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Redemption
Crown Princess Caitlin of Wales has always been a little odd, but when her heart is broken by her fiancee Prince Valto of Finland, the feisty and opinionated Cat becomes a recluse. Hiding herself away in her private residence of Carreg Cannen, she only ever emerges to visit her two lovers: the much older King of Moldova, and the Crown Prince of Germany. However as her coronation nears pressure is placed on Cat to wed, and so she requests that her step-mother the Lady Lowri find her a husband.
Valto has spent the past six years in either disastrous relationships or alone. His love for the beautiful and outspoken Cat has marred every other romantic entanglement that he finds himself a part of. So when he discovers that not only did Cat not betray him all those years ago like he has always believed, but that she's on the market for a husband he sees it as his second chance.
Can Cat look past her own bitterness and find it in herself to love the man that broke her heart six years ago? And can Valto redeem himself before he loses the only woman he has ever loved?
Valto has spent the past six years in either disastrous relationships or alone. His love for the beautiful and outspoken Cat has marred every other romantic entanglement that he finds himself a part of. So when he discovers that not only did Cat not betray him all those years ago like he has always believed, but that she's on the market for a husband he sees it as his second chance.
Can Cat look past her own bitterness and find it in herself to love the man that broke her heart six years ago? And can Valto redeem himself before he loses the only woman he has ever loved?
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146 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 16, 2015
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December 25, 2025DNF @ 40% then major skimming
I thought this was going to be angsty or at least drama-llama, but it was not at all. I never really got in the writing flow, and I found it quite bland. The book opens years after the breakup, so we skipped over all the heartache, betrayal, etc.
I thought this was going to be angsty or at least drama-llama, but it was not at all. I never really got in the writing flow, and I found it quite bland. The book opens years after the breakup, so we skipped over all the heartache, betrayal, etc.
February 25, 2015
Will Cat ever be able to trust Valto again, especially now that they are engaged. He tore her heart out and stomped it once about 5 years ago. Now he's back wanting a second chance. Can she overcome that, will their love survive? Grab your copy today to find out! This story leaves you wanting so much more! I look forward to reading more from this author.
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
May 24, 2016
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Okay, so let's establish genre first, so you know what you're getting into before reading the rest of this review: this is modern-based alternate-universe Earth, where every country mentioned (both real and fictional) is ruled by some sort monarchy. Oh, and it's a romance/erotica.
Valto is part of the royal family of Finland, but he's like eleventh in line for the throne--no chance of taking it any time soon. The love of his life is Cat, the crown princess of Wales who's set to be crowned in just over a year--as long as she's married first. But there's a problem. Valto broke up with Cat years ago because he thought she was cheating on him. He has since learned she wasn't, but she pretty much hates his guts now, even if she's willing to marry him to secure to the future of her country. Awkward... As the title would suggest, the book is about Valto winning his way back into Cat's heart, even though he may have never really left it.
This is a good romance. It has a strong central conflict, with Cat caring for Valto but not being sure she wants to open herself up to letting him hurt her again. It has good sex scenes. It's also got people in various configurations of non-monogamous-hetero relationships, which I know are the focus of some of Bradley's other stories; Prince of Ice has been on my Kindle for ages, but I just haven't gotten to it yet. Anyway, because of all this, it's easy to see this is a series where the side characters feature prominently in their own books, and that's honestly my favorite kind of series, way above stories that directly follow each other. Major kudos for that one. The plot's resolved neatly, though the "climax" (in a plot sense, not a sexual sense--hehehe) is a little short-lived and could have been drawn out a bit more for dramatic tension. Overall, I really enjoyed this and look forward to reading Bradley's other work...
...but it needs some editing. Bradley's grasp of comma usage is shaky at best, and comma splices abound in this. She consistently capitalizes words that don't require capitalization and has numerous instances of jumbled sentences that were clearly intended to make sense, but just slipped through the editing process. This isn't to slam her writing ability; she's a very, very good author, but she's at her best when she's dealing with short, succinct sentences. When she tries to get more elaborate, things tend to get a bit dicey. But that's what good editors are for. She needs one. I understand that editing is a costly process, and can be very difficult when you're self-publishing, but it's absolutely vital that a book be well-polished when it goes to press. She also needs a book designer; the digital formatting of this is awful, which might be due to a number of factors but I would put my money on Amazon's manuscript-to-digital-copy conversion tool, which is notoriously horrible at formatting digital books. The interior of this is set up in a blog format: paragraphs that aren't indented, but are instead separated up by line breaks. It makes it a little hard for the eye to follow. In the grand scheme of things, these aren't huge issues, but they do get in the way of making Redemption look like a polished product, despite the absolutely gorgeous cover and strong grasp of characters and plot. If these issues had been nonexistent, I could easily see Bradly being published by a major house, or at least see myself thinking she was published by a major house; as it is, though, she's firmly in self-published land.
3.5 stars out of 5.
Okay, so let's establish genre first, so you know what you're getting into before reading the rest of this review: this is modern-based alternate-universe Earth, where every country mentioned (both real and fictional) is ruled by some sort monarchy. Oh, and it's a romance/erotica.
