Children of the Mist Eden Phillpotts 9781314591439 Books
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Children of the Mist Eden Phillpotts 9781314591439 Books
This is not my first by Malcolm and there is a reason. She writes great stories.Set in France and Scotland in 1764, this is the story of Kat MacGregor, daughter of the banished MacGregor clan who promised her dying mother she would care for her siblings, both older than Kat. For five years she has fought to protect her ailing younger brother and her vulnerable older sister, knowing that if their identity as MacGregors is discovered once they return to Scotland, they could die.
Sir Darach Campbell, Lord of Strathrannoch and Glengrian, knows Kat holds the secret to his missing brother, Riach, and so intends to hold the “ragged chit” close. In front of witnesses, he announces he and Kat are wed. In Scotland, that constituted a valid marriage. Once he decided to make her his wife, Darach begins to acknowledge the fascination he had for her from the first moment he looked into her green eyes five years before in France.
So begins a tug of war as Kat tries to escape to get back to her brother and sister and Darach fearlessly hangs on, all the while trying to solve the mystery behind his wee bride and his missing brother.
I loved both the hero and the heroine. Kat is young but fearless, clever and undaunted by the young Campbell lord. Darach is tenacious yet tender with Kat (well, most of the time). While there is not much history, you can tell Malcolm has done her research with the Gaelic sprinkled throughout and the fear that was real for any MacGregor.
Malcolm does a superb job of keeping us in suspense and turning pages. It’s a great read and highly recommended for readers who love deeper Scottish historicals, which I do. Malcolm is also the author of The Taming, book 1 in the Cameron trilogy, which I also recommend. I consider them all “keepers”.
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Children of the Mist Eden Phillpotts 9781314591439 Books Reviews
"So, I hae to pull my drunken father out of a whore's bed and bring him home to my dying mother?"
Clan MacGregor known as the Children of the Mist, and banished from Scotland, only one son of the notorious Rob Roy MacGregor still alive - and he's a shifty one. Once a proud member of an elite French guard, his drinking, whoring and gambling (he cheats!) has brought the last of the MacGregors as low as low can be. Kat's only twelve or so when the story begins, and on the death of her mother in a run-down hovel, her father decides it's time to sneak back into Scotland and take revenge on the clan he blames for all their woes...
Clan Campbell now led by Darach Campbell after the death of his father, and despite power and wealth life isn't a bowl of cherries since he's got his hands full dealing with his fop of a half brother and his slutty and nutty English stepmother. Younger half-brother Riach has gone missing after his most recent round of gambling (and losing) and opium binging he's 'saved' from having to settle his gambling debts when Kat's father befriends him and steps in under an assumed name.
The trap is set and Kat's father is ready to spring it on Darach with the lure of saving his younger (and missing!) brother. Kat (now about sixteen) is brought along dressed as a boy to aid her father in the sting, but things go terribly wrong and...
I'm not going to tell you, just be assured that it brings our hero and heroine together in a very stormy relationship. Kat has quite a hot temper and she's been raised since a child to hate those evil Campbells with every fiber of her being. Darach, on the other hand, has no idea what to do with the spitfire he's got on his hands - but he does know she holds the key to locating his young brother and he's not about to let her go until he gets some answers.
I loved this story and couldn't put the book down, my only quibbles would be taking too long and one or two too many would-you-two-just-please-talk-to-each-other arguments to get to the inevitable HEA. This is a bit old-skoolish, and there is a small spanking in it, but this time Kat's the more violent one - she can hit and kick with the best of them. Poor Darach is pretty bruised and battered by the end of this.
I really, really liked the sub-story of the crumbling old mansion forgotten by everyone but the MacGregors and the young spoiled Riach having to sober up, drop his fancy silks for working man's clothes and learn how to work the land and take care of the two young MacGregor children. His reaction to working men's boots (used!!) and a leather vest with another man's sweat stains under the arms? Priceless. Having to carry a corpse and dig a grave and dirty his manicured nails? Priceless.
I also enjoyed the shenanigans and Scots humor of the secondary characters of Uncle Angus and the Hag (the healer), "A wild-haired old crone shuffled about waving clumps of dried weeds and muttering strange incantations." Lol. Added bonus of to the story was Darach's slutty stepmother always trying to find a way into his bed and/or knocking off rivals to her getting into Darach's bed.
An all-around darned good read, and as I said previously, it's one that I couldn't put down. I've read two books now by this author and currently on a third - her books should appeal to those needing an Outlander fix. This one is going on my keepers shelf.
Phoebe Lyddon frowned, and, as an instant protest, twin dimples peeped into life at the left corner of her bonny mouth. In regarding that attractive ripple the down-drawn eyebrows were forgotten until they rose again into their natural arches. A sweet, childish contour of face chimed with her expression; her full lips were bright as the bunch of ripe wood-strawberries at the breast of her cotton gown; her eyes as grey as Dartmoor mists; while, for the rest, a little round chin, a small, straight nose, and a high forehead, which Phoebe mourned and kept carefully concealed under masses of curly brown hair, were the sole features to be specially noted about her. She was a trifle below the standard of height proper to a girl of nineteen, but all compact, of soft, rounded lines, plump, fresh of colour, healthy, happy, sweet as a ripe apple.
Judith from Peterborough, The United Kingdom
I'd not come across Eden Philpotts before - this was a freebie on my & am well pleased to have been introduced..
Very much in the Victorian mold, but well worth reading in my opinion, with unexpected twists to the plot..... a mystery thriller.
This is not my first by Malcolm and there is a reason. She writes great stories.
Set in France and Scotland in 1764, this is the story of Kat MacGregor, daughter of the banished MacGregor clan who promised her dying mother she would care for her siblings, both older than Kat. For five years she has fought to protect her ailing younger brother and her vulnerable older sister, knowing that if their identity as MacGregors is discovered once they return to Scotland, they could die.
Sir Darach Campbell, Lord of Strathrannoch and Glengrian, knows Kat holds the secret to his missing brother, Riach, and so intends to hold the “ragged chit” close. In front of witnesses, he announces he and Kat are wed. In Scotland, that constituted a valid marriage. Once he decided to make her his wife, Darach begins to acknowledge the fascination he had for her from the first moment he looked into her green eyes five years before in France.
So begins a tug of war as Kat tries to escape to get back to her brother and sister and Darach fearlessly hangs on, all the while trying to solve the mystery behind his wee bride and his missing brother.
I loved both the hero and the heroine. Kat is young but fearless, clever and undaunted by the young Campbell lord. Darach is tenacious yet tender with Kat (well, most of the time). While there is not much history, you can tell Malcolm has done her research with the Gaelic sprinkled throughout and the fear that was real for any MacGregor.
Malcolm does a superb job of keeping us in suspense and turning pages. It’s a great read and highly recommended for readers who love deeper Scottish historicals, which I do. Malcolm is also the author of The Taming, book 1 in the Cameron trilogy, which I also recommend. I consider them all “keepers”.
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