The Great Chicago Fire, 1871

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Summary: A Tale of Burning Love!
Review: I have read the Chicago Fire and the San Fransico Earthquake. I loved them both. the Chicago Fire is a wonderful book with a good plot and wonderful characters. The supense is great as the book travels from one character to another. It is a great book for any one who likes Historical Fiction. I loved the sensational ending! If you love histroy and romance you'll love this book.

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Summary: A Tale of Burning Love!
Review: I have read the Chicago Fire and the San Fransico Earthquake. I loved them both. the Chicago Fire is a wonderful book with a good plot and wonderful characters. The supense is great as the book travels from one character to another. It is a great book for any one who likes Historical Fiction. I loved the sensational ending! If you love histroy and romance you'll love this book.

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Summary: A Blazing Story
Review: I have read this story over and over again and still love it the same way as the first time. It is about a young girl who disguises herself as a boy to make it on her own when she meets the man she falls in love with. Of course this plot has been used over and over, but it is still a really fun read. The heroine is really convincing and a great role model. She changes her identity to keep her dreams alive, yet never lost sight of her dreams, and even created some new ones! This was a blazing story full of action, history, and romance, three things I love in a good book. I highly recommend this book and others of the series.

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Summary: A great book.
Review: I really liked this book. Katina is a young girl orphaned by the Civil War. She flees a Southern orphanage disguised as a boy, and lives as one in Chicago until she falls in love with a handsome young reformed. They begin to dream of a life together until the raging 1871 fire seperates them. Will they be reuinited? Read to find out?

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Summary: The Great Chicago Fire, 1871
Review: I thought that this book was a wonderful book. I had just picked it up to do a school book report and I really liked it. I think that it was one of those books that you just can't put it down. The book has a great expence and the romance it just enough. So please go out and get this book cause it is wonderful.

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Summary: One of my favorites this year!
Review: I'm sorry to say this, but I thought this book was crummy. After reading and enjoying Washington Avalanche and San Fransisco Earthquake I thought I'd find a good read in this one. No such luck! I felt that this story had the potential to be good but got quite boring. Russell wasn't nearly as exciting as some of the men in the book--he wasn't any fun. I didn't think he was the sort of man Katina would like at all. I found myself skimming through parts of this book and overall I was quite disappointed.

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Summary: not very romantic at all
Review: I'm sorry to say this, but I thought this book was crummy. After reading and enjoying Washington Avalanche and San Fransisco Earthquake I thought I'd find a good read in this one. No such luck! I felt that this story had the potential to be good but got quite boring. Russell wasn't nearly as exciting as some of the men in the book--he wasn't any fun. I didn't think he was the sort of man Katina would like at all. I found myself skimming through parts of this book and overall I was quite disappointed.

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Summary: just like any other historical romance...
Review: this book was not quite what i imagined it to be. the plot fits into your stereotypical historical romance: girl dresses up as guy, meets cute guy, falls in love with guy, and decides to reveal her 'true self' to him. guy decides he loves her, competes for her affection, assumes that girl likes the other guy better, "oh break, my heart" blah blah. in the end, the girl and guy get together after going through a historical disaster. i'll give this to ms. massie -- the event is described in great detail and is given a lot of attention, which is good if you like that kind of thing. the romance definitely needs more spark [for lack of a better word.]

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Summary: One of my favorites this year!
Review: This book was one of the best ones I've read this year, and I read a lot of books! I don't know why one reviewer didn't think it was very romantic. It really was, and I couldn't wait to keep reading to see what would happen between Russell and Katina especially with Adam there. I also couldn't wait to see what would happen with John Brandermill! (You'll have to read it to see what I mean!) If you want to know what it was like in Chicago during the fire in 1971, read this because it was very real. This is an exciting and romantic book that should get five stars for sure.

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Summary: An Exciting Love Story! Wonderful!
Review: This is a love story set in Chicago in 1871, when the great fire burned most of the city. The two main characters, Katina and Russell, are wonderful. I couldn't put the book down because I wanted to keep on reading to see what would happen to them as they fixed up the building for the poor people and then got separated in the fire. Some of it was really sad, some was funny, and all of it was exciting. It was a wonderful book that I hope everyone reads!