Shadow Bear

Dreamcatcher #2

by Cassie Edwards

Determined to fulfill her late father's dream and her own destiny, Shiona Bramlett, searching for gold outside Fort Chance, finds protection in the arms of Lakota warrior Shadow Bear when she becomes the target of greedy outlaws. Original.

Genres: Romance, Native American, Historical Romance

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Edwards began writing romances in 1982 and released her 100th novel, Savage Skies, on August 28, 2007. Although her earlier books were classic historical romances, the vast majority of her novels involve Native American tribes. Edwards's grandmother was a full-blooded Cheyenne. Her first 99 books sold a combined 10 million copies as of August 2007, with her more recent novels averaging sales of 250,000–350,000 copies.

Edwards has won the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award and the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, as well as being named one of Affaire de Coeur's top ten favorite romance writers. Edwards has a reputation for meticulously researching the proper anthropological backgrounds of each tribe she writes about.

Edwards and her husband Charles, a retired high school biology teacher, have been married for over 50 years. They have two sons, Charles and Brian, and three grandchildren. The family lived in St. Louis, Missouri for over thirty years, but now reside in Mattoon, Illinois.

Reviews

[72virgins · Rating 1 out of 5]

One star because I laughed my ass off when I found the ferret plagarism page. Which, by the way was mere paragraphs before a sex scene, cause you kn0ow, nothing says I love you like fucking ferrets!

My review:
Shiona is a dumbass. A weak dumbass. Perhaps she was dropped as a child. Immediately upon finding that her brother has been shot by the arrow, she immediately pronounces him a goner, because you know, she hasn't examined the wound or anything. And she can't even seem to see him clearly since she's in a cave while there's a thunderstorm raging outside. And when she suspected that the water was poisoned/ditry, instead of making the horses drink it (she has two, she can afford to loose one of them), she tries it before letting the horses drink. not like the horses are going to do her any good if she's dead anyway. And this book was supposed to be somewhat of a mystery, but it's obvious who the villian is from chapter two, when he makes his appearance.

And the....sex...can it be called that? Apparently the chief is holding onto her while thrusting which is physically inpossible, if you really think about it. And I totally refer to sex as a love dance. Furthermore, she had the guts to talk about erections of tepees after a sex scene. Did she not see the humor in that?

What I learned from this book:
Ferrets are fascinating creatures
They are good pets
People living in the wild during the 1850s knew there was a land bridge.
Ferrets love you forever once you give them a piece of food. Glorified spam, too, not just meat

[Kenna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm so over this freaking book, I barely want to write this review. This book was just so, so awful. There were SO MANY problematic components in this book, I can't even begin to describe them all. (The writing, for one, was just plain awful.) The dialogue, the stereotypes, the terrible portrayal of the Native American culture, the use of words like 'half-breed', etc. I could go on and on, but here's my advice: DO. NOT. READ. There are plenty of guilty pleasure romance novels worth reading, but this is not one of them. Ugh, and what the hell was up with the ferret facts?? I wanted to read a book, not an excerpt from the Ferret Wikipedia page. I'm so glad I was given this book for free, so I don't feel as though I paid for literal garbage.

[Katie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book gives me hope that I, too, can someday be a published author even though I’m not a writer…

[Tammy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this story. It was about a young lady who loses her family to a killer that is after her fathers map to the gold. She finds shelter in a cave where she becomes deathly sick. Shadow Bear happens to find her in the cave when he is looking for his missing brother. She comes in and out of conscienceless and moans his brothers name. He takes her back to his village for his shaman to make her well so he can ask her where his brother is. I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN. LOVED IT!!!

[Em · Rating 1 out of 5]

Every so often, I read a trashy romance novel (usually from smartbitchestrashybooks.com), and so I decided to read this one, since it was what started a plagiarism scandal in 2008. For reference:

http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.co...

http://www.newsweek.com/2008/01/14/mo...

That said, this book was...well, it was awful. Romance novels aren't typically the height of developed characters, airtight plot, and fantastic narrative, but even with that in mind, this was terrible. I don't think I need to address the clunky, info-stuffed dialogue (see above). Let's not even go into the stereotypes this novel buys into, because oh boy, are there a lot. Instead, here's a section for reference about how completely ridiculous this novel is:

After a few tumbles with the novel's namesake, Shiona suddenly wants a baby. Shortly after the black-footed ferret plagiarized section, Shiona adopts an abandoned ferret as a way to meet this maternal need until she gets pregnant. After her not-so-thrilling rescue, Shiona gives the ferret to a young boy whose parents were murdered, because she and Shadow Bear are going to married and she'll finally have the children she's wanted since page 228.

[Tiffany · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was crap even for a romance novel.

[Alisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

great book

[Denise Koopman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 2 of 3 in the Dreamcatcher series. Exciting and I loved it.