A Kingdom of Dreams

"This author never does me wrong…"

"One of my favorites ❤ "

"dnf halfway through<br/>this book honestly kind of reminded me of all the reasons I don't usually read romance. while I appreciated the chemistry and development between the mc's, when I first started reading I knew that this is a historical romance, there would be some things I'd have to be willing to overlook. So I gave the male mc 4 chances. I read the book about halfway through, and he already got to 3 strikes.<br/>1. he slapped her across the face<br/>2. he "punished" her by slapping her Botton (I know this is typical of this time, and it very much reminded me of outlander, but I really just can't get behind it or brush it off)<br/>3. he manipulated and in other words forced her to lose her virginity to him, with very little though or remorse with the damage it would do to her and her world<br/>that last point is a very big NO for me. And I have to say I was very disappointed in the mc, because as headstrong and feisty as she was, I feel that she was weak in the parts that truly mattered. Firstly, the way that she desperately wanted to impress her father, who made it very obvious that he had no interest or particular love for her. I guess I can't fault her for that too much, as it's normal for children to crave their fathers attention, but it still annoyed me endlessly. Second, how can you so quickly forgive a man for (though not explicitly) forcing you to give up your honour and reputation and everything else that women in the past lose when they have unmarried sex. I know she said she didn't regret it and that she wanted it by the time they were in bed together, but it still ****** me off endlessly. <br/><br/>Honestly, I like romance mixed in with other genres, so that the story isn't so completely centred around it. I also immensely enjoy reading about female main characters who are independent, headstrong, powerful in their own unique way, and etc. The mc in this book was only like that occasionally. I've read some pretty good historical romances in the past (Daughter of the forest! Although that was a fantasy), but I'm just really tired of this formulaic nonsense with overpowering asshole male leads who are constantly have the mc cater towards them, rather than the other way around, or where both parties have to make sacrifices and whatnot (again, Daughter of the Forest!) I guess what I'm saying is that historical romances, at least with this plot outline, are seriously not for me."

"First ever historical romance I gave 5 stars and I read alot of them ♥️♥️"