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Title: Come the Morning by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0821764713 Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Rating: 3
Summary: A Decent Though Somewhat Typical Shannon Drake Novel
Comment: I will admit, this book like every other Shannon Drake book had me hopelessly hooked to the point I was staying up to all hours of the night reading it. However, I am finding that Mrs. Drake is using the same writing style and story line to almost all of her books. Girl forced to be with guy, girl tries to escape guy several times, girl betrays guy several time, and finally girl falls in love with guy. The one thing that really got me about this book, however, is how Mellyora just couldn't accept that she was beaten. I admired her strength and was thankful that Mrs. Drake did not put in a weak pushover as her heroine but the author took Mellyora's defiance too far. It was as though Mrs. Drake realized that she had made her own character so stubborn she was forced to add in the threat of Mellyora losing the Blue Isle whether she married Waryk or not just to ensure the two lovers acknowledged their feelings in the end. When I was nearly finished the book, I was practically screaming for them to admit their love for eachother. Don't get me wrong, I loved it like I love all her other books but the characters were made too stubborn and prideful. Another pet peeve I have with Shannon Drake is she seemed to have taken an entire scene from Come the Morning and stuck it in her follow-up book, Conquer the Night. By chance, I found and read Conquer the Night first which then promted me to hunt down the first book. I was utterly shocked when I read the scene where Waryk and Mellyora first made love. Waryk stupidly makes the mistake of assuming his bride had taken lovers before him (just like Arryn did with Kyra!) When he finally realizes his mistake, he demands from Mellyora, "Why didn't you tell me?". That sounded extrodenarily familiar, so I went back and checked with the time Arryn took Kyra's virginity in Conquer the Night and sure enough, Arryn said words that greatly resembled Waryk's. Now, Mrs. Drake strikes me as being a very talented writer so I was perplexed as to how she couldn't have found a different, more creative approach to a similar situation. Both books are worth reading but don't enter the series expecting much of a difference between the books.
Rating: 4
Summary: History, History...
Comment: I haven't read a book by Shannon in years. I thoroughly enjoyed this Scottish tale. I love it when a story gives a lot of historical information and this book does that. I found the story to be fast paced...with good characters. (Elenora was too nice, a typical mistress wouldn't be so kind) I found Waryk to be kind of dense...he continued to distrust Mellyora to the very end. I'll be looking for the books I've missed over the years by Ms. Drake. This was a worthwhile read in my estimation.
Rating: 5
Summary: Super Scottish Historical!!
Comment: Pseudonymous Drake's first hardcover novel, a fictional account of the life of the first Graham, Waryk de Graham, Laird Lion, hits close to home, since Drake is actually Heather Graham/Heather Graham Pozzessere. It all begins when a dazed young Waryk is knighted for his courage on a blood-soaked battlefield in the Borderlands of Scotland while mourning the loss of all his kin. King David declares him his champion and eventually offers him prosperous Blue Isle. But there's a catch: David must marry heiress Mellyora MacAdin, a Viking's daughter. Mellyora is outraged that she will not have control of her own destiny, but Waryk is ruthlessly determined to have her home with or without her. Amid a tangle of lies, treachery, and obvious villainy, these two strong-willed people must come to terms so that there can be peace throughout the land. Fans of Johanna Lindsey's medieval and Viking novels will relish this tale, the first novel in a series about the Graham clan.
WISE Writers and Readers Book of the Month March 2000
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Title: Conquer the Night by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0821766392 Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Seize the Dawn by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0821767739 Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The King's Pleasure by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0821758578 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp (Mass Market) Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Knight Triumphant by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0821769286 Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market) Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Blue Heaven, Black Night by Shannon Drake ISBN: 0821759825 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp (Mass Market) Pub. Date: 1995 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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