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Title: Same old romance, albeit in authentic Lakota garb
Review: I just read this book and am truly baffled by the praises heaped on its author. This is the first book I've read by Bittner and, although I enjoy a good historical romance as well as anyone else, I thought this one was truly dreadful. I give it two stars only in recognition of what seems to be historical authenticity - the details of Lakota life were what kept me reading.But apart from the author's obvious respect for the culture she writes about, the plot is predictable, the characters are shallow, the mixing of gory realism and spun-sugar fantasy is just weird, and the writing, though better than a lot of what gets into print, is too often downright amateurish. Maybe some of this will be corrected in the final edition (I read a reviewer's copy).I'm sorry, but this book just doesn't doesn't make the cut. Bittner can tell a story, all right, but let's be honest about what this is - a very humdrum romantic fantasy dressed up in authentic period detail
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