Oh, naval terms...I've been recording an audiobook with a few naval terms in it, and they're always shortened, and never in quite the way you expect.
And here I am, several weeks later, alarmingly invested in this novel and its characters.
Ha ha, I recognize this! That first reading experience was something.
I can't help but wonder if her reluctance is, at least in part, based in the fear of becoming a widow so soon after marriage. Ewen, in contrast, seems to have the complete opposite view: that any time married is precious, and that they should seize life with both hands while they have it.
Yes, I think you're right, and that this explains the conflict, such as it is, about whether to get married right away. I do like Alison a lot, but by now I feel like the Alison in my head is half my own character, since I wrote a longfic where she had a lot of POV (more than in canon).
I did enjoy the brief mention of Keith when Ewen is at Ardroy. It was a good way to subtly remind the reader where the story is headed, that even though this particular chapter of the Jacobite Uprising is swiftly drawing to a close, there is still plenty of story left.
Yes! We're only halfway through the story, really. So much slashy goodness left.
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Oh, naval terms...I've been recording an audiobook with a few naval terms in it, and they're always shortened, and never in quite the way you expect.
And here I am, several weeks later, alarmingly invested in this novel and its characters.
Ha ha, I recognize this! That first reading experience was something.
I can't help but wonder if her reluctance is, at least in part, based in the fear of becoming a widow so soon after marriage. Ewen, in contrast, seems to have the complete opposite view: that any time married is precious, and that they should seize life with both hands while they have it.
Yes, I think you're right, and that this explains the conflict, such as it is, about whether to get married right away. I do like Alison a lot, but by now I feel like the Alison in my head is half my own character, since I wrote a longfic where she had a lot of POV (more than in canon).
I did enjoy the brief mention of Keith when Ewen is at Ardroy. It was a good way to subtly remind the reader where the story is headed, that even though this particular chapter of the Jacobite Uprising is swiftly drawing to a close, there is still plenty of story left.
Yes! We're only halfway through the story, really. So much slashy goodness left.