Reviews for Days of Gold (Edilean Series #2)

The average rating for Days of Gold (Edilean Series #2) based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-04-01 00:00:00 Christina Wright I am a HUGE fan of Deveraux's older books. I grew up reading her, and for years, I considered her to be one of my favorite authors. Unfortunately, she's not an author that has improved with age. Her plotlines have become convoluted, and have become much less focused on romance and much more on "normal" adult fiction plotlines. When I first started this book, I was thrilled to see that it was set in historical Scotland, which is where many of her older books were set. Finally, she's getting back to her roots! I greatly enjoyed the book at the beginning, but it started sliding downhill fairly quickly. Again, not much romance, and the two main characters are forced apart again and again by circumstances, I'm guessing in an attempt to make the book a reasonable length. Quite frankly, there was no real reason that the couple couldn't have gotten together from the beginning, but that would have made for a 50 page book. It got to the point where I just rolled my eyes when yet again, the two main characters were parted yet again. Oh, and in the story, three ladies started and ran a company during a point in history when most women couldn't even own property. Yeah, that's believable. If you love Deveraux's more current work, then you'll probably like this book. But if you're looking for a return to Deveraux's past writing style, you won't find it here. Count me disappointed.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-01-27 00:00:00 Deborah Burnley I'm giving this 3 stars as in "I liked it" but not more than 3 stars. However, the narration by Davina Porter was definitely 5 stars! In fact, she may have saved the book for me. I'm a sort of on-again, off-again Jude Deveraux follower - I love some of her books, and hate some. I did not particularly like A Knight in Shining Armor. This one starts in 1766 Scotland, with a young, orphaned British heiress living with an uncle who won a Scottish keep in a game of cards with the original laird. Edelean finds herself in a number of scrapes - falling in love with a young British fellow who tries to scam her fortune; her uncle tries to marry her off to one of his old cronies, again for the fortune. She ends up being smuggled out of Scotland with her gold and the most recent laird, Angus MacTern, and the two of them cross the ocean disguised as man and wife, with false names. Once in America, more - well, misunderstandings, some standard Deveraux story twists, a stint in the army for Angus, more scrapes for Edelean who finally creates her own business. Truly, with Davina Porter reading the story, I'm convinced it was much more likable than if I had read it in print. Her wonderful Scots accents and warm British accents are so delightful (and having listened to literally dozens of hours of her voice I feel I can say that!). I'll say this: Deveraux is no Gabaldon! Still, it was an enjoyable (enough) listen.