Charmed

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Summary: I Lost IQ Points by Reading This Book
Review: "Charmed" is probably the sorriest excuse for a novel I have ever read. I liked Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander", so the time-travel-meets-romance formula is not the problem. "Charmed" is poorly written, badly concieved, not true to history, not consistent (the magic Indian can turn the bedroom into a romantic glade with flowers and butterflies but he can't heal his wife's sprained ankle) and the dialog is painfully stupid. Example: Nikki has traveled back in time to the Shawnee tribal lands and is attending a festival with Silver Thorn. He has painted his body with blue paint for the ceremony and she says "Omigod! You look like a cross between a Mighty Power Ranger and a giant Smurf!" In spite of the fact that she speaks in modern slang, the Indians of 1812 have no problem accepting her. They like her Bic lighter!! A total waste of time - you will lose brain cells as you read.

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Summary: I Lost IQ Points by Reading This Book
Review: "Charmed" is probably the sorriest excuse for a novel I have ever read. I liked Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander", so the time-travel-meets-romance formula is not the problem. "Charmed" is poorly written, badly concieved, not true to history, not consistent (the magic Indian can turn the bedroom into a romantic glade with flowers and butterflies but he can't heal his wife's sprained ankle) and the dialog is painfully stupid. Example: Nikki has traveled back in time to the Shawnee tribal lands and is attending a festival with Silver Thorn. He has painted his body with blue paint for the ceremony and she says "Omigod! You look like a cross between a Mighty Power Ranger and a giant Smurf!" In spite of the fact that she speaks in modern slang, the Indians of 1812 have no problem accepting her. They like her Bic lighter!! A total waste of time - you will lose brain cells as you read.

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Summary: Catherine Hart is a very good writter, I loved it!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Charmed is a book I would recommed to anyone who enjoys a good romance novel. This book has a lot of twists in it. This book is a tear jerker and a page turner I couldn't put it down. It makes you feel like you are there.the plot is very gripping. This book contains a time travel romance.It contains a story of two lifetimes,two cultures, and two centries of romance!!!

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Summary: It's fantastic!
Review: I normally hate time-travelling novels but Ms. Hart's Charmed is totally great. I fell thoroughly in love with Silver Thorn and I found the mixing of magic in the 21st century to be incredibly entertaining. This is one book I'd like to keep again and again.

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Summary: It was a wonderful book.
Review: It was a great book. Hard to put down. A lot of interesting historical tidbits that does not bore the reader. Many plot twists and turns. A great romance novel. J Vasile

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Summary: Couldn't put down,loved it ,very gripping!!!
Review: Really got into it felt like I was there.very romantic and a tear jerker

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Summary: marvelous!!
Review: this book is excellent..especially catherine hart's other books too...ie. impulsive..her newest book

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Summary: To Good To Put Down!!
Review: This was such a wonderful book. I think that Silver Thorn and Nikki were so good together. I couldn't stop laughing at something of the things Nikki would say or do. She is one sassy lady. Now Thorn was not to bad himself, he could give as good as he got. I like how Ms. Hart mix old magick with today. I wonder if she could make another book at of these characters. I just wanted too say to Ms. Hart that its a sign of a really good author if you can make people feel what the characters are feeling. Thanks!

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Summary: Classic reading,couldn't put it down.
Review: When I read the book Charmed, I have to say I read it several times.I live in Shawnee,and close to Shawnee High School. Ft. Amanda is a place where we go in the summer to take canoe rides down the Auglaize river. There is alot of history about the Shawnee Indians, and of course the Shawnee Indians have a great football team.Catherine Hart sure wrote it like it is. Please write another book about the past and present. It makes for interesting reading. Everybook Catherine writes is a five. Thanks Sandi

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Summary: Stop yourself before you read this!
Review: You'll thank me.

This book was one of the worst I have ever seen! Whenever I'm depressed about my own writing, I take this one off the shelf and it makes me feel better--THATS HOW BAD IT IS.

The characters in this are extremely one-dimensional. Nikki is apparently descended from a seafaring family, as she swears more than any sailor I've ever ran across (in real life or in a book). Silver Thorn must be descended from cardboard--he has zero personality and is just there to coo at Nikki.

Time travel is a fairly popular genre but this one doesn't even do it justice. Nikki is given the Shawnee name of "Wild Goose" or something like that, because her shoes say "Nike" and Silver Thorn (brainiac that he is) thinks this must be short for the Shawnee word of neeake (Wild Goose--get it?). Nikki also seems to have gone back in time with an endless bag of goodies. She amazes the indian tribe with her bic lighter (but she doesn't smoke). She shares her makeup with the tribe's women. She snaps Polaroids of everyone with a seemingly endless amount of film.

Silver Thorn is no better than Nikki and her bag of tricks. He is a shaman and a triplet to a rather famous pair of Indians (I won't spoil it for you) and uses his magic for useful things such as rockslides, charming necklaces, and drawing a tattoo on Nikki's belly so she will believe him when she gets pregnant (I'm not spoiling the story, she gets knocked up about 5 pages into the book).

I read a book to suspend reality. I just couldn't with this one. It was laughably bad. Please please, I encourage you not to pick up this book. If you want to read time travel, go with Constance O'Day Flannery or Jude Deveraux. If you want romance with a Native American man, pick up Sara Donati's "Into the Wilderness". The hero is not 100% Native but you'll love the book regardless.