Viking

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Summary: Loved it!
Review: ***there was no end to action, confusion, war, battles, and sorcery in this story! Connie Mason is what my mother and I call "A Book Writing Woman!" ***

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Summary: Great page- tuner. Unique theme.
Review: I am still kicking myself for spending good money for this book. This is the first Connie Mason book I've read and will be the last. Mason tells the story...literally. There were times that I laughed out loud at some of the more intense moments when the characters are recognizing their own glowing physical attributes and sharing with us. I'm sure that Mason never intended to give this perception, but sadly that's the way it came across to this reader. Over and over and over again. The editor needs a serious reprimand for allowing this book to ever be put into print. We've all heard that the publishing industry is a beast, that it is next to impossible to get published. Connie Mason proves them all wrong.

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Summary: Were the other reviewers reading the same book???
Review: I am still kicking myself for spending good money for this book. This is the first Connie Mason book I've read and will be the last. Mason tells the story...literally. There were times that I laughed out loud at some of the more intense moments when the characters are recognizing their own glowing physical attributes and sharing with us. I'm sure that Mason never intended to give this perception, but sadly that's the way it came across to this reader. Over and over and over again. The editor needs a serious reprimand for allowing this book to ever be put into print. We've all heard that the publishing industry is a beast, that it is next to impossible to get published. Connie Mason proves them all wrong.

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Summary: Imagnative, historical
Review: I could not put this book down. Although, I though in a few spots it was unbelievable about the evil going on around the hero, I believed I was in the book. It was very realistic about the time period and I really enjoyed the book. I can't wait to read another Connie Mason book.

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Summary: Great page- tuner. Unique theme.
Review: I enjoyed reading a story about a viking family. It is a theme that you rarely see. The story stayed interesting and never swayed away from the main couple. I read it in a day.

I liked the fact that the main family was not written to be untouchable. One family member is slain, and the main hero of the story is injured more than once. I like characters that are "human", rather than untouchable.

Great love scenes and plenty of good vs. evil. I do wish the main couple would have had more faith in one another. It took too long for them to trust one another completely. They dumbly believed lies from people who lied and tormented them over and over again. They should have gotten a clue sooner.

Still, a terrific read. Plenty of intriguing events to keep the story moving. Heart- churning hard times bring you closer to the characters. This book is hard to put down.

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Summary: Great look into Viking reality, but.....
Review: I loved this story, but the hero was a little irritating. Thorne the Relentless spots Fiona the Learned in a pool naked on the Isle of Man after he feels a compulsion to go to the island. Immediately he is enchanted and has to have her. He is scared off but returns a year later after suffering a whole year dreaming about her and obsessing about her until he is sure he is bewitched. He is sent to kill the 'witch' on the Isle of Man. He soon finds he can't kill her, he'd rather stop breathing for he feels completely under her siren spell and must have her.

Fiona is no witch, she is a healer. Since she was small, her friend and teacher Brann, has told her she will be captured by her future soulmate, a Viking, on a raid. She is appalled and aghast. She isn't sure Brann is correct, but when Thorne shows up and takes her to his homeland. She soons realizes she is indeed his soulmate and can't understand how Thorne will accept this since he firmly believes she is a witch and has cast a spell on him.

The history here is excellent and is accurate. You get a real life glimpse into Viking life and how they were. I liked Fiona and Brann, but Thorne quickly got on my nerves. He continuously believes that she is a witch and has cast a spell on him. He also believes EVERYONE else besides Fiona when things happen, even a known murderer and liar. The story kept me turning the pages regardless of how Thorne got on my nerves, lol, Connie Mason is a superb writer and this story is worth the read...

Tracy Talley~@

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Summary: Good storyline, not so good writing
Review: I think Ms. Mason's storyline and setting are exciting and the plot has a lot of ups and downs, but the writing itself is not so exciting, nor is it very good overall. I've read tons of great books, but I could never really put into words what made them so great. In this instance, I can plainly see why this book didn't do it for me. I think the main reason why I didn't like her writing style is because she just lays it all out on the table, without adding subtlety or taking her time on really important scenes. Some sections are even embarrassing in their cheesiness (i.e. the last line of the book). I've never written a review before, and I don't like to put people down (obviously my writing skills aren't fabulous) but I would hope Ms. Mason would take this as constructive criticism and maybe work on her craft, and readers would take this as a helpful guide when deciding whether or not to purchase the book.

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Summary: Boring
Review: Mason is starting to write like Woodiwiss and Small

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Summary: Disappointing Read
Review: The hero and heroine have to be the slowest learners in the universe! Over and over they reject what they know and listen to people that have been proven evil--Would you believe someone who tried to kill you when she says she's looking out for your own good? A few of today's colloquialisms slipped into this medieval novel--Off Limits, for example. The situations become so contrived and far-fetched that it was ludicrous. The heroine has leverage to save one girl but not herself and another when all 3 find themselves in the same predicament? Disappointing.

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Summary: I loved it
Review: This is the first book I had ever read of Connie Mason.I found that I couldn't put the book down. The characters of Thorn the Relentless and Fiona the Learned were made very well, and the love scenes were amazing. If you see this book in stores, pick it up and read it because it will blow your mind, like it did mine. It is surely a keeper.