My Beautiful Enemy
Written by Sherry Thomas
Narrated by Charlotte Anne Dore
4/5
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Despite the scars Catherine left him, Captain Leighton Atwood has never been able to forget the mysterious girl who once so thoroughly captivated him. When she unexpectedly reappears in his life, he refuses to get close to her. But he cannot deny the yearning she reignites in his heart.
Their reunion, however, plunges them into a web of espionage, treachery, and deadly foes. With everything at stake, Leighton and Catherine are forced to work together to find a way out. If they are ever to find safety and happiness, they must first forgive and learn to trust each other again.
Sherry Thomas
Sherry Thomas is the author of The Burning Sky and The Perilous Sea, the first two books in the Elemental Trilogy. Sherry immigrated to the United States from China when she was thirteen and taught herself English in part by devouring science fiction and romance novels. She is the author of several acclaimed romance novels and is the recipient of two RITA Awards. Sherry lives with her family in Austin, Texas.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5good story but too long.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The sequel to The Hidden Blade, although it can be read separately. The Hidden Blade does however explain certain things about the core characters and their motivations - and provides a certain level of depth to the story that would be lacking without it. Read together - it's a good story. Both lack something without the other.
This is the romance between Leighton Atwood and Catherine (Ying-Ying) Blade, the characters introduced in the previous novel. And unlike The Hidden Blade, the focus is on the romance. It is not erotica and there are no explicit sex scenes. So readers who require that sort of thing, will be disappointed.
The focus here is more on fight scenes, of which we get several. And the exploration of the characters feelings for each other, and how they fell in love. Thomas excels at the reunited lover's trope - examining why it didn't work out, and how years later they somehow come back together again. Older and wiser.
Thomas also excels at subverting trite and true romance gender tropes, and flipping the roles, while examining along the way how women have been treated and what they had to do to survive. In addition she does an excellent job (in the first book, The Hidden Blade, less so here) of depicting a loving homosexual relationship torn apart by religious intolerance and cruelty. And demonstrating the differences between the Chinese and British cultures, neither come off well - the British are homophobic and cruel, as well as a bit small minded, yet women in Britain have more freedom in some respects than women in China. Both cultures abuse power and both make mistakes in the name of nationalism - this is demonstrated in both books. Thomas is not quite subtle about it, but she doesn't hammer you over the head either.
Here - the female character, Catherine Blade is the fighter, hard edges, brooding, scarred, and world-weary - while Leighton is far more temperate, a dancer, and the nurturer, good at languages, and clever. Also, Catherine's on the quest, while Leighton supports her and waits until she's completed it.
Often it is the opposite.
At the end, a sweet romance off the beaten path.