Customer Reviews

Desert Star

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Okay, so I liked Desert Rose a little bit better than Desert Star, just because it was a little more romantic, but Desert Star is so great. I'll read anything by Linda Chaikin, because her heroes are so strong and manly and romantic. Desert Star is a little different from most of her books, in that the main characters aren't both strong Christians, but rather are lapsed in their faith and struggling against that. I liked it, though, because I could relate a little bit more to Callie than to a lot of her heroines who are really strong Christians and have it all figured out already. Anyway, I really love this book, and would recommend it, and Desert Rose, the first in this series, very highly.

I was a bit disappointed in this story. I read Christian Romance for the romance but there wasn't much in this story. I found it to be more of a mystery than a romance novel. The hero and heroine don't even have any interaction until the 13th chapter which is half way through the book. I personally like more interaction and relationship building in my romances. That being said, it was well written and believable.

My only other complaint is that there were so many characters that I had to keep a hand written list in order to keep track of who everyone was. Reading the first book is a must in order to understand who everyone is.

These were my first Linda Chaikin books and I did like them enough to try more by her.

I enjoyed this book alot. I really like how Linda Chaikin sets up her story in the historical setting of the silver boom in Virginia City. She really did her research on this time period. The characters Rick Delance and Callie Halliday were engaging and lively characters. I admit that I fell in love with the cocky handsome gunfighter because even though Rick was set on avenging his family's deaths, his faith in the Lord was just below the surface.Will he be able to set aside his desire for revenge? He was an awesome example of a manly hero. Callie Halliday is the beautiful actress who is determined to make it in the theater world of Broadway with the handsome Ashe Perry. After a year of performances in San Francisco, she returns to Virginia City, Nevada to perform in the new theater and to get engaged to her leading man. What she didn't count on were bizarre incidents in which in one she narrowly escapes death...and her renewed attraction to Rick Delance, who was clearly, she thought, was out of her bounds. Her uncle is also insisting that the man she is thinking of marrying was not a Christian. Yet in spite of everything, Callie is determined to make her dreams come true. What will it take for her to realize God's plan for her? Will love shine in the darkness?

As always, any book by Linda Chaikin is worth reading at least twice. I liked this book, but I only gave it 4 stars b/c at the end the love connection happens a little to quickly for my taste. You wait the whole book for the 2 main characters to get together and then they are like...Oh I love you & I love you all of the sudden. It just happened funny. But, it was a great book and I love reading anything that Linda Chaikin writes.