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Summary: Terrific story.Keeps you interested, but has annoying parts.
Review: This is the third "Highlander" book I've read. I previously read Moning's "Kiss of The Highlander" and "The Dark Highlander." Both were 5- Star reads for me. This one was also excellent, but there was one thing that annoyed me: The leading lady's meanness at times. She purposely calls the hero (Hawk) by another man's name whenever he kisses her. She does this because she was hurt by another man in the past, and she has sworn- off men. But she has no regard for how much it hurts Hawk every time she does it. She treats him with a generally mean spirit through most of the book.Other than that, the overall story is captivating. There is plenty of mystery, romance, and action. The love scenes are great. The book is really hard to put down. Moning truly knows how to write a story. I'm anxious for the next Highlander book coming soon.
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Summary: A captivating book !
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Even though I found the beginning to be a bit slow, the pace did pick up and I was so happy that I "stuck" with it. By the middle of the book, I was completely hooked ! I especially enjoyed the character of Adrienne's relationship with her mother-in-law. I, myself, am blessed with a mother-in-law who is the 'mother I always wanted', so this particular character direction truly touched my heart. I also found myself dreamily imagining that love *can* cross all bounds of time and space. The fairy aspect was a bit harder to believe for me than the time travel aspect, but it didn't detract from this being an enjoyable book. I was a bit worried it be too 'science fiction' for me, but this book was truly a romantic adventure. This was the first book by Karen Marie Moning I'd read but I've ordered the rest of her books in this series because I had so much fun with this one !
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Summary: WOW!
Review: Awesome! From the first page to the last, I couldn't put one of these books down for a minute without thinking about the characters and wanting to get right back to the stories! (My husband was thrilled with how fast I cooked supper for him while in the middle of reading one of the Highlander books.)
Karen Marie Moning knows how to do it right!
1. Beyond the Highland Mist
2. To Tame a Highland Warrior
3. The Highlander's Touch
4. Kiss of the Highlander
5. The Dark Highlander
6. The Immortal Highlander (Not Yet Released, I am anxiously awaiting it's release.)
This writer's work is a great escape from an everyday ordinary life. These books are worth the time and twice the money they are asking for them. Don't miss out, buy yours today!
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Summary: This is a book for lovers of romance!
Review: Karen Moning with Beyond the Highland Mist brings a romance novel back to Romance. I loved this book. The kind of novel romance readers thrive on. A book to curl up with and takes you away from the everyday. The characters were well developed, the struggle between the hero and heroine compelling and the added touch of fantasy makes Beyond the Highland Mist a story you can dream on. I found BTHM witty, funny and touching. Hawk is an example of the true alpha-male, so handsome, strong and masculine in every way, but with a past that makes him vulnerable. Adrienne is not only beautiful but strong and independent. Badly hurt in the present she finds it hard to trust in the past. The catalyst for conflict is an amazing character called Adam Black, beautiful but sinister. This book has it all. Fantasy, fun and drama. Karen Moning has created with words a mind painting of romance of old. This is her first book and I for one am eagerly looking forward to her next book. I read approximately 300 romances a year and this one is a keeper.
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Summary: Repetitive And Boring
Review: This author seems to be quite popular and highly praised so I bought a couple of her books. I seem to be in the minority here because I found Beyond The Highland Mist to be a very tedious read. After a very traumatic fallout with the man she thought she would marry, Adrienne de Simone swears to have nothing to do with beautiful men when she suddenly finds herself catapulted from her Seattle home into 16th century Scotland where she is forced to marry Laird Hawk Douglas. Hawk is everything she doesn't want in a man: he is absolutely gorgeous and pretty arrogant and she is determined to have nothing to do with him. I'll start with the first aspect of this story I disliked. I had to read over two hundred pages of Hawk trying to get to know his wife and her just being incredibly nasty to him because she doesn't trust beautiful men. Nothing else goes on, and by the time they start falling in love I just didn't care anymore. The second thing that ruined the story for me was Adrienne herself. She is supposed to be this intelligent modern woman, and she acted like a nasty, petty, mean little girl. It was beyond me what Hawk saw in her, and towards the end I didn't have a lot of respect for him either. This author is highly rated so I will give her another try. I just hope Kiss Of The Highlander is better.
