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She captures the passion of the characters, in more ways than one. When Ash and Genova come together, you can see the sparks and feel the burning desire between them, and the way love wraps itself around their hearts and entwines them together. This was a very very enjoyable reading experience, and it was almost five stars, but the ending was a bit abrupt for me, although I did like the resolution of Ash and Genova's issues. Some of my favorite aspects: I liked how Ms. Beverley used this as a metaphor to show Genova's longing for family and the stability of her own home.
Her father was in the Navy, and she and her mother traveled all around the world with him. Setting up the presepe was a tradition every Christmas, and each year another animal was added. When her mother passed away, and her father remarried, his wife didn't want it in her house, calling it 'shabby'. It broke Genova's heart, and she knew she wasn't going to be a part of her father's new family.
When she goes to stay with her friends, the Trayce aunts for Christmas, she takes the presepe with her, essentially wandering with all that is left of her family, hoping to find a new, safe home for herself. The part in which she sets up the presepe at the Malloren Christmas festivities and everyone is delighted with it brought a tear to my eye I've already admitted to my sappy nature.
We have our own Nativity at home, set up with pride in a place of honor on a table in our living room. Just what I need to keep me in the Christmas spirit. Reminds me to get back into this series. Definitely a fun read, and more than worthy of a rating of 4. View all 8 comments. Jun 08, Jacob Proffitt rated it liked it Shelves: This book started off really rocky, for me.
Both main characters seemed particularly prone to making poor assumptions and sticking to them in the face of all evidence. It doesn't help, of course, that Ashart is pitting himself against Bey and it's pretty clear pretty much from the beginning that he has no hope of being anywhere near smart or clever enough to even show in that fight. So this is a mediocre point in the series. Beverley has expanded beyond the original Mallorens and you can expect i This book started off really rocky, for me. Beverley has expanded beyond the original Mallorens and you can expect it to be a bit rough, maybe.
At any rate, I never did connect with Ashart. He's kind of at sea the whole story and never really finds solid ground. There didn't seem to be much to him, really, so I never really saw what Genova might see in him. She didn't have much to distinguish herself with, either, frankly. She's nice, I guess, and she has a few good verbal matches with Ash, so I was happy enough to stick with her. She's kind of adrift in her world, too, and I didn't think she did much to find herself here, either. So lackluster main characters and a story that didn't seem to gel left me feeling like I wanted more than I had.
It wasn't bad or anything, but certainly middle of the road. A note about Steamy: A single, though extended, explicit sex scene should mean this is on the low side of my steam tolerance. But there's enough byplay and innuendo to bump it to the middle. I'm torn about view spoiler [Ash's indecent proposal. On the one hand, I've been waiting to see if any of Beverley's heroes would go there as that seems like it might be natural to their world. Many equate love to mistresses, after all. So that was interesting.
But he backed down so fast that it wasn't really much more than an idle speed-bump. Worse, he made his conversion off-screen, between one scene and the next. So we didn't get to see what his decision process was and that was disappointing as well. Aug 10, Elis Madison rated it really liked it Shelves: Genova Smith is invited to travel with two elderly sisters, Thalia and Calliope Trayce, to attend a Christmas celebration with Mallorens.
Thalia and Calliope might have declined the invitation; Convoluted backstory alert: Augusta died not Genova Smith is invited to travel with two elderly sisters, Thalia and Calliope Trayce, to attend a Christmas celebration with Mallorens. Augusta died not long after. The Trayce family thinks the Mallorens must've caused the tragedy--only cruelty could've sent Augusta around the bend. Anyway Sophia, Marchioness of Ashcroft and the tyrant of the family, forbade the sisters to attend, so of course, the sisters had to go.
En route to the festivities, they encounter another coach, gone off the road. Dash and seems oddly gleeful when she learns who is traveling in the Ashcroft coach. She will remain with the coach until things are set aright and follow them there. Meanwhile, her husband, Mr. Given the finery the woman is wearing, Genova is a little dismayed to see that both the baby and the wet nurse are raggedy—and they smell like sour cheese.
Dash is not at the Inn as expected. Jumping to the reasonable conclusion that this, at last, is Mr. Dash, she approaches him and explains, only to be totally gobsmacked when he turns around to leave. She insists that he "must" make provision for the child before he goes, and he takes exception—God knows the alpha male does not like to be told what to do by a lowly female.
He literally picks her up and moves her out of his way so he can leave—but not before giving her a thorough snogging. What better way to start a LTR? Genova thinks Ash is a scurvy man-slut who refuses responsibility for his bastards. Ash thinks Genova is in league with Mrs.
Keen to sink her claws into his title, Molly tried to seduce him after a masquerade a while back. They did some stuff, but nothing that could result in a uterine parasite. However, Molly arranged for a scandal. So she claimed to be preggers. Ash thinks his estranged cousin Rothgar is somehow behind it all. It turns out Ash was raised by a bitter granny to see Malloren conspiracies in everything from a bad haircut to a case of the farts.
