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A review by overzealous_reader
Thorn's Dove by Carlotta Hughes
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
For fans of Orcs, time travel, and slow-burn romances.
Ruth has escaped from a cult and is determined to live a life of peace. So Ruth decides to create a Tolkien-inspired Bed and Breakfast, but that dream keeps getting disrupted by an FBI agent hassling her to sell her land. From the stress of this new project, Ruth takes a walk on the nearby beach and finds an Orc named Thorn.
Thorn is an Orc from Talam who has traveled across different universes. When Thorn sees Ruth in person, he knows that she is his cridhe, his soul-mate. But Ruth is still trying to heal from her life in a cult. This leads Ruth to keep Thorn at a distance and deny her attraction to him. After Thorn learns of Ruth’s past, he gives her the space she desires, but it becomes more challenging for them both.
While the story is intriguing but it is questionable placing this story in Ruth’s world rather than Thorn’s universe. Thorn’s homeward of Talam feels like it should have been the setting for the setting considering Thorn’s people are in a time of hardship. However, it becomes very questionable considering the ending. The story would have been way more engaging if Ruth had landed in Thorn’s home world. But since most monster romances have the heroine placed in a foreign land, this book does the alternate and sets the monster in the human realm. But, personally, it does and doesn’t work for this book. But it is worth the read.
Ruth has escaped from a cult and is determined to live a life of peace. So Ruth decides to create a Tolkien-inspired Bed and Breakfast, but that dream keeps getting disrupted by an FBI agent hassling her to sell her land. From the stress of this new project, Ruth takes a walk on the nearby beach and finds an Orc named Thorn.
Thorn is an Orc from Talam who has traveled across different universes. When Thorn sees Ruth in person, he knows that she is his cridhe, his soul-mate. But Ruth is still trying to heal from her life in a cult. This leads Ruth to keep Thorn at a distance and deny her attraction to him. After Thorn learns of Ruth’s past, he gives her the space she desires, but it becomes more challenging for them both.
While the story is intriguing but it is questionable placing this story in Ruth’s world rather than Thorn’s universe. Thorn’s homeward of Talam feels like it should have been the setting for the setting considering Thorn’s people are in a time of hardship. However, it becomes very questionable considering the ending. The story would have been way more engaging if Ruth had landed in Thorn’s home world. But since most monster romances have the heroine placed in a foreign land, this book does the alternate and sets the monster in the human realm. But, personally, it does and doesn’t work for this book. But it is worth the read.