Veronica Wolff
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 338 pages Rating: 3.83 | 252 Users | 17 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 0425240185 (ISBN13: 9780425240182) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Clan MacAlpin #2 |
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Good sequel to Devil's Highlander. Aidan returned to Scotland just in time to help his brother Cormac, and is now trying to cope with being back. After thirteen years away, he no longer knows his family members, and their hovering is driving him demented. All he can think about is finding and destroying the man responsible for his captivity. But in order to do that he has to be able to act the part of a man who wants to get into the slaving business - hard to do when you can't even read.Elspeth is a young woman who has given up on finding love of her own. Instead she spends her days running the small farm where she and her father live. Her father is incompetent and spends his days drinking and thinking up ways to get rich quickly, leaving her to do all the work. Her only happiness comes from the adventure stories she loves to read. When her friend comes to her and begs Elspeth to tutor her brother Aidan, she can't resist. Aidan is much more interesting that any book hero.
I have to admit that Elspeth irritated me for most of the book. Her mind kept wandering to made up fantasies involving Aidan and herself, causing her to be easily flustered. She's really very smart, and intuitive when it comes to Aidan, but also very naive about what the world is really like. She constantly expects things to be like one of the stories she reads. I did like the way that she was determined to help Aidan learn and worked hard to make it happen. As she learned more about why he needed to learn to read, she was determined to help him, whether he wants her help or not. Her naivete has her walking into all kinds of trouble. Her heart is in the right place, but her methods are dangerous.
Aidan's quest for vengeance has him angry all the time. He is frustrated and embarrassed by his lack of education, but knows that learning is the only way to get what he wants. At first he sees Elspeth as something of a boring and colorless means to an end, but it isn't long before he sees signs of passion under the quiet facade. I loved seeing him tease her, trying to get the spirit to show. He soon discovers that her quiet intensity soothes the anger in him, making it easier for him to concentrate on what he needs to do. He tries to keep her out of his business, but finds that she's much more tenacious than he first gives her credit for. Trying to protect her just makes her more determined to be involved.
I really enjoyed seeing their relationship develop. Elspeth knew what she wanted and was determined to get it, but Aidan was equally determined to resist. He feels that he is too damaged to be a suitable husband for her, and she is determined that he should see that he is a far better man than he thinks. Some of their encounters are pretty funny, and some are simply heartbreaking. And when she gets into some real trouble, Aidan is the only one who can save her.
Aidan's quest for revenge is understandable. What we learn about his life is certainly motivation for it. Without the ability to read, pursuing it is much more difficult. I liked following what he and Elspeth did, and seeing how they put together what they learned. The way it all came together was very nervewracking and I wondered if all the bad guys would get what was coming to them.
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| Title | : | Devil's Own (Clan MacAlpin #2) |
| Author | : | Veronica Wolff |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 338 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2011 by Berkley (first published January 25th 2011) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Historical Romance. Historical. Fiction. Historical Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 252 Users | 17 ReviewsAssessment Out Of Books Devil's Own (Clan MacAlpin #2)
Veronica Wolff is an award-winning, bestselling author who likes monsters, fight scenes, and first kisses. Sometimes all at the same time. She lived everywhere from Texas, to Hawaii, to India, before finally settling in Northern California, where she lives with her husband, two kids, and a small menagerie of rescued pets. She writes for both kids and adults in several genres, including ScottishDevils Own by Veronica WolffScottish Romance- March 1st, 20114 ½ starsAiden MacAlpin was kidnapped and enslave in the tropics. This life has scarred him mentally and physically. Years later he finds his brother on a chance meeting and is returned safely home. But Aiden has changed and the home that he remembered is no longer there. His parents are dead and his brother is now happily married. Hollow except for the need to take revenge against his kidnapper, Aidens vengeance drives him. He plans
Aidan MacAlpin was kidnapped into slavery as a young boy. He escapes 13 years later and returns to a family he no longer feels a part of. His caring sister realizes he doesn't know how to read and arranges for tutoring with a neighboring spinster, Elspeth, who slaves away for her drunken farmer father, who is trying to marry her off to the high bidder.Shy Elspeth comes out of her shell to involve herself in Aidan's plan to gain revenge against his captor and endangers herself in the process.I
Aiden MacAlpin appreciates that he has survived hell on Earth and has his brothers and sisters to thank for that. But right now he is not feeling like kin; he feels like a stranger. His ambition to exact revenge on the man who sold him into slavery, into hell; he wants to make him suffer like he has suffered. His family cannot comprehend that.Elspeth Farquharson has already resigned herself to a life of being alone and a spinster. That is before she meets the brooding Aiden. He is a real-life
4.25 out of 5
In the previous book Aiden MacAlpin returned to Scotland after being kidnapped 13 years prior. Hes trying to deal with his many siblings and the differences in his life that came to be while he was a slave. Aidens one purpose in life is to find the man who kidnapped all those years ago but he knows nothing of the man except that he wears a black pearl earring. Determined to find him he submits himself to his sisters friend, Elspeth, for tutoring. But he has no money to pay for her assistance so
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