Legend in Green Velvet

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Summary: Hmmmmm......?
Review: Ok, this book was very good, i read SUMMER OF THE DRAGON before this one, and, by far, this one was better. The characters are gorgeous, still a little under developed, i couldnt seem to believe the herione, Susan, but we had more history of James, so i thought more of him.
The only thing that i found, what's the word?, odd? Was that at the end when the heroes were supposed to be all congratulated (they were to a degree)The honory constable told them that all their efforts were in vain. Which was like a big slap in the face to me, but other than that; im happy w/ it.
The setting is lush and well-written and i can so totally see the glens where James and Susan were hiding in.
This is a very good summer read, like SUMMER OF THE DRAGON its light, funny, suspenseful, w/ some, scratch that word, LOTS of romantic tension.
READ this book. by Elizabeth Peters

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Summary: Adventure and Romance in Scotland
Review: Susan, a young American graduate student, has always been fascinated with Scotland. She has immersed herself in Scottish history, studied hard at school, saved her money and is now in Scotland preparing to spend the summer working on a dig of a Pictish site. Life is perfect until she is approached by an eccentric street person, has her hotel room searched and finds herself and a new acquaintence accused of murder and chased across the Highlands.

It's a light fun read but the plot is rather contrived. Susan's character is annoyingly inconsistent. She is presented as bright and well educated but then she is shown wandering off with people she just met and allowing herself to be talked into doing things she knows she should not do.

If you are looking for an enjoyable way to kill some time this will do but don't expect anything on a par with an Amelia Peabody because this isn't it.

One interesting tidbit, Susan's professor back home in Illinois is Dr. Arnold Bliss....I wonder is he's any relation to Vicky?

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Summary: Delightful comedy thriller
Review: This is my favourite Elizabeth Peters novel. The heroine, Susan, is a romantic young American archaeologist in love with Scotland and all things Scottish. Staying in Edinburgh on her way to join a dig in the Highlands, she is mistaken for somebody else, implicated ina murder, and finds herself going on the run with Jamie, an unromantic young Scot who bears an uncanny resemblance to a Very Important Person. The book abnounds with amusing characters, especially jamie's crazy Scottish nationalist father, and a trio of ancient lady doctors. Funny, exciting and full of details about Scotland and Scottish history. One minor quibble. At one point Susan desc ribes George I as a 'distant' relative of the Stuarts. he wasn't very distant, he was a direct descendent of King jmaes I, and had as much SCottish blood in him as Bonnie Prince Charlie, which is to say not very much. What a pity Elizabeth peters doesn't write contemporary thrillers any more, i like them so much better than her series featuring tiresome Amerlai Peabody.