Catherine Coulter – Cannonball Read 17

The worst

Season of the Sun by Catherine Coulter

July 8, 2019 by Manimama 1 Comment

Likening this book to trash is, without exaggeration, an insult to dumps all over the world. Zarabeth lives with her pervy step-father Olav and her young step-sister Lotti. A viking farmer/trader/raider named Magnus sees her and immediately decides that he must marry her. She’s pretty ok with that idea but has to convince Magnus that she has changed her mind when Olav threatens to hurt Lotti. Fast-forward a bit (Days? Weeks? Months? No clue) and Zarabeth has been forced to marry the pervy step-father. […]

So Glad to be Done With This Trilogy

February 1, 2017 by Classic 6 Comments

Trigger warning: Rape. I read this for Romance Book Bingo 2017: Twins square. Please note that I gave this book 3.5 stars and rounded it up to 4 stars here. I have to say that the third book in this trilogy is my favorite. Maybe because this book calls back a location from one of Coulter’s medieval books, I want to say “Fire Song”. I have to look it up. Either way, I loved the little Easter eggs that are dropped. Plus we get […]

Second Book in Magic Trilogy Better Than the First

February 1, 2017 by Classic Leave a Comment

I read this for Romance Book Bingo 2017: Rogue square. Please note that I gave this book 3.5 stars and rounded it up to 4 here. I was tempted to just say slavery is bad and be done with this review, but no, I have to elaborate. Honestly this is not as bad as the first book in the Magic Trilogy, but it’s still about a 3 out of 5 for me. Maybe because the whole slavery aspect of this book was so distasteful. At […]

Romance is Not for the Faint of Heart

January 30, 2017 by Classic 2 Comments

Trigger warning: Rape The only thing that this book had going for it, was that it kept making me think of the Jem and the Holograms song, “Midsummer Madness.” I maybe played that song a lot while reading this book on Saturday. I needed some happy heading my way. Think of this book as the reverse “She’s All That.” Heroine is actually hot and smart young woman (Frances) who doesn’t want to marry the hero (Phillip). Hero marries her anyway though because he thinks she’s […]

King Mark Does Not Equal King Arthur

January 30, 2017 by Classic Leave a Comment

Trigger warning: Rape The heroine saved this book. Also though the hero did too eventually. A legacy of husbands only bedding their wives for an heir, and for them to wander along the moors being all sad and aloof was just flat out stupid. I maybe said that a few times. A family tradition of being cuckholded is some alt-right (you are Nazis!) crap. We have an appearance by Marcus and the Duchess (also we get to read about Marcus talking about how much his […]

This Trope Needs to Die

January 30, 2017 by Classic 8 Comments

Trigger warning: Rape. I read this for Romance Book Bingo: Wedding Bells square. If I have to read this horrible book I am going to make it count towards something. Lord. Some of my favorite romance reads do not age well at all. Can we just say right now, that forceful marital relations (rape) between the hero and heroine is just appalling and gross to read about. I get it, those were the times, but I don’t want to read about it if I can […]

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