Review/recenzija: Maya Banks: In Bed with a Highlander/ U postelji s ratnikom
Recenziju na hrvatskom potra�ite ispod recenzije na engleskom ??
After contemporary romance novels written by Maya banks, let's make this post about one of her historical romances. Today I'm bringing you the review of In Bed with a Highlander, the first novel in The McCabe Trilogy. The author also announced that she would also be writing another one of her historical romance series, featuring some secondary characters from the McCabes.
But let's take this step by step and enjoy In Bed with a Highlander first.
Everything begins after Mairin Stuart's been abducted from the abbey, where she's been hiding for the last 10 years. Laird Duncan Cameron took her to his keep and tried to make her marry him so he could become the master of Neahm �lainn, Mairin's dowry. Mairin refused, saving in the process a small boy to whom Cameron was also threatening. After that, Cameron beats her so badly she's barely able to walk.
Saved by some good people between Cameron's normally dreadful men, Mairin and Crispin run, and they don't stop until they meet Alaric, Crispin's uncle and the brother of the laird McCabe.
After he has his son back, Ewan is faced with his son's promise to protect the girl who wears his enemy's colors. It takes him awhile, but he finally realizes who the girl is, so hi offers her to choose: marry him or marry somebody as cruel as Cameron.
It was impossible to know for Ewan that his wife would soon enough become far more valuable to him that any dowry could.
And that he would still be able to lose her anyway.
Saved by some good people between Cameron's normally dreadful men, Mairin and Crispin run, and they don't stop until they meet Alaric, Crispin's uncle and the brother of the laird McCabe.
After he has his son back, Ewan is faced with his son's promise to protect the girl who wears his enemy's colors. It takes him awhile, but he finally realizes who the girl is, so hi offers her to choose: marry him or marry somebody as cruel as Cameron.
It was impossible to know for Ewan that his wife would soon enough become far more valuable to him that any dowry could.
And that he would still be able to lose her anyway.
Even though what connects the whole series are the brothers from the McCabe clan, I'd say that the real pearl in this novel was the character of Mairin. In the beginning I was a bit angry with her, because woman, why would you put yourself at that man's reach? He'd smash your head off! But with time, she really proved to be one of those people that are natural protectors, not the ones that put themselves in danger just to be pronounced heroes. Mairin's personality is a perfect balance between naive boldness and just a bit of untamed wildness. She's enough to make you believe for her to be sweet, but to warn you not to play any kind of games.
I find this story amazing. I like Maya's style here, definitely more that in her contemporary romance novels. I'm so excited to read the other two novels in this trilogy: Seduction of a Highlander Lass and Never Love a Highlander, and I can almost guarantee that I'll be writing about those two soon enough ??
There's also one other interesting detail I've came across while reading online about this book. It's about its cover, better yet, about the male part of it. For those of you who don't recognize the male model, his name is Paul Marron and he's a very special man ?? After Paul started appearing on the covers of romantic novels, women around the world went crazy for him. It was enough to put his picture on the covers of any book in this genre and the number of sold copies would reach the skies in the matter of days. When Paul came along, the publishers realized they didn't need for their covers to feature both male and female models. Just Paul was enough.
You can find him on the covers of Pamele Palmer's, Susan Kearney's, Kresley Cole's, Sherrilyn Kenyon's, Maya Banks' novels, and on many others (source 1 and 2).
So after you're done googling about Paul, and you remember why you've actually came to this blog, be sure to look for In Bed with a Highlander.
I hope I've helped you to find your next read and learn some new interesting facts about romance genre. Be sure to let me know about your experiences.
Rose ?
Nova Maya Banks na hrvatskim policama, a mo�da i �ire! Ova puta u trilogiji o bra�i McCabe, hrabrim i lojalnim �kotskim ratnicima. Trilogiju nam donosi Mozaik knjiga. Romani o bra�i McCabe prvi su povijesne tematike iz pera M.Banks, a na njenoj slu�benoj stranici prona�la sam podatak da autorica ima u planu napisati jo� takvih serijala u kojima bi protagonisti bili sekundarni likovi iz ovog serijalu. Definitivno �e biti materijala za sve njezine istinske ljubitelje.
Ali vratimo se mi na onaj koji imamo pred sobom, U postelji s ratnikom.
Na�a pri�a zapo�inje u �kotskom samostanu iz kojega je oteta Mairin Stuart, kraljeva ne�akinja, koja se deset godina svojeg �ivota bila primorana skrivati da za�titi svoj miraz i svoju budu�nosti.
Odvedena u utvrdu bezdu�nog Duncana Camerona, Mairin se istakne svojom hrabro��u i po�rtvovno��u spasiv�i nepoznatog dje�aka, zbog �ega ju otmi�ar istu�e dovoljno da postane nesposobna stajati na nogama. Iste no�i, zahvaljuju�i dobrim ljudima koji isplaniraju njezin bijeg, Mairin i dje�ak bje�e, a ne zaustavljaju se dok ih ne prona�e Alaric, brat poglavara klana McCabe i dje�akov stric.
Mairin odvedu Ewanu, dje�akovu ocu koji ne zna kako se pona�ati prema prido�lici koja nosi odje�u njegova najgoreg neprijatelja, ali njegov sin spreman se suprotstaviti i ocu kako bi za�titio svoju za�titnicu.
Kada Ewan napokon sazna za Mairino vrijedno nasljedstvo, nudi joj brak, podsje�aju�i je da joj je on, uz Camerona, jedina opcija.
Nakon �to se vjen�aju, Mairin se svakim danom sve vi�e iskazuje kao pametan izbor. Divna je majka Ewanovu sinu, poku�ava biti pravedna gospodarica, i dalje ostaju�i za�titnica sviju koji trebaju njezinu pomo�.
