The Lion's Lady

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.

3.5.

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

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...