina purtroppo soffre di disturbi della personalità e dopo un po' la si prenderebbe volentieri a schiaffi.
Fortuna che il nostro eroe bello, biondo e con gli occhi azzurri (un Chris Hemsworth di questi, insomma...) aggiunge una stellina al magro bottino. Ma purtroppo non basta a raggiungere la sufficienza, quindi bocciato.
January 16, 2022
Aus dem Bücherschrank gezogen, weil mich das Cover angesprochen hat 🙊😬
Das Buch hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Es war heiß und dramatisch. Darüber hinaus hatte es viel mehr Plot als erwartet. Ich habe Lust, mehr Historisches mit Fokus auf Romance zu lesen.
Das Buch hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Es war heiß und dramatisch. Darüber hinaus hatte es viel mehr Plot als erwartet. Ich habe Lust, mehr Historisches mit Fokus auf Romance zu lesen.
October 11, 2017
vikingos e ingleses
November 4, 2020
Read as a quick read
October 22, 2021
Hated the main character (the viking himself), the story all in all was easy to read.
February 8, 2024
Très belle histoire mais j'aurais préféré voir un peu plus de romance entre Anna et Thorfin
September 20, 2012
Yvaine sees her chance for freedom from her overbearing husband when vikings raid their manor. But her husband catches her before she can escape and decides to beat her and leave her to the vikings. Rorik is immediately captivated by the golden haired beauty. She is tied up and it takes him a few seconds to realize she has been beaten. But when he does he is enraged and seeks revenge on her behalf. Then he breaks his own rule about taking women captive, and takes her to his ship, because Yvaine is his.
At first Yvaine annoyed me. She was sort of wishy washy. She would be talking to Rorik normally and then something would set her off and she would turn on him. But then I found her antics to be sort of funny. She would talk honestly about her feelings with the other women and come up with a plan to keep Rorik at arms length, and then the second she saw him she would forget it all. I found it funny because she would almost give herself a pep talk and then all her thoughts would drain from her head when she saw him and she would stand here with her mouth hanging open.
I liked that Rorik was so protective of Yvaine right from the start. Every time she got in trouble he was right there ready to save her. I liked that. I also liked that there were lot of opportunities for him to save her.
One thing that annoyed me was when they talked the author quoted them with 'this' instead of "this." I hate when books do that.
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FAVORITE QUOTES
"True, but the more I learn of you, lady, the less faith I place in your sense of prudence."
"Well, that will teach you to make enquiries the next time you consider kidnapping someone, won't it."
~Rorik and Yvaine
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"I was planning to kidnap you again even before I knew your response to Edward's plans. To hold you until I won your heart or we knew there was a child."
"Holy Saints! You were going to force the king's hand?"
"If you loved me. Or even if you didn't" he added, a wicked smile dawning through the implacable purpose in his eyes. "I knew you didn't hate me. I was going to build on that."
~Rorik and Yvaine
At first Yvaine annoyed me. She was sort of wishy washy. She would be talking to Rorik normally and then something would set her off and she would turn on him. But then I found her antics to be sort of funny. She would talk honestly about her feelings with the other women and come up with a plan to keep Rorik at arms length, and then the second she saw him she would forget it all. I found it funny because she would almost give herself a pep talk and then all her thoughts would drain from her head when she saw him and she would stand here with her mouth hanging open.
I liked that Rorik was so protective of Yvaine right from the start. Every time she got in trouble he was right there ready to save her. I liked that. I also liked that there were lot of opportunities for him to save her.
One thing that annoyed me was when they talked the author quoted them with 'this' instead of "this." I hate when books do that.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAVORITE QUOTES
"True, but the more I learn of you, lady, the less faith I place in your sense of prudence."
"Well, that will teach you to make enquiries the next time you consider kidnapping someone, won't it."
~Rorik and Yvaine
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I was planning to kidnap you again even before I knew your response to Edward's plans. To hold you until I won your heart or we knew there was a child."
"Holy Saints! You were going to force the king's hand?"
"If you loved me. Or even if you didn't" he added, a wicked smile dawning through the implacable purpose in his eyes. "I knew you didn't hate me. I was going to build on that."
~Rorik and Yvaine
October 22, 2015
C'était ... mignon. Une romance douce, avec un méchant comme on les aime et un peu d'aventure.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'ambiance générale, la Norvège, la civilisation Viking, quelques rappels de leur mythologie.
L'héroïne est un peu agaçante parfois à ne jamais savoir ce qu'elle veut où à trop cogiter, mais ce n'est pas une TSTL, elle est plutôt du genre à réfléchir avant d'agir, un peu trop même parfois.