Malo pomalo njezina sr�anost i hrabrost osvajaju Ewana, sve dok mu ne postane vrednija i od najvrednijeg miraza.
A onda mu je poku�aju oduzeti.
Mairin odvedu Ewanu, dje�akovu ocu koji ne zna kako se pona�ati prema prido�lici koja nosi odje�u njegova najgoreg neprijatelja, ali njegov sin spreman se suprotstaviti i ocu kako bi za�titio svoju za�titnicu.
Kada Ewan napokon sazna za Mairino vrijedno nasljedstvo, nudi joj brak, podsje�aju�i je da joj je on, uz Camerona, jedina opcija.
Nakon �to se vjen�aju, Mairin se svakim danom sve vi�e iskazuje kao pametan izbor. Divna je majka Ewanovu sinu, poku�ava biti pravedna gospodarica, i dalje ostaju�i za�titnica sviju koji trebaju njezinu pomo�.
Malo pomalo njezina sr�anost i hrabrost osvajaju Ewana, sve dok mu ne postane vrednija i od najvrednijeg miraza.
A onda mu je poku�aju oduzeti.
Iako je centar pri�e postavljen na klan McCabe jer su oni poveznica cijele trilogije, meni je prava zvijezda ove pri�e definitivno Mairin. Na samom po�etku bila sam malo ljuta na nju pa si mislila, �eno, kud gura� tu nju�ku, zna� da �e ti ju naravnati...ali ona se s vremenom zaista dokazala. Njezin lik ba� je onako, savr�ena ravnote�a izme�u naivne odva�nosti i grubosti u natruhama, �isto toliko da doka�e da nema s njom zezancije.
Ba� mi je sjela ova Mayina pri�a. Izrazito je �itka, a Ewanovu titulom opravdanu aroganciju savr�eno je kontrolirala Mairinom nepopustljivo��u, tako da je pri�a puna humora i mu�ko-�enskih nadmudrivanja. Mayin stil u povijesnim romanima svi�a mi se puno vi�e nego u onim suvremenima.
Usto se veselim i sljede�em nastavku i Alaricovoj pri�i. Njegova zaru�nica prava je junakinja pa pretpostavljam da �e taj drugi nastavak tek biti prava borba tvrdoglavih usijanih glava i ona za �ensku ravnopravnost.
Ba� mi je sjela ova Mayina pri�a. Izrazito je �itka, a Ewanovu titulom opravdanu aroganciju savr�eno je kontrolirala Mairinom nepopustljivo��u, tako da je pri�a puna humora i mu�ko-�enskih nadmudrivanja. Mayin stil u povijesnim romanima svi�a mi se puno vi�e nego u onim suvremenima.
Usto se veselim i sljede�em nastavku i Alaricovoj pri�i. Njegova zaru�nica prava je junakinja pa pretpostavljam da �e taj drugi nastavak tek biti prava borba tvrdoglavih usijanih glava i ona za �ensku ravnopravnost.
Jo� jedna zanimljivost na koju sam na�la o ovoj knjizi je njezina originalna naslovnica, tj. mu�ki polugoli primjerak na njoj ?? Naslovnicu mo�ete na�i u dijelu s recenzijom na engleskom, a frajer na njoj je Paul Marron. Ako nemate pojma tko je on, nema veze. Odmah �emo to promijeniti. U kratkim crtama, Paul Marron je taj koji prodaje knjige, to jest, njegovo pojavljivanje na naslovnicama nekih romana toliko je pove�alo prodaju mnogih od njih, da su ga u jednom trenu izdava�i skoro rastrgali na komade u nastojanju da njegovu sliku zalijepe na �to vi�e svojih romana. Taj mu�ki model postao je tolika senzacija jer je, umjesto uobi�ajenih naslovnica ljubavnih romana na kojima su uvijek bili mu�karac i �ena, samo njegova pojava bila dovoljna da garantira isti, ili �ak ve�i, uspjeh u prodaji knjiga. Pojavljuje se na naslovnicama romana autorica poput Pamele Palmer, Susan Kearney, Kresley Cole, Sherrilyn Kenyon, upravo spomenute Maye Banks i mnogih drugih (izvor 1 i 2). Jer, budimo iskreni, tko bi mu odolio?
Pa onda, kad zavr�ite s guglanjem Paula i sjetite se za�to ste uop�e kliknuli na ovu recenziju, ne zaboravite sko�iti po ovaj roman ??. Pozitivne recenzije za ovu trilogiju dobila sam i od knjigoljubaca iz Slovenije, gdje su sva tri romana ve� prevedena, tako da znate �to vam je �initi. Pravac knji�ara ??
Nadam se da sam vam ovom recenzijom pomogla oko odluke �itanja ove knjige i otkrila vam koji novi zanimljivi detalj. Kad pro�itate roman, svakako se vratite na ovu recenziju i podijelite s nama svoje najdra�e dijelove ili manje omiljena iskustva.
Va�a Rose ?
Pa onda, kad zavr�ite s guglanjem Paula i sjetite se za�to ste uop�e kliknuli na ovu recenziju, ne zaboravite sko�iti po ovaj roman ??. Pozitivne recenzije za ovu trilogiju dobila sam i od knjigoljubaca iz Slovenije, gdje su sva tri romana ve� prevedena, tako da znate �to vam je �initi. Pravac knji�ara ??
Nadam se da sam vam ovom recenzijom pomogla oko odluke �itanja ove knjige i otkrila vam koji novi zanimljivi detalj. Kad pro�itate roman, svakako se vratite na ovu recenziju i podijelite s nama svoje najdra�e dijelove ili manje omiljena iskustva.
Va�a Rose ?
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