So this "Miss Smith" is obviously a minion. Molly's "plan" takes awhile to reveal and when it does, it's pleasingly unexpected. OTOH, the plot arc revolves pretty much entirely around the romance, and you know how I feel about that. The heroine is not your longsuffering martyr who suffers offense in silence. And for that alone, I give this one an extra star. View all 4 comments. May 06, Wicked Incognito Now rated it it was ok Shelves: What began as an exciting 5 star read for me, devolved into an unredeemable mess. The first half of this novel was glorious.
Two main characters who were truly matched, crossed wits and passion and I was thrilled that I had found another HR author I could enjoy I only have a few HR authors I'm loyal to--so many historical romances disappoint. I sailed through the first half in a matter of hours. The heroine began with this inner What began as an exciting 5 star read for me, devolved into an unredeemable mess. The heroine began with this inner reflection nonsense that would not end. It's as if the author ran out of conflict and decided to fill the novel up with this relentless interior monologue about the Malloren and Trayce families and their feud.
That boringness alone took the novel down a star. Then the heroine decided she loved the hero but they couldn't be together due to his need to marry an heiress.
Winter Fire
She began to liken every encounter with him as "pearls" on her string of memories she would cherish with this hero. So he smiled at her and it was "another pearl. He sat down next to her and it was a "whole string of pearls around her neck. This pearl imagery went on and on. The old aunt who the heroine was a companion to even gave the heroine a literal string of pearls.
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So I would've stopped reading at that point except that I wanted to see if the novel would redeem itself later and I wanted to reach the sex scene yeah, yeah--you all know we read romance for the smut--c'mon, don't deny it. But then we reached the "irredeemable" part of this saga. The hero did something that is unforgivable in my eyes and is one of my major HR pet peeves. This always leaves me to wonder--what if she had said yes? He never would've married her. He would've married the heiress.
He would've had his cake and the woman to pay for it. I hate him forever now. And any self-respecting woman should as well. Feb 06, Christy rated it it was ok Shelves: He does not do nearly enough to redeem himself after view spoiler [ telling her he loves her and wants to be with her forever Plus, he apparently has a couple of bastard children.
Sure, he supports them and sure, that was probably realistic for the time, but it's hard to think of him as hero material. Aside from More like 2. Aside from his magnificent body, the hero appeared to have no redeeming virtues. Fortunately for their future happiness, the heroine did not appear to care about much more. Sep 17, Spanglemaker9 rated it it was ok Shelves: This was a giant step back when this series had been improving dramatically with each book.
Winter Fire (Malloren, #6) by Jo Beverley
The storytelling felt very choppy and uneven. The two leads, while interestingly sketched out, never felt fully realized and neither did their connection. At one point, I actually had to go back and re-read a scene because it felt like a page had been left out of the book. The scene just jumped ahead without much explanation or description. It's disappointing because both characters and the set up were in This was a giant step back when this series had been improving dramatically with each book.
It's disappointing because both characters and the set up were intriguing when I started reading and it felt like this book just never got in gear. This is the first book I have had to close and put down before finishing. I just couldn't do it. I don't know if I felt like I was jumping in the middle of something or what but it was utterly confusing and the chemistry was just not there. I think I have to take the motto "Life is too short to waste time" on this one unfortunately.
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I am not going to rate it because that isn't fair. But I won't be picking this one up again! Continuing on with the Malloren series. Will be interesting to get to know Rothgar's mother's side of the family, what with the history there Review on the way. Aug 23, Virginia Tican rated it really liked it. I am so glad to finally meet Rothgar's mother's side of the family. Mar 21, Lady-Erin Mason rated it really liked it. Omg at one point I seriously wanted to punch the hero straight in the face.
So love Jo Beverley. Aug 15, Tomavalon rated it it was amazing. I miss Jo Beverley. Loved the humor but got a little bogged down in a subplot. Her characters can be very humorous but there are sometimes too many to keep track of. May 24, Luisa B. Jo Beverley First published: Rothgar Abbey, Surrey, Georgian. Explicit but not until the end.
Raised by a revengeful Grandmother. Daughter of a Naval Captain who "followed the drum". Mother recently died, father remarried, now acting as companion. I have only read a couple of the Malloren books so while I was fami Author: I have only read a couple of the Malloren books so while I was familiar with the World I didn't know all their stories. But it didn't matter. Ashart and Genova's story runs in tangent with an epilogue to the Mallorens', seeing their HEAs playing out while our MC's just begins.
Georgians -- The Malloren world: Oct 26, Ilze rated it really liked it Shelves: So enjoying this one was a pleasant surprise to me. Will have to get hold of Devilish and read it at some point. The description of the 18'th century English Christmas traditions in this book is absolutely delightful and that alone made it worth reading. The heroine and hero are very attractive characters, and Rothgar is certainly intriguing. He also appears in The Secret Wedding, which I enjoyed reading. Contrary to some other reviewers' comments, the story was not hard to follow without reading any of the other Malloren books, and the appearance of characters from other books in the series didn't detract from this story at all.
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