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Værker af Susan Edwards

White Wolf (1999) 24 eksemplarer
White Dusk (1602) 22 eksemplarer
White Vengeance (2006) 16 eksemplarer
White Flame (1999) 13 eksemplarer
White Shadows (2003) 13 eksemplarer
White Dreams (2000) 13 eksemplarer
White Dove (2001) 13 eksemplarer

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I wanted to like this better. The story idea was interesting but the writing was very flat and repetitive. The characters spent pages and pages and pages in introspection going over and over the same things especially towards the end. The sex scenes dragged on and were pages too long. There were too many of them also. They really added nothing to the story. They weren't integral to the plot. On the whole the writing felt as if the author was trying too hard.

In addition to the pedestrian writing the plot was barely there and wandered aimlessly around and what there was did not at all feel true to the social mores of the times. I really couldn't tell the book was taking place in 1810. The heroine spent a lot of time sleeping with a couple of guys at the drop of a hat. Then when she got knocked up she didn't want to marry the guy that asked her. Granted she had a reason but it would have been more realistic at the time to be petrified of being an unwed mother to a half breed baby. Women knew that they could not survive alone very well if at all without a man especially at that time and on the frontier. She would more likely have married the man without question and dealt with whatever situation resulted within the marriage. I think many people tend to forget just how recently that attitude has changed. And how recently it's been realistically viable that an unmarried woman could make it on her own especially an unwed mother. When I read historical fiction it isn't enough to say he's a mountain man and that she's handsewing a dress to make it realistically historical.

Then there was the whole bit of the plot with the hero's cousin who was such a loser and wanted everything handed to him on a silver platter and was determined to have the heroine. This was a BIG deal for a large portion of the book. The hero and heroine came up with this convoluted plot to sneak away from him and the bad guy set out in hot pursuit and was never seen from again. WTF?

Sorry but final advice is to skip it.
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Luziadovalongo | 2 andre anmeldelser | Jul 14, 2022 |
Originally posted on These Pretty Words.

I went in to this story very intrigued and excited. When it comes to picking books, I’m a relatively easy catch. Pretty cover? *tosses in the cart* Fun summary? *starts flipping through the pages* When Kristin first e-mailed me about this story, I jumped all over it. I’d recently caught the period romance bug and this sounded like just the right brand of medicine. Coming out of the last chapter…I have very mixed feelings. I actually paused once in the middle and quit reading for about a week because it just wasn’t keeping my attention. Usually when that happens, I never go back. With White Dawn, there was just enough there to draw me back in. I will say that the latter half was much more to my liking.

In White Dawn, we find ourselves in Michigan in the early 1800’s with a young girl named Emily Ambrose. Our introduction to Emily is not a pretty one as she is senselessly beaten by her religiously zealous father. Unjustly accused of tempting a holy man (when in fact said “holy man” tried to rape her), Emily’s father attempts to abandon her in the middle of the back woods. He and Emily’s mother are attacked and killed by savages only minutes later, successfully leaving Emily alone with practically nothing.

And here enters my first major drawback. I’m expecting Emily to be rescued by a handsome trapper (like the story summary tells me will happen) when instead, she is saved from hungry wolves by a handsome savage. The two frolic through the countryside for a few weeks and fall desperately in love even though their language barrier means they never share a single conversation. On top of that, Emily has been raised to be extremely sheltered…yet right off the bat she enters into a very sexual relationship with Swift Foot (the savage) with hardly a thought. It bothered me that her virginity was taken so lightly by the author and protagonist. To me, it didn’t seem fitting of the timing or the character’s background. I digress.

Eventually Swift Foot too abandons Emily, realizing that she’s a test the spirits have given him to see how devoted he is to becoming the next chief of his tribe. He returns to his people, destined to marry one of his own. *insert not-surprised face here*

What is surprising is that our leading lady and handsome rogue don’t even meet until halfway through the fourth chapter. By that point, Emily is confused and (understandably but frustratingly) has major trust issues. John Cartier, a local trapper, finds Emily the same morning she finds herself alone again; a noble act by Swift Foot as he purposefully drops her right into John’s hands. John and Emily’s relationship is very slow to progress. She’s still hung up on her warrior and doesn’t want to get attached to another person, only to have them leave her.

