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The second in a trilogy and the best, December 20, 1999
This is the second book in the Wabash trilogy, following "Lonesome River" and preceding "River of Tomorrow". Although each of these books can be read seperately, in order to appreciate this one, it is important to read "Lonesome River", just like it is important to read this book before reading "River of Tomorrow".
Already in "Lonesome River", I became intrigued by Amy and Rain. Amy, still a child, was adorable, outspoken and extremely honest about her feelings. Rain, an intervert, masked his true feelings but the author provided enough clues at the end that he has been in love with Amy all along and the story will continue in "Dream River".
In "Dream River", Dorothy Garlock provides enough adventure and excitement to test both Amy and Rain and their budding romance. Amy has matured and, to my delight, became even harder to control and reason with. Rain grew out of his boyish shyness to become a quiet and strong presence. These two were made for each other and throughout "Dream River" this fact is made more and more evident.
There is also a subplot involving Eleanor and Gavin, but I enjoyed this one less than the romance between Amy and Rain. I wished the author spent less time on Eleanor and Gavin, and perhaps wrote another book about the two of them.
In this book, the spunky Mercy and calm and collected Daniel appear, a throw-back to Amy and Rain in the early days. After reading "Dream River", it was impossible not to want to read "River of Tomorrow".
Although Dorothy Garlock always creates interesting characters, the women can be too unreasonably stubborn and delicate at the same time. Amy is a woman of a different breed, tall, proud, in breeches, and brown-haired. She is not the most beautiful woman Rain has ever seen but she is the woman for him.
Read the whole trilogy and you'll see that "Dream River" is the best of the best.
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The best of the trilogy, July 27, 2002
The Wabash trilogy is the best frontier romance you'll ever read. Years after reading this book for the first time, I am still haunted by their love story. It was wonderful to find out how Raine and Amy turn out. Don't miss out. This is Dorothy Garlock's best work.
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Excellent... the best of this trilogy!!, March 10, 2002
I loved Liberty and Farr in the first of this trilogy - Lonesome River. However, it ended without resolution of Amy and Rain together and in love. This book will put the two together, and sure there was nothing keeping the two apart (like the other reviewer stated), except for a frenchman determined to have Amy for himself and several other dangerous encounters throughout the story.
The story begins eight years later from the first in this trilogy... with Liberty and Farr in complete happiness and with a growing family.... only Farr longs for a homestead that isn't quite as crowded as the booming town enclosing them. Liberty senses Farr's edginess... and when Rain returns to the homestead, speaking of the virtually untouched land beyond the mountains, Liberty encourages the family to relocate. Rain is excited that his extended family is anxious to move to the land he longs for, bringing the woman he craves along with them... as Amy has changed a lot and Rain's unsure of her feelings towards him... and still seems to make her so darn mad at him everytime they speak.
Rain volunteers to take a woman to her fiance, on his way to the new land. For this reason, he must leave earlier than Farr and Liberty... but he manages to convince them that he needs Amy to come along... "for appearances sake"... while he and a rough riverman escort the spoiled and helpless woman. Amy agrees to go along, mostly because the woman's eyes are on Rain.... while the rough riverman keeps his on the spoiled little rich girl.
Villans Hull Dexter and Hammond Perry return in this story, to add constant chaos and conflict for Rain and Amy, and Eleanor and Gavin during their travels. Though Rain and Amy expressed their love shortly after their travels began, and stayed together to the end... there were numerous conflicts trying to pull them away from each other.
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