![]() I forced myself to keep listening, thinking he'd bring it up near the end. ![]() A family was murdered before the book even began and the hero knew who was responsible, but wasn't naming names. The characters were never really developed, so I never had any interest in them. ![]() The next 11 hours were a repetitive account of the newly-weds trying to get used to each other and trying to change the many parts about each other they didn't like. The rest of the story had the unimpressive hero/heroine meeting right away, falling for each other and marrying immediately. ![]() The prologue described a mighty warrior who, right before a battle, saw a vision of a lovely female with a hawk and two wolf-like dogs. The short prologue was the only interesting part of this book as the rest of the story did not follow suit. ![]()
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