John is a gentle giant. He’s lived a fairly solitary life, removed from society in his early teen years when his parents died and his grandfather decided John and his useless cousin, Willy, needed the lessons that the life of a trapper would teach them. He’s kind to Emily and very sweet, though he’s completely lost as to how to help her. It isn’t until an unfortunate accident with an axe that Emily finally snaps out of her funk and their friendship begins to take form. Gramps and Cousin Willy are off in the city when John finds Emily, giving our lovers just enough time to form a romantic bond before they return and Willy starts trying to steal her away. Willy’s well written in that he’s annoying to the point where you want to rip out pages just to get rid of him. His part of the storyline was actually an interesting conflict and I was disappointed that it wasn’t really resolved in a satisfying manner.

Yet one more seemingly insurmountable conflict later and we finally see John and Emily happy, in love, and ready to ride off into the sunset and live happily ever after. No spoiler warning needed, right? It’s a romance novel, they’d better end up together. Just saying.
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ThesePrettyWords | 2 andre anmeldelser | Sep 23, 2013 |

The review that follow is a partial review. To read the full review, please visit TBQ's Book Palace!
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Susan Edwards delivers yet again! Her bestselling White Series, now being re-released in digital format, allows readers (both new and old) to journey into the wilds of America, when Native Americans still lived on the land—with the land. Each book helps to strengthen the bond between the characters, one big family (if not always by blood), and highlights a new couple for the readers to fall in love with. With White Shadows, Edwards brings us the story of Winona and Night Shadow (aka, Clay, aka Sun Walker—it's a long story...). Once again, I was drawn into the story and fell head over heels for the characters, the writing, and the tale being so artfully told!

Winona is a heroine that I could really appreciate. She was strong, knew what she wanted and was determined to get it. This alone helped to provide a solid foundation for the book; after all, good characters often mean a good book!


Clay (or Sun Walker, depending on what part of the book we are referring to), was a close call. For the first part of the book, I almost couldn't stand him. After all, he was the “bad guy” (or so we thought), capturing Winona to help accomplish his plan for revenge against the man he once called brother (who goes by another name now, and was to be Winona's husband). Much of what he did and said made it hard for me to like him. But the more that his story—especially his painful past—was revealed, the more I started to like him. By the end of the book, I was almost as crazy for him as Winona. Don't worry girl, you can have him—he needs you, after all, and I've seen how determined you are, I would hate to fight you for your man! :)


Clay and Winona's story was very enjoyable, if a bit slow at first (mainly, I think, due to Clay's iffy character). But once the story picked up, the characters came through, and they began to fall for one another, I couldn't put the book down! I was reminded yet again of Ms. Edwards talents at writing a wonderful romance, one full of adventure and passion, love and family. I have yet to be disappointed by any of her novels, and I highly doubt that such a day will ever come.

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The_Book_Queen | Apr 20, 2012 |
For any reader who loves historical, Western Romances the re-release of Susan Edwards White Series will have you dancing. The first three books of her epic 12-volume series has just been released by Carina Press.

The series weaves through multiple characters, across cultural lines and intertwines history with a passion that will leave readers anxious to read the entire series. Beginning in 1810 Missouri with a young woman abandoned and alone, a man named John, a trapper by trade, rescues her. She has a broken past, and so does he, together they begin to trust again, only to have shadows of their past follow them.

Another man, from a cultural very different then her own enters her life, and takes his own toll o her heart. His path however may not stay joined with hers, and again hearts collide with loyalty to family.

The next two books, White Dusk and White Shadows carry the story line farther and leads the reader into the world of the American West of the early 1800's. As the series progresses, the author sprinkles in elements of Native American lore, dollops of paranormal mysticism and heartwarming passion.

A great read for those who love the American West, Native Americans, and history.
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readersentertainment | 2 andre anmeldelser | Nov 22, 2011 |

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