Book Chat - Dreams of Lilacs

[Kathy]

And the winner is...Dreams of Lilacs! I'm looking forward to this one. I've had Lynn Kurland recommended to me a lot and I look forward to reading this one. I have read her first Nine Kingdoms trilogy, which I enjoyed. I've never read any of her other books though. I think a part of me just felt a little overwhelmed that there were SO many books to choose from and I wasn't sure if they had to be read in order. This one sounded good though and has some elements that I usually really like so I look forward to reading it.

Anyway, I just bought my Kindle copy and unfortunately it doesn't look like this one is loanable. Luckily, its not super pricey ($6).

[Kristen]

Sad to say, I really couldn't enjoy this book because of the language. There was none of the major 4 letter words but it seemed like there was a "dang" on every single page. Either dang it, or dang him, or dang her, usually accompanied by to "heck". It made the entire book sour for me.

I really did like the characters. Isabelle was a great heroine, and while I didn't care for his name, Gervase was a awesome hero. The romance scenes were sweet. Isabelle's brothers were fun. That darn language though...

[Kathy]

That's too bad. I thing cussing in books is not really needed, but the D word never really bothers me. I suppose if it was used an excessive amount it probably would start to bug me. I still need to read this one, I've been in a western kick lately. Oops!

[Jessie]

To make up for not reading it, you can tell us what western books you've liked lately ;)

[Katie]

I decided to get this one from the library and since it's a new release and they take forever to get them in, I still haven't read it yet. I do know that a lot of her books are heavy on the "d" words and I just skim over them--it doesn't really bother me too much.

[Jessie]

There was a lot of use of the d and h-words. I'm not too bothered by those either. I see the f-word once and that makes me want to stop reading a book though.

I was more bothered in this one about Gervase's reputation with the ladies. Supposedly he's seduced all of France and half of England. He says that the reputation is exaggerated, but he lets Isabelle continue believing it. I wanted him to tell her that all of it was exaggerated so I could respect him again :).

I like Isabelle and Gervase together. I especially loved Isabelle's brothers and how they responded to Gervase. They were always wanting to meet him in the lists! I loved their sense of humor. I liked that Isabelle was strong, stood her ground with grumpy or arrogant men, and yet was so gentle with Gervase's brothers, and so supportive of him.

Did anyone else read this and have a favorite part to share? Or a favorite character?

I liked Isabelle's brother, Miles, the best.

[Tara]

I haven't read this yet, either! :-/ I have some ebooks from the library I've been trying to get through, as well as working my way through my kindle. I haven't even been doing a good job of rating/reviewing lately. :( I'm such a goodreads shame these days. ;) I will try to get to this one soon!

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I liked Miles as well. He needs his own book now. :-)

I'm going to have to reread this yet again. I don't even remember there being a bunch of hells or err. d words. :-D

I loved Isabelle but then I don't think I've encountered a Kurland book where I didn't like the heroine. Occasionally I won't like the hero but that's generally only in her first few books. (The ones with a less clean slant...)