It was hard to 'put down', I almost read it in one setting but had to sleep! It'll take me a while to get the scene at the river out of my head ) Looking forward to reading some of her other titles. She brings intelligence and good writing to the m/m romance genre. I've been a fan of the author for 20 years but haven't read any of her romance books.
I thought Christian acted a little foolish at times. Which character – as performed by Scott Richard Ehredt – was your favorite? I haven't read anything like this in the romance genre before! What other book might you compare The Lion and the Crow to and why? If you could sum up The Lion and the Crow in three words, what would they be? It was very, very touching, but I enjoyed thinking of the lovers in their happy glory and didn’t really need anything else to make me appreciate their love – though it was magnificent. I have to subtract a little bit – one smidge down from perfect – only because I’m not sure I needed the Epilogue with all it’s … completeness. He’s a new narrator to me and I hope to see more from him in the future. The narrator does all kinds of wonderful voices – appropriate to the time and place of the story – and makes you feel like you are watching a movie or something similar. The narration coupled with the expert writing are superb. When it came out on audio and I listened to a sample I just had to have it! I was not disappointed.
I am NOT a historical romance fan, and I put off reading this for a long time. She is never too wordy and chooses her words with the utmost care. ** I love this author, she is absolutely gifted in her ability to draw you into a story and immerse you in the POV of her characters. Well… I’m not so sure why the end needed to go beyond the HEA – I suppose ripping my heart out was a requirement! – but it was beautiful even if I’d wished I’d never read it. In the end we see our lover with a HEA and …. Eli is a master at making us fall in love with her characters and given the time period and constraints it was a daunting task but she did it! I even loved Christian’s wife – yes wife!- and thought that aspect of their lives was really depicted marvelously. The romance is slow to build but hot and tender.
Christian and William are both sons of nobility and live in a time (Medieval) when the church and society fear homosexuality (while ignoring it if Royalty are involved.) There is absolutely no way these two can be a couple – except that Eli Easton manages to find a beautiful solution to their problem.
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