Review: And Be My Love

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Someone has made bold promises to the Highland witches in exchange for disposing of Michael MacClellan. But the nigheanan sgàil, the daughters of shadow, do not engage in murder and instead put the fierce warrior into a deep sleep, hidden inside the earth in 14th century Scotland.

Kayla Forbes is thrilled to leave the States, putting her recent break-up far behind her to study abroad at the university near Fort William in the Highlands. She had hoped to immerse herself in the history of Scotland but not quite so literally, falling backward in time as she unearthed a real-life warrior from his tomb. She might be mesmerized by the raw beauty of the man, but she knows she has to get away from him, has to find her way back to her life in the 21st century.

Michael remembers everything from the night he was put to sleep, including the witches foretelling that the one to wake him would be the one to break him. He intends to keep Kayla close to discover who betrayed him, but he’s not about to be put under her spell, no matter how effortlessly she wakens his sleeping desire.

They journey to Michael’s home, Brechmont Castle, where lies unfold and yet truth is elusive, and discover along the way that the only person worthy of trust just might be each other.

Genre: historical romance/time travel romance

Publication date: December 2021

Mature content: yes

 

Review: I loved the romance between Kayla and Michael but there were a few things in this book that didn't work for me, and that's why I'm not rating it with more than four stars: 

• I started purposefully with book one in this series to make sure I understood the full story (because I have read one subsequent book and felt a bit lost), but I still felt like I was missing something, as there is another woman that has previously traveled in time, something on which we are given very little detail
• I didn't care very much for the beginning of the plot. It was confusing and weird, to say the least. Especially because the reason for Michael's male version of sleeping beauty is never fully explained. If someone wanted him out of the picture, it would have been much easier (and probably more historically accurate) to just kill him...
• Some of the dialogues feel distinctly modern, even discounting the fact that sometimes you have two women from the future involved

 

Other than the above, if you love time travel and historical romances, And Be My Love is still a lovely book to read, and I definitely want to go through the remaining books in the series. 

 

Happy readings,

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