ARC Review: Entwined by Kristen Callihan
Book Info
Released: November 5, 2013
Series: Darkest London #3.5
Pages: 40
Not many authors can write this well while also creating passionate love stories that can make you smile and laugh! ~ Under the Covers
ENTIWNED is a novella set in the Darkest London world. It’s the story of Eamon Evernight and Lady Luella Jane Moran. Luella is set to marry Eamon’s brother at a very young age, but he isn’t ready to settle down yet. Marriage isn’t something that interests him so he makes his brother, Eamon write a letter to Lu and pretend to be him.
Eamon isn’t as callous as his brother so he tries to let her down slowly. Except, much to his surprise, he finds that Lu has a backbone and isn’t willing to take no just yet. As they continue this back and forth through letters, it is clear that they have become affectionate and now care about one another.
When a death in the family forces Lu to see her soon-to-be husband, Eamon doesn’t know what to do. His brother will be marrying her and all this time in their correspondence, she believes their letters were real. In an interesting little twist, Callihan manages to pull off the impossible!
Novellas are often hard to write. Much of the romance is rushed, the characters aren’t always fully formed, and the stories just don’t seem to have the same potency as full length books. But Callihan uses a little trick that I think speeds up the process. The romance between E and Lu starts off in an epistolary fashion – the letters back and forth cement their compatibility. The challenge now is, how will E and Lu be together when E’s brother stands in the way? You’ll have to read to find out, but I adored this novella! Callihan manages to pack affectionate scenes, lusty scenes and funny scenes all in this tight word count. Plus, her writing just flows naturally so reading seems almost effortless.
If you haven’t read Kristen Callihan yet, you must! Not many authors can write this well while also creating passionate love stories that can make you smile and laugh!
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I absolutely loved this one. Can’t wait for Shadowdance!
Shadowdance is amazing!!! Hope you love it!
How gorgeous is this cover?!
I have really grown to like Kristen and her writing in these books. She’s taken two of my favorite genres, paranormal and historical, and combined them in the most interesting and engaging way 🙂 Now, thanks to your review, I’m really excited about this novella.
I agree that novellas are a challenge for the all the reasons you state so the fact that she pulled it of really intrigues me 😉
♥Isalys / Book Soulmates
Isalys, this is one of my favorite series! Callihan does such a great job of creating this unique world and it helps that you care deeply about her characters as well. I cannot wait for the next one!
I had no idea this novella existed! It sound so good and the cover is so pretty. Thank you for reviewing it, I’m going to pre-order now 😀
Hey Aly! Hope you enjoy their story! I fell in love with it!
I love this series and can’t wait to read this and Shadowdance. I have been wanting Mary’s story since she first showed up. I’m glad that the novella didn’t feel rushed. A lot of times I will ignore reading novella’s for that reason but I will definitely be reading this one. Thanks for the great review.
Hey Stephanie!
Yeah, Callihan does a neat trick here where she writes letters between the couples and I think those letters are key to the romance. It gives enough insight into their passion without having to draw the whole thing out in a short story. It’s genius, really.
Haven’t tried this series, but I agree novellas sometimes seem so rushed.
Lisa, I do hope you give this one a shot!
I read the first book but didn’t love it….the covers are amazing though!
Read the second one, Elizabeth! Ian is my favorite!!
Thanks….I may add it to mt tbr
I have not read Kristen Callihan before, but will definitely check her out.
Hey Rana, I hope you try her books out 🙂
I look forward to this one while I’m waiting for Shadow Dance. It sounds good with a nice little problem there. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Sophia Rose, yeah I think this is a quality novella from KC! Hope you enjoy!
I usually don’t like novellas because the romance is rushed. I love the cover and the story description,. I think I will give this a try after reading the review.
Your concerns are like mine, but I was very impressed by this one! Enjoy!
I have not read this author, but after this review, I certainly looked up the book and made my first Kristen purchase.
Hey!!! I’m so glad. I hope you love it as much as I do!
I haven’t read any books from this autors,but sounds really promising,and the cover is very good 🙂
I must say, your reviews are great,thanks for all wonderful recommendations 🙂
Awesome review annie!! I went and bought it!! Shared on all my socials!