A Rough Wooing by Virginia Henley

A Rough Wooing (novella)

Virginia Henley

Medieval Romance

Published in 2012

H/h - Sir Lancelot Greystoke/Douglas Elliot

Setting: Beaumont, Northumberland, 1603.

Read in Apr, 2012.

My rating:

                              

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I was originally going to give this book a 2 star yesterday or make it DNF after reading the 1st  2/3 chapters. But I decided to give it another chance and read it with a clear head (don’t ask!) later. I did today and well, it wasn’t that bad a book. VH’s writing is great. But to me, in the beginning there were just too many historical clap-trap that made my head spin and bored me to sleep. Also, it took me a while to get hold of the characters because it felt like I was reading in the middle of a novel. But the story picked up soon enough and I would’ve given it a higher rating, had I not ended up disliking the heroine, Douglas. Yes, her name is DOUGLAS.

Letter of Love by Virginia Henley

Letter of Love (novella)

A free installment

Virginia Henley

Medieval Romance

Published in 2011

H/h - Nicholas Mountjoy, the Earl of Devon/Burgundy Bedford

Setting: London, 1601-02.

Read in Oct, 2011.

My rating:

                                                           
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Though I’ve heard of Virginia Henley, I haven’t read anything by her yet. So I wasn’t sure what to expect before I started this novella. But, honestly, I thought it was quite nice and was a good introduction to her writing, which I liked too. But being a novella, I felt that the story was hopping in time and the main characters and their relationship weren’t given enough time to develop well. At least I didn’t really know what to think of them, to analyze them. I wish it was a full-novel so that the love between Burgundy and Nicholas had a chance to grow convincingly for me.