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A review by kates
Lawless by Nora Roberts
2.0
It's a romance novel set in Injun country! Does it have:
1. A "half-breed" hero? CHECK! Per the jacket copy, Jake Redman is "half Apache and all man"!
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2. A caucasian heroine? CHECK! She's even blonde and pale. (+2 bonus points)
3. A kidnapping and attempted rape of the caucasian heroine by a Native American villain? CHECK! His "dark eyes" actually "gleam" in the firelight as he begins to cut her clothes away! (+1 bonus point)
I believe that's romance novel Indian bingo right there.
Putting aside the painful racial caricaturing (and I know that the idea of easily "putting it aside" is an issue in its own right) this novel's plot is as flimsy as one of its heroine's chemises, but the writing isn't terribly godawful and some of the characterization is fun. (Nora, you're welcome to steal that blurb for the next edition).
1. A "half-breed" hero? CHECK! Per the jacket copy, Jake Redman is "half Apache and all man"!
.
2. A caucasian heroine? CHECK! She's even blonde and pale. (+2 bonus points)
3. A kidnapping and attempted rape of the caucasian heroine by a Native American villain? CHECK! His "dark eyes" actually "gleam" in the firelight as he begins to cut her clothes away! (+1 bonus point)
I believe that's romance novel Indian bingo right there.
Putting aside the painful racial caricaturing (and I know that the idea of easily "putting it aside" is an issue in its own right) this novel's plot is as flimsy as one of its heroine's chemises, but the writing isn't terribly godawful and some of the characterization is fun. (Nora, you're welcome to steal that blurb for the next edition).