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Savage Thunder
Newly widowed after a shockingly brief marriage to an elderly British lord, Jocelyn Fleming still aches with the pain of unexplored desire. And now her restless heart is leading her far from the protective bosom of polite London society to the perilous beauty of the American West . . . and to Colt Thunder. Breathlessly exciting but dangerously unpredictable, Colt is a loner whose Cheyenne blood burns hotter than the blistering Arizona sun. Jocelyn's wealth and title mean nothing to this stranger whose passion rules his actions and his heart. But neither the wild desert stallion nor the untouched English rose can deny their irresistible attraction . . . or prevent the firestorm of emotion that erupts when their vastly different worlds collide.
409 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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Johanna Lindsey
153 books7,282 followersJohanna Helen Howard was born on March 10, 1952 in Germany, where her father, Edwin Dennis Howard, a soldier in the U.S. Army was stationed. The family moved about a great deal when she was young. Her father always dreamed of retiring to Hawaii, and after he passed away in 1964 Johanna and her mother settled there to honor him.
In 1970, when she was still in school, she married Ralph Lindsey, becoming a young housewife. The marriage had three children; Alfred, Joseph and Garret, who already have made her a grandmother. After her husband's death, Johanna moved to Maine, New England, to stay near her family.
Johanna Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride in 1977 "on a whim", and the book was a success. By 2006, with over 58 Million copies of her books have been sold worldwide, with translations appearing in 12 languages, Johanna Lindsey is one of the world's most popular authors of historical romance.
Johanna's books span the various eras of history, including books set in the Middle Ages, the American "Old West" and the popular Regency England-Scotland. She has even written a few sci-fi romances. By far the most popular among her books are the stories about the Malory-Anderson Family, a Regency England saga.
Johanna Lindsey died on Oct. 27, 2019 in Nashua, N.H. She was 67.
In 1970, when she was still in school, she married Ralph Lindsey, becoming a young housewife. The marriage had three children; Alfred, Joseph and Garret, who already have made her a grandmother. After her husband's death, Johanna moved to Maine, New England, to stay near her family.
Johanna Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride in 1977 "on a whim", and the book was a success. By 2006, with over 58 Million copies of her books have been sold worldwide, with translations appearing in 12 languages, Johanna Lindsey is one of the world's most popular authors of historical romance.
Johanna's books span the various eras of history, including books set in the Middle Ages, the American "Old West" and the popular Regency England-Scotland. She has even written a few sci-fi romances. By far the most popular among her books are the stories about the Malory-Anderson Family, a Regency England saga.
Johanna Lindsey died on Oct. 27, 2019 in Nashua, N.H. She was 67.
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April 25, 2017I would like 409 pages of my life back.
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June 29, 2017
This is one of the worst books I've ever read; I actually want to burn it
January 10, 2019
I have this book on my kindle for God knows what reason so I was like let's read it, what could go wrong? That's the first mistake I made.
The second mistake I made is that I actually finished it. Did I like the characters? Nope. Did I like the plot? Dear God, no. Did I enjoy any part of it? Absolutely not.
Why did I finish it, you may ask? Because I'm a f-ing moron, that's why.
The second mistake I made is that I actually finished it. Did I like the characters? Nope. Did I like the plot? Dear God, no. Did I enjoy any part of it? Absolutely not.
Why did I finish it, you may ask? Because I'm a f-ing moron, that's why.
May 30, 2021
Coming upon a coach accident after hearing a gunshot, Colt Thunder pulls out of the wreckage the talkingest white woman he ever met. After being beaten to an inch of his life for falling for a white woman in the past, the last thing half native American Colt needed was being in the presence of a English lady- and a rich one at that. But there’s something about this woman that pulls him in. Which is why he makes his escape as soon as her entourage shows up.
Still, Jocelyn Flemming, Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Eden,is anything if not resolute and she is determined to have Colt Thunder join her as guard and guide through the west. So, not being able to gain Colt’s acceptance, she talks circles around his kid brother and gains his acceptance instead, which means of course- she gets Colt too.
And then attraction starts its work. Both helpless toward it, a battle of wills begins and the more the fires of lust draws them together, the harder Colt pushes away- until the man after The Duchess and her money catches her unaware and places her in serious danger.
Though Colt was not there when it all went down,(remeber, he's doing his best to avoid her), he was all over her rescue through the help of a friend.
After this lastest attempt on her life, because there has been many, Colt decides to get her to their destination on his own. He has no idea, however, the journey has more to do with healing his wounded soul then any destination in the long run.
I so enjoy JL’s old historical romances, despite their cheesy titles, and it's been fun rereading them for review purposes. These books are more about sexual tension and falling in love then titillation like their more modern counterparts- though I still find the sex pretty darn hot. Although the hero is rather harsh with the heroine early on, the prologue set up his reason why quite nicely. (I love that Jocelyn later becomes his perfect revenge for the horrendous treatment he endured- in all the best ways.) Memorable story and enjoyable re-read.
Still, Jocelyn Flemming, Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Eden,is anything if not resolute and she is determined to have Colt Thunder join her as guard and guide through the west. So, not being able to gain Colt’s acceptance, she talks circles around his kid brother and gains his acceptance instead, which means of course- she gets Colt too.
And then attraction starts its work. Both helpless toward it, a battle of wills begins and the more the fires of lust draws them together, the harder Colt pushes away- until the man after The Duchess and her money catches her unaware and places her in serious danger.
Though Colt was not there when it all went down,(remeber, he's doing his best to avoid her), he was all over her rescue through the help of a friend.
After this lastest attempt on her life, because there has been many, Colt decides to get her to their destination on his own. He has no idea, however, the journey has more to do with healing his wounded soul then any destination in the long run.
I so enjoy JL’s old historical romances, despite their cheesy titles, and it's been fun rereading them for review purposes. These books are more about sexual tension and falling in love then titillation like their more modern counterparts- though I still find the sex pretty darn hot. Although the hero is rather harsh with the heroine early on, the prologue set up his reason why quite nicely. (I love that Jocelyn later becomes his perfect revenge for the horrendous treatment he endured- in all the best ways.) Memorable story and enjoyable re-read.
October 8, 2017
Haven't read a page of this book, just want to bring down the average rating down
The cover is soooooo bad
The cover is soooooo bad
November 3, 2017
is this some kind of a joke
October 6, 2015
This book and assignment were completed for a class; hwoever that does not make my thoughts and feelings on the subject any less truthful (though perhaps more subdued). Also, I was working with the large print edition by Thorndike Press.
