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Bold Wolf (Historical Romance, Signet)

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...I am from Maine, so I sought out this particular offering inEdwards' Indian series. The Penobscot have my undying admiration, andCassie Edwards has brought their culture to live. As always, the romance sparkles with sexual tension and that unique tenderness which comes between lovers from two cultures. Strong people have strong conflict, and Shanna and Bold Wolf keep the reader gripped to the last page. Very enjoyable!

I've just finished reading "Bold Wolf" this morning. I have to say that I was extremely disappointed with the book. The flow of the story was not smooth at all. It seems like new things had been constantly thrown into the plot in order to give the book some length. I feel really cheated or let down reading this just after I've finished reading all of Karen Kay's books. I only wish the book could have been half as good as its cover.

Who needs juice with a cover like that to drool over?
I found it so very interesting to learn of [hopefully true] some of the living habits of the Penobscots.

Shanna Sewell seemed to keep her niavety well into later life.
Bold Wolf was a determined suitor and daddy's job was almost gruesome and he appeared to have a prejudice against anyone who would take Shanna away from her violin.
But he did love his family - what ever happens to the twin brothers??

I can't see how Shanna got away from the town without being accosted by some of the lower lifes hanging around. How many brothels were there?
I liked her readiness to accept the little baby she found and wanted to keep.

I loved the intensity of Bold Wolf's and Shanna's attachment to one another and her firm belief [almost] of her destiny with Bold Wolf. I still find it hard to believe her ajustment to the Indian way of life but then the times were a lot different.

We of our day and age [sadly] find it hard to comprehend the earlier times of our country and the peoples' way of living and acting.
We seem to wish our own wide spread looseness of morality on the previous generations [not that some didn't happen] Ah Well!

Still a great story to read with more than just reading value.
Definitely Recommended ?????

My review on the book is awesome its great i didn't see anything wrong with cassies edwards books or anything that shouldn't be in it.. she does research on all of her books..besides if people doesn't like reading her books then why go out and buy them??? i personally am looking for all of her books.. i have 13 of them already and about 10 more on the way..on the other hand i am A Native American myself and i love reading her Native American novels and would go over the top to find them all and thats what i am doing Bold Wolf has alot of passion in it and alot of other things..alot of people whats more sex in the books well that would be great for one....but myself i give Cassie Edwards 2Thumps up on all of her books...everyone that she has written..

Very good book by Cassie Edwards. I have enjoyed every book she has written. END

Like all of Cassie Edwards books this one is wonderful as well. A must read for all Indian Romance fans.

The dialogue was clunky, the plot over-crowded, the sex scenes awkwardly written, and the "historical" aspect highly inaccurate. It's made me suspicious of reading any other Edwards books now that I see what a poor job she's done re-creating Penobscot Indian culture.

The author has obviously done some reading about the Penobscots but it doesn't take much knowledge of them to know that in the mid-1800's when this story takes place:

1)Unlike other tribes, they didn't use "Indian" names like Bold Wolf and Pale Moon! By the mid-1800's, they had mostly converted to Catholicism and took French names like Louis or Francis. Common family names were French-influenced ("Sockalexis" from "St. Alexis") or English, such as Nelson and Shay.

2)They lived in houses, not wigwams. (and still do.)

3)They worked as loggers, guides and basketweavers because the river had become too polluted to sustain the fish and other wildlife they had depended on.

4)They didn't have a Chief anymore, he was an elected tribal governor who served a 2-year term.

5)They didn't wear loincloths and most wore their hair short. They wore clothes such as dresses, lumberjack shirts and denim pants. For special occasions they wore traditional regalia.

6)They no longer had designated "Pure Men" who hunted for the tribe and lived like monks, though Miss Edwards is right about the duties of a Pure Man in former times. For an interesting and reliable book about Penobscot culture, I recommend "Penobscot Man" by Frank Speck.

If this story had been set a hundred years earlier it would have been a smidgen more believable. Still, it doesn't make up for just plain bad writing.

I have read many of Cassie Edwards books and I can honestly say I was truely disappointed in this one. Where was the passion between Shanna and Bold Wolf. The story line was real hard to follow. It was just not one of her better books. After just reading Catherine Hart's "Night Flame" this book didn't even come close to compare.

From back of book:
BOLD ENCOUNTER
Shanna Sewell was warned by her father to keep away from the Indians who shared the wildly beautiful Maine frontier. But fate brought her face-to-face with Bold Wolf, the proud, sensual son of the Bear People's chief. It was an encounter that left her trembling...with something more than fear.

BOLD DESIRE
Bold Wolf, an honored warrior, was sworn to chastity and forbidden by his clan to touch a woman. But once he saw Shanna, his passion surpassed any law or reason. Somehow they would find a way to give their hearts freely...even as treachery and a shocking secret shattered everything but their belief in each other--and in a love no one could tear asunder....

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This was an average read to me, I've read better from Cassie Edwards. Sometimes the writing seemed amateurish, yet sometimes it could be good; almost like it was two different authors. The characters were likeable but at times were too perfect to be real. It seemed in the first half of the book that something was always happening, not a moment of rest to be found; it just appeared to be a little too much. The first love scene amused me because it was written as if Bold Wolf was an expert, yet he was a Runner, so of course he couldn't know all those different positions, at least I wouldn't think so.

The pace towards the end of the book was rushed and the end wasn't quite satisfying. Though it was never mentioned, I would think that by then Shanna would know the language of the Penobscot by then. I found myself wishing that Ms. Edwards would write Jennie's story separately, although I know she mainly writes Native American romances. I rather wished the part about Jennie had been different. Still it wasn't the worst book I've ever read and it was entertaining.

I have became a avid fan of Cassie Edwards...reading 5 novels in the last week. Bold Wolf was the last I read. In the beginning I was somewhat bored with the plot and then bingo ...things began to roll and roll...and as usual I was unable to put the book down..read it in 4 hours and loved it.