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Cheyenne Song

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This is more than a heart- gripping romance. It is accurate to history, and so exciting you can not put it down!
This author does an excellent job making you feel like part of the scene. She takes you on the 1500 mile trek that the Northern Cheyenne made in their fight for freedom. The characters are vivid, their struggle is heart- breaking and yet heroic. Many of "The People" in this story will become special to you. Each battle will have you glued to the pages. I found myself actually holding my breathe as I read at times!
The romance is moving and totally consuming. The love between the characters is radiant. Also, you will enjoy some very steamy and daring love scenes.
I hated to see this book end! I'll definitely be checking out more of this author's novels.

Cheyenne Song was hard to put down! The mix of excitement, romance and historical fact mixed with fiction made this novel an excellent read! I've read other Gentry books, and this was one of her better efforts. The character's relationships to each other were very complex, and not the cookie-cutter people you sometimes encounter in romance novels. Highly recommended!

I got the large print copy of this book and liked the cover of that book better.
I liked the fact that the heroine was not your typical one. She was a dark-haired woman, over thirty, strong, independent, and had a job. Glory, aka Proud One, was the type of woman that makes reading these type of books worth it.
Two Arrows was a good hero. Even though he's an alcholic whose been through a lot in his life. He and Glory gets a second chance through their love for each other.
I have a strong interest in the Native American culture yet I don't read too many NA romance books because I don't like the way the NA's are betrayed. This book gave me insight to what Native Americans went through and a glimpse at their history.
Two complaints that I have is that the author used the word "sword" to describe the male parts and I thought she could have found a better word than that. I also felt the author could have written an epilogue instead of rushing the ending.
The love scenes were good and was more about love than trying to be erotic. On a whole, I would recommend this book, I think you will enjoy it.

I've never read such a moving and emotionally thrilling novel in a long time. Glory and Two Arrows and their people have gone through hardships no one should ever endure. Emotionally equipped. Guaranteed to make you appreciate human freedmom. The romance and love between these two are moving and real. You can relate with each character in this book. I cried at the very end. I hope there is a sequel to this book.. A MUST READ!!

Cheyenne Song is by far one of Georgina's best. I could not put this book down. I read this book in two days and went back and read it again. This one and Cheyenne Splender They are pack with history and romance. I liked these two books so much that I am now collecting all of her books.

My only problem with this book is the credibility of the heroine and her sudden trasistion from vehemently rejecting the hero and insisting that fiance will come for her to falling into bed with the hero and deciding that she loves him. There was hardly any transition and while the key reasons for her to fall for him were there, there was no gradual softening. Her behavior toward Two Arrows went from winter to summer, skipping spring entirely. It ruined the book for me and it will be one of the few books that I purchase that I WILL NOT read again or keep in my collection.

This was my first Georgina Gentry novel, but almost needless to say it won't be my last. It takes you back to Fort Reno, Indian Territory in 1878 and tells the true story of how a group of northern Cheyenne went back to their native lands. A trek of 1500 miles largely mastered on foot and partly in bad weather. Interwowen in this true story is the tale of two fictive caracters, the drunken army scout Two Arrows who was once a celebrated Dog Soldier among his people and divorcee Glory Halstead. Both of them struggle to regain a place in society and proud, headstrong Glory finds herself taken captive by Two Arrows as the indians decides to leave for home. During the weeklong ordeal Glorys feelings towards Two Arrows slowly change from hate to admiration and finally love.
The novel is very well written, the secondary characters, like captain David Krueger who loves Glory and wows to free her and kill Two Arrows no matter what are vividly described.
The book had me turning pages and towards the end had me sobbing so hard I had to pause to blow my nose and dry the tears from my cheeks :o)
WOW !
This book is a true keeper and a magnificent lovestory that also sheats light on the ordeal that the northern Cheyenne went through as they tried to return back home.

I absolutely cherish this book and can highly recommend it.

This my first Georgina Gentry book I've read and I will definitely be reading more of her books. Immediately after finishing it, I placed my order for another one of hers. This story was beyond touching and had me on the edge of my seat. I read it in less than two days and COULD NOT put it down! The love and passion that Two Arrows and Proud One shared was something that most dream of! I couldn't believe how this book brought me to tears. I will definitely remember this one and will reread it. I LOVED the ending! Read this, you will not be disappointed!

Hooray for Ms. Gentry! It is about time someone recreated the hell the Cheyenne were forced to endure. I also liked Glory, instead of the petite virgin most authors create, she is an average woman, someone we can relate too. Two Arrows was realistic as well as the other warriors, she really brought them to life. I cried, the events were based on actual history and I knew that, her writing brought vivid images to my mind. Another part that broke my heart was a section about a little starving Cheyenne girl in which Glory gave her a candy stick. The girl later bestowed Glory a bracelet in return of her jester. I really appreciate that Ms. Gentry researched the Cheyenne's upbringing and added it to this story. The love between Glory and Two Arrows was so powerful, leaving a physical sensation in one's heart.

Ms. Gentry has alot of fans and some great reviews with highly starred ratings, but I can only give one star. I had problems with so many things here that I was compelled to write a review. Shortly into the story, the heroine is captured by an Indian she recognizes from the fort where she lives after she stumbles on his tribe's nighttime escape from the fort. She spends her time praying for the Army to pursue and execute her kidnapper. As soon she and her kidnapper are intimate, she goes from hating his guts to being madly in love in the blink of an eye. At least give it a little time! This bothered me for the rest of the book, it was just unbelivable that she would fall in love so quickly under such extreme circumstances. Her desperate hopes that the Army will catch the escaping tribe are answered when an Army dispatch led by her fiancee reaches her and attempts a negotiation for her release. But then she refuses to even show herself to her fiancee and proceeds to hide in some rocks.

I felt no kinship with or sympathy for any of these people. The dialogue was too modern for the period and the Army was a bumbling group of amateurs in spite of being led by some of the most recognized military leaders in American frontier history. Artistic license is beautiful thing, but I just couldn't get past how stupid these men were made to sound. Really, if these military men were this goofy, they would have been dead within 5 minutes of setting foot on the frontier. The tribe's leaders were indecisive and couldn't come to a decision without consulting the hero: a disgraced former alcoholic dog soldier who just (and I mean "just")returned to the tribe after being a white man's "Injun", an Army scout.

Actual major historical events that affected the hero were only briefly mentioned and a reader will not understand how much these probably formed hero's personality and his hatred of whites except where the death of his family is mentioned.

The heroine's captivity was completely unrealistic (at least from what I've read about captivities.) The Indians grappling with whether they should keep the heroine alive or kill her. But while the jury is still out on that decision, they present her with a lovely doeskin dress. (??)

In an attempt to be fairer to this author I later read another of her books, in spite of Cheyenne Song, because of all the positive things I've read about her; I picked Quicksilver Passion and found that book to be so much better. I thought the writing and progression of the story was 100% better than Cheyenne Song and I would definitely try some of her others. Quicksilver Passion had more likeable characters, and they were much better written, I felt sympathy and happiness for them, and the relationship more believable. The historical details in Quicksilver Passion were very interesting and thorough.