Dreams of Stardust by Lynn Kurland

Challenge: Read a book with sun, moon, or stars in the title.
Rating: 3 1/2 hearts

B&N overview: Bestselling author Lynn Kurland creates another magical time-travel romance in this love story pairing Jake Kilchurcn (England, 2005) and Amanda de Piaget (England, 1217). Amanda has been given the summer to pick a proper suitor out of a depressing crowd of gold-diggers. Jake's car gets stuck in the mud in front of a castle rumored to be haunted; and the following day, he and his car have a mysterious accident. Then centuries collide, dropping Jake onto a muddy field for Amanda to discover. Their storybook romance and his determined transition from 21st-century artisan to 13th-century warrior, all to win Amanda's hand, is charm itself. Readers will enjoy Jake's forays back into the future, where he is taken for a silly reenactment tourist, and will delight in the cameo appearances by characters who have starred in earlier books.

Review: I have been looking forward to this book for ages, so it's a little disapointing to not love it after all the anticipation. I was torn when figuring out what rating to give this book... it's really a 3 1/2 star book for me. Good book, it just never made me sit up and say wow. The romance was a bit tepid. Even though Kurland does not write detailed love scenes, she has often penned highly romantic stories, but this one had me skimming much of the time. It had a couple of moments where I was gripped, but it was largely put-down-able, I am sorry to say. I did enjoy "seeing" Kendrick, who is one of my all time favorite heroes of hers.