Customer Reviews

Lord of Hawkfell Island

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

I love romances, once I get them I usually can't put them down. This is the first book I've read from Ms.Coulter and it's my last. Rorik was an unsympathetic abuser who was found humiliating Mirana constantly throughout the book. Mirana was uninteresting. Their romance was practically nonexistent and they went from hating each other to loving each other in one chapter! Don't waste your time on this one!

I got this book as part of a lot on ebay. Believe me, I wouldn't have sought out this monstrosity for itself alone.

The historical accuracy and detail are great, hence the two stars for this book. Coulter really makes Viking times come alive, but if I'd read about the heroine getting socked in the jaw by the hero one more time, I was going to scream. It wasn't romantic - it was sick! Maybe women were pretty much treated close to that back then, but that doesn't make it palatable reading for today's woman. To have a romance book that fails in its most important mission - creating a story that makes the reader wish she had a love that great - is unforgiveable. Had I been Mirana, I wouldn't want Rorik anything BUT dead, and I would have made it happen, too. The fool had to sleep sometime!...

This has to go down as the most boring, dumb, and lame book Ihave ever read. Rorik is a wife beater, and Mirana, as strong as sheis, just takes it, then somehow manages to fall in love with him.

In general, I never know what to expect with Coulter's books. Sometimes they're superb, other times, they're like this one: you have to force yourself to finish the book.

The characters were flat. I couldn't understand the motiviation behind their actions. One minute the hero and heroin hate each other and the next, they don't. The change of heart is not believable and one never feels any emotions. I found myself not caring about any of the characters, or what happens to them. Don't bother with this one.

It begins with Rorik, a Viking warrior bent on revenge who comes to Clontarf in search of his enemy Einar. He intends to kill Einar but since he is not there, kidnaps Einar's half-sister, Mirana, instead.
From the moment she comes to Hawkfell Island nothing will be the same again.
Mirana is a strong and intelligent woman, who fights with as much strength and cunning as a man. She is also courageous and proud-to a fault. She does not hesitate to defy Rorik and vows to escape but at the same time finds herself befriending the women of Hawkfell Island and learning why Rorik is filled with such hostility.
Rorik can be stubborn and cruel but he IS a man after all. A man who has lived with pain and hatred and takes it out on Mirana. He is not evil but a strong and naturally good man. When he meets Mirana he discovers that life is not lived if lived in hatred.
Lord Of Hawkfell Island is a wonderfully written novel. Written with enough character description and feeling! To me she conveys enough emotion and life into this novel as to make it captivating. The plot is full of surprises and even a little suspense. She is one of my favorite authors and this is one of her books that I would highly recommend.
Catherine Coulter knows how to write romance, she is one of the best, Period.

The men literally drag the women by their hair in this novel, it is beyond me how it got categorized as a romance. The romance is virtually non-existant whereas violence is abundant.

If you're looking for brutality, rape, incest, homosexuality, and things of that nature, read this novel.

I thought I would love this book...and out of all the viking series I did like it. But it was poorly written. I have seen that Ms. Coulter does rewrite some of her novels this is definitely one of them that needs to be reproduced.

She had one to many loopholes that aggravate me as the reader. I loved Miranda's character. In my opinion out of all her characters I've read, I've only liked Alexandra Sherbrooke as my ideal woman next to Miranda. What was disappointing there was not enough more combatative fighting between Miranda and those that kidnapped her nor just a visual between her brother and her.

Secondly with Miranda and Rorik...there was no romance. I cannot figure how a man moves from detesting the woman to deciding to marry her...although there was a small explanation or round about, mainly Rorik's thoughts on how strong she is and capable.

But besides the romance...the sex scenes were horrid. It seemed cold and clinical. There was no passion. Between Douglas and Alexandra, or even the Legacy/Brides/ and the rest of the Viking sagas..there was some kind of passion that gets you excited and into the hero. But Rorik was horrid as a lover and poor Miranda just seemed unimpressed..until she decided to take things into her own hands...and then she had to be ill before that was sucessful. So the quality of romance/passion was utterly lacking in this fic.

My main concerns would be to develop Miranda more and give her a bit more nuances, and expand on her fighting skills with a bit more action.

Another would be to definitely romanticise a bit of the sex scenes at least and give them a bit more loving relationship. That is not only based on a marriage of convenience.

I think those two would change things a great deal and really improve the book!

It has been a few months since I read this book, but I remember enjoying it. I remember laughing a lot at some of the antics the women played to manipulate their husbands and leader into doing what they wanted. Sometimes I was frustrated by the unfair treatment of the women, especially Mirana, but lets face it - that is how men treated women then. I think coulter offers just enough of those situations to keep it believable. She also adds enough funny situations to keep the focus off of the mistreatment. There are some very interesting plot twists too. I think it is an enjoyable read. Some people try to think too much instead of just "listening" to the story.

I always love Vikings. Ms.Coulter did a very great job.
I loved all of the 3 books in her Viking trilogy. Lord of Hawkfell Island is a very entertaining read. There are exciting plots and warm sensuality. I would recommend it.

I have read many of Catherine Coulter's books (maybe even all), but her novels set in Viking times are her best! She paints a picture of life as it must have been in those times. Rugged, yet romantic. Great reading by a fire or on the beach