A Pirate's Love
by Johanna Lindsey
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Author: Johanna LindseyEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1978-10-01
ISBN: 0380400480
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Avon
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- ISBN13: 9780380400485
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Book Reviews of A Pirate's Love
Book Review: My favorite author of all time
Summary: 5 Stars
To anyone considering not buying this book because of people's reviews-don't listen to anyone's thoughts but your own when deciding to read a book. Read the back of the book, read an excerpt if one is available-if you like it, try it out. Also, people-loving the rest of her books then hating this one-published in the 70s-and stopping your buying of her future books because of this one? That makes no sense. I've noticed alot of terrible reviews for this book and it makes me angry. 1st of all, yes, as you can read in a lot of these reviews, there IS rape. NO, I do not appreciate that it happens in one of her books. That being said, Johanna Lindsey is my favorite author of all time-and for good reason. Her books are simply this-magic. The characters are the type that you don't forget and you keep them in your heart. Her books simply come to life, and the tales are something to truly treasure as well as the characters.
For this particular book, its actually one of my favorites. Yes, she sleeps with him after he says he'll harm her crew. Was he planning to? No, and if you read it properly, he also wouldn't physically harm her by (he mentions lashings) this way. This is a PIRATE book set in the 1600s!-but if you get proper feel of his character he wouldn't harm a hair on her head. This was written in the 70s and the style and wording of the book is different than something that would be written in these times of 2010. When they sleep together, each time she likes what she feels-but she is extremely stubborn about sleeping with him-and rightfully so! After all, she doesn't want to, he is physically stronger than her and as he touches her, he knows she likes his touch and isn't scared of him. Now there is one point where it mentions the "raping of her body." For me, again, I take into account the time this book was written and the style it was written in. I think about what time period it was written about and the situation and feelings between the characters. I take this as- he takes what he wants, yes, because she was (rightfully) unwilling to sleep with him even though she liked what feelings he was making her experience. And right afterwards she gave it back to him, retorting to him like she should. I take it as more he was taking the pleasure that he wanted from her but at the same time she, on one level, was not willing to admit and give what she wanted to him-and then again, she would have, had she admitted her real attraction for him.
Convoluted way of thinking? Maybe, but if you get the proper feel of the book and the characters (and take those things I mentioned above into consideration), you will realize that there is a real love story going on here and that this book isn't about horrific and graphic rape whatsoever. My thoughts, form your own after reading the book. Think about what Bettina thinks and says after he takes her against her wishes. Give the book a chance and read others from Johanna as well. Remember, again-this was written in the 70s, set in the 1600s, and RAPE IS NEVER LOVE or anything near it and I wished the wording had been different in that scene-but the characters romance is about stubbornness and Johanna captures that to perfection in the book. Believe me, I feel that rape is disgusting and evil and don't care to read about it, but this romance wasn't in that context. Give the book a real chance to see what I'm talking about and remember that this character, in this time period, is innocent and is unaware and stubborn as hell about her feelings for her pirate abductor. As is he, in his own stubborn way. Just read it 1st and give her books a chance, I promise you-you won't ever be sorry.
Summary of A Pirate's Love
A Pirate's Love
Sailing westward toward the Caribbean sun, young Bettina Verlaine obediently sets out to fulfill the promise made by her father--but not by her heart -- a prearranged marriage destined not to be...once the notorious Captain Tristan's pirate ship appears on the horizon.
Abducted by the bold and handsome brigand, the pale-haired beauty surrenders her innocence in the warm caress of the tropical winds -- detesting her virile captor for enslaving her. . .yet loving him for the passionate spell he casts over fragile, yearning heart.
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