Valto is part of the royal family of Finland, but he's like eleventh in line for the throne--no chance of taking it any time soon. The love of his life is Cat, the crown princess of Wales who's set to be crowned in just over a year--as long as she's married first. But there's a problem. Valto broke up with Cat years ago because he thought she was cheating on him. He has since learned she wasn't, but she pretty much hates his guts now, even if she's willing to marry him to secure to the future of her country. Awkward... As the title would suggest, the book is about Valto winning his way back into Cat's heart, even though he may have never really left it.
This is a good romance. It has a strong central conflict, with Cat caring for Valto but not being sure she wants to open herself up to letting him hurt her again. It has good sex scenes. It's also got people in various configurations of non-monogamous-hetero relationships, which I know are the focus of some of Bradley's other stories; Prince of Ice has been on my Kindle for ages, but I just haven't gotten to it yet. Anyway, because of all this, it's easy to see this is a series where the side characters feature prominently in their own books, and that's honestly my favorite kind of series, way above stories that directly follow each other. Major kudos for that one. The plot's resolved neatly, though the "climax" (in a plot sense, not a sexual sense--hehehe) is a little short-lived and could have been drawn out a bit more for dramatic tension. Overall, I really enjoyed this and look forward to reading Bradley's other work...
...but it needs some editing. Bradley's grasp of comma usage is shaky at best, and comma splices abound in this. She consistently capitalizes words that don't require capitalization and has numerous instances of jumbled sentences that were clearly intended to make sense, but just slipped through the editing process. This isn't to slam her writing ability; she's a very, very good author, but she's at her best when she's dealing with short, succinct sentences. When she tries to get more elaborate, things tend to get a bit dicey. But that's what good editors are for. She needs one. I understand that editing is a costly process, and can be very difficult when you're self-publishing, but it's absolutely vital that a book be well-polished when it goes to press. She also needs a book designer; the digital formatting of this is awful, which might be due to a number of factors but I would put my money on Amazon's manuscript-to-digital-copy conversion tool, which is notoriously horrible at formatting digital books. The interior of this is set up in a blog format: paragraphs that aren't indented, but are instead separated up by line breaks. It makes it a little hard for the eye to follow. In the grand scheme of things, these aren't huge issues, but they do get in the way of making Redemption look like a polished product, despite the absolutely gorgeous cover and strong grasp of characters and plot. If these issues had been nonexistent, I could easily see Bradly being published by a major house, or at least see myself thinking she was published by a major house; as it is, though, she's firmly in self-published land.
3.5 stars out of 5.
March 2, 2015
Book: Redemption
Author: H.J. Bradley
Publication Date: 2/16/2015
Reviewed by: Tammy Payne- Book Nook Nuts
My Rating: 5 Stars
REVIEW
New to me author
Valto is shocked to hear the news that Cat is looking to marry.
He thought himself the only male for her.
However the Welsh have rules and as such marriage must be done.
Valto broke off things many years ago with Caitlin and he has regretted it every since.
Valto had broken Caitlin's heart. Why would she even think of him as her husband?
His twin sister Kai rubs it in for how he was back then.
Thinking that Caitlin actually had spent time with another man.
His grandmother lets him know a letter has arrived for him and wants to know what he will do after reading it.
Of course Caitlin’s stepmother also has a part to play in this.
He heads off to be with Caitlin and court her. She has grown though and he however has saved himself totally for her.
Can these two find their way back to each other?
Is he prepared for all that comes with marrying Caitlin?
The book is well written however it needs more editing in a few spots. The romance was unique to say the least. Valto is not a male that Caitlin is used to being with. Caitlin will blow Valto's mind and heart.
I was gifted a copy of this book for my honest review
Redemption
Author: H.J. Bradley
Publication Date: 2/16/2015
Reviewed by: Tammy Payne- Book Nook Nuts
My Rating: 5 Stars
REVIEW
New to me author
Valto is shocked to hear the news that Cat is looking to marry.
He thought himself the only male for her.
However the Welsh have rules and as such marriage must be done.
Valto broke off things many years ago with Caitlin and he has regretted it every since.
Valto had broken Caitlin's heart. Why would she even think of him as her husband?
His twin sister Kai rubs it in for how he was back then.
Thinking that Caitlin actually had spent time with another man.
His grandmother lets him know a letter has arrived for him and wants to know what he will do after reading it.
Of course Caitlin’s stepmother also has a part to play in this.
He heads off to be with Caitlin and court her. She has grown though and he however has saved himself totally for her.
Can these two find their way back to each other?
Is he prepared for all that comes with marrying Caitlin?
The book is well written however it needs more editing in a few spots. The romance was unique to say the least. Valto is not a male that Caitlin is used to being with. Caitlin will blow Valto's mind and heart.
I was gifted a copy of this book for my honest review
Redemption
August 10, 2015
I'm tempted to write a review about this, even though I don't normally. I have a few things I could see about this book. I was kind of split about what rating to give it, too.
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