Where the Wind Blows (Prairie Hearts, #1) in Around the World in 80 Books

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Feb 25, 2013 Nadine in NY Jones rated it did not like it

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. A completely mediocre romance set in Wyoming Territory, 1887 or thereabouts. Handsome Chase rides into town to tell cute little Jessie that her husband has died. Jessie lives way outside the edge of town. Plot device plot device plot device, then the two find themselves very attracted to each other, and forced to marry to save Jessie's reputation.

This is entertaining enough, but I find there is no sense of time and place - I want more mention of how hard life was back then, what Jessie & Chase A completely mediocre romance set in Wyoming Territory, 1887 or thereabouts. Handsome Chase rides into town to tell cute little Jessie that her husband has died. Jessie lives way outside the edge of town. Plot device plot device plot device, then the two find themselves very attracted to each other, and forced to marry to save Jessie's reputation.

This is entertaining enough, but I find there is no sense of time and place - I want more mention of how hard life was back then, what Jessie & Chase have to do every day just to get by - not extensive details, but a few more throw away lines, a few more explanations. As it is now, they get up, she makes biscuits and coffee, she throws some stew on, and later they have a leisurely dinner and she cleans up. It bugs me that she buys turnips and potatoes and apples in town - why isn't she growing these? Why doesn't she keep chickens? Or a few sheep or goats or a pig or something!

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Getting on towards the end now, and this has to be one of the stupidest romances ever. I had to go back and re-read a few passages just to make sure I grasped the full inanity.
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Feb 08, 2014 Vesra (When She Reads) marked it as to-read

Shelves: series, e-book, w, author-f, fiction, romance, c-green, pc-200-299, pub-montlake-romance, tbr-2013

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May 13, 2016 Yani marked it as to-read · review of another edition

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