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The main reason I'm posting a review is because I want potential readers to appreciate how large a role the supernatural plays in this novel. I was expecting a historical romance with dash of mysticism. But the so-called curse, and the witch and ghost behind it, drive most of the major plot points. Moreover, these supernatural elements are presented as though they are an actual part of the actual world. That is, the author has not built a new fictional world, in which curses, witches, and ghosts exist. She has simply stuck those concepts into 19th century Scotland. And so we are asked to believe that a young, normal, wealthy woman, and a slightly older normal man - both of whom participate wholly in mainstream culture, including regular attendance of Anglican church - believe in curses/ witches/ ghosts to the extent that they run around doing inexplicable things. Moreover, they expect other people to accept their supernaturally-grounded reasoning, and not treat them as if they had lost their minds. In order to make supernatural story elements work, an author needs to commit wholeheartedly. This is done through proper "worldbuilding" (as it called in the sci-fi community). Maxwell wants to have a real curse literally, causally, affect her characters, but she doesn't do the work require to make that idea plausible, and so her characters simply come across as ridiculously credible. As I trust you can tell, I found this pretty irritating.

Aside from their absurd willingness to believe in ghost stories, I quite liked the hero and heroine, and I would have been interested in reading about their relationship. But there were so many silly curse-driven shenanigans, they didn't really have space enough to breathe. To my mind, it seems that Maxwell couldn't decide whether she wanted to write a ghost-story or a romance, and thus she managed to neither very successfully.

This problem becomes especially pronounced at the end of the book, when the author has to find some way to resolve the 'curse'. Multiple events occur out-of-the-blue, with minimal connection to earlier events (because Maxwell seems to have decided that in a supernatural story, plots don't need to "make sense"), and the hero saves the day in a very unsatisfying, and incomprehensible, manner. And unfortunately, Maxwell didn't quite have the romance and the ghost-story synched together. The hero and heroine had already fallen fully and explicitly in love and committed themselves together before all the curse-stuff came to a head. And so the author had to have them fall EVEN MORE in love (although she had already described them as totally, fully, etc., etc. in love), and EVEN MORE committed (although they were already entirely, infinitely, etc. etc. committed). The last passages were a real slog. But never let it be said that I would write a review for a book I didn't read in its entirety!


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The Devil Heart The Chattan Curse Cathy Maxwell 9780062070241 Books Reviews

Compared to the first two books of the Chattan Curse series (Lyon's Bride and Witch something), this book was a disappointment. The other two were very exciting and I couldn't wait to finish up the series.

However, I found the story boring and spent the entire book waiting for them to get into figuring out how to stop the curse.

If it wasn't Book 3 of the series, I would tell you not to buy it.
I gave this book a five star rating because it had all the good elements of a very great read. I would recommend this book to all romantic readers and advise them to read the previous two books.
What a great series. If you like Nora Roberts and some of her historical pieces as well as some more contemporary with whitchy historical woven in, you will like this series. It has everything. This is the first time Cathy Maxwell put mysticism in her writings. it was a really great story. Enough romance, sex and humor.
I really enjoyed this conclusion of the Chattan Curse trilogy. I had correctly guessed the identity of Brodie' s true killer early in this book. I won't give it away here, but I did not have the 'why' of the murder figured out. Heath comes from a long line of superstitious Scott's, all believing in Fenella's curse, while he himself gives it no credibility at all. I like his twisted view of who was really cursed that day, the Chattan or his own line. The Chattan fear death, but have wealth, power, prestige, and social standing while his own clan struggles to survive and stay out of debtor's prison. He is struggling so hard to hold onto his birthright, his legacy, the respect and faith placed in a clan as their chief. A position he never intended to be in. Brodie was to be chief, not Heath. Now here comes Margaret Chattan, with talk of curses. They need each other. She the first Chattan daughter since the beginning of the curse and he the last male in Fenella's line. Is this significant to the breaking of the curse? Rowan seems to think so. Really good story. Great resolution. Well thought out plot. Another great Cathy Maxwell story. Right down to the detail of 'Owl' continuing into the Happily Ever After.
I picked up The Devil's Heart The Chattan Curse because it was listed as a RITA nominee for 2014 in the paranormal category. Yes the story is well written, executed, and edited -- Everything I expected, for some reason it didn't shine. I read this as a stand alone, I didn't read the other books in this series.

This is the first time in a long time I've read a story based in Scotland with a Laird in the 1800's. I gave up regency romance in the 1980's. With that said, the time frame was different for a paranormal. I was interested enough to follow through and see what was up with Margaret and Heath, resolving this curse that affects two families. After all Margaret has to find the cure, her two brothers are now affected and at different stages of dying. Everything depends on her. She can't fail.

The paranormal aspects of this story weren't enough page space to make this a true paranormal romance for me. It was more superstition and believing in whether what was happening was real. Weather patterns which could harm. . . A long dead witch still controlling the curse. A ghostly cat.

The epilog was fine but I would have liked a bit more on how Heath's people fared after the Chattan money poured in. So much of the story is about Heath and his choice of remaining Laird or selling the land. Because that got so much page space I thought there's be more besides a marriage ceremony but more about the land and it's people when prosperity is suddenly reached. - Dan's Wife
The main reason I'm posting a review is because I want potential readers to appreciate how large a role the supernatural plays in this novel. I was expecting a historical romance with dash of mysticism. But the so-called curse, and the witch and ghost behind it, drive most of the major plot points. Moreover, these supernatural elements are presented as though they are an actual part of the actual world. That is, the author has not built a new fictional world, in which curses, witches, and ghosts exist. She has simply stuck those concepts into 19th century Scotland. And so we are asked to believe that a young, normal, wealthy woman, and a slightly older normal man - both of whom participate wholly in mainstream culture, including regular attendance of Anglican church - believe in curses/ witches/ ghosts to the extent that they run around doing inexplicable things. Moreover, they expect other people to accept their supernaturally-grounded reasoning, and not treat them as if they had lost their minds. In order to make supernatural story elements work, an author needs to commit wholeheartedly. This is done through proper "worldbuilding" (as it called in the sci-fi community). Maxwell wants to have a real curse literally, causally, affect her characters, but she doesn't do the work require to make that idea plausible, and so her characters simply come across as ridiculously credible. As I trust you can tell, I found this pretty irritating.

Aside from their absurd willingness to believe in ghost stories, I quite liked the hero and heroine, and I would have been interested in reading about their relationship. But there were so many silly curse-driven shenanigans, they didn't really have space enough to breathe. To my mind, it seems that Maxwell couldn't decide whether she wanted to write a ghost-story or a romance, and thus she managed to neither very successfully.

This problem becomes especially pronounced at the end of the book, when the author has to find some way to resolve the 'curse'. Multiple events occur out-of-the-blue, with minimal connection to earlier events (because Maxwell seems to have decided that in a supernatural story, plots don't need to "make sense"), and the hero saves the day in a very unsatisfying, and incomprehensible, manner. And unfortunately, Maxwell didn't quite have the romance and the ghost-story synched together. The hero and heroine had already fallen fully and explicitly in love and committed themselves together before all the curse-stuff came to a head. And so the author had to have them fall EVEN MORE in love (although she had already described them as totally, fully, etc., etc. in love), and EVEN MORE committed (although they were already entirely, infinitely, etc. etc. committed). The last passages were a real slog. But never let it be said that I would write a review for a book I didn't read in its entirety!