Jocelyn Fleming became the Duchess of Eaton when she married the elderly and sickly Edward Fleming, sixth Duke of Eaton. Upon his death, Edward left her with quite a fortune and her virginity intact (do not worry, Edward and Jocelyn cared for each other, though it may have been in more of a paternal manner). Despite the fact that her state of virginity would later hinder her ability to remarry, Jocelyn had other worries to contend with: Elliot “Longfellow” Steele had been hired by Edward’s greedy relatives to kill her. Having left her home in England, traveling around the world in order to escape the attempts on her life, Jocelyn has found herself in the American West and with a budding desire to remarry three years later. As luck would have it, during one such attempt on her life, Jocelyn was saved by the handsome half-breed, White “Colt” Thunder. Born from a Native American mother and white father, Colt was a sharpshooter, familiar with the land, and a conveniently attractive means of dispensing with her virginity (the ol’ “three birds with one stone” tactic). Having hired Colt as her guide, Jocelyn traveled across the Wild West, from Arizona to Wyoming, escaping more attempts on her life, finding adventure, and falling in love along the way.
Though Savage Thunder, by Johanna Lindsey, was able to evoke feelings of contentment, love, excitement, and passion, the novel’s continuous use of the innocent virgin trope throughout the novel is problematic in the social misconceptions it has perpetuated.
The first social misconception covered in this review is the novel’s treatment of historical events regarding imperialism. Jocelyn's British nationality was a tool used to explain her ability to get past the judgmental American mentality regarding Colt, without having to be related to him (seriously, the only characters who do not regard him with contempt are his family members. Even the awe his skills garnered was contemptuous):
“‘That mean your English?’ ‘Yes.’ She smiled at the way he had of chopping up the mother tongue, though she could understand him perfectly, and rather liked the slow drawl to his words. ‘I assume you are an American.’ He knew the word, but he’d never heard anyone use it before. Folks usually associated themselves with the state or territory they were from, not the country. And now he recognized her accent too. Though he’d never heard a woman speak with those cultured tones before, he’d met several Englishmen touring the West. But her nationality explained why she hadn’t minded touching him” (80).
The use of her nationality as a plot device is evident when evaluating the impossibility of Jocelyn being unfamiliar with the concept of discrimination; Britain has been known historically as a great Empire that wielded an imperial power over half the world. Even giving the character the benefit of the doubt (perhaps she did not get great scores in History), Jocelyn had traveled the world, including the North African country of Morocco where she had been pursued by a sheikh, leading readers to doubt her ability to remain innocent of such a pervading globally-impacting social issue (49). (Like, come on! I know the novel is historical fiction, but did it have to be so... fictional?) The blatant disregard of Britain’s imperial history promotes the social misconception that the atrocities empires had evoked upon colonies was immaterial. (I mean, if you cannot even remember it, it cannot be that terrible, right? Wrong!)
It is this same (annoying) innocence that impacted Jocelyn’s regard on race. Though Jocelyn claimed to be without racial prejudice, she still regarded Colt’s religious practice of the Sun Dance as being “so barbaric,” and when she has her “first sight of genuine American Indians…not of the tame variety,” her initial reaction towards them was not as warm as it was to Colt (400, 216). Readers are then introduced to the social misconception: race is an exotic element to be desired. This is exemplified in Jocelyn of Colt:
“too handsome by half, had been her first impression, followed now by strength, which she had felt firsthand, darkness, and strangeness in that order. Hair as black as pitch, perfectly straight, and falling well past incredibly wide shoulders. Skin darkly bronze with lean, hawkish features, a nose straight and chiseled, deep-set eyes under low, slashing brows, lips well drawn, and a firm square jaw. A long sinewy body finished the picture, encased in a strange animal-skin jacket with long fringes attached, and knee-high boots without heels, of the same soft tan skin and also with fringes” (75-76).
His “strangeness” is a foreign, otherness, as well as, an exotic commodity that seduced Jocelyn (in much of a “love-(lust)-at-first-sight” fashion)--what repelled others, attracted her. Having loved him before even knowing him--his history, his personality, his likes and dislikes--Jocelyn's innocently lustful reaction, presented race as an individual’s defining quality and illustrated the novel’s sexualization and sensualization of the matter.
Though Jocelyn is not overly presented as fragile, a third misconception furthered in the novel is female weakness. Jocelyn herself claimed to be “rather good at sailing, archery, tennis, and bicycling,” and readers are given a glimpse of her ability with a rifle and horse in the scene where “she fired off two shots that hit the dust at the lion’s feet and sent it racing off into the distance. The noise also scattered a half-dozen nearby jackrabbits, grouse, and even a wild turkey that had previously gone unnoticed. Three more shots in quick succession ended the flight of two of the rabbits and the turkey” (428, 199-200). Despite the fact that she was extremely capable, she still needed to be saved and never used any of her skills to help herself (I kept expecting her to ride out of danger or shoot her enemies, alas she remained a damsel in distress). In fact, the saloon scene, where Jocelyn dressed as a young boy, highlights how the heroine is both courageous and innocence; though she gathered the courage to hold a gun to Ramsay Pratt (the monster readers meet in a gruesome scene in the beginning of the book; he is horrible) and had steadied her resolve to shoot him, she shot a blank (yea, her gun ends up being unloaded, I know) (451-453). It’s Colt who killed Ramsay, thereby saving the day and Jocelyn’s innocence. Jocelyn’s capability and skills are used only in an effort to show off to and impress Colt, are nothing more than a resource to distinguish her from other women (because it is really unique and desirable when every heroine is the same). This furthers the social misconceptions that women should be weak and dependent, (wait for that white knight, girls, I’m sure he’ll come around sometime) rather than urging them to save themselves.
The final misconception I will address is the misconception that love excuses any action. Jocelyn deems Colt a perfect candidate to lose her virginity to because he was 1.) body-tingling attractive and 2.) an American half-breed, meaning he had no social connection with anyone who would know Edward, thereby saving her late husband’s reputation (another social misconception this is now happily put to rest). Colt, having had a previous romantic relationship with a white female that left him scarred (she was a complete witch-with-a-b—trust me on this, I did not fault him one bit), avoided all interactions with Jocelyn, at first, and, as a result, was rather rude to her. Naively determined, Jocelyn disregarded his feelings on the matter and trapped him into being her guide, thereby forcing him to be in her company so that she may act out her desires. When discussing the matter with her confidante, Vanessa, Jocelyn aptly labeled the situation as it was:
“‘He was practically raped—’ ‘What?’ Jocelyn waved a hand dismissively. ‘The principle was the same. He had to be forced, didn’t he? Seduced? Made to lose control so his baser instincts would take over and he would be powerless to resist? You seem to forget he didn’t want anything to do with me, that I did the pursing, not him’” (283-284).
Jocelyn shamelessly and selfishly used Colt without regard to his feelings on the matter, yet it is all excused away in the end because readers discover that she did it for love, that her lust and desire for him was not motivated simply by physical needs but also emotional needs as well, that it is simply her innocent naivety in the matters of sex and love that had her confusing the two in the beginning. (Aw, how sweet. Actually, not really.)
