Val ⚓️ Shameless Handmaiden ⚓️'s Reviews > Sutherland's Secret

3.75-4 Stars

So this was a pretty solid historical/highlander read.

And - for once - when my husband said, "What are you reading about?"

I felt all badass because I could actually say it was about something LEGIT and not just sparkly vampires, rich billionaires, BDSM, and/or fictional MC clubs.

So this is how that convo went:

Hubs: "What are you reading about today babe?"

Me: "A scintillating tale about Scotland and the Jacobites following the Battle of Culloden."

Hubs: "What's a Jacobite?"

Me: *crickets...fucking crickets*



Yeah...thwarted yet again.

And apparently, I need to REALLY work on my world history, cause homie knows jack SHIT about Scotland outside what I learned in Rob Roy and Braveheart.

I know...we Americans and our ridiculously narrow world view, what can I say...



Le sorry.

Anyway, here's what I DO know about Scotland and the Battle of Culloden:

They.

Wear.

Kilts.



And I dig it.



Not every man can handle the kilt either.



The true master?





But I digress.

Back to the book.

Like I said, this was a very solid historical/highlander book. The writing was very well done and I really liked the setting and the premise, the premise being that a Scottish clan leader discovers what appears to be a severely injured English Lady on the side of the "road."

I enjoyed the plot and the characters for the most part, although I will say that the h's..."transition" came off as a little...sudden for it to be completely believable for me.

This book is marketed as being for fans of Maya Banks and Monica McCarty's books. I haven't read enough of McCarty's books to speak accurately to that; however, I LOVE Maya Banks' highlander books and I have read them all REPEATEDLY.

Now, I can't say that I like this booked as much as I loved my precious McCabes and Montgomerys & Armstrongs, but being that the next book in that series keeps getting pushed back - to 2035 at one point! LOL - this makes a nice substitute in the meantime.

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***ARC provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review***