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I've probably read this book at least 10 times since it's release! I never tired of Ms. Woodiwiss and her her awesome historical romance creativity. I started with the Flame and the Flower, and then moved on to The Wolf and the Dove, and Shanna is her third masterpiece, and I think it's my favorite. Shanna was a strong-willed woman, a bit ahead of her time it seems. But the beauty of this story is Ruark and how he understood her and her motivations and used them both to his advantage. No domineering man here, but a strong one nonetheless!


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Shanna Kathleen E Woodiwiss 9780380385881 Books Reviews

2.5 stars

Oh my... This took forever. I suspect it's a fairly long book, but as I read the eBook version, it's hard to confirm.

I did enjoy some parts... The pirate bits and the last few chapters when finally answers to questions were finally revealed. Some of the bits I had guessed correctly (in fact, my one hypothesis is all that kept me going at times); others I was wrong about; and then there were some revelations I didn't see coming at all.

Throughout, for me, there was too much repetitive heaving bosom and passion and coupling. And Shanna's angst drove me dilly at times. I quite like Ruark and Pitney as characters though, although Ruark really did make some strange choices.

Anyway, it's read, and I have ventured into a genre I don't normally read, and don't plan to return to in a hurry!
It was actually another book in my collection and the reviews that it received, that brought me to 'Shanna' by Kathleen Woodiwiss. That book, 'The Winds of Fate,' by Elizabeth St. Michel, which bears a startling likeness to 'Shanna,' was poorly written and chocked with historical inaccuracies. I quit reading 'Winds' at the 50% mark and started to write my review. That's when I stumbled on the many comparisons of 'Winds' to 'Shanna' that were mentioned in others' reviews. An 'one-click' later and I was once again riding with a desperate heroine on the rainy, foggy streets of late-night London toward Newgate Prison in search of a temporary husband.

Beyond the nearly identical plots, 'Shanna' is much better written than 'Winds.' That said, had it not been for another reader's review of 'Shanna' that encouraged readers to hang on, I might have quit this book around the 40% mark. The title character's self-centeredness is both destructive and hard to stomach. I don't think I've ever read any other character that I wanted to reach through the pages to slap more than Shanna. She is absolutely infuriating. The depth and consistency of Shanna's characterization creating that reaction through the first 50% of the novel is an authorial accomplishment in itself, I suppose.

On the advice of anonymous ' Customer,' I continued reading. I won't say that I 'fell in love' with Shanna as her character slowly develops from self-absorbed brat to a woman who understands that her actions had and continue to have devastating consequences. I will say that I did come to like her somewhat more than I thought would have thought possible in the first half of the novel.

What of Ruark, the male protagonist? He's handsome (duh), enormously patient, smart, talented and eminently likable which makes him the perfect foil for Shanna's many imperfections. His best scenes were when he'd had a bellyful of Shanna's crappy treatment and let her know it. It was his faith and patience with her that also kept me reading. If nothing else, I wanted to see her come to full realization of just how badly her actions had jeopardized his very life especially in the second part of the novel when they're being held by pirates.

Secondary characters were also well developed, especially Shanna's father, Orlan, and Pitney, her faithful guard. Despite some questionable actions on his part, it was Pitney who served as a moral/ethical counterpoint to Shanna's miserable behavior. I liked him a lot and can say that I was a bit surprised by the revelation of his true identity at the novel's end. I didn't see any real reason for the subterfuge related to his identity, however.

There were some elements of this story that grated on me a bit. Among these are the almost-every-page references to Shanna's beauty and the almost sell-out quality of Ruark's real identity. While I suspected his true identity, I wanted him to remain as a freed 'bondsman' to see if Shanna could actually love someone of a lower social order. I guess my wish for this test of her 'reformed character' is just my lingering distrust coming out.

Bottom line Do I recommend it? Yes. Despite a truly aggravating title character, at times too florid language and editing errors made in the transition from print to digital versions of this story, hanging on 'til part two of the novel will find you rewarded with an engaging, fairly well written story. Happy reading!
I read this years ago and was impressed with KEW's multi-layered plot and characters. I read it again recently, and I think she did a thorough job of demonstrating what British colonization was like in the West Indies. Trahern was a man ahead of his time to look for his labor pool among those indentured in England, instead of relying on the African slave trade that was in full flush during that era. By the time they colonized Australia, they were much better at selecting people for the work of extending their empire. His plantation produced sugar, rum, and lumber, so I figured Los Camellos was part of the Leeward Islands, where one finds these products. Shanna is indeed a self-centered brat with enough brains and common sense to know that what she has seen among the aristocracy is not to her liking. Her mistake is in thinking that Mr. Beauchamp has a titled name - his Uncle is a Marquiss, after all (a level of peerage near a Duke) - but lacks everything that comes with that - money, education, manners, connections, pride, and loyalty. He's also a colonial patriot - a nice touch I thought - as he will bring her a new life in a new nation during the course of their marriage. She is stubborn and, although at odds with her Dad, she wants someone as independent and sterling as she thinks he is. The age difference in these novels is always a gap of about 10 to 12 years - enough to presume that the hero has learned patience, wants to finally settle down, and can see the true worth of a heroine when the reader still cannot. Shanna's challenge is growing up and looking for her strengths and loves in the real world using her own personal resources. Ruark's challenge is to guide her - and it is not an easy task. I was a bit surprised that all around her saw a great deal of good and value in her, even if she did not demonstrate these traits frequently. Even the Beauchamp family saw her as something special and perfect for their driven and patently brilliant second son. I kept thinking if she had not met her paragon of a husband in the jail, where was she EVER going to find someone at all? KEW fleshed out the various characters very well, and all added something distinctive and needed in this tale. It's a good read; and I won't wait years to read it again. It might have been nice to have had a sequel about the children who would have been adults at the time of the American Revolution in Virginia no less!
I've probably read this book at least 10 times since it's release! I never tired of Ms. Woodiwiss and her her awesome historical romance creativity. I started with the Flame and the Flower, and then moved on to The Wolf and the Dove, and Shanna is her third masterpiece, and I think it's my favorite. Shanna was a strong-willed woman, a bit ahead of her time it seems. But the beauty of this story is Ruark and how he understood her and her motivations and used them both to his advantage. No domineering man here, but a strong one nonetheless!