Before your heart bleeds for Colt, let me say he was not without fault either. In fact, during the first few sexual encounters with her, he was a beast (of the fairytale kind of course). When he kissed her, he was “more brutal than she had counted on,” and the next day her “lips felt puffy and sore” because “he had actually hurt her” (170, 177). Again, the idea that his actions were excusable because of “troo luv” (*fluttering eyelashes*) is ridiculous and unacceptable. If a guy were to treat you like that on the first date, ladies, end the date right then and there and leave him without a backwards glance of regret. That is not love; that is abuse. Anyone who tries to paint it otherwise is simply perpetuating rape culture.
However, I am not claiming that Lindsey was advocating rape. (Not at all! And that is not sarcasm.) Rather, it is the confines of the innocent maiden trope that has forced such controversial and dubiously consensual scenes. Colt, the hero, must play the part of the forceful seducer, tempting the innocent with the fruit of carnal knowledge. This is best exemplified in the scene where Colt and Jocelyn rode horseback together: “When she didn’t obey him, his fingers delved more deeply inside of her. She gave a tiny moan, of protest or pleasure, he wasn’t sure which. Neither was she, but finally her hands fell away from her clothes to grip his thighs. ‘That’s better,’ he bent to whisper by her ear. ‘Do you still want me to remove my hand?’ She wouldn’t answer. ‘You like it, didn’t you?’ She still wouldn’t answer. But her back arched, her head reared back, and her fingers were now kneading his thighs in a desperate manner” (417). (I’ll allow you the pleasure of finishing the scene when you come across it yourself.) Colt must awaken her desires without compromising her innocence, so that Jocelyn may continue playing the part of the innocent.
I enjoyed the novel, yet the typical romantic tropes, especially the ones revolving around the innocent maiden, used are troubling. A romantic novel in which the heroine is not a perpetuation of this trope? Now that’s my kind of novel!
Jocelyn Fleming became the Duchess of Eaton when she married the elderly and sickly Edward Fleming, sixth Duke of Eaton. Upon his death, Edward left her with quite a fortune and her virginity intact (do not worry, Edward and Jocelyn cared for each other, though it may have been in more of a paternal manner). Despite the fact that her state of virginity would later hinder her ability to remarry, Jocelyn had other worries to contend with: Elliot “Longfellow” Steele had been hired by Edward’s greedy relatives to kill her. Having left her home in England, traveling around the world in order to escape the attempts on her life, Jocelyn has found herself in the American West and with a budding desire to remarry three years later. As luck would have it, during one such attempt on her life, Jocelyn was saved by the handsome half-breed, White “Colt” Thunder. Born from a Native American mother and white father, Colt was a sharpshooter, familiar with the land, and a conveniently attractive means of dispensing with her virginity (the ol’ “three birds with one stone” tactic). Having hired Colt as her guide, Jocelyn traveled across the Wild West, from Arizona to Wyoming, escaping more attempts on her life, finding adventure, and falling in love along the way.
Though Savage Thunder, by Johanna Lindsey, was able to evoke feelings of contentment, love, excitement, and passion, the novel’s continuous use of the innocent virgin trope throughout the novel is problematic in the social misconceptions it has perpetuated.
The first social misconception covered in this review is the novel’s treatment of historical events regarding imperialism. Jocelyn's British nationality was a tool used to explain her ability to get past the judgmental American mentality regarding Colt, without having to be related to him (seriously, the only characters who do not regard him with contempt are his family members. Even the awe his skills garnered was contemptuous):
“‘That mean your English?’ ‘Yes.’ She smiled at the way he had of chopping up the mother tongue, though she could understand him perfectly, and rather liked the slow drawl to his words. ‘I assume you are an American.’ He knew the word, but he’d never heard anyone use it before. Folks usually associated themselves with the state or territory they were from, not the country. And now he recognized her accent too. Though he’d never heard a woman speak with those cultured tones before, he’d met several Englishmen touring the West. But her nationality explained why she hadn’t minded touching him” (80).
The use of her nationality as a plot device is evident when evaluating the impossibility of Jocelyn being unfamiliar with the concept of discrimination; Britain has been known historically as a great Empire that wielded an imperial power over half the world. Even giving the character the benefit of the doubt (perhaps she did not get great scores in History), Jocelyn had traveled the world, including the North African country of Morocco where she had been pursued by a sheikh, leading readers to doubt her ability to remain innocent of such a pervading globally-impacting social issue (49). (Like, come on! I know the novel is historical fiction, but did it have to be so... fictional?) The blatant disregard of Britain’s imperial history promotes the social misconception that the atrocities empires had evoked upon colonies was immaterial. (I mean, if you cannot even remember it, it cannot be that terrible, right? Wrong!)
It is this same (annoying) innocence that impacted Jocelyn’s regard on race. Though Jocelyn claimed to be without racial prejudice, she still regarded Colt’s religious practice of the Sun Dance as being “so barbaric,” and when she has her “first sight of genuine American Indians…not of the tame variety,” her initial reaction towards them was not as warm as it was to Colt (400, 216). Readers are then introduced to the social misconception: race is an exotic element to be desired. This is exemplified in Jocelyn of Colt:
“too handsome by half, had been her first impression, followed now by strength, which she had felt firsthand, darkness, and strangeness in that order. Hair as black as pitch, perfectly straight, and falling well past incredibly wide shoulders. Skin darkly bronze with lean, hawkish features, a nose straight and chiseled, deep-set eyes under low, slashing brows, lips well drawn, and a firm square jaw. A long sinewy body finished the picture, encased in a strange animal-skin jacket with long fringes attached, and knee-high boots without heels, of the same soft tan skin and also with fringes” (75-76).
His “strangeness” is a foreign, otherness, as well as, an exotic commodity that seduced Jocelyn (in much of a “love-(lust)-at-first-sight” fashion)--what repelled others, attracted her. Having loved him before even knowing him--his history, his personality, his likes and dislikes--Jocelyn's innocently lustful reaction, presented race as an individual’s defining quality and illustrated the novel’s sexualization and sensualization of the matter.
Though Jocelyn is not overly presented as fragile, a third misconception furthered in the novel is female weakness. Jocelyn herself claimed to be “rather good at sailing, archery, tennis, and bicycling,” and readers are given a glimpse of her ability with a rifle and horse in the scene where “she fired off two shots that hit the dust at the lion’s feet and sent it racing off into the distance. The noise also scattered a half-dozen nearby jackrabbits, grouse, and even a wild turkey that had previously gone unnoticed. Three more shots in quick succession ended the flight of two of the rabbits and the turkey” (428, 199-200). Despite the fact that she was extremely capable, she still needed to be saved and never used any of her skills to help herself (I kept expecting her to ride out of danger or shoot her enemies, alas she remained a damsel in distress). In fact, the saloon scene, where Jocelyn dressed as a young boy, highlights how the heroine is both courageous and innocence; though she gathered the courage to hold a gun to Ramsay Pratt (the monster readers meet in a gruesome scene in the beginning of the book; he is horrible) and had steadied her resolve to shoot him, she shot a blank (yea, her gun ends up being unloaded, I know) (451-453). It’s Colt who killed Ramsay, thereby saving the day and Jocelyn’s innocence. Jocelyn’s capability and skills are used only in an effort to show off to and impress Colt, are nothing more than a resource to distinguish her from other women (because it is really unique and desirable when every heroine is the same). This furthers the social misconceptions that women should be weak and dependent, (wait for that white knight, girls, I’m sure he’ll come around sometime) rather than urging them to save themselves.
