Shadow Music (Abridged): A Novel Audiobook

" I love Julie Garwood's books but was greatly disappointed in this one. "

" Another Great Read from Julie Garwood "

" I had a little trouble getting into it but once I did it was worth it! "

" The Secret (Medieval #1 - 1992) was the best. Ransom (Medieval #2 - 1999) was very good. Shadow Music (Medieval #3 - 2007) was decent but not quite as good as the first two. Only one character is in all 3 books - Brodick. I think the series suffered a bit by having so much time, nearly a decade, between books. If you like the rest of this series, then you'll probably enjoy reading this and seeing Brodick again although his role is small. She could have ended the series after Ransom and it would feel complete. This isn't a bad book but it's not spectacular either. Julie Garwood fans would probably like it. After more contemporary stories she wrote a historical again. Definetly not as good as her earlier historical books, but very enjoyable and readable. "

" An always entertaining read from Julie Garwood. I always have enjoyed her historical fiction. And I had forgotten that this dovetails into Shadow Dance, the 6th in the Buchanan series. "

" It was an easy entertaining read. "

" This is another one of those young-heiress/princess-gets-taken-to-the-wild-Highlands-of-Scotland-and-falls-for-the-wild-Scottish-laird types of bodice rippers. It's been done so often before (and better, respectively, of course) that this one is rather bland and uninteresting. The young princess is entirely boring and shows us nothing new; the wild Scottish laird is flat and boring as well. The situation is contrived and feels forced, especially when they "fall for each other," which never felt natural. This qualifies as a bodice ripper only by virtue of a late-in-the-book scene and that's not even up to par of other BRs. The author seems to think her readers are imbeciles, as well, as she constantly explains actions and thoughts she just previously showed us, as if to say, "Hmm, perhaps they won't get it, so I'll hit them over the head with it." The lines at ends of chapters or paragraph breaks, such as "She didn't know how wrong she would be . . ." are entirely annoying and unnecessary. The reference in the title is also bland, as it's mentioned twice in the entire book and then not even as any kind of a major thing. "

" I wanted to love this book, really I did. I like Garwood. I like Scottish Highlanders. I like castles and smart & witty damsels in distress. What I don't like is men who behave like neanderthals (and that's the hero!); men who think it's okay to rape & destroy a woman (those are the villains, and yes there's more than one trying to do this); and women who go running off into the wilds even though they know there are multiple people out there who would love to rape, torture, murder them. That's not being plucky or showing gumption - that's showing stupidity and a complete lack of gumption and pluck. You know, the more I think about this book, the less I liked it. "

" I really enjoyed this series. I recommend it. :) "

" I have never listened to an audio book and since I am driving alot lately I thought this might be a good idea. I loved this book alot and the reader was GREAT!! I would love to hear her tell another story. "

" Got this as an audio book from LL and it made the drive to/from work more enjoyable. It was exactly what one would expect from the genre, but that is fine. "

" Princess to marry Scotish laird "

" O.K. - fun, somewhat historical novel. "

" I loved this fictional story set back in the 1700's in England/Scotland. It had lots of twists and turns and kept me wanting for more. I was sad when it ended but did love the ending :) It does have a slightly PG-13 scene in the book....but I won't say where. "

" I wish there're more Julie garwood's scotland novels !! I like this book my facetious character from "ransom " is in it :) "

" It's a romance novel, I guess, but not over the top. And it takes place in Scotland, so it gets bonus points for that alone. "

" Fun romp through medieval Scotland. A little more brutality that I really liked and the graphic love scenes were unneccessary. I listened to this on CD and just fast forwarded those parts. Really- I did! "

" Gotta love a book with a strong willed heroine that falls in love with kick ass warrior. "

" I was happy to see a return to the historical romance by Julie Garwood. I didn't love it though like I did her earlier books. Something was missing, but I still enjoyed it. "

" Out of the 3 this was my least fav. But still I like it! "

" Very disappointed in this one. I love the Buchanan brothers series, but this one didn't cut it for me. "

" The heroine was very likable and the story entertaining. Not the best Garwood book but still very enjoyable. "

" Another book on CD for long car drive. Kept me awake and I enjoyed it, though I don't hink it changed my life. "

" Not my favorite Julie Garwood book. It didn't have the humor that I have come to expect from her books and I didn't really care about the characters. It was dull compared to the rest of her romance novels. And I think the title was supposed to go the one of her thriller/suspense books. "

" I didn't finish this one. I'm a third of the way through the book and the romantic leads haven't even met each other yet. The style of writing is very hard to get through. "

" As always with Julie Garwood I enjoyed this book "

" I loved the story. Good Strong MEN. "

" Julie Garwood is the reason I stated reading historical books in the first place. Many years ago. I have read evey book that she has written. It was fun to read another of her historicals for a change. I love how put humor into her stores and keeps me coming back for more. "

" I like Julie Garwood. I like her historicals. This was not one of her better historicals. I would recommend starting with another first. It lacked the humor of 'The Bride' or the passion of 'Ransom'. "

" Got this as an audio book from LL and it made the drive to/from work more enjoyable. It was exactly what one would expect from the genre, but that is fine. "

" I didn't finish this one. I'm a third of the way through the book and the romantic leads haven't even met each other yet. The style of writing is very hard to get through. "

" This is book three of the Highland Lairds series. I haven't read the other two, but would like to. "

" great especially colmn and grabrelle character "

" critanya menarik..^^byk pesan2 yg ak dpet selama baca critanya..tapi,, ad yg kurang dibagian 'hot' nya.. kurang banyak maksudnya... hahahaa:Dcoba kalo ditambahin dibagian tersebut, ak kasih 5 bintang dehh.. hahahaa:D "