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2.0 out of 5 stars
My least favorite book, November 20, 2005
This review is from: Savage Vision (Savage (Leisure Paperback)) (Mass Market Paperback)
I generally love romances and can usually suspend belief in order to get into a book with an unrealistic storyline, but this one just didn't work for me. The star crossed lovers are described as being perfect and brave and so on, but I just thought they were plain dumb. The heroine gets into all kinds of trouble just because she is ridiculously careless. I cringed when Scarlet was sneaking into the underground city all by herself instead of going to get her sheriff father to help, and the dumb stunts just go on and on. The dialogue was the worst I've come across in years and that's saying something because I usually read at least four books a week from different genres. The plot devices were just too convenient, the characters did not ring "true", and even the love scenes were a bore.
I picked this book up hoping to enjoy a mildly steamy historical romance, but was sorely disappointed. The only redeeming characteristic was that there was no half-naked woman on the cover.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing in so many ways, January 27, 2006
This review is from: Savage Vision (Savage (Leisure Paperback)) (Mass Market Paperback)
I really wanted to like this novel, as the work of a real Indian writer, but the story requires the reader to suspend disbelief too many times. Scarlett does so many just plain brainless things, and the historical detail is lacking. A sheriff in pursuit of "drug dealers", when opium (usually sold as laudanum) was perfectly legal and readily available to anyone who wanted it in the 19th century, didn't fit. Too much seems contrived, and worst of all, I found it to be another sad exploitation of our people.
Ms. Edwards claims to write Indian romances to pay tribute to our culture, which as she points out has been treated so cruelly, but the very title of this line of romances - "Savage", the most vicious racist epithet ever hurled at our people, helps the prejudice go marching on. It is entirely possible to write heartwarming, sensuous romance with Indian characters in a way that still respects our culture. (The excellent works of Lucia St. Clair Robson are a sterling example). Shame on you, Ms. Edwards, for selling out our people in exchange for literary success. I hope it was worth it.
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
fine Savage tale, August 26, 2005
This review is from: Savage Vision (Savage (Leisure Paperback)) (Mass Market Paperback)
In 1851 Chief Hawke of the Caddo tribe feels like thunder struck his heart when he first sees Scarlett; the feisty independent white woman feels the same way as the warrior has immediately entered her soul. Both know any relationship between an Indian warrior and the white woman daughter of the sheriff is forbidden by their respective cultures.
Meanwhile a shipwrecked pirate manages to abduct Hawke and Scarlett, but they manage to escape. While her father seeks to halt drug trafficking, his mail order bride leaves every morning to come home inebriated and stoned. One morning Scarlett follows her, but lands in trouble with opium peddlers, but Hawke saves the life of the brave woman he loves. However, will this couple allow their respective societal taboo keep them apart?
Fans of the latest Savage tale will enjoy Cassie Edward's latest tale that is ironically refreshed by a pirate, but that subplot fails to come across as generating any realism. Sometimes you get what you wish for as this reviewer has asked for modification to the Savage saga. The story line outside of the piratical subplot is typical Edwards; which denotes a well written star-crossed love story starring two solid characters and some bad dudes, who live to cause trouble for the protagonists and his tribe. Fans of the author will love her newest Americana.
Harriet Klausner
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