The final misconception I will address is the misconception that love excuses any action. Jocelyn deems Colt a perfect candidate to lose her virginity to because he was 1.) body-tingling attractive and 2.) an American half-breed, meaning he had no social connection with anyone who would know Edward, thereby saving her late husband’s reputation (another social misconception this is now happily put to rest). Colt, having had a previous romantic relationship with a white female that left him scarred (she was a complete witch-with-a-b—trust me on this, I did not fault him one bit), avoided all interactions with Jocelyn, at first, and, as a result, was rather rude to her. Naively determined, Jocelyn disregarded his feelings on the matter and trapped him into being her guide, thereby forcing him to be in her company so that she may act out her desires. When discussing the matter with her confidante, Vanessa, Jocelyn aptly labeled the situation as it was:
“‘He was practically raped—’ ‘What?’ Jocelyn waved a hand dismissively. ‘The principle was the same. He had to be forced, didn’t he? Seduced? Made to lose control so his baser instincts would take over and he would be powerless to resist? You seem to forget he didn’t want anything to do with me, that I did the pursing, not him’” (283-284).
Jocelyn shamelessly and selfishly used Colt without regard to his feelings on the matter, yet it is all excused away in the end because readers discover that she did it for love, that her lust and desire for him was not motivated simply by physical needs but also emotional needs as well, that it is simply her innocent naivety in the matters of sex and love that had her confusing the two in the beginning. (Aw, how sweet. Actually, not really.)
Before your heart bleeds for Colt, let me say he was not without fault either. In fact, during the first few sexual encounters with her, he was a beast (of the fairytale kind of course). When he kissed her, he was “more brutal than she had counted on,” and the next day her “lips felt puffy and sore” because “he had actually hurt her” (170, 177). Again, the idea that his actions were excusable because of “troo luv” (*fluttering eyelashes*) is ridiculous and unacceptable. If a guy were to treat you like that on the first date, ladies, end the date right then and there and leave him without a backwards glance of regret. That is not love; that is abuse. Anyone who tries to paint it otherwise is simply perpetuating rape culture.
However, I am not claiming that Lindsey was advocating rape. (Not at all! And that is not sarcasm.) Rather, it is the confines of the innocent maiden trope that has forced such controversial and dubiously consensual scenes. Colt, the hero, must play the part of the forceful seducer, tempting the innocent with the fruit of carnal knowledge. This is best exemplified in the scene where Colt and Jocelyn rode horseback together: “When she didn’t obey him, his fingers delved more deeply inside of her. She gave a tiny moan, of protest or pleasure, he wasn’t sure which. Neither was she, but finally her hands fell away from her clothes to grip his thighs. ‘That’s better,’ he bent to whisper by her ear. ‘Do you still want me to remove my hand?’ She wouldn’t answer. ‘You like it, didn’t you?’ She still wouldn’t answer. But her back arched, her head reared back, and her fingers were now kneading his thighs in a desperate manner” (417). (I’ll allow you the pleasure of finishing the scene when you come across it yourself.) Colt must awaken her desires without compromising her innocence, so that Jocelyn may continue playing the part of the innocent.
I enjoyed the novel, yet the typical romantic tropes, especially the ones revolving around the innocent maiden, used are troubling. A romantic novel in which the heroine is not a perpetuation of this trope? Now that’s my kind of novel!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 25, 2019
0.5/5 | Only because I can’t go any lower. Look at the cover: it’s EXACTLY how it looks.
First I need to explain why I read this steaming pile of garbage the whole way through. So a friend of mine dared me to read this book (after having watched a very popular rant review on YouTube about it) in retaliation to me making her read Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (which, it appears, she hated even more than I did). We got another friend in on it who has to read After by Anna Todd and it just turned into one big shitstorm from there.
So here’s my review of Savage Thunder by Johanna Lindsay! Buckle up. I am a mess.
[Disclaimer: when I wrote the rest of this review I was dead inside]
. . . P l o t . . .
I don’t even know where to begin with this... story. However, let me assure you, it was not ridiculous, boring or painful in the slightest. I mean, it’s not like I often found myself off in fairyland for majority of the book and had to force myself to snap back to the reality that is Savage Thunder approximately five times per chapter. No, sir. Having to admit that I can’t explain half of what happens in these 409 pages isn’t a sign of a troubled plot at all!
And the ENDING. It was absolutely the best part of the novel. Such satisfying payback. Such ingeniousness.
Honestly, I was floored. In a good way, of course. :)
. . . C h a r a c t e r s . . .
These characters were astounding. Their sheer likability is overwhelming. Especially our mains: White Thunder and Jocelyn Fleming.
In the words of Jocelyn about our White Thunder: “You are, after all, a prime specimen of manhood.” She claimed she was being sarcastic here but was she really? She could not have possibly been for that is precisely what White Thunder is. His defining characteristic is, well, STRONG. Yet, somehow, Johanna Lindsay defies the wretched ‘not like other girls’ trope and instead integrates a clever twist on it in this cleverly crafted character. You see, White Thunder is so obviously NOT LIKE OTHER GUYS! Even if he is most definitely a guy who treats everyone like rubbish but is excused due to his tragic backstory. My dear, uneducated children, that is precisely what makes him so utterly special and so not like other guys (as every other character points out whenever he so much as breathes).
White Thunder’s emotions range from angry to lustful. That is all. And that is perfectly adequate.
Our other magnanimous lead, Jocelyn Fleming, is profoundly insightful. And a virgin. Did I mention she was a virgin? Don’t worry; the book will only remind you of that at least 473873642 times. How handy.
She is the epitome of a strong, independent woman because she totally isn’t incapable to act by herself and—heavens, no—does NOT have to be saved by White Thunder every other chapter after walking right into danger. How absurd. No, the Duchess displays remarkable tenacity towards all the right things. She is a true role model. How obtuse it was of White Thunder, really, to call her a crazy woman.
OH OH DID I MENTION JOCELYN HAS A STUBBORN STREAK? BECAUSE IT’S TOTALLY NOT LIKE THAT BEING MENTIONED ONE MORE TIME WILL DRIVE ME IRREVOCABLY INSANE.
