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Savage Obsession (Chippewa, Bk 1)
Savage Obsession - Chippewa, Bk 1
Author: Cassie Edwards
Orphaned when Indians slayed her parents, kidnapped by a lustful lumberjack, stunning Lorinda was sure nothing worse could ever happen in life until she saw the broad- shouldered, copper-skinned brave towering over her. Instant terror made her shiver with fear, but shameless instinct made her tremble with desire and somehow she felt that her fat...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780821755549
ISBN-10: 0821755544
Publication Date: 1/1/1997
Pages: 432
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4 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Zebra Books
Book Type: Paperback
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daedelys avatar reviewed Savage Obsession (Chippewa, Bk 1) on + 1218 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
It did take me a little bit to get into the book because of a lot of corny dialogue that the characters tended to say. A lot of it was overly dramatic at times, but luckily, not so awful as to have stopped me from reading.

I found it too convenient that the 2nd wife of Yellow Feather was so mean-spirited, she managed to get herself shunned from the tribe early on (and not be any competition to Lorinda) and became a bit of a side character who's involvement with a villain in the book was a bit unbelievable that they managed to meet at all in the vast expanse of the area. The first wife's infidelity and then tragic death was another eye-roller, because it made this a little too "Days of Our Lives". But, don't get me wrong, I liked that it worked out for the lead couple. Although, someday, I'd like to read a realistic Indian romance where the guy actually has more than one mate and the jealous white woman has to learn to deal with it.

I found it too simple that the author managed to kill everyone off to keep the good vs. evil in the story tidy. She's trying to portray history, yet the bad guy always "getting what they deserve" is just too far-fetched. It was such a lack of creativity that they also "just happened" to meet each other and know who Lorinda was, or know of her. It's a big area between St. Paul & Duluth and the Chippewa Nation, so I find it hard to believe it's so easy to run into someone who knows someone like these character do. Especially without our modern day conveniences such as transportation and communication.

But, I must say, overall, this book is better written than some others I have read by authors who are popular in Indian romance for as long as Edwards has been. It was interesting enough for me to want to read the next book in the series and hope the author's writing becomes more satisfying.
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reviewed Savage Obsession (Chippewa, Bk 1) on + 298 more book reviews
another great read.
nmsunshine avatar reviewed Savage Obsession (Chippewa, Bk 1) on + 301 more book reviews
The first book of the Chippewa set. Yellow Feather loves a white woman they defy the divided worlds to make this a stirring love story in the frontier America. A story of destiny born of untamed love and abundant desire.
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I always find stories about Native Americans interesting. It's good to remember the Chippewa Indians as non-warring, whereas the Sioux were the bad Indians. This story had many facets of Lorinda and her family, the 2 evil white men who were after her, Yellow Feather with his village people, as well as the relationship between Lorinda and Yellow Feather. It would be interesting to see a continuation to their story through their son, Gray Wolf. Or even a relationship develop between Amanda and Little Red Fox.
fibrogal avatar reviewed Savage Obsession (Chippewa, Bk 1) on + 180 more book reviews
I don't know why I am still reading this book. If a person edited out the clumsy love scenes, the book would probably be shorter by a third. The plotting is even more clumsy; for instance, the white woman (our heroine) is in a "tepee" and overhears a plot against the Indian who claims her as his bride--and the conversation of the two Indians is in English!

This very young white woman is abducted by an Indian the same day that she learns that Indians killed her mother and father and took her sister. She was terrified of Indians even before that happened. However, her captor kisses her hours after she is abducted and she immediately starts falling in love with him and marries him a couple of days later. Somehow, I don't think that could happen, but it was necessary to advance the plot, so the author made her characters do it. And was kissing even a part of his culture? It was not for many tribes.

The dwelling called a tepee in the book is actually a wigwam--it is not the conical tepee (tipi) with which we are familiar, because the author describes it as having a rounded roof and being constructed of bent ironwood saplings and birch bark, while a tipi is made of poles and buffalo hides. So this is just one instance where she did not do her research.

The author has been accused of plagiarism, and I cannot speak to whether that is true or not, but some of the transitions from storytelling to descriptions of the Indian culture are rather jarring, and seem to be dropped in from somewhere else.
Bayberry avatar reviewed Savage Obsession (Chippewa, Bk 1) on + 12 more book reviews
I loved this book!!
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author is always good

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