Amy Harmon has done it again ya'll. I've read several of her books, almost all of them and every single one of them has been 4.5 Sobbed my face off⭐s
Amy Harmon has done it again ya'll. I've read several of her books, almost all of them and every single one of them has been 4-5 stars for me. Her writing is always impeccable, her stories always beautiful and emotional. Such an underrated author in my opinion.
╰┈➤ For those who are not familiar with Butch Cassidy, he was a real life gang leader (Wild Bunch), bank and train robber from the old west during the 1900's. He was almost like a real life Robin Hood. He would only steal from the rich but was always kind to the poor, often fighting on behalf of them. While he may have been an outlaw and robbed plenty, he never killed anyone, nor had any wish to.
In the novel The Outlaw Noble Salt, Harmon brings Cassidy to life with vivid imagination, along with The Sundance Kid. And to top of this historical fiction masterpiece she gives Butch a romance, because everyone deserves love after all. And omg it's epic.
╰┈➤ When I tell you that Butch Cassidy- Amy Harmon's version of Butch Cassidy is the ultimate Hero, the ultimate man. I am not lying folks. The intimacy is so beautiful, the love that this man feels for Jane to the point that he would hang for something that he didn't do in order for her to live in peace. My eyes couldn't help but react, and oh the tears and the broken sobs that came out of me.
To take things a step further, Jane has a son who is 'disfigured' (what the asshole town's people call it, nah me) with a large birthmark on his face who feels he needs to stay hidden, who is ashamed of who he is because of the gawking and the stares. Butch teaches him how to hold his head high and not be ashamed. He loves him as if he was his own son and omg the feels.
I won't fake the front, the beginning of the story starts out slow and it took me a little while to get my footing with it, so if you decide to read this - please be patient. It's so worth it. It may start slow but it blossoms into one of the most gripping and emotional stories I've read in a while.
There's a rawness to it that I haven't felt in a while - such a pure and selfless romance/love, from a man who is an outlaw, a legend but still a man of great integrity and honor.
╰┈➤ Cassidy, as written is such a complex character. All of these different pieces to him that come together perfectly to create such an undeniably heartfelt character.
'The hope scared him most of all. Hope was dangerous. Hope made a man attempt the impossible. Hope kept a man coming back when he should have stayed away. “You opened me up,” he whispered to his sleeping wife. “And took my heart from my chest. Now how will I live?”'
╰┈➤ I highly recommend this for anyone who loves a captivating and unwavering romance story in a historical fiction setting.
'The snake felt like a gift. A promise. That someday, someway, I'd be able to move on from this horror- shed my old skin and be reborn something st'The snake felt like a gift. A promise. That someday, someway, I'd be able to move on from this horror- shed my old skin and be reborn something stronger. Something powerful and terrifying.'
"Most people are terrified of snakes." "Most people are afraid of you." "But not you." "Not me." "You make me feel a lot of thing I've never felt before, but not fear."
"Enter not the forest deep. Beyond the Bells, the dark fiends keep." ˚ ༘"Enter not the forest deep. Beyond the Bells, the dark fiends keep." ˚ ༘...more
DNF @55% - Honestly, I don't even remember much from this book when I started it last week. It hasn't held my attention, may get back to it at a laterDNF @55% - Honestly, I don't even remember much from this book when I started it last week. It hasn't held my attention, may get back to it at a later date though.
To be really honest here, I'm not sure why I was pushing myself to love this so much. I've read 3 books by SL so far- I thought Brutal Prince was OKAYTo be really honest here, I'm not sure why I was pushing myself to love this so much. I've read 3 books by SL so far- I thought Brutal Prince was OKAY and I LOVED The Sinners Duet. I guess I formed a loyalty with my love for that duet; which is great-but this book was not it.
I just found this too slow for my taste and wasn't really engaged.
This is only the second T. Kingfisher book I've read and I'd say I'm still a little on the fence. I This was an interesting twist on Sleeping Beauty.
This is only the second T. Kingfisher book I've read and I'd say I'm still a little on the fence. I think the writing is beautiful - it's a cute, sweet story with dark undertones .. I guess I just wished there was a little more, it felt like it was missing something for me. ...more
So, I've seen this series going around and thought the premise sounded pretty good and decided to give it a try.
Rowan our FMC and 'Scottish2.75 Stars
So, I've seen this series going around and thought the premise sounded pretty good and decided to give it a try.
Rowan our FMC and 'Scottish Princess' and her cousin Davin are captured in a tunnel in neighboring lands that connects through a mountain to their lands while drunk on vodka.
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"Death was a hefty price to pay for vodka."
They wake up hungover in a prison cell and are told they're being charged with smuggling(the vodka). Even though she is a Princess in Lochlann and her cousin is from the Royal Family, it doesn't matter, they were found in neighboring lands and they aren't exactly cordial.
Rowan is a pretty solid FMC - she's funny, sassy, brave, strong.
"Freedom isn't giving someone a small chunk of life and expecting them to be content with it."
So, they're being held by this guy who is a Duke in that land and we're lead to believe that the price for smuggling and stealing from their land is death. But wait. First they need to call this Summit which is a gathering of all the Clans in their land to vote on a judgement.
The brother of this Duke is Theo, a Lord I believe and he's the almost instant love interest. He's alright... I mean, he's blonde, and if SJM has taught me anything .. it's don't trust the first blonde guy that comes rolling up.
They set out for this Summit together, the Lords of the house and Rowan to see what price she will have to pay for smuggling.
The world building is below average in my opinion. You're really just tossed in and it's not very descriptive. Also, I may have missed it but it felt so weird that the names of these Clans were names of animals... like 'Bear', 'Elk', 'Viper' - Like why? Normally a Clan name is after their Laird, no? Like MacKenzi, Frazier, etc.
The writing gives off a very YA vibe and it is a clean romance which is fine with me but it does come across very young.
I haven't had much success with Novik in the past but this gives me a winter feel and I'm in the mood for something different, so here we go. ☃️❄️I haven't had much success with Novik in the past but this gives me a winter feel and I'm in the mood for something different, so here we go. ☃️❄️...more
I'm super mentally tired right now so just a few things..
This book was SO SLOW. I mean, I really had a ha2.75 Stars
Edit to reduce star rating to 1.75
I'm super mentally tired right now so just a few things..
This book was SO SLOW. I mean, I really had a hard time keeping a firm grip on what the hell was going on in the first 2/3 of the book. There was a lot of jumping around and changing of character perspectives. Also, so much didn't make sense to me.
So much of the book comes across really juvenile and on and on about these bugs- I started to really not GAF.
May or may not edit this review later- may or may not read the next book.
Ugh. So indecisive this morning with what to read- feeling so meh.
Hope this delivers me out of my slumpy mood....more
♥︎ Heather ⚔
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