As for the other characters, it does not concern me in the slightest that I can’t tell you anything about any of them aside from the fact that they were all perfectly competent and tremendously memorable.
May I just remark that anyone remotely against the mains is certainly not presented as totally imbecilic if not primitive. There is much justification of their hatred for the leads that is expertly explained to the readers. I was very much in awe of their supreme antagonistic qualities.
•”Elliot sighed inwardly. Imbeciles. Nothing but a bunch of imbeciles.”•
How sad I was when Elliot, our esteemed main villain, died. How I related to him sometimes like when he was lamenting the dumbass company he was in or how he so desperately wanted to kill Jocelyn. Not that I ever wanted to kill Jocelyn. Not that I still do. I want to kill her about as much as I wish to burn this book. Which is totally not at all.
. . . R e l a t i o n s h i p s . . .
I... have no words.
Actually, that’s not true. I have many.
Where else to begin but with the stars of the show: White Thunder and Jocelyn. Their budding romance was unconventional to the highest degree, going against all that was expected of them in their rightful classes. How. Utterly. Romantic.
Jocelyn happened upon him by chance (the first time he saved her) and so generously decided that HE was the one she wanted to lose her virginity to, and I quote, “be the gentle lover she had dreamed about ever since she had made the decision, a few hours after meeting him.” She then proceeded to stalk him and borderline buy him. White Thunder then proceeded to borderline rape her. No but it’s okay because Jocelyn was ‘asking for it’ and got over it in the next chapter anyway.
Their passion for one another was instantaneous and so all-consuming. They quickly went from becoming each other’s drugs to each other’s worlds and the transition was beautiful and realistic.
Oh, their passion was expressed so, so, SO thoroughly.
“It’ll be a rough ride. Can you take it?” Colt asked Jocelyn during their first time. As totally rough as that scene was, the book was rougher and I of course mean this in the best way possible. I was not prepared for such a spectacle. I could not take it. But brave and bold Jocelyn totally did. In such remarkable style, too. And when they ‘made love’ on that oh so fortunate horse, all I can say is: iconic. There is a damn good reason that that is the main thing people remember about Savage Thunder.
What a power couple these two make. I was so thrilled and PROUD of White Thunder and Jocelyn for foiling the evil man in the end! How truly terrified I was for Jocelyn’s safety when Elliot cornered her for the umpteenth time in her own private, apparently heavily guarded accommodation by just walking in. I was well and truly on the edge of my seat. Thank GOODNESS White Thunder happened to be visiting just then, swooping in just in time to kill Elliot quicker than Thanos can snap his hateful fingers!
I am glad that Vanessa (Jocelyn’s bestie) and I agree that Jocelyn and White Thunder’s interactions qualified as quality entertainment. Speaking of Vanessa...
Her heartfelt romance with some guy named Robbie was not spontaneous at all. I really care about their happy ending. I can’t imagine this detail was only thrown in there so that all the women in the book could be married.
Also, Jessie and Chase are... there. For a bit. [Okay I’m partially serious when I say they were okay for like the three chapters they were in.]
. . . W r i t i n g . . .
I don’t usually use this as a section but sometimes it is called for. Like in this case.
I could really appreciate how all the names were exactly the same like Jessie, John, Jennie, Jocelyn. It really highlighted just how special and OTHER White Thunder was with his rad and ragtag name.
I also loved the way narratives were distinguished. For example, Jocelyn used the word ‘blasted’ every fifth sentence whilst White Thunder was uttering philosophical wonders with sentences like:
•”She was the talkingest woman he’d ever met.”•
On the topic of distinguishing characters, some of the dialogue was very defined. For instance:
•”An’ she’s a fur’ner, jes’ like hisself thar. Look at ’im, calm an’ patient as ya please.“•
Because the uncultured baddies are so obviously intellectually inferior to our protagonists, the fact must be shoved down our throats with each sentence they speak!
To top it all off, there was absolutely no girl-on-girl hate in this story whatsoever. It is not as if practically every female labels a different female something vile at one point or another without even knowing anything about her. Just that she obviously enjoys lending her body out for loan. Because DUH.
That is all.
... ...
I am sorry this review was so cheap but
a) it was the only way I felt I could go about this book
and
b) cheap is the only way I know how in general.
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Jesus fucking Christ.
What a god damn challenge this is gonna be to review...
Funny thing is I marked it as read before to try and fool a friend but I got busted and actually had to read it now. Now Goodreads says I’ve read this garbage twice. How embarrassing.
First I need to explain why I read this steaming pile of garbage the whole way through. So a friend of mine dared me to read this book (after having watched a very popular rant review on YouTube about it) in retaliation to me making her read Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (which, it appears, she hated even more than I did). We got another friend in on it who has to read After by Anna Todd and it just turned into one big shitstorm from there.
So here’s my review of Savage Thunder by Johanna Lindsay! Buckle up. I am a mess.
[Disclaimer: when I wrote the rest of this review I was dead inside]
. . . P l o t . . .
I don’t even know where to begin with this... story. However, let me assure you, it was not ridiculous, boring or painful in the slightest. I mean, it’s not like I often found myself off in fairyland for majority of the book and had to force myself to snap back to the reality that is Savage Thunder approximately five times per chapter. No, sir. Having to admit that I can’t explain half of what happens in these 409 pages isn’t a sign of a troubled plot at all!
And the ENDING. It was absolutely the best part of the novel. Such satisfying payback. Such ingeniousness.
Honestly, I was floored. In a good way, of course. :)
. . . C h a r a c t e r s . . .
These characters were astounding. Their sheer likability is overwhelming. Especially our mains: White Thunder and Jocelyn Fleming.
In the words of Jocelyn about our White Thunder: “You are, after all, a prime specimen of manhood.” She claimed she was being sarcastic here but was she really? She could not have possibly been for that is precisely what White Thunder is. His defining characteristic is, well, STRONG. Yet, somehow, Johanna Lindsay defies the wretched ‘not like other girls’ trope and instead integrates a clever twist on it in this cleverly crafted character. You see, White Thunder is so obviously NOT LIKE OTHER GUYS! Even if he is most definitely a guy who treats everyone like rubbish but is excused due to his tragic backstory. My dear, uneducated children, that is precisely what makes him so utterly special and so not like other guys (as every other character points out whenever he so much as breathes).
White Thunder’s emotions range from angry to lustful. That is all. And that is perfectly adequate.
Our other magnanimous lead, Jocelyn Fleming, is profoundly insightful. And a virgin. Did I mention she was a virgin? Don’t worry; the book will only remind you of that at least 473873642 times. How handy.
She is the epitome of a strong, independent woman because she totally isn’t incapable to act by herself and—heavens, no—does NOT have to be saved by White Thunder every other chapter after walking right into danger. How absurd. No, the Duchess displays remarkable tenacity towards all the right things. She is a true role model. How obtuse it was of White Thunder, really, to call her a crazy woman.
