Review/recenzija: Jennifer Ashley: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie/ Ludilo lorda Iana Mackenzieja
Hello romance lovers. I have a question for you. Where are you from? Is English your first language? Are you reading books in English or in your native language? Ok, those were three questions, but I asked those with a reason. I was just thinking about the small number of contemporary romance/erotic novel that our publishers translate for us in Croatia- especially the novels of some new foreign authors- and wanted to ask you about how those things work in your country? If you aren't a native English speaker, are you satisfied with the number of different authors you can find in your bookstores? Do you like reading novels written in the past 2 or 3 decades or something newer?
What about historic romance novels? Do you think they are of better quality if written nowadays, with all the technology within reach that can provide us with any kind of information about past times?
So many questions I have today and all of that because of The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie, the first novel in Mackenzies & McBrides series.
. Every time I read an historic romance, I get an urge to start comparing those written before and the ones authors get to publish today, but I never actually do it. Do you? Let me know!
The Mackenzies are rich, dangerous and eccentric. Especially eccentric, and especially the youngest one of them- Ian. He spend most of his life in an asylum and even those in his family don't believe him be completely sane. But he's still a Mackenzie, so when he meets Beth Ackerley he does what any other member of his family would do if they met a beautiful lady- he does everything he can to win her over.
Beth Ackerley is a widow with enough money to life her happily ever after alone. But she's also a lady with needs and lord Ian seems to be the one to know how to satiate them.
Beth and Ian are happy, but something's threatening their relationship. There's a killer on the loose and many people think Ian is the one the police should look for. After all, he is the crazy one...
Ian Mackenzie is a character that gives life to this novel. Never before have I read about a character that, in some moments, made me think that he actually could have suffered some serious damage, but in others, he seems like a completely normal guy. But it's Beth that's actually the best part of the novel. She's the one who starts a relationship with a man who obviously has problems- she's the one putting everything at risk with him- and loving it! What a brave woman and a bit eccentric herself!
Adding a bit of mystery that comes from not knowing who the murderer is makes this novel even more interesting, especially because of the signs that point us toward the fact that maybe one of the Mackenzies did it after all. This book really makes it hard for us to guess who the great villain and because of that, it rocks!
Adding a bit of mystery that comes from not knowing who the murderer is makes this novel even more interesting, especially because of the signs that point us toward the fact that maybe one of the Mackenzies did it after all. This book really makes it hard for us to guess who the great villain and because of that, it rocks!
So comment below if you ever happen to read this novel, and be sure to let me know if you have an answer to some of the questions I asked in the introductory part of this post.
Rose :*
Broj ljubavnih romana na hrvatskim policama progla�avam nezadovoljavaju�im. Da budem preciznija: premalo je suvremenih ljubi�a i prijevoda naslova novih (u svijetu da, ali kod nas neotkrivenih) i dokazanih autora. Ne mo�e se pore�i da se ljubavni romani itekako prevode, ali hrpa naslova koje neke izdava�ke ku�e godi�nje izbace u prodaju su novi (ili stari) romani autorica koje pi�u ve� desetlje�ima. Da se razumijemo, po�tujem rad "evergreen" autorica �iji romani su nam godinama bili jedini prozor u svijet ovakvog literarnog �anra, ali zapitam se ponekad, i u zadnje vrijeme sve �e��e, limitiraju li si neki izdava�i sami publiku samim time �to izdaju ve� po trideseti roman jedne te iste autorice? �to je s nama mla�ima koji smo odrasli uz internet i masovnu dostupnost raznovrsne knji�evne ponude i otkrili smo time da je neka od njih zapravo popularna jer u doba kad su se njeni romani po�eli prevoditi, jednostavno (zbog mase razloga) nije postojala alternativa? Govorim o tome da bi se mo�da morali odmaknuti od prevo�enja nekih zvu�nih imena koja su na vrhuncu bila 80-ih ili 90-ih, i poku�ati stvoriti ne�to i za suvremenu publiku. Da, neke generacije mo�da jesu odrasle s tim romanima i jo� uvijek su im oni najdra�i, ali �to je s nama ro�enima u zadnjih 30 godina? Mi �elimo ne�to novo. Kada bi nam izdava�i ne�to novo ponudili, mo�da bismo to i kupili.
Samo ka�em...
Jedino �to spa�ava stvar su povijesni ljubi�i, pogotovo oni nastali u suvremeno vrijeme. Za�to? Iz jednostavnog razloga- �iroka dostupnost informacija o svakom povijesnom razdoblju koje nam padne na pamet. Jeste li primijetili da izdava�i u zadnje vrijeme prevode naslove pisane u zadnjih nekoliko godina, a s povijesnom tematikom? Pun pogodak!
Jedan od takvih romana je i Ludilo lorda Iana Mackenzieja iz Naklade Neptun.
Ian Mackenzie, najmla�i sin poznate londonske obitelji koja slovi kao sve samo ne uobi�ajena. Ve�i dio �ivota proveo je u senatoriju i ne mo�e se re�i da ga je �ivot pretjerano mazio. Kako bilo, i dalje je Mackenzie, pa zato kad doti�na Beth Ackerley u�eta u njegov �ivot, Ian ostane vjeran svom prezimenu i svemu �to ono podrazumijeva i odlu�i osvojiti lijepu udovicu.
Beth ima sve �to dama njezina ranga mo�e po�eljeti i posljednje �to joj u �ivotu treba je drama. Ali Beth tako�er zna �to �eli i usudi se to jasno i glasno tra�iti. A Beth �eli Iana. A tko ne bi? On joj mo�e grijati krevet bez straha od toga da ju samo �eli iskoristiti kako bi se dokopao njezina nasljedstva. Ima on i previ�e vlastitog novca.
Beth i Ian jedno drugome su sasvim dovoljni, ali nisu sami na svijetu. Njegova bra�a i dalje su misterij koji tek treba razotkriti, a to bi moglo biti pogubno ne samo za njihovu vezu, ve� i za njihove �ivote.
Ian Mackenzie jedan je odli�an i u mnogo�emu ekscentri�an lik koji je ovom romanu dao �ivot. Tijekom �itanja zaklju�ila sam da je zapravo poanta ove pri�e u liku Beth Ackerley, njegove bolje polovice, koja zapravo i sama mora biti poprili�no hrabra i u neku ruku i sama ekscentri�na koliko i on. Na kraju krajeva, i pazi spoiler: �ovjeka su mu�ili elektro�okovima i to je o�igledno ostavilo traga na njemu- samo �vrst karakter mogao bi se nositi s tim posljedicama dovoljno da prihvati osobu koja od njih pati. Bez Beth i njezina altruisti�na razumijevanja, te�ko da bi Ian ikada normalno �ivio.
Druga stvar, misterij ubojstva koji pridodaje potvr�ivanju njegova naizglednog ludila jo� je samo jedan element kojim me ovaj roman osvojio. Radnja je zanimljiva, patetike nema, a likovi su dorasli izazovu. Tajna koju ganjaju otkriva se tek na kraju romana �to jam�i konstantnu napetost i zanimanje �itatelja s ono �to bi se moglo dogoditi na sljede�oj stranici.
Sve u svemu, najbolji povijesni ljubavni roman koji sam u posljednje vrijeme pro�itala i kojeg toplo preporu�ujem.
Ako ga se ikad uhvatite, podijelite svoje dojmove u komentarima, a kad ste ve� tamo, slobodno se izjasnite i o temi koje sam se dotakla u uvodu.
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Rose :*
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