The Lion's Lady

3.5.

We lost some of the family drama and it was just solved very easily after all the build up

Read 5.2022 for Historical Romance Readathon Group Read.

I've been re-reading Julie Garwood in 2022 and have realized that I feel very differently about some of these reads this time around. I discovered Julie Garwood right about the time she first started publishing these books and later binge read everything she published. I read only one of the contemporaries because it was linked to the Buchanan Clan. I remember not really liking the Roses and all the ones based in the USA. They were okay. The Secret and Ransom are Bae. I was just chasing that feeling.

At any rate, the more I sat thinking about this read, the more I disliked it.

Christina gets a prologue and Lyon gets a prologue. Both are beautifully written and much intrigue is created.

Christina is raised by her Dakota family and I love how she states at every turn Black Wolf and Merry are her parents no matter who birthed her. I love that she is a warrior in her own right.
I don't think I like Lyon. I hated every time he called her names. I hated every time he said he would beat her. I hated that Christina didn't go back as promised to visit her Dakota family for a season. I didn't like how certain events were conveniently resolved without actual proof that it was a lie.

This might not make much sense to anyone else reading this but honestly, it's really for me just in case I want to re-read this one. I just know that I'm all good.

I re-read this book and I've had yet more fun... The misconceptions and misunderstands due to a lack of english language communication from our female “warrior” are priceless...
A book with all the ingredients (secrets, family dramas, great characters, humour, etc...) to have a good time reading...