OH OH DID I MENTION JOCELYN HAS A STUBBORN STREAK? BECAUSE IT’S TOTALLY NOT LIKE THAT BEING MENTIONED ONE MORE TIME WILL DRIVE ME IRREVOCABLY INSANE.
As for the other characters, it does not concern me in the slightest that I can’t tell you anything about any of them aside from the fact that they were all perfectly competent and tremendously memorable.
May I just remark that anyone remotely against the mains is certainly not presented as totally imbecilic if not primitive. There is much justification of their hatred for the leads that is expertly explained to the readers. I was very much in awe of their supreme antagonistic qualities.
•”Elliot sighed inwardly. Imbeciles. Nothing but a bunch of imbeciles.”•
How sad I was when Elliot, our esteemed main villain, died. How I related to him sometimes like when he was lamenting the dumbass company he was in or how he so desperately wanted to kill Jocelyn. Not that I ever wanted to kill Jocelyn. Not that I still do. I want to kill her about as much as I wish to burn this book. Which is totally not at all.
. . . R e l a t i o n s h i p s . . .
I... have no words.
Actually, that’s not true. I have many.
Where else to begin but with the stars of the show: White Thunder and Jocelyn. Their budding romance was unconventional to the highest degree, going against all that was expected of them in their rightful classes. How. Utterly. Romantic.
Jocelyn happened upon him by chance (the first time he saved her) and so generously decided that HE was the one she wanted to lose her virginity to, and I quote, “be the gentle lover she had dreamed about ever since she had made the decision, a few hours after meeting him.” She then proceeded to stalk him and borderline buy him. White Thunder then proceeded to borderline rape her. No but it’s okay because Jocelyn was ‘asking for it’ and got over it in the next chapter anyway.
Their passion for one another was instantaneous and so all-consuming. They quickly went from becoming each other’s drugs to each other’s worlds and the transition was beautiful and realistic.
Oh, their passion was expressed so, so, SO thoroughly.
“It’ll be a rough ride. Can you take it?” Colt asked Jocelyn during their first time. As totally rough as that scene was, the book was rougher and I of course mean this in the best way possible. I was not prepared for such a spectacle. I could not take it. But brave and bold Jocelyn totally did. In such remarkable style, too. And when they ‘made love’ on that oh so fortunate horse, all I can say is: iconic. There is a damn good reason that that is the main thing people remember about Savage Thunder.
What a power couple these two make. I was so thrilled and PROUD of White Thunder and Jocelyn for foiling the evil man in the end! How truly terrified I was for Jocelyn’s safety when Elliot cornered her for the umpteenth time in her own private, apparently heavily guarded accommodation by just walking in. I was well and truly on the edge of my seat. Thank GOODNESS White Thunder happened to be visiting just then, swooping in just in time to kill Elliot quicker than Thanos can snap his hateful fingers!
I am glad that Vanessa (Jocelyn’s bestie) and I agree that Jocelyn and White Thunder’s interactions qualified as quality entertainment. Speaking of Vanessa...
Her heartfelt romance with some guy named Robbie was not spontaneous at all. I really care about their happy ending. I can’t imagine this detail was only thrown in there so that all the women in the book could be married.
Also, Jessie and Chase are... there. For a bit. [Okay I’m partially serious when I say they were okay for like the three chapters they were in.]
. . . W r i t i n g . . .
I don’t usually use this as a section but sometimes it is called for. Like in this case.
I could really appreciate how all the names were exactly the same like Jessie, John, Jennie, Jocelyn. It really highlighted just how special and OTHER White Thunder was with his rad and ragtag name.
I also loved the way narratives were distinguished. For example, Jocelyn used the word ‘blasted’ every fifth sentence whilst White Thunder was uttering philosophical wonders with sentences like:
•”She was the talkingest woman he’d ever met.”•
On the topic of distinguishing characters, some of the dialogue was very defined. For instance:
•”An’ she’s a fur’ner, jes’ like hisself thar. Look at ’im, calm an’ patient as ya please.“•
Because the uncultured baddies are so obviously intellectually inferior to our protagonists, the fact must be shoved down our throats with each sentence they speak!
To top it all off, there was absolutely no girl-on-girl hate in this story whatsoever. It is not as if practically every female labels a different female something vile at one point or another without even knowing anything about her. Just that she obviously enjoys lending her body out for loan. Because DUH.
That is all.
... ...
I am sorry this review was so cheap but
a) it was the only way I felt I could go about this book
and
b) cheap is the only way I know how in general.
————————before—review—————————
Jesus fucking Christ.
What a god damn challenge this is gonna be to review...
Funny thing is I marked it as read before to try and fool a friend but I got busted and actually had to read it now. Now Goodreads says I’ve read this garbage twice. How embarrassing.
January 7, 2016
The second book in the Wyoming series by Johanna Lindsey. Her Grace, Lady Jocelyn Fleming, is a widowed duchess on the run from a man referred to as "Longnose". When her husband died he set her up with a fortune and an entourage to escape his greedy relatives. "Longnose" was hired to bring her back. Jocelyn hires half-breed Colt Thunder to guide her to Wyoming.
This is another book that I read back in the 1980s when it was first published. Back then Johanna Lindsey did no wrong and I read anything and everything she wrote. Her more recent books doesn't have the same vibe to them. Anyway, this series is set in the American West and is one of the better series in this genre in my opinion.
This is another book that I read back in the 1980s when it was first published. Back then Johanna Lindsey did no wrong and I read anything and everything she wrote. Her more recent books doesn't have the same vibe to them. Anyway, this series is set in the American West and is one of the better series in this genre in my opinion.
February 10, 2021
Okay, I have to admit that this book kind of dragged for me through much of it, but I wasn't tempted even one time to not finish it. I thought Colt was too angry and too rough, even though I understood where he was coming from and what was compelling him. He was too mean to Jocelyn for my taste and much of it wasn't warranted. It was him denying his desires with the thought that she was a white woman and white women were forbidden by half-breed like him. But he was attracted to her and he was frustrated.
As for Jocelyn, I couldn't help but like her. She's a duchess, something Colt is all too fond of reminding her and not always in a kind way. She's adventurous, curious, and doesn't understand prejudices against half-breeds. Being from England, she'd never heard the term before she met Colt. But she was determined to get through to him and have him as her first lover. There's more to the story, but I don't want to throw in any spoilers. Meanwhile, she's been pursued by a miscreant who was hired by the new Duke, who took the title after her husband died, to bring her back to England before she reached the age of twenty-one. When he didn't get that done, he decided to track her down and kill her himself just out of spite, since she'd made him look bad.
