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2.0
An adventurous romance with a comedic setup which sees feuding clans trying to seal a peace with a marriage.
Ewan Mackinloch and Shona MacCarron are setup for an arranged marriage that neither wants. The comedic situation occurs because both have the same idea, to pass off people close to themselves as the actual affianced, Ewan with his one-handed farmer companion Fynn and Shone with her similar-aged aunt with a lazy eye, Lady Jeannie. Hi-jinks ensue, followed by actual consequences when Shona is kidnapped.
Unfortunately this is very slight. Ewan and Shona have a bad case of instalove (as do their companions), and the bad guys are so bad at being bad guys that there's really no tension to the adventure side of the plot. The comedic setup doesn't make it past the first third of the book, and the setup is the only funny thing about it. As a romance, it doesn't work terribly well either as the leads are pretty much in love from the moment they meet, and nothing gets consummated until very close to the end.
Ewan Mackinloch and Shona MacCarron are setup for an arranged marriage that neither wants. The comedic situation occurs because both have the same idea, to pass off people close to themselves as the actual affianced, Ewan with his one-handed farmer companion Fynn and Shone with her similar-aged aunt with a lazy eye, Lady Jeannie. Hi-jinks ensue, followed by actual consequences when Shona is kidnapped.
Unfortunately this is very slight. Ewan and Shona have a bad case of instalove (as do their companions), and the bad guys are so bad at being bad guys that there's really no tension to the adventure side of the plot. The comedic setup doesn't make it past the first third of the book, and the setup is the only funny thing about it. As a romance, it doesn't work terribly well either as the leads are pretty much in love from the moment they meet, and nothing gets consummated until very close to the end.
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