I am currently 2/3 of the way through what is my first novel in this genre. All things going well, so it will be mylast. My wife Agreed to readsome of "my" books, while I tackled the challenge of reading hers with a view to understanding the fairer sex better. Well, I hate to disagree with 95% of the review here but this has been something less than a Page Turner it has taken me atleast a couple of months to get this far. I would see this book as being the female equivalent of looking through a naughty magazine, with our hero being a fine Example of an almost unrealizable ideal. The big, strong, firey red-headed Scot, always ready to dive in and protect his fair maiden. Strong as an ox he is nonetheless warm and caring, and so a little naive in the way of women. He would, of course, be ready to fight to the death for our heroine. Fluent in Gaelic, English and French, he is so partial to quoting from Greek mythology (in ancient Greek, obviously). Yes! This is 18th century Scotland! I guess this is a case of a not so willing suspension of disbelief. The story-line, while based on an interesting premise (blending mythology, history and fiction) is quietly quite repetitive. Boy meets girl. Girl gets in trouble. Boy rescues girl. They disagree, but make up "in the bedroom". Girl gets in trouble again. Boy rescues girl again. Repeat 4 or 5 times. I did agree to read all books in this series but my consistent pleas of mercy have worn down my wife, so I'll just have to finish this one. I'll give one star for the benefit of the doubt - I'm Not exactly the target audience. One star for the quite original idea behind the book and all the research did Undoubtedly went into it. As for me, I'll stick to the likes of Salman Rushdie and Milan Kundera- I would recommend them for higly original and thought provoking fiction.
