He's really sexy?It's like you're saying that women just don't know what's best for them and so it's okay for their hero to come along and show them what's right. Your heroine is a strong female character, but it's okay for the hero to kiss her twice without permission and to insist on her marrying him because. The Brick of Feminist Dogma has been engaged enough in the first 70 pages of this book to last a lifetime.Second of all, do not put all this stuff in there only to rip it all away with the actions of your characters.
These women roam free, are reknowned as witches and have a whole island that is pretty much culturally detached from the rest of the world.Men are sarcastically berated from their limited worldview, the heroine is working to keep herself and her sisters free from the world, there's a big deal with the second sister moaning on about how women can't do anything without sex and how none of her skills are valuable in the world because she's a woman blah, blah, blah.Please embrace the fine art of subtlety. In an age known for locking them up and having little tolerance for magic. However, she meets our hero who is a mysterious, ruggedly handsome Comte, Renard, who attempts to force her hand in marriage.Catherine de'Medici is also a dark sorcerer and she is the main villain of the novel.So why does it fail to whip up a feminine frenzy in me? Well, first of all, it's so heavy handed! It can hardly rewrite itself just because I had a misconception of what the story was about.But I still couldn't stand it, and I think if I tried to read it again, knowing what I was getting myself into, then it would still annoy me and this is why:This book is very PRO-feminism, which I am ALL for, believe me.Waves national flag of Ladyland.But the feminism is all on the surface so much as I could see (I couldn't bring myselt to quite finish this book!)Our heroine is a 'Daughter of the Earth' (Read: witch) because she could not possibly be bound but cultural or religious norms of the day. It can hardly rewrite itself just because I had a misconception of what the story was about.But I still couldn't stand it, and I think if I tr What I expected from this book:I fairly historical account of court life surrounding Catherine de'Medici circa 1570's with a love story thrown in for good measure.What this book is:A romance novel based around 1570 with a lot of imaginative additions and a lot of historical subtractions.Now it's not the book's fault that it wasn't what I wanted it to be. What I expected from this book:I fairly historical account of court life surrounding Catherine de'Medici circa 1570's with a love story thrown in for good measure.What this book is:A romance novel based around 1570 with a lot of imaginative additions and a lot of historical subtractions.Now it's not the book's fault that it wasn't what I wanted it to be. The only person Ariane can turn to is the comte de Renard, a nobleman with fiery determination and a past as mysterious as his own unusual gifts.Riveting, vibrant, and breathtaking, The Dark Queen follows Ariane and Renard as they risk everything to prevent the fulfillment of a dreadful prophecy even if they must tempt fate and their own passions. Then a wounded stranger arrives on Faire Isle, bearing a secret the Dark Queen will do everything in her power to possess. But this is a time when women of ability are deemed sorceresses, when Renaissance France is torn by ruthless political intrigues, and all are held in thrall to the sinister ambitions of Queen Catherine de Medici. But this is a time when women of abi From Brittany's misty shores to the decadent splendor of Paris's royal court, one woman must fulfill her destiny while facing the treacherous designs of Catherine de Medici, the dark queen.She is Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle, one of the Cheney sisters, renowned for their mystical skills and for keeping the isle secure and prosperous.
From Brittany's misty shores to the decadent splendor of Paris's royal court, one woman must fulfill her destiny while facing the treacherous designs of Catherine de Medici, the dark queen.She is Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle, one of the Cheney sisters, renowned for their mystical skills and for keeping the isle secure and prosperous.