Le héros est plutôt charismatique. Peut être un peu trop gentil et bien élevé pour un Viking qui fait des raids réguliers en Angleterre depuis des années.
Dans l'ensemble un bon moment de lecture, avec beaucoup d'action et pas de temps mort pendant l'histoire.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'ambiance générale, la Norvège, la civilisation Viking, quelques rappels de leur mythologie.
L'héroïne est un peu agaçante parfois à ne jamais savoir ce qu'elle veut où à trop cogiter, mais ce n'est pas une TSTL, elle est plutôt du genre à réfléchir avant d'agir, un peu trop même parfois.
Le héros est plutôt charismatique. Peut être un peu trop gentil et bien élevé pour un Viking qui fait des raids réguliers en Angleterre depuis des années.
Dans l'ensemble un bon moment de lecture, avec beaucoup d'action et pas de temps mort pendant l'histoire.
October 1, 2012
C'était ... mignon. Une romance douce, avec un méchant comme on les aime et un peu d'aventure.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'ambiance générale, la Norvège, la civilisation Viking, quelques rappels de leur mythologie.
L'héroïne est un peu agaçante parfois à ne jamais savoir ce qu'elle veut où à trop cogiter, mais ce n'est pas une TSTL, elle est plutôt du genre à réfléchir avant d'agir, un peu trop même parfois.
Le héros est plutôt charismatique. Peut être un peu trop gentil et bien élevé pour un Viking qui fait des raids réguliers en Angleterre depuis des années.
Dans l'ensemble un bon moment de lecture, avec beaucoup d'action et pas de temps mort pendant l'histoire.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'ambiance générale, la Norvège, la civilisation Viking, quelques rappels de leur mythologie.
L'héroïne est un peu agaçante parfois à ne jamais savoir ce qu'elle veut où à trop cogiter, mais ce n'est pas une TSTL, elle est plutôt du genre à réfléchir avant d'agir, un peu trop même parfois.
Le héros est plutôt charismatique. Peut être un peu trop gentil et bien élevé pour un Viking qui fait des raids réguliers en Angleterre depuis des années.
Dans l'ensemble un bon moment de lecture, avec beaucoup d'action et pas de temps mort pendant l'histoire.
November 15, 2012
I couldn't finish this kidnapped-by-a-Viking romance because of my increasing irritation with the sheer stupidity of our so-called heroine, Yvaine. More than half-way through the book, and you would think Yvaine would start acting like a female of 900 AD. Nope, Yvaine is super-smart, super-educated, super-entitled, .... super-annoying. She also started experiencing some sort of split personality disorder, acting sweet and demure one moment and than ragging on Rorik like a harrigan and challenging his authority in front of his men.
If I were Rorik, I would take her back and tie her back to the pole where I found her.
If I were Rorik, I would take her back and tie her back to the pole where I found her.
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March 6, 2016
It sounded better then it ended up being. Yvaine is taken from her abusive husbands home by a fierce Viking. Of course, Yvaine is upset that she's been kidnapped from her country and will quite possibly be a slave to a Viking. Rorik is captivated by Yvaine the moment he sees her. He doesn't want a slave but a wife.
Yvaine and Rorik go back to his home where a lot more happens which most seems contrived. The story wasn't terrible but things ran along the predictable line and while I'm a sucker for a love story this one just seemed to be a lot of big hulking man and weak woman.
Not that great.
Yvaine and Rorik go back to his home where a lot more happens which most seems contrived. The story wasn't terrible but things ran along the predictable line and while I'm a sucker for a love story this one just seemed to be a lot of big hulking man and weak woman.
Not that great.
December 23, 2014
I usually read paranormal romance so this was a bit off the beaten path for me. The writing was good and overall I liked the style. If I were a fan of historical romance I'd probably rate this 5/5 stars. The start of the book is exciting and pulls you in right away. The premise of this woman living with a husband for five years and was still a virgin was a bit hard to imagine. The story drags a bit in the middle but the interactions between the hero and his brother are good and keep you guessing. Overall it was a good read and I just might buy another historical romance in the future.
October 13, 2014
A great read. There is wonderful passion and love between Rorik and Yvaine, once they get past the mistrust of each other and her fear of Vikings. But then there are many twists and turns in this book that will keep you turning the pages as things are not always what they seem. A good story plot, interesting characters, and wonderful location descriptions.
October 1, 2012
L'héroïne est un peu butée et a tendance à parler d'abord et à réfléchir ensuite. Le héros est une perle pour un viking. L'ensemble est mignon.
March 1, 2013
it was a nice book overall but at times quite boring and slow for me at least :-P
July 20, 2014
ok romatico y cursi jaja para entretenerse un rato esta mas que bien...
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