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Unlikeable "heroine"
I have read several of the author's books and while I think she is a very good writer, I can't understand how she can create personable, dashing heroes and yet make her heroines such disagreable, verbally vicious and unpleasant characters. Honestly, I kept reading through to the end, hoping that Corisande would stop acting so childishly and b**y to Donovan. He on the other hand deserved the designation of sainthood to have put up with her constant haranguing. I felt the same way about Pagan's Prize, another example of how the reader is asked to believe that the female lead's unrelenting shrewish behavior is justified in order to be a strong heroine. I won't read this book again so I'm removing it from my Kindle library.
September 2012 · Kindle Store · verified purchase