The McClairen's Isle: The Passionate One Book

I have not read this author's book for a long time. This story was not the best one but not the worst one either. I got stuck somewhere in half and was convinced that I would not finish it. But then I went back to reading and it turned out that the story is better than I expected.

That does not change the fact that this is not a story that I will remember for years. The characters are fine but not particularly distinctive. Ash is much more interesting than Rhiannon. I feel very unsatisfied with both of them. The personalities of Rhiannon and Ash could be further developed. Ash has such a tragic past that I would like to know more about him. Similarly, Rhiannon. Maybe the book would be more dark then, but the characters would certainly be much more fascinating. I miss this. Rhiannon seems so flat and boring. She is supposed to show some Scottish temperament but it is not enough.

The plot is also not very inspiring although it has some potential. I think that the action is just skimpy. Ash and Rhiannon spend half the book in the village, not much happens then except that they fall in love but we readers are not seeing many of their meetings. Then the action moves to Ash's ancestral castle and everything goes quickly from there (not to be confused with eventfully). The whole story of Rhiannon's assassination attempts is poorly exposed up to the point it is even questioned if someone is really trying to kill her. A pity, because extending these aspects could bring a bit of thrill to this otherwise boring story. And so it is a simple ordinary love story similar to thousands others.

In summary the book is fine but I read better ones. Probably only the characters with an interesting past save the whole story, even if they themselves do not behave interestingly. Thank goodness, Ash's siblings also seem to be interesting characters so maybe I'll read more books in this series. Although probably not immediately.