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Summary: Fun, but annoying
Review: This could have been a five star story... however... 'He's male & he's gorgeous so he absolutely HAS to be a bad guy! Let's don't even give him the chance to get to know him. Let's just treat him like [dirt] just in case!' Sorry, there's NOT much intelligence in that kind of thinking! Although Adrianne was fun throughout most of the story - I didn't like her at all as the herione. I really enjoyed a whole lot of the book. Some of the time-travel parts that KMM came up with was just too good; I laughed so hard. Adam was definitely a bad guy that I could be totally disgusted with. Because he was Fae he didn't believe he had to follow any rules of honor. He claimed that he bested Hawk, but in fact he couldn't best him without magic - man to man he lost every time. Hawk took my heart - he's definitely hero material. However, I just couldn't see why he was in love with Adrianne; yes, she was exceptionally beautiful - but she never showed him a personality that was loveable. She more or less just slapped him in the face every time she got near him.
So, you might try it yourself - it's had lots of good reviews; I've just never been thrilled with the stories that have the main characters treating each other so shabby throughout the entire story right down to the final chapters. I guess I'm just real disappointed cause I liked 'The Dark Highlander' so much.
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Summary: A captivating book !
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Even though I found the beginning to be a bit slow, the pace did pick up and I was so happy that I "stuck" with it. By the middle of the book, I was completely hooked ! I especially enjoyed the character of Adrienne's relationship with her mother-in-law. I, myself, am blessed with a mother-in-law who is the 'mother I always wanted', so this particular character direction truly touched my heart. I also found myself dreamily imagining that love *can* cross all bounds of time and space. The fairy aspect was a bit harder to believe for me than the time travel aspect, but it didn't detract from this being an enjoyable book. I was a bit worried it be too 'science fiction' for me, but this book was truly a romantic adventure. This was the first book by Karen Marie Moning I'd read but I've ordered the rest of her books in this series because I had so much fun with this one !
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Summary: Terrific story.Keeps you interested, but has annoying parts.
Review: This is the third "Highlander" book I've read. I previously read Moning's "Kiss of The Highlander" and "The Dark Highlander." Both were 5- Star reads for me. This one was also excellent, but there was one thing that annoyed me: The leading lady's meanness at times. She purposely calls the hero (Hawk) by another man's name whenever he kisses her. She does this because she was hurt by another man in the past, and she has sworn- off men. But she has no regard for how much it hurts Hawk every time she does it. She treats him with a generally mean spirit through most of the book. Other than that, the overall story is captivating. There is plenty of mystery, romance, and action. The love scenes are great. The book is really hard to put down. Moning truly knows how to write a story. I'm anxious for the next Highlander book coming soon.
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Summary: Different, but not bad
Review: I liked it. Some parts kind of had me biting my nails and wanting to slap the characters for not realizing the obvious. It was pretty good.
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Summary: Slow To Start...But A Good Ending!!!
Review: I must admit that this has not been one of my favorites by this author. I think she has finally come into her own since penning this novel. I think it's unfair though to compare her to other authors based on the fact that they share the same genre, and location. My biggest problem with this book was Adrienne. I realize that she was abused and hurt but hello...to base your judgement on a person based on what they look like is shallow and in my opinion a waste of time in a romance book. There were many different times I just wanted to shake her and say alright already!!! The fact that it took her more then half the book to see beyond Hawk's looks to see the good in the man was upsetting. Hawk on the other hand may have had the looks but he was hurting on the inside and found himself tied up with a shrew...still he saw past the facade to the goodness that was buried deep in Adrienne. Just like a hero should. This book was very slow to start but did pick up and Ms. Monings trademark humor and style began to shine out in the end. For the most part this book had all the good things it needed to be a winner, time travel, yummy men in kilts, fairies, and intrigue...it was just not put together all that well. If you are knew to Ms. Moning this is a good example of her earlier work and worth taking time to read...just be aware that she does have better books out there!
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