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Summary: What's with the cover?
Review: It's a good and gutsy book, but why is the cover an almost exact duplicate of Anne Avery's 1995 book "Far Star"? I feel kinda cheated (although not by the author).
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Summary: 5 Stars for taking risks in romance
Review: No book is perfect. Danegeld contains flaws that I wish it did not have, but these flaws have more with to do with technique and the demands of the genre, than with storytelling and creativity. I hardly give romances great reviews anymore, but this one deserves 5 BIG stars for the risks the the author was willing to take in writing this wonderfully creative tale. The research is great. The setting is vivid and alive, and I really like the heroine. This is not the usual Viking fare. It's a story about two people divided by culture, by ideology, and by their sense of who they really are--a conflict so realistically portrayed, it brings a special complexity to the storyline. I love the magic/mythology in this story, and highly recommend this book to all readers of fantasy romance. Readers who love medieval romance will certainly find a lot to enjoy in this story too. Buy it now.
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Summary: A new voice in historical drama
Review: With so many of the writers in the romance field today opting for the lighter touch, a person that loves sweeping, gritty historical drama is finding it harder to discover such, strong realism. Susan Squires weaves a strong period drama about the Vikings and Danes that were in East Angelia, and since that is one of my homebases, I was thrilled to see someone writing about this period of history.She writes with a passion unafraid to take on the dark history of that era, with detail and history so strong you will feel you lived it. So if you like your historical with more 'meat to the bone', pay attention to this new writer in the field. You will definitely be hearing more for her (her next book Dominion comes out next month - so heads up Vampire fans...I have heard this one is a stunner!!) WISE WRITERS and READERS Book of the Month for July 2001
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Summary: A new voice in historical drama
Review: With so many of the writers in the romance field today opting for the lighter touch, a person that loves sweeping, gritty historical drama is finding it harder to discover such, strong realism. Susan Squires weaves a strong period drama about the Vikings and Danes that were in East Angelia, and since that is one of my homebases, I was thrilled to see someone writing about this period of history. She writes with a passion unafraid to take on the dark history of that era, with detail and history so strong you will feel you lived it. So if you like your historical with more 'meat to the bone', pay attention to this new writer in the field. You will definitely be hearing more for her (her next book Dominion comes out next month - so heads up Vampire fans...I have heard this one is a stunner!!) WISE WRITERS and READERS Book of the Month for July 2001
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