Lair of the Lion
Format: kindle
ASIN: B003P2VYKK
Publish date: June 22nd 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 386
Edition language: English
A beauty and the beast story. This is set in Italy. Isabella Vernaducci is trying to save her brother and the only person powerful enough to do so is Don Nicolai DeMarco. He's reputed to have some magic about him and there are legends about the lands he claims as his. They find themselves drawn ...
I adore this book. Feehan's writing style is perfectly suited for gothic novels. Although I generally hate how domineering her heroes are vs how limp her heroines are, this book is a huge exception. Right from the beginning they start out on even ground. The heroine is the beauty, strong and caring,...
I would have probably skimmed through to the end if it was an e-book, but as it's audio, I just can't take the awkward phrasing and repetition. WE GET IT - he's TAWNY and CATLIKE. Like a LION. (Or pseudo-Italian: leone!) Tawny tawny tawny. I want to claw my OWN eyes out at this point. And then she...
The only thing of value in this novel is the author's ability to create a tense atmosphere, thanks to the sensation of unknown and fear in which the protagonists are immersed. But all this is ruined by the repetitiveness of the plot and the unreasonable choices made in the course of the story.The It...
Isabella is our headstrong young heroine who sets out to find Don DeMarco to beg his help and help her save her brother from the dungeons of the evil Don Rivellio where he has been sentenced to death. But there is a price Don DeMarco is a cursed man. Yet Isabella can only see the good in him. Then ...