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11 of 11 persons found the following review helpful.
A Fine Romance
By Tina Matthias
I am so darn tired of romance readers whining with regards to cliches but then when it comes to reading a book that has any subtlety in it at all, they begin screaming that it’s not hot enough. MY SURRENDER had so much depth to it and the love affair amongst Charloette and Dand is based on respect as well as intense passion. I in truth felt the anguish that Charlotte and Dand had over how they could not tell one another they loved one another and still do what they necessitated to do. It was a very moving story and it was told as much by what the characters couldn’t say to one another as what they did.
I think this book showed that now and again when everything doesn’t always turn out perfectly it is even more satisfying than when it does. For example, bad guys actually do slide by without any injure ever coming to them and I applauded the fact that Brockway didn’t tie everything up with bows. Another cliche would have been if Dand had refused to let Charlotte become another man’s mistress but rather locked her in a room in spite of the fact that so galore lives relied on her getting this guy’s mistress.
Okay, the virginity thing kind of stopped me for a bit too until I realized that Charlotte was thrown into her role as a substitute at the last minute. After that I exclusively purchased that she just pushed all that to the back of her thoughts while she tried to see if she could even make the plan work. And that same reason was why the “authorities” let someone so young and inexperienced have such an crucial mission. She was a last minute substitute. It was her or no one.
Anyway I loved this book. Everything was so well thought out and the humorous bits were great. Especially like the baroness. Dand was dangerous and enthusiasti and attempting so hard to let Charlotte go and Charlotte was just desperate to do the right thing, no matter how much it injure her. I’ll read it again.
8 of 8 persons found the following review helpful.
Don’t miss this one…
By CaiS
My Surrender completes the Rose Hunter trilogy by Rita award winner and two-time Rita prospect for 2005, Connie Brockway.
Charlotte Nash, the most headstrong of the three Nash daughters genuinely shines in this tale of intrigue, scandal and sacrifice. Charlotte has taken the role of spy very seriously, after all, who would believe that such a flibbertigibbet could carry out such a role. She has cultivated a “certain reputation” amidst the ton while still managing to keep her morals intact and above question.
The questions in regards to her morality don’t bother Charlotte, but they do concern Dand Ross. Dand, Andrew, Andre, call him what you will, it is very apparent that this fellow member of the Rose Hunters has his own mysteries to protect. At original the reader isn’t sure whether or not he even likes Lottie – until one begins to see underneath the surface. Dand might be called carefree, but again, that is only the surface of this young man.
And that, truly, is what My Surrender is all with regards to in my view. Seeing what lies beneath the surface, seeing what lies beneath the faces shown to society and to our friends. This third in the series was unquestionably worth waiting for and any person who is not touched by the strength of Dand and Lottie, by the fortitude they show to one another and to their cause, is not looking beneath that surface, not seeing what is genuinely important. Honor, courage, and above all, love.
10 of 11 humans found the following review helpful.
Wow. I have no complaints!
By E. A. Montgomery
(I’m not sure I may even write a review that isn’t bitter in regards to something.) While this is the third book of a trilogy, it could without apparent effort be read by itself. Brockaway has included sufficient background that the story makes sense but it still feels fresh. In a way, the trilogy feels like this was the book she wanted to write and the others were just warm up sessions.
Dand and Charlotte jump off the page in that ‘instant classic’ way a lot of characters do. I don’t want to give major plot points away but while this book does have a highlander in it, this isn’t a Scottish romance in the genre sense. Nor is it a true spy book. My Surrender steps outside genre convention to implicate you emotionally. Charlotte is set on a path that makes her injure those close to her. Brockaway doesn’t gloss that aspect over, as it normally is. The break amid Charlotte and those who love her feels very real. Nor does she set Dand up as the white knight saving the day (though he many times does).
It’s not until the last section of the book that you to a complete degree perceive how the story has been laid out. What you thought you were reading is twisted more or less so that everything which came before is changed. I am very seldom astonished in an ending, but she got me. I closely didn’t read My Surrender tonight, thinking the solution of the ‘mystery’ would be tedious. I’ve never been so defective in regards to being right. I did recognise who the ‘bad guy’ was, but his name was all I knew. This is romance at it’s best. Clear a space on the keeper shelf for it.
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