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Summary: AWESOME
Review: This is the best book that I have ever read. I was in such a hurry to finish it, and when i finished, I wanted there to be more!!! I highly recommend this book to others, and look forward to others!!!!!
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Summary: Engrossing read!
Review: This is the most enjoyable, couldn't put it down book that I've read in quiet a while. Great read!
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Summary: Grabs your attention on the first page!
Review: This is the story of Daisy and James Tucker, whose 3 year old son disappears from their Wyoming cattle ranch, seemingly from right under James nose. The loss of their son tears them apart, and Daisy can't bear to stay in Wyoming, taking her son's twin sister Sage and going to live in Connecticut where she raises her and supports them by making jewelry. James could not leave the ranch in hopes that one day he would find his missing son, Jake. There are a lot of powerful emotions here from every angle. Luanne Rice is very good at involving the reader, and very good at describing the emotions of teenagers, as well as parents and lovers.
Thirteen years later, Jake's twin sister, Sage is 16 and finds herself pregnant, wanting her baby, but afraid to disappoint her mother. She leaves her a note as the book opens, and takes off on a difficult trek from Connecticut to Wyoming through bad weather and much soul-searching in hopes of re-uniting with her father, and learning about her past. Even 'though the story as it reaches its climax, seems a bit far-fetched, the dialogue and exquisite descriptions along the way make it completely enthralling to the reader. The descriptive scenery of the Wyoming landscape and the spiritual pull of Native American influence make it different from the usual. I enjoyed it, and love Luanne Rice's writing. It keeps you interested and turning those pages.
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Summary: Several stories in one....
Review: This was a busy book.... jumping from one character to another, causing me to wonder a few times just who the book was about. Once I got a good start, I enjoyed the characters. I love a romance with suspense, and this book had that with a bit of a twist. The epilogue was quite long, and didn't really give the book much closure.... guess I was hoping for more of a "happy ending." Not one of my favorite Luanne Rice books, but definitely worth reading.
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Summary: A Wonderful Experience
Review: This was a wonderful book, one that I found I did not want to separate myself from. I seem to always come to love the characters that Luanne Rice so artfully brings to life. With this book situated in one of the most beautiful parts of our country, I also came to love the mountains and the ranch they lived on. Today, more than ever, I love Luannes way of writing "feel good" books and find them both comforting and touching.
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Summary: excellent story
Review: This was my first book by this author and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it.It had everything in it love, mystery, heartbreak, revenge-you name it.The story moved along at a nice pace.I look forward to reading her other novels.
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Summary: More than meets the eye
Review: Well, I am a fan of Ms. Rice's. I just recently started reading her works. This book was a little hard for me to start getting into, but I was caught up pretty quickly. It had some things that I really love about her writing, the love story, the family, the perfect scenery & background, and a Twist! I wasn't expecting the story to start turning the way it did. I am glad that it did though. I don't want to give anything away...
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Summary: More than meets the eye
Review: Well, I am a fan of Ms. Rice's. I just recently started reading her works. This book was a little hard for me to start getting into, but I was caught up pretty quickly. It had some things that I really love about her writing, the love story, the family, the perfect scenery & background, and a Twist! I wasn't expecting the story to start turning the way it did. I am glad that it did though. I don't want to give anything away...
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Summary: Downhill
Review: What a huge disappointment to a loyal reader! A few years ago, I read Luanne Rice's 'Stone Heart'. After that I was hooked. I made sure I read every Luanne Rice novel I could get my hands on at the library. All were written tenderly and straight from the heart. But after 'Cloud Nine', her stories and writing continues to go downhill. She churns out novels with a cookie-cutter. You sense that she just wants to get something out. I thought I stumbled upon an author who would give me many years of wonderful reading pleasure but now I don't think so. I'm still hoping Ms. Rice will wake-up and go back to writing the way she used to. 'Dream Country' was so boring, I gave it up after a couple of chapters. I'm now on Chapter 4 of 'Firefly Beach' and it's not much better - I'm pushing myself to finish it.
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Summary: Something for everyone in this story
Review: You know that "ahhhhh" feeling you sometimes have after reading a very good and totally satisfying book? Well, I had that with DREAM COUNTRY. Daisy and James Tucker lived an idyllic life on the Wyoming ranch that had been in James's family for several generations. They were happy right up until the time one of their three-year-old twins, Jake, disappears. The marriage soon falls apart and Daisy returns to her home back east with their daughter, Jake's twin, Sage. Fast forward 13 years later. Sage has longed for the West - and for her father. But James has stayed in Wyoming all these years, not willing to leave in case Jake returns, refusing to accept that he is gone forever. Daisy is supporting the two them making unique, highly sought after jewelry with, some say, magical or mystical results to those wearing this jewelry. One morning, after a particularly volative mother-daughter argument the night before, Daisy finds Sage missing -- and at about the same time, discovers one of the reasons she has left --she is pregnant. She soon finds out that Sage's boyfriend is missing also. Daisy is soon convinced to go to the Tucker ranch in Wyoming to wait for her daughter. And there the continuing attraction she and James have for one another can't be denied. I enjoyed this story very much. Rice's writing reminds me so much of Kristin Hannah's stories I had to keep looking at the cover just to make certain I wasn't actually reading a Kristin Hannah book. The addition of a paranormal elements only added to its appeal. I cried buckets at the end -- a real indicator of my enjoyment of the story. As a mother of teenage boy/girl twins, one named Jake, this story hit very close to home. If I have any complaint, it is that the author chose to call Jake and Sage "the twins" in quite a few instances. As a mother of twins, I know it is important that twins be seen as individuals and not lumped together -- no matter if they're identical or fraternal. In fact, it was one of the first things I learned when joing the Mothers of Twins Club, and something they were rather militant about. So although those instances took me out of the story several times, I was still overcome by the emotional intensity of the story. I highly recommend this book -- and I want some of Daisy's jewelry!
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