Colt was total alpha all the way through the book. I like a strong alpha and I liked him. I just wish he hadn't been so damn mean to Jocelyn. She was an innocent and he was so caught up with everybody hating him because he was a half-breed and he took that out on her. I understand where he was coming from and what saved it all was that she came back on him for it. I didn't necessarily like that she wanted him to change his image; to look more white, but she did it with good intentions.
The reason I'm giving this book five stars is because this is an old school book, released in 1989 and this is the way romances were written back then. Today's romances are much different. If there happens to be a character who is bi-racial, it's generally accepted and not much is made of it by the other characters in the book. In this book, it was real. It did make a difference to most of the other characters in the book. Most of them treated Colt with derision and disdain. That was the reality of the era of the setting. Nothing was masked over and I appreciated that.
I loved the ending. It was fabulous. I just wish there'd been an epilogue. Maybe more will be revealed about Colt and Jocelyn in the last book of the series.
Considering when this book was released, there are some pretty steamy scenes. Surprisingly so. I may have even blushed a little. I do believe this may be a bit ahead of it's time and may have paved the way for the more "open door" love scenes we see in romances these days.
As for Jocelyn, I couldn't help but like her. She's a duchess, something Colt is all too fond of reminding her and not always in a kind way. She's adventurous, curious, and doesn't understand prejudices against half-breeds. Being from England, she'd never heard the term before she met Colt. But she was determined to get through to him and have him as her first lover. There's more to the story, but I don't want to throw in any spoilers. Meanwhile, she's been pursued by a miscreant who was hired by the new Duke, who took the title after her husband died, to bring her back to England before she reached the age of twenty-one. When he didn't get that done, he decided to track her down and kill her himself just out of spite, since she'd made him look bad.
Colt was total alpha all the way through the book. I like a strong alpha and I liked him. I just wish he hadn't been so damn mean to Jocelyn. She was an innocent and he was so caught up with everybody hating him because he was a half-breed and he took that out on her. I understand where he was coming from and what saved it all was that she came back on him for it. I didn't necessarily like that she wanted him to change his image; to look more white, but she did it with good intentions.
The reason I'm giving this book five stars is because this is an old school book, released in 1989 and this is the way romances were written back then. Today's romances are much different. If there happens to be a character who is bi-racial, it's generally accepted and not much is made of it by the other characters in the book. In this book, it was real. It did make a difference to most of the other characters in the book. Most of them treated Colt with derision and disdain. That was the reality of the era of the setting. Nothing was masked over and I appreciated that.
I loved the ending. It was fabulous. I just wish there'd been an epilogue. Maybe more will be revealed about Colt and Jocelyn in the last book of the series.
Considering when this book was released, there are some pretty steamy scenes. Surprisingly so. I may have even blushed a little. I do believe this may be a bit ahead of it's time and may have paved the way for the more "open door" love scenes we see in romances these days.
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March 18, 2015Many of Johanna Lindsey's historical romance novels, including this one, are on sale for just $0.99!
When I accessed her books via her author's page on amazon, I didn't see the sale price, but if you follow this link then scroll down, you'll see all the books are $0.99!
Also, is this the book with the 'sex on a horse' scene?
Savage Thunder (Wyoming Book 2) by Johanna Lindsey for $0.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005...
When I accessed her books via her author's page on amazon, I didn't see the sale price, but if you follow this link then scroll down, you'll see all the books are $0.99!
Also, is this the book with the 'sex on a horse' scene?
Savage Thunder (Wyoming Book 2) by Johanna Lindsey for $0.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005...
January 2, 2008
I read this book in two days; I just could not put it down. I'm not usually one for Western Romance Novels but I got hooked on this one. Such interesting characters a duchess and a Cheyenne Warrior, combine that with a great story and the steamy love scenes, who could resist. I also enjoyed the fact that the leading lady wasn't some push over; she was spunky and could hold her own. Johanna Lindsey you have not let me down yet.
April 1, 2010
Johanna Lindsey is a hit or miss for me, most of the time. This time, it worked.
White Thunder, now Colt Thunder, is the half-brother of Jesse, the heroine from the 1st book. It's been a handful of years, and he has tried to integrate himself into white society. Unfortunately, that failed and he wears the scars for that incident. He no longer likes white women.
Oh the irony, when he saves the Duchess, Jocelyn, a young rich woman with an entourage, from a run in with an assassin. Yes, that part with Longnose was really weird, but I guess every JL book needs that type of absurdity. Anyway, Jocelyn married an elderly man and is still a virgin. Now, its become a burden and she has chosen Colt to rid herself of it. Jocelyn is willing to do anything to get him, and manages to coerce him to be her guide.
When I read the back cover, I didn't expect the heroine to be likable. she was, afterall, a English duchess who happens to be touring the world. Yet, she is tenacious enough to withstand Colt's bitterness. Colt was a little to hardheaded and surly. He wasn't my ideal man, but he is definitely a bad boy.
Now, the most memorable scene is the sex-on-a-horse part. Crazy, truly, but very steamy. I also liked Angel's introduction. He's a hottie and I'm already in love with him since I've already read his book.
A fun read, but kinda a one time deal. Colt was a little too moody, but Jocelyn was a great heroine.
White Thunder, now Colt Thunder, is the half-brother of Jesse, the heroine from the 1st book. It's been a handful of years, and he has tried to integrate himself into white society. Unfortunately, that failed and he wears the scars for that incident. He no longer likes white women.
Oh the irony, when he saves the Duchess, Jocelyn, a young rich woman with an entourage, from a run in with an assassin. Yes, that part with Longnose was really weird, but I guess every JL book needs that type of absurdity. Anyway, Jocelyn married an elderly man and is still a virgin. Now, its become a burden and she has chosen Colt to rid herself of it. Jocelyn is willing to do anything to get him, and manages to coerce him to be her guide.
When I read the back cover, I didn't expect the heroine to be likable. she was, afterall, a English duchess who happens to be touring the world. Yet, she is tenacious enough to withstand Colt's bitterness. Colt was a little to hardheaded and surly. He wasn't my ideal man, but he is definitely a bad boy.
Now, the most memorable scene is the sex-on-a-horse part. Crazy, truly, but very steamy. I also liked Angel's introduction. He's a hottie and I'm already in love with him since I've already read his book.
A fun read, but kinda a one time deal. Colt was a little too moody, but Jocelyn was a great heroine.
October 14, 2017
"Savage Thunder" is the story of Colt and Jocelyn.
Colt, the half breed is the brother to Jessica, and a lie years ago by a white woman led him to be whipped almost to death and force him to become an outlaw.
Jocelyn was untouched widow to a kind gentleman, and spends her time travelling, and lately escaping the murder attempts by people who want her inherited money.
When she comes across the virile Colt, passions ignite- and as they travel through the wild west and fight enemies, nature and love.
Honestly two things I loved about this book was the cheesiest fabio cover & the horseback lovemaking- rest of it was meh.
The couple spent much of the book fighting feelings, and the story got a bit boring in the middle.
