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Summary: I loved this book
Review: "Indigo Blue" is a story about a young woman who, despite her bravery in the face of danger and rascism, has a severe inferiority complex. Jake Rand comes into her life at a time when she is dealing with a lot of problems. Her father has been severely injured in the mine that he owns and she, being the only child, takes over. Jake comes and immediately takes control, never telling her that he is in fact a wealthy businessman who made a fortune through mining. He is out to find out if his father is really causing accidents in small mines and then buying them from the bankrupt owners. He is immediately drawn to Indigo but his own preconceptions of women and their role in society cause him to treat her badly. She is forced into marriage with him and is terrified that he will treat her badly because he might percieve her as a "squaw". Indigo was betrayed by the first man that she loved and she does not know how to deal with Jake. He overwhelms her and confuses her and, as he begins to understand her fears and her personality, comes to love her very much. The description and the writing were lovely. Anderson made her characters come alive, painting their struggles and their growing love and understanding of each other in a way that lets the reader become a part of the story. "Indigo Blue" is a great romance novel and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: I loved this book
Review: "Indigo Blue" is a story about a young woman who, despite her bravery in the face of danger and rascism, has a severe inferiority complex. Jake Rand comes into her life at a time when she is dealing with a lot of problems. Her father has been severely injured in the mine that he owns and she, being the only child, takes over. Jake comes and immediately takes control, never telling her that he is in fact a wealthy businessman who made a fortune through mining. He is out to find out if his father is really causing accidents in small mines and then buying them from the bankrupt owners. He is immediately drawn to Indigo but his own preconceptions of women and their role in society cause him to treat her badly. She is forced into marriage with him and is terrified that he will treat her badly because he might percieve her as a "squaw". Indigo was betrayed by the first man that she loved and she does not know how to deal with Jake. He overwhelms her and confuses her and, as he begins to understand her fears and her personality, comes to love her very much. The description and the writing were lovely. Anderson made her characters come alive, painting their struggles and their growing love and understanding of each other in a way that lets the reader become a part of the story. "Indigo Blue" is a great romance novel and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Strays from its origin. 3.5 Stars.
Review: Catherine Anderson provides a travel visa, whenever I pick up one of her novels. This author's location sketches are excellent. Her character development is exceptional, and immediately, her reader is hooked into her provocative storylines. Usually, this author's heroines are survivors from some inflicted misery. "Indigo Blue" is no departure from the Anderson blueprint. The heroine is Indigo Wolf, her misery -- a violent attack by teenage boys. She carries around enough sexual hang-ups to last a woman nineteen million life spans. However, I am a big Anderson fan, and I read Indigo's father's story in "Comanche Moon". In that book, Hunter of the Wolf, was a powerful, intense Comanche warrior. To think he would allow a group of teenage boys to assault his daughter sexually and then get away with it - well -- IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN!! I read this book with eagerness. The death of Indigo's pet is heart wrenching material, and Anderson's portrayal of racial prejudice is insightful and direct; the power of hate and ridicule is eye opening. Although Anderson draws a touching story, I was still frustrated with Indigo's sexual obstacles, this continuous abstraction results in the novel's "bog down". This is a good book, but it could have been better. Grace Atkinson, Ontario - Canada.
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