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3.0 out of 5 stars
First experience with this genre; I found the novel to be well written, March 23, 2009
This review is from: Wind Dancer (Paperback)
So quite by accident, I've just finished my first `christian historical romance.' Faith-based novels are not my thing, but I was intrigued to see a romance set during the American Revolution. I confess, I had visions of a buckskin clad Daniel Day-Lewis from "The Last of the Mohicans" charging through the forest, and this book is surprisingly close to what I had in mind.
For my fellow romance fans who share my ignorance about christian fiction, I need to state up front that this book is `clean,' meaning there is no hot and heavy action. It reminds me of a well-written Jane Austen novel, with a heavy dose of spirituality mixed in.
I had a hard time believing that anyone like Isabelle existed during this time and place. It's not that I didn't appreciate her wild child ways, but she seemed almost unbalanced in her reasoning for someone born in such dangerous times. Would a frontier mother really let her virginal 19 year-old daughter take a month-long journey with an unknown Indian guide and her younger brother? The atrocities that befall them are hardly surprising, and frankly, it's amazing to me that Isabelle gets out of this unscathed.
I think my only criticism is with the one-sided portrayal of the Native Indians as the villains. The story lacked balance because all of the settlers were good-hearted people, and the Indians were murdering fiends. Good and evil exists in all peoples, and I wish we'd seen more to represent that balance on both sides.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Thrilling historical romance with a lot of faith, December 20, 2008
This review is from: Wind Dancer (Paperback)
Wind Dancer by Jamie Carie is a sexy, but faithful historical romance. Isabelle Renoir was raised unusually in Colonial America. She knows how to fire a rifle, loves the outdoors, and refuses to conform to society's expectations of her. On a trek through the wilderness on a mission from her priest with her brother and an Indian guide, she encounters American spy Samuel Holt who uses Isabelle as cover for his reconnaissance. Sparks quickly fly between the two as they travel together, but their lives are turned upside down when they are captured by Shawnee Indians who adopt them into their tribe. Both Isabelle and Samuel's skills and their love for each other are put to the test. Carie takes all of the standard ingredients in a historical romance: fiery heroine, mysterious hero, extreme circumstances and makes them stand above the rest of the genre. Isabelle has an amazing, wild kind of faith in God that makes even the Shawnee stand up and take notice. Isabelle is a wonderful heroine; she's assertive without being aggressive, her faith is beautiful, and her strong will makes her a true woman of God. Carie left a few loose ends at the end of this book; I hope she writes a sequel with more about little Belle and Isabelle's mother Hope.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A most AMAZING story!, December 30, 2008
This review is from: Wind Dancer (Paperback)
That You Cannot Imagine - Isabelle Renoir! I have never read such a passionately written novel! Wind Dancer is a book with characters that leap from the pages and reach into the deepest recesses of your heart and mind! Isabelle Renoir is such a wild and rugged worshipper before her God that my own faith longed to dance before the Lord in the moonlight! I held my breath with Samuel Holt as he crept through the forest stalking his prey! Truly, Jamie Carie has created a novel with such strong, vibrant characters that you will feel their every joy, their crushing pain, their glorious praise!
Set amid the rugged American frontier, Wind Dancer was my introduction to Jamie Carie's work. I am still reeling from the pure satisfaction of this novel! She brought pre-Revolutionary War America and its vast frontiers to life vividly and completely. I was transported in every sense! Jamie took my heart and mind from the fierce patriotism of the new Americans to the wild savagery of the Shawnee with seamless ease! I still shudder to recall the attack in the frontier home and the running of the gauntlet!
The truest joy to me was this wonderful, vibrant true-faith of the characters - especially Hope and Isabelle - so gloriously and naturally interwoven throughout the story. Truly, God is I AM for all of us today just as He was in the hearts of those who forges our nation so many years ago! And the romance!! Dear Reader, there are scenes in this book that will leave you breathless! Wind Dancer encapsulates the best of everything a book should be!
Jamie Carie, Wind Dancer is a jewel in your crown! I will eagerly await your stories and highly recommend them as long as God gives you words to write! Wind Dancer reflects the deep love you have for the Giver of all stories, and reflects that love with wild abandon! Truly, this is a story not to be missed - to be savored and shared! What a terrific way to begin a new year of reading!!
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