Reviews for Shadows and Lace

The average rating for Shadows and Lace based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-09-19 00:00:00 Donald Barker 1.5 stars Storyline: Gareth's stepmother seduced him when he was a teenager, his father died, he caught stepmother in arms with another knight, got jealous, stepmother found on bedroom floor run through with a sword. Her newborn and knight go missing, everyone blames Gareth for their deaths. 14yrs later Gareth wins Rowena from her father in a dice game. Neither Rowena's father, her brothers (except for the youngest), or her betrothed cousin fight for her. Gareth takes her to his castle where Gareth's sister Marlys hates on her, his knightly friend sort of makes plays for her, and Gareth himself sort of falls in love with her. This is where I'm going to step in and save you all from the endless filler and get to the gist, Rowena was the stepmother's baby but no born of Gareth's father but the knight that escaped that night. Gareth knew this and was going to punish Rowena's father by raping her and sending her back pregnant. She was too good, he fell in love, blah, blah. Turns out Gareth's sister Marlys killed the stepmother letting Gareth take the blame. Gareth and sister have confrontation, Marlys disappears into the night. Gareth and Rowena live happily ever after. Seriously, that is all of the storyline. This book was broken up into three parts and for you visual learners out there, here you go, Part One: Again, let me save you all endless filler, nothing happens in this part besides Gareth and Rowena meeting and him taking her to his castle. No really, NOTHING happens. I start to get moody Part Two: Rowena runs away... for a bit before Gareth catches her and he decides, Wink, wink. and Rowena decides, Translation: They be hitting the sheets hard but Gareth still maintains he doesn't want to marry her. A whole lot of this, Part Three: Rowena's brothers, her betrothed cousin, and her father sort of come to rescue her. First off, Rowena is like dude, we're cousins, no. One down. Then Gareth agrees to squire her youngest brother and they all become friends. How/Why? No idea. 4 down. Rowena steals Gareth's horse to sprint her father away. Gareth not happy. However, with her savvy 19yr old deduction and intuition she explains to Gareth that it was not her father who killed the stepmother but Marlys! Marlys tries to kill Rowena...sort of.....Gareth rescues her.....sort of......Marlys rides away.......sort of.....and then our happily ever after......sort of. And I'm sort of sitting here like, THE ENDLESS NOTHINGNESS AND FILLER. Save yourselves and read Thief of Hearts.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-04-23 00:00:00 Dean Hoyer 3.5 but I'm rounding to 4 because the first third of the book is worth 10 stars at least!