Title: Pledged to a Highlander
Author: Donna Fletcher
Series: Highland Promise Trilogy #1
Release Date: June 3, 2020
Length: 344 pages
Genre: Historical Romance
****My Review ****
It’s no secret at all that I’ve always wanted to travel back in time and discover societies that once existed, learn truths about people who once lived, cultural and social rules that were once followed. And I am more than grateful that there are a bunch of stories and writings that can at least briefly transport us to some distant worlds, to some ancient times….. And Highlanders are my weakness
Several times I tried to find the right words to express the feelings that Pledged to a Highlander by Donna Fletcher caused me … confusion, anger, sadness…but also depression, warmth, and happiness.
Pledged to a Highlander by Donna Fletcher is a book about a wonderful, broken love …. which finds the strength to survive in that world of intrigue and cruelty …. The pain, sorrow, loss, and terror that changed their lives on that black day, have left scars that will take a long to heal…
The author masterfully draws you into this magical world, intertwined with love, doubt, pain, betrayal, and lust …. when you start you just can not stop until the last word, and after you have closed the back cover, you simply want more ….
The author has managed to create such excelently developed characters that immediately pull you into their lives. The once lovely boy you met in the previous episode is anything but what he was …. Captured as he tries to defend his home and beloved, crippled in the battle to save his life, crippled in his heart and emotions, Ryden is a character who simply dominates and exceeds all the expectations of the reader. Our Highlander is a broken hero, with strength and determination that can only be admired.
Oria, on the other hand, is also not the character we met in the first part. The cruelty she faces in the time of separation, makes her strengthen, fight for her life, and to preserve at least what little is left.
Both of them, like a pair of wounded animals, try to heal their wounds, while at the same time they continue the search to find their piece of land under this sun. They are more than determined to put together the pieces of their former life and happiness. But will they succeed?
The attraction as well as the chemistry between them is so tangible and obvious, but what delighted me is the attachment and the sincere emotions that flow between them … They simply completely belong to each other.
Donna Fletcher is а real master in writing a heart-wrenching story, adding a vicious obsession straight from hell.
She and her magical talent for this kind of story are to blame for not being able to leave the book. The details in her descriptions of scenery, homes, and characters will attract you so strongly that you will surely find yourself in that magical world and you will feel on your skin all the vicissitudes that the characters go through. The reader can easily imagine the scenery and from the very beginning enjoy the experience of turning each page with the plot. There are a few twists that definitely will surprise each reader, which makes the story much better, with a bit of mystery, which makes the reader live the story itself.