Hehe...Would be interesting to see who likes what in spite of the bad reviews here?

Yes! I have one. Though I am sure the warning only applies to a small percentage of this site due to the genre in question.

I would not recommend any Cassie Edwards Romance Novel.

She does a series of native american historical romance novels though the 'native american historical' part is beyond dubious.

Now I admit I have always been a closet historical romance novel fan. They are like comfort junk food for the brain: Same basic plot, saccerine and ambiguous sex scenes heavy on the metaphors, same basic Irish Lass heroine who must have creamy white skin (grunt), a name that sounds like the latest Estee Lauder perfume, and long flowing locks, innocent bla bla bla. But hey, the men are usually hot. well endowed, and they are guaranteed a happy ending.



That aside. Why is it Cassie Edwards feels the need to romanticize the language and relationship to the point that it makes one's teeth ache? And for god's sake, WHY does she feel the need to describe orgasm with the name of the novel in EVERY FREAKING TIME? ...and they reached fulfillment in a rush of savage thunder that left them both sated and fulfilled with fulfillment because of the intense savage thunder that thundered through them savagely....because Savage Thunder was the name of their book....

Now that would be forgivable. After all, we're talking romance novel here: The Lick'em Stix of the literature world.

What really killed me was the fact that she uses clumsy improbable plot devices to solve all the random story threads as often as she religiously can. ( I think there's a term for that even... 'deus ex mechina' or something?)

True example: Brave and handsome native stud loves innocent but in trouble white chick. However, he can't go with her because he is responsible for his adored deaf/blind/mute from birth younger brother who cannot travel with them. Hmmm...problem.

Does brother get conveniently stampeded off a cliff in a freak buffalo accident you ask? No, not even that predictable. Brother goes to cave on spirit quest and is in the vicinity of a freak meteor strike, the shockwaves and radiation emissions of which miraculously restore both his hearing and his sight. The brother then goes on to learn to speak and fully function in the tribe within a couple of months or so, managing to snag the sexiest little chick in the village for his own and become a top notch hunter and provider too. (The native chick's name was probably 'Gentle Fawn' or 'Morning Dove' or some such crap to boot). I'm admittedly a little hazy on the aftermath because I started skipping pages to hasten the end of the book at that point.


Bleeech. I guess in my defense, I was 16 when I read my first Cassie Edwards and was distracted by the bronze manly chests. I haven't read one in 10 years until last week.

No, I won't read one ever again. And neither should anyone else for the love of all that is cheesy.

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"Spider sense....tingling."

me too

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Only read one thing by her, and only the first few chapters, but avoid Jilly Cooper.

Seems to think it's slap-stick humour to have rich druggies adopting third-world kids.

Doesn't even describe the sex (of which there is plenty -- the town's name is ruttsville) in enough detail to count as porn.

Cricket

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In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

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I never liked Dickens. Im told he is good.

It would take a very brave alien to come near me. One look at my sardonic collection of anti or alternative theory UFO books and they know there is no hope for them.

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"If you think I am a Condor, you may keep that opinion;
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Sheesh, you'd think you guys'd get bored of torturing me with that stuff by now. Right? Uh, guys...*watches as Cep opens book of doggerel*

Aaaaaahhhh!!!!!

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Those get pretty boring after a while, yeah. My mom always told me that it was obvious I had a small vocabulary and thinking process if I had to resort to swearing. ^_^ So it always makes me wonder if the author is any good if there's a lot of swearing. It really bogs the story down for me.

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"A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes."
-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Engrave this Quote "Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality."
-Jules de Gautier

Let's not forget that the Bible was authored about 2000 years ago when the structure of the society and everything else is so different from nowadays..

Do not misunderstand me, I truly believe that religion holds a very important place in every society both in the formation of the culture, moral and value of the society.. But remember that religion is totally practiced and interpreted by people.. the meaning of a religious life is totally up to interpretation as well.. it could range from leading a God-fearing and obeying life, loving your neighbours, accept 'sinners' and 'good-people' alike.... to killing off all your adversaries..

Religion... as have been known for ages.. is a very powerful tool to manipulate people.. and has been used as such as long as there had been human beings..

Unfortunately, the aforementioned series of books sounds like just another tool for such manipulation. You can't blame some folks in wanting to gain control over believers and steer them towards remaining a certain religion. And we must all admit that fear is a very useful means in achieving it. But as it has been said, it would appeal to certain brands of people.. to the general public.. *snort*

Anyhow.. just my 2 cents..

Yuki

Kinda what I was saying with the whole look deeper thing. If I looked for intolerance, I can find it anywhere. If I look for acceptance, I can find that too... No matter what flavor.

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"Spider sense....tingling."

I have looked deeper into this subject and I know exactly what is wrong with religion. We are what is wrong with religion. I love religion, I love spirituality--it's some of the worshippers I can't stand.

Katse