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Title: The Wind Dancer by Iris Johansen ISBN: 0-553-28855-5 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 February, 1991 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I fell in love with this book!!!
Comment: Wind Dancer is by far the best romance novel I have read in a long time. You are drawn into this world of pain, suffering, revenge, and death, only to come out on top with love, hope and a strength that can overcome anything. Throught the book, its as if the lives of each character are being tossed about, broken and shaken up, yet their lives are just changing. I have heard from other reviews that they weren't interested in the fact that Iris wrote about death and many of the characters had to suffer so, but it all ties together in the next books. If the whole tragedy of Lorenzo and Caterina hadn't taken place, there would be no Vassaro, and therefore no trilogy of the Wind dancer! This book keeps you intrigued and pulls at your emotions until you feel breathless by the time you finish the book. I would recommend the rest of the books in the trilogy along with any book by Iris Johansen
Rating: 5
Summary: It's amazing that no one else reviewed this book
Comment: The first and best of the Wind Dancer trilogy, this book contains all the Iris Johansen ingredients for a good read - a tough hero, a resourceful heroine, betrayal and suffering - with a happy ending. Plus steamy scenes. Iris Johansen does tend to manipulate history (see Storm Winds for a good example) but always in a believable manner and always leaving the reader with a feeling that it could have happened that way.
I like Johansen because her characters are not static - they evolve throughout the story - becoming stronger all the time. She's not too squemish about revenge either.
What I regretted was the manner in which nearly all the supporting characters were killed off, especially little Paolo - It seemed so cruel but it was actually crucial for the plot and for demonstrating the ruthlessness of the Borgias
Rating: 5
Summary: Better than I was expecting
Comment: This book shouldn't be classed as a "romance novel", because it's much better than what usually passes for that genre: it's a real novel, with complex characters, genuine development and transformation, none of the shameless, embarrassing features that bring the level down.
The hero is not perfect, and is not a knight in shining armor; no one is entirely good or entirely evil, just complex people in a primitive time, trying to live and be happy. This makes the characters so much more intricate, convincing, and fascinating - - and