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Book Review of Claiming the Highlander (MacAllisters, Bk 2)

Claiming the Highlander (MacAllisters, Bk 2)
Claiming the Highlander (MacAllisters, Bk 2)
Author: Kinley MacGregor
Genre: Romance
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 4


This was an easy read. I loved the idea that Maggie moved the women of both clans to hold off the men until they end their feud. I loved her bravery and her need to do something more. I loved Braden's character and could even allowed for his "sudden" love of Maggie. But certain aspects of the book left me feeling unsettled.

The laird refused to bow down to the women because he would lose respect of the clan. Yet it was okay for his men to tie him up and threaten him? Somehow that was a more acceptable way to get him into action? The book never addressed what happened to those men and it made me feel like the story wasn't as complete.

Also why couldn't Maggie take credit for what she accomplished? Was it enough that only Braden knew the truth? That sort of suggested that only he mattered in her world. Usually that would be romantic but not when the book was riddled with how unjust women were treated and that just added to it.

Maggie asked the women not to service their men in anyway yet she did repeatedly with Braden. I could forgive the first time since she thought she migth die the next day, but after that she came off as a traitor to her kind.

Sin was great in it and I loved Ceana / Agnes (the women of the MacDouglas clan). But the book was a disappointment. Most of the other books in the series were better.