Some Like It Plaid was a unique story, but there wasn’t enough romance and so much of the plot was not plausible that it was hard for me to truly love it. ~ Slick – Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews
Synopsis:
When Ashley Miller sees a Craigslist ad for an all-expense paid vacation to Scotland with a handsome Highland “escort”, she’s all over it. Worn out from working two jobs to pay off the debts her scam artist ex-husband left her with, she just needs a friggin’ break already. Rolling, misty mountains of the Scottish Highlands, here she comes!
But one minute she’s sipping a latte and the next she’s zapped to the 2nd century and promptly informed she’s managed to wed her handsome Highlander without even an “I do.” Oh, hell no.
After a devastating tragedy, Connall’s tribe is left with few marriageable women. When his Druid priest suggests a place filled with bonnie lasses, he of course agrees to go fetch one for himself. But nothing prepared Connall for his sassy new wife, nor his tribe for a woman determined to see equal rights for all women.
Now the men are threatening revolt if he can’t rein his young wife in, but it might be too late. The women are demanding the men get “woke”—which of course makes no sense because they already woke that morn—and give women “the vote,” whatever the bloody hell that is. Despite all that, Connall can’t stop wanting to convince his wife to get naked, and he’s starting to wonder if he’s been bewitched.
Only the more he gets to know her, the more he starts to think she’s just what they needed. If only he survives her next demand…
I’ll be upfront and say this book was pretty far out of my wheelhouse as it included time travel and was a historical romance with a twist and while I found it entertaining at times, for the most part I had a hard time with the concept as I kept thinking they are changing history (sorry but my love of Star Trek made me think how bad this could be). That all being said, Some Like It Plaid was amusing and clever, but at times a bit heavy and sad and while billed a romance, that part of the story felt a bit flat.
With most of the women of childbearing years being captured and taken into slavery, Connall must find a wife and soon to keep his clan alive and thriving. With the help of a druid he is sent to find his perfect match and winds up in modern day San Francisco where with help he places an ad on Craig’s List and meets Ashley, a broke divorcee just trying to pay off her ex’s debts and keep her head above water. An all expenses paid trip to Scotland sounds like heaven (even with cooking and washing clothes) until they arrive and she realizes it is second century Scotland, not modern day Scotland.
Soon Ashley realizes that her life will be much different and that any rights she had are now gone. She and Connall find a middle ground in dealing with one another and while there is attraction between them she keeps him at arm’s length and he doesn’t press the issue knowing she wishes to return to her home with the time is right.
Ashleybecomes known as a Diviner which in reality she is not but because she left her world with her laptop she begins to figure out she can “ask” questions and basically has Google at her beck and call and can get some information that helps her and those around her. She clearly enjoys the people in the clan and she does offer insight on ways to help them given her vast knowledge of things that haven’t been invented yet, but because she’s a woman she is often ignored by Connall and the other men. She soon forms her own “council” where they meet and plan ways they can help if they are attacked like before she arrived.
I appreciated this story for the unique way it was written and the way both Ashley and Connall found a way to eventually compromise, but I just found it hard to get past the unbelievable plot line of her being able to access Google and that she nor Connall worried that their actions could change the course of history. Yes, I realize it is fiction but for me fiction needs to be believable to work and these points just didn’t work with me (probably the reason I don’t read historical, fantasy, or sci-fi romances).
Some Like It Plaid was a unique story, but there wasn’t enough romance and so much of the plot was not plausible that it was hard for me to truly love it.
