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4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Some Like It Wicked (Mass Market Paperback)
Catriona Kincaid has spent the better part of her life living with her uncle's family in England. Having been sent to them as a young girl, Catriona has never really felt welcome, especially since her uncle refuses to allow her to even think about going home to Scotland.
To her uncle, their clan name and their Scottish kin mean less than nothing. But to Catriona, they mean everything. For years she has strived to not forget anything about her childhood before the Red Coats came and shattered her entire world. Upon her arrival at her uncle's home years ago, Catriona vowed to one day return to Scotland and find her brother - she had no idea that she would have to follow through with her plans so suddenly and without much planning. Evidently her abusive cousin's ex-fiancé is suddenly desirous of a union with Catriona. A union Catriona neither wants nor needs given the way the purported groom feels about the Scots. Escaping her uncle's watchful eyes for an afternoon, she travels to Newgate Prison to make the deal of a lifetime with whom she thinks to be the devil himself.
Simon Wescott is the illegitimate son of a nobleman. Dishonored and disreputable for his romantic exploits alone, he is also held in the public eye as a war hero. Thrown into Newgate Prison for supposedly running up debts, he is actually there because of an angry father. When Catriona Kincaid comes to him with her plans and offers him half of her dowry in exchange for his help, Simon doesn't hesitate to negotiate the terms to his best advantage. Two days and one seduction later, Simon and Catriona are headed to Scotland to be wed.
Simon and Catriona wed at Gretna Green and while Simon wants nothing more than to leave Catriona in Scotland, he IS a rake after all, he can't make himself leave her. More than once he has to play hero to her damsel when enemies show themselves and threaten Catriona. Passionate by nature, Simon does not understand how or why Catriona affects him. And affects him she does.
SOME LIKE IT WICKED gave me several hours of reading pleasure. From the first scene where Simon and Catriona meet when she is young girl to the last scene of the epilogue, I found myself more than once in stitches and laughing out loud at Catriona's and Simon's witty repertoire with each other. Simon fully intended to leave Catriona in Scotland alone and while I knew in my heart he wouldn't do it, I liked reading about his fight with his conscience over his plans. Catriona was a strong heroine and while innocent in body, her heart belonged to Simon. Their passion was heady and sensual and I loved seeing the love between them grow.
Teresa Medeiros has written a highly entertaining and passionate novel with SOME LIKE IT WICKED. I was swept away to the highlands of Scotland and I cherished every word. Now my wait begins for the next installment, Some Like It Wild, set for release spring of 2009. *** Natalie for Wild on Books***
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Dream, a Hero, and a Cat..., August 11, 2008
This review is from: Some Like It Wicked (Mass Market Paperback)
Catriona raised in Scotland but sent to England at age 11 when her parents died, has a dream. And in that dream, she returns to Scotland to reunite with her brother and help lead the clan Kincaid in reclaiming their land. Later at 16 she adds Simon to that dream as her white knight, prince charming, etc. after interrupting him as he attempted to have a little fun with her annoying selfish cousin. He of course mistakes her for a "lad" until looking a bit closer and seeing she's just an awkward teenage girl.
At 21 she approaches her white knight (aka Simon) while he's in debtors prison. Still starry eyed (and of course now a ravishing beauty) she recruits him to help her travel to Scotland to find her brother before the old mean Englishman who threatened to marry her kills all the remaining Kincaids so they cannot challenge his ownership of their land that he now owns. And by recruit I mean pay him with half her dowry. Oh and her virginity.
What? Don't all princes charge the same rate?
Yep she takes naiveté to a whole new level. But it didn't really annoy me, sure I wanted to shake her a few times but her endless hope and optimism was touching. Her dream kept her going, through her parent's death, the separation from the place she considered home and the brother she loved, during her time living as a dependent on her Uncle and his annoying wife and mean-spirited daughter. She NEEDED that dream, it had become who she was and I admired her for taking the steps necessary to see it through even if she did go about it in a rather odd way.
Watching that dream slowly wither and die was heartbreaking.
Simon a war hero, who of course views himself as a worthless waste of space, sees his chance to line his pockets and have a little fun (wink. wink). Later he begins to suffocate in Catriona's constant show of faith in him. He doesn't want to be her hero. End of story as far as he's concerned.
Near the end of the book, Simon and Catriona go through a role reversal that was both sad and sweet to see. They seriously need each other, the reader is left no doubt about that.
Catriona's Uncle was a nice change. He honestly loves his niece and tries to protect her. I really ended up liking him, when I was set to hate him. (No comment on his wife or daughter though...)
Catriona's brother Conner apparently gets his story told in the next book, don't hold your breath waiting for the family reunion in this book 'cause it doesn't happen. That was disappointing but I'm looking forward to seeing what's been going with him.
Overall I enjoyed this book! And before I forget Catriona's cat Robert the Bruce was great!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not horrible., January 17, 2009
This review is from: Some Like It Wicked (Mass Market Paperback)
I have a few of Teresa Medeiros books, though I am not a huge fan of her work. I've been trying to read other authors to get a feel for different styles of romance writing. I found the concept of this story to be intriguing and the layout of the beginning interesting (characters not meeting for long periods of time). To be honest, I typically do not like it when characters meet, then meet again many years later, however this worked well.
Catriona is a character you can certainly empathize with, though later you find out that she is harboring a box of "mementos" and you begin to wonder if she is stalking Simon, versus being in love with him. I found Simon's character to be as one would expect a rogue and "bastard" of that time to be in a romance novel, ruthless with the underlying note of him being a decent human being, so his character was no surprise to me.
I found some moments to be sweet, and some I found to be a bit disturbing. And I am not referring to the love scenes, I am more referring to the outside story going on, such as Scotland being invaded by English? I didn't quite understand that at all, as that did not happen in 1805 or 1825...
The story towards the end did feel a bit rushed as though she wasn't quite sure how to end it well. There were also some scenes that left questions as to how and why, those pieces drove me a little crazy as there was no definitive answer for important impacts to the story. I don't want to say too much to give it away, but it has to do family relationships. Do not misunderstand, I get that there are some plots that you need to be able to derive for yourself and fill in the blanks, but the pieces she made that way were parts that would have made the story richer and more enjoyable.
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