Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviews / C- Reviews / Ebooksancient-Rome / captivity narrative / Harlequin Historical / Louise-Allen10 Comments
Dear Ms Allen, I had planned on reading this book anyway because 1) I like a previous book of yours I tried and 2) I just had to support the era in which you’d set the story. After all, I can’t remember the last book I read that features Visigoths! ... more >
Publishing Newscriticism / criticism-of-romance / Literary Criticism / Louise-Allen4 Comments
Louise Allen’s book, Virgin Slave, Barbarian King, was one cited by Julie Bindel as part of the patriarchal propaganda designed to “feed directly into some women’s sense of themselves as lesser beings, as creatures desperate to be dominated.” Ms. Allen’s response was on the Guardian today. I wish Allen had ... more >
B ReviewsLouise-Allen / Regency England1 Comments
Dear Ms Allen, The first third of your book is delightful. Loved the characters, loved their actions and interactions. The second third is done well but contains the action which will drive the plot for the remainder of the book. My warning is that some will think it too improbable ... more >