Also wished it had an epilogue.
Safe
2.5/5
Colt, the half breed is the brother to Jessica, and a lie years ago by a white woman led him to be whipped almost to death and force him to become an outlaw.
Jocelyn was untouched widow to a kind gentleman, and spends her time travelling, and lately escaping the murder attempts by people who want her inherited money.
When she comes across the virile Colt, passions ignite- and as they travel through the wild west and fight enemies, nature and love.
Honestly two things I loved about this book was the cheesiest fabio cover & the horseback lovemaking- rest of it was meh.
The couple spent much of the book fighting feelings, and the story got a bit boring in the middle.
Also wished it had an epilogue.
Safe
2.5/5
January 23, 2021
It was a quick fun read that I finished in 4 hours last night...I really liked it
March 7, 2011
Well call me a Granny because I loved this book, thanks for daring me Sparkle! I thought the cover was hilarious, it looked like one of my Grandma's books that we all teased her about reading. But it's another example of don't judge a book by it's cover!!
It read like an epic Western movie with action, adventure, intrigue, and a reluctant romance. Once the story started rolling, I couldn't put it down and finished in one day!
It read like an epic Western movie with action, adventure, intrigue, and a reluctant romance. Once the story started rolling, I couldn't put it down and finished in one day!
March 10, 2017
Un romanzo insipido ed inutile, con personaggi stereotipati, tratteggiati con superficialità. Da evitare.
May 26, 2015
Good old Johanna Lindsey. Nobody does an old-fashioned bodice-ripper like she can. Sometimes I like to just dive in to one of these "oldies but goodies" for the pure enjoyment of it. Wonderful stuff.
March 7, 2016
I read a lot of Lindseys back in the day, and this one was my favorite. You've got Fabio with black hair on the cover, and sex on horseback inside. What more do you want?
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July 5, 2024I normally finish a book in a day or two. But this one took several days. It’s not appealing to me because I couldn’t connect to the characters and their story. 1 star.
March 27, 2025
the plot and romance are not even scandalous or juicy enough to be all that entertaining… mostly boring. you can’t be boring AND problematic like pick a struggle.
July 10, 2017
I will always love Johanna Lindsey. This
was not one of my favorites. I just
didn't connect with Jocelyn.
was not one of my favorites. I just
didn't connect with Jocelyn.
October 19, 2010
I was in the mood for a light and fast-paced read. It was a refreshing change to have the heroine pursue the hero. Moved along with a great plot and was a little tame UNTIL chapter 38....OH MY! Never really imagined THAT before (wide eyed blink blink, blink)....Nope, not gonna tell....you have to read it yourself :)
March 1, 2018
I love the characters. Jocelyn was a naive Englishwoman and Colt was a very realistic type of man who saw people for what they could and did do. Their sparring had me laughing out loud. I read this years ago and it was so nice to read it again.
July 27, 2015
Le había puesto 4, pero en la relectura le pongo un 5, que me lo he pasado bomba leyéndolo :-)
Ay Colt, qué hombreeeeeee!!!!! Llámame duquesa cuando te plazca...grrrrr
Ay Colt, qué hombreeeeeee!!!!! Llámame duquesa cuando te plazca...grrrrr
August 11, 2020
4.5 stars I own book 1 in this series but haven’t read it yet. Of the two I have read, Savage Thunder and Angel, Savage Thunder is my favorite.
November 2, 2023
L'immagine è esplicativa della mia copertina. Questo implica che è stato almeno un libro sincero, quando in copertina donne si struggono per uomini con la camicia aperta diciamo che le tue aspettative sono contenute. Scordatevi Cormac McCarthy, scordatevi Larry McMurtry, arriva la Lindsey che stende una patina di stereotipi su una storia (visto il protagonista mezzo-nativo americano) che quegli stereotipi li vuole combattere. Parliamo dei personaggi. Il protagonista maschile: ripetiamo insieme: "se dici tante volte che un personaggio è gentile ma lo fai comportare da energumeno, non diventa gentile". L'oggetto del desiderio, la protagonista: sta scappando dal suo passato, cambia il proprio nome per essere anonima, ma tutti sanno che viaggia con una carrozza acquamarina trainata da sei cavalle grigie. Insomma neuroni non pervenuti. Situazioni drammatiche che si risolvono in poche pagine. Queste situazioni arrivano l'una dietro l'altra e ti danno l'impressione di venire schiaffeggiato da questo romance, mentre cerchi di capire perchè i personaggi dicono tutto il contrario di tutto solo per il gusto di inalberarsi e poi litigare. Questo non rende credibile nessuna discussione e rende ancor più stupido il libro.
la linea di dialogo che tutti gli amanti del trash letterario desideravano trovare prima di una scena di passione.
May 9, 2011
Haaayyy... Haayyy... Ternyata Benaar... Gw akan lebih Cinta cerita ini dari yang sebelumnya...
Review menyusul yaah... lagi belajar.. belom sempet.. :P
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Love this Book!!!
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Review menyusul yaah... lagi belajar.. belom sempet.. :P
yang Pastii... Sang Halilintar Putih ini... uuuuhHHhhhh Woooowwww... [image error]
Adegan di atas kudanyaaaaa.... bikiinn... [image error]
Gyahhahhahaha.... [image error]
Love this Book!!!
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June 19, 2016
3.5 stars
This was much better than my last JL book. But it was a lot of pushing away from our hero. Sure, given his back story we can understand that. But we really didn't get a lot of time with him. He was always staying out of sight. And on the occasions when he was around he was mostly being rude or aloof to heroine.
Then when the author finally gave us that 1 week, the last leg of the journey, where they had fewer barriers and hero stop fighting his inner attractions, there wasn't a lot of sweet meaningful moments going on either.
Not a bad story but not a great story. Enjoyable enough if you don't mind the pushing away.
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HEA
This was much better than my last JL book. But it was a lot of pushing away from our hero. Sure, given his back story we can understand that. But we really didn't get a lot of time with him. He was always staying out of sight. And on the occasions when he was around he was mostly being rude or aloof to heroine.
Then when the author finally gave us that 1 week, the last leg of the journey, where they had fewer barriers and hero stop fighting his inner attractions, there wasn't a lot of sweet meaningful moments going on either.
Not a bad story but not a great story. Enjoyable enough if you don't mind the pushing away.
At A Glance
Safety warnings
HEA
July 5, 2017
This one is such a classic. Jocelyn & Colt are one of my favorite couples by Johanna Lindsey. I wonder if is because usually the man is the one who is rich, but in this situation it is reversed where Jocelyn is rich because of her deceased husband who married her to protect her and left her his wealthy estate (yup, she still is a virgin!). She is on the run from one of her dead husband's relatives who is trying to capture her to obtain the riches he feels should have been bequeath to him. Jocelyn flees England to America and ends up meeting Colt and requesting his help.
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