Fire Cloud

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Summary: "FIRE CLOUD" by Cassie Edwards
Review: Fire Cloud leaves his Chippewa tribe with his mother after she been vanished for comitting Adultery against her husdban.His Mother was pregnant, when she gives birth to a boy she dies after she names the baby Moon Shadow,ten year old Fire Cloud has to protect and provide for his baby brother,All alone he is found by the Lakota Chief Black Eagle and his people he travels with them.Fire Cloud meets and be friends a nun Sister Mary Ann.
He sees eight year old Janelle Coolidge sister Mary Ann niece. When their eyes meet there is a connection between the two of them.
Fifteen years later they meet again and their attraction when they were children turns to everlasting love,He and his brother Moon Shadow iare very much love in the convent by the nuns and orphans,especially Moon Shadow, he is very especial for he does not hear, see, or speak.Janelle wants to married Fire Cloud but she is afraid to tell Virgil Coolidge, because he is pregudice against the reed man.Fire Cloud dreams of going back to his Chippewa people and his grandfather.
Ms. Cassie Edwars did it again, this is a great book can hardly wait for her " SPIRIT WARRIOR " she is great, I have all of her Savage Series and all her Indian warriors, I started with " SILVER WING "This book deserves 5 ***** rating through and through.

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Summary: BUY USED!!!
Review: I save books. I have different shelves for bathtub books, entertaining me while the husband is watching 'The Simpsons' books, cheering me up books, etc., etc. I'm very forgiving as to place, position, and costume changes. This is the very first book I've EVER thrown away. And it wasn't a saunter past the ashbin. This was a 23-footer. No net. I know the author is popular, which is why I bought her book in the first place. But I don't really understand why she's so popular. Unless there are many more devotees of really bad writing, intrusively poor grammar, lame plot lines, sloppy editing, and shallow characterization than our nation's literacy rate would indicate. Buy used, and for heaven's sake, throw it away. There's really no excuse to promote illiteracy.

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Summary: Reply to "Buy Used"
Review: I totally agree: BUY USED!!!!! I myself was tempted to throw this book away, perhaps burn it, it was so horrible. The plot is weak, the grammar is reminiscent of elementary school novels, the characters are underdeveloped, and the scenery descriptions are dull or nonexistent. When I read romance novels, I wish to be easily swept into a story, but the mere simplicity of this novel was quite distracting. If it were not for the sex scenes, a 5th grader could read this. . . .

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Summary: Reply to "Buy Used"
Review: I totally agree: BUY USED!!!!! I myself was tempted to throw this book away, perhaps burn it, it was so horrible. The plot is weak, the grammar is reminiscent of elementary school novels, the characters are underdeveloped, and the scenery descriptions are dull or nonexistent. When I read romance novels, I wish to be easily swept into a story, but the mere simplicity of this novel was quite distracting. If it were not for the sex scenes, a 5th grader could read this. . . .

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Summary: Great characterization
Review: In 1853, the Chippewa exile his mother, pregnant with the child of a warrior who is not her husband. With his father dead from the ensuing fight of honor, ten-year-old Fire Cloud accompanies his mother as they leave their Minnesota home. In Missouri the Lakota accept Fire Cloud and his family. After meeting a friendly nun, Fire Cloud encounters the Sister's niece eight-year old blond hair Janelle Coolidge. Though young, both find the other quite fascinating.

Fifteen years later, neither has forgotten that the first time they met. Now they see each other for the first time as adults and realize the childhood attraction remains stronger than ever. However, her father Virgil would disavow a relationship between his daughter and a savage. When a meteor crashes inside the Lakota village and cures the physical handicaps of Fire Cloud's half-brother, Virgil plots to steal the rock, complicating the love between his daughter and the Chippewa warrior.

FIRE CLOUD provides Indian romance readers with a deep look at the Lakota lifestyle just after the Civil War when a vast invasion of Christians descend on the tribes in a "White Man's Burden" type of way. The main theme of the story line is a powerfully written star-crossed relationship drama. However, several subplots such as the miracle cure take readers away from the shared passion of the likable lead characters. Also Virgil, surrounded by very sincere non-prejudicial females, seems a bit of a stretch to be called a bigot. Still due to her lead duet and the insightful historical references, Cassie Edwards furbishes an Indian historical romance that will provide much pleasure to readers.

Harriet Klausner

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Summary: I'd rather read a text book
Review: There are so many talented writers out there you shouldn't have to waste time on this book.
It is very rare that I dislike a book as much as I do this one. The characters in this book are unrealistic and have no motivation, add to that the plot is so dull I'd rather try reading a textbook.