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BOTM 2 - September 2021 - Wild Wicked Scot
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Cath wrote: "@Mamacita, I'm sorry to hear you're having a rough week :( Hope things get better for you soon."
Thanks Cath and Darbe..."
*Hugs* Mamacita — take care! Totally understand that feeling of a book having all the elements that should work but the overall feel is not working. Do you have some happy books lined up? Need suggestions?
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Joanna Loves Reading wrote: "Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Darbella wrote: "Mamacita, I hope you are feeling better soon."Cath wrote: "@Mamacita, I'm sorry to hear you're having a rough week :( Hope things get better for you s..."
I'm actually reading book #1 from nominations list in case the #4 book wins for November & it's fabulous! Just what I needed.
Sandra wrote: "@Mamacita, ohhh, how I know your words, I also have Fibromyalgia. That's why I read a lot. The moments I have crisis that's one of the things it helps me overcoming the days in bed. I hope you feel..."Same here. Fibro Sucks!
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Having just read BOTM1 and BOTM2 back to back, and (view spoiler)
Women really were just chattels in this world.
Susan I have to agree with you! I have enjoyed both of the books you mentioned. I think that is why I have enjoyed these 2 books so much as they were more in keeping with what was happening to woman at the time.
Finished! I really want to give this book 4.5 stars (drat it, Goodreads! Why can't you give us 1/2 stars?! lol)
Really enjoyed this story. Nice to see historical authenticity supporting the romance. A new writer fdor me - so a great discovery.
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Gonna try & jump back in. Hope it sits better with me this time. I'm ready for them to work this shit out.
Ya'll, I'm gonna finish this because it's too damn good but it's still so sad. Ch 17 & Ch 18 & I'm crying again! Starting Ch 19 now. I still don't think (view spoiler)
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It is sad, and I started to feel it more as the story went on. There are times this type of story works better for me than others. An estranged married couple rarely makes a light-hearted story, for sure.
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Joanna I agree with you. Good summary and I enjoyed the book.
I ended up giving it 4.5* . But seriously any book that can make me feel such emotion deserves it. I cried more with this book and then I have cried in a long time from just reading. That alone should probably give it a five-star but I didn't absolutely love it want to read it again five star. To me my 5* reads are something I want to read it again and read everything in that series. This story goes to show how a husband/wife/love can rend the other in the most hurtful ways. I can't imagine even coming back from that level of hurt.
When Jock & (view spoiler), I started crying again & didn’t stop until the end.
I don't know that I will want to read this author again unless I'm needing a good cry. Anybody that reads book #2, if this is the story of (view spoiler) it is a good love story and somewhat lighter-hearted or just a good love story without all the sadness please PM me.
I'm glad in the epilogue that (view spoiler) However, I wish they had got a book. That would have been a fun one to watch for sure! Also (view spoiler) should have gotten a book too. But I was happy about (view spoiler)
Merry Jewelhound wrote: "I enjoyed chapter 12-14 where each explained how they viewed what happened when they first married. Then it expands on how they are working out things now.Chapter 15 [spoilers removed]"
I loved the (view spoiler), I cried thru that too.
Cath wrote: "Finished Ch 16.I’d like to give Arran a good thump on the head.
He thinks: But Margot had not conceived this deceit. She was simply a fool.
How. Dare. He.
*Thump*
If anyone here is a fool, i..."
Ha! Cath, love how you get really protective over Margot.
I was just the opposite. (view spoiler)
Susan wrote: "Well I just read that in a sitting! It was great. It was well written, the storyline was great and I loved both the H and h. I am going to read more in this series. Having just read BOTM1 and BOT..."
Merry Jewelhound wrote: "Susan I have to agree with you! I have enjoyed both of the books you mentioned. I think that is why I have enjoyed these 2 books so much as they were more in keeping with what was happening to woma..."
@Susan @Merry @Joanna
Can The Devil Is a Marquess be read as a standalone or would that spoil the other books in that series? I have book #1 The Madness of Viscount Atherbourne to read soon.
Cath wrote: "Finished! I really want to give this book 4.5 stars (drat it, Goodreads! Why can't you give us 1/2 stars?! lol)"
I rated it the same 4.5* Cath, but I didn't round it up in the stars, did you?
Joanna Loves Reading wrote: "Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Ya'll, I'm gonna finish this because it's too damn good but it's still so sad. Ch 17 & Ch 18 & I'm crying again! Starting Ch 19 now. I still don't think [spoilers remove..."But did ya cry? Cause I was a watering pot for sure. Like totally Ugly Cry!
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I am definitely in Arran's camp. Margot was a silly pain in the backside for most of the book. Arran was an idiot at times, but I liked the fact he loved her from the beginning, tried to help her settle in, but faced her snobbishness, selfishness and downright unpleasantness, how on earth was he supposed to behave? the depiction of his attempts to be a good clan chief was really well done. Margot should have told him the truth about her father much earlier, but then of course there would have been no story!
@Mamacita This is the first book in the series I have read, so I am no help.
Sandra wrote: "@Cath that was so good!!!"Yes it really was! I especially loved the epilogue; put a smile on my face.
Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "I rated it the same 4.5* Cath, but I didn't round it up in the stars, did you?"Loved reading all your thoughts & comments. I'm glad you did get to feel happier by the end. I think that epilogue might be one my most favorite ever. I think I'm of the same mindset as you are, and am going to go with 4 stars, and not round up. But I do think I'll read the rest of the series eventually.
Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Ha! Cath, love how you get really protective over Margot.I was just the opposite..."
I know :) When Margot called herself foolish, I had to laugh. I said to her: "Now wait a minute! I just defended you and now you're going to agree with him!" And then I wanted to thump her on the head, too. lol
Even if she doesn't agree w/ me, tho', I'm going to defend her again. lol
So this is just how part of the story came across to me, and for the record I don’t disagree with how anyone else experienced it:
Trust was an important theme throughout Arran & Margot’s story. While I really like Arran, I could not see where, early in their marriage or later in the present time, he ever gave her a reason to trust him over her father. (Until the last few chapters, of course.)
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So a thump on the head to both of them for calling Margot a fool for the choice she made, 'cuz from where I sit it was perfectly reasonable! LOL
Cath wrote: "Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Ha! Cath, love how you get really protective over Margot.I was just the opposite..."
I know :) When Margot called herself foolish, I had to laugh. I said to her: "Now..."
I have not read any comment yet, as I have been waiting for my book 📕 to arrive. Starting to read the story now. So here goes.
Do hope you have all been enjoying your reading of this story
Shaz wrote: "I have not read any comment yet, as I have been waiting for my book 📕 to arrive. Starting to read the story now. So here goes.
Do hope you have all been enjoying your reading of this story"
I'll pop in each day to chat with you
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No, but I rarely do when reading.
You can totally blame me for this one…I believe I nominated it 🙃
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Having just read..."
Yes, Devil as a Marquess can easily be read as a stand alone. I have not read the first three in the series
Susan wrote: "Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Susan wrote: "Well I just read that in a sitting! It was great. It was well written, the storyline was great and I loved both the H and h. I am going to read more in thi..."Oh that's good to know.
Joanna Loves Reading wrote: "Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Joanna Loves Reading wrote: "Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Ya'll, I'm gonna finish this because it's too damn good but it's still so sad. Ch 17 & Ch 18 & I'm crying again!..."
Have read up to chapter 6. The splits in the time period, not to sure about. At the moment I think Margot is used by her father in a arranged marriage for his convenience. She seems to care for Arran, but hates the highlands.
Shaz wrote: "Have read up to chapter 6. The splits in the time period, not to sure about. At the moment I think Margot is used by her father in a arranged marriage for his convenience. She seems to care for Arr..."That's one thing I really loved was the back and forth in time. I think that actually made me feel the characters emotions more than if I had read the story in chronological order.
I finished a few days ago but have been too busy with work to comment. I've read several books by Julia London and they weren't too memorable. I was actually dreading beginning this book based on prior reading experience with this author. However, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the book. I've even completed the second book in the series! I'll comment more later.
I am enjoying the story. Poor Arran everyone seem to think he’s a traitor. I have read a couple of JL books before and liked them.
On chapter 10 and so far I am enjoying Arran and I don't dislike her. But I will have to say that I need to go back a few chapters because I've been falling asleep to the narrator LOL (not because he's boring, but because I'm tired), it's like being read a bedtime story.
Enjoyed it thoroughly
I am on chapter 21 . I don’t dislike Margot, she has been used by her family. Which she has now realised. Plus she is now older and wiser. Arran is a fair person who looks after his clan , and has also been used by her family.
Mamacita It has been a bit of a sad read, so can see why you needed tissues.
Shaz wrote: "I am on chapter 21 . I don’t dislike Margot, she has been used by her family. Which she has now realised. Plus she is now older and wiser. Arran is a fair person who looks after his clan , and has ..."Agree @Shaz! I liked them both. I thought they both shared a sense of duty and loyalty to their families.
I finally picked up the book and plan to start reading tonight.
I liked the epilogue story, about the happy family life they both deserved.
Shaz wrote: "Mamacita It has been a bit of a sad read, so can see why you needed tissues."It really was for me.
Cath wrote: "Shaz wrote: "I am on chapter 21 . I don’t dislike Margot, she has been used by her family. Which she has now realised. Plus she is now older and wiser. Arran is a fair person who looks after his cl..."Agreed. Especially Aaran.
He really led his clan well.
Shaz wrote: "I liked the epilogue story, about the happy family life they both deserved."But didn't you feel that (view spoiler)
Mariana wrote: "I finally picked up the book and plan to start reading tonight."Grab the Kleenex. Lol
@Mamacita, I have to chime in and say I agree w/ you. I felt the same about Knox!Whole Book Spoilers ahead:
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This is the second book for me to read by Julia London. Does she always have cheating husband heroes?!
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Wild Wicked Scot (other topics)
Totally understandable that the last thing you need is a book bringing you down right now. I know I've put aside many an HR, regardless of how well-written it is, if it's making me feel bad or the H and/or h are overly irritating to me.