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Falcon Moon (Lakota)

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This book was awful. My 10 year old can write a better book. The people sounded childish to me. I will never read another one of her books. Going to see if I can get my money back. I don't even want to give this book one star.

Whoever published this should be strung up by their toes. The dialogue is the worst I've ever read, the story is nonsensical and the Indians are written in the most cliche new-age way possible.

Cassie Edwards strives to be "historically accurate" and then makes up the silliest plot devices rather than using the cultural and historical feelings of the day to build great tension. A white woman and an Indian Chief? There's a lot of drama and tension to be gleaned from this pairing right? Nope. Vapid Wylena is so perfect and sweet, she never once worried or felt anything about her brother dating an Indian nor about her own relationship with one. No one in the tribe except the ugly guy (because ugly people are evil) cared that the Chief was in love with a white lady. There was no conflict anywhere regarding race other than EVIL GENERAL ZAMORA (as he is repeatedly referred to) who hates Indians and wants them all to die but is also trying to kill her brother Zeb because he is supposedly an Indian scalper. Wait, what? Yeah, it doesn't even try to make sense.

Also most internal dialogue has... lots... of ellipses and most chapters end with many! Exclamation! Points! The combination of these makes the book seem like it was written by a precocious ten year old. Add to that the fact that instead of "he said" and "she said" Cassie Edwards writes that Wylena "murmurs" all her dialogue and Falcon Moon "grumbles" or speaks "thickly" with all of his, so in my head, she speaks inaudibly and he is grumpy.

This book is good for a laugh and that is all. It is poorly written tripe. There are great romances out there and books like this give the whole genre a bad name. Romance readers need to have higher standards. Demand better quality romance and you'll actually get it.

Why one star? There were words on paper. I have read a few other books by Ms Edwards and they were a teensy bit better. I bought this one thinking that they can't all be bad....she is published for heaven's sake. Someone paid to have this published so she must be good, right? Naw. I agree with the reviewer who stated it sounded like children talking. Very stunted English....repeated phrases several times. In one word: Blech.

In 1840 eighteen year old Wylena Shrock left Illinois following the deaths of her parents to live with her brother Father Joshua at his Arizona Territory missionary near the Mexican border. Josh's twin brother Jeb is also there, but he hides because the Mexican army led by General Zamora and the Apache tribe led by Chief Falcon Moon believe he is the notorious murdering "Scalp Hunter". Falcon Moon is also angry at Jeb because he secretly was having a tryst with his sister Bright Star, who the Mexicans abducted to use as a pawn to draw him to them.

While her brothers sleep, Wylena steps outside only to be abducted by Zamora. At the Mexican camp she befriends Bright Star who is treated as if she is animal by Zamora. Falcon Moon and his warriors rescue Bright Star, but he also abducts Zamora's cruel white woman who failed to help his seriously injured sister. On the top of the mountain where the Indian camp is located, Bright Star remains unconscious from her ordeal. Wylena swears she is Father Josh's sister and was abducted by Zamora for the same purpose that Bright Star was. He wants to believe her because he is attracted to her. As they fall in love, they must deal with the Mexicans, the disloyalty of his chosen heir as chief and her brothers.

FALCON MOON is a refreshing Cassie Edwards entry due more so by the support cast rather than the lead couple as the audience obtains a close look at the Apache lifestyle on the Mexican border circa 1840. Wylena and Falcon Moon are typical of Ms. Edward's books as they are a noble and caring pairing. Although there is no direct confrontation between good and evil, Ms. Edward's fans will relish her latest Indian romance.

Harriet Klausner

I only have three American Indian romance novels written by this author and so far this one is the best one I have read. My advice to the critics, if you don't like her books, then don't read them, better yet write your own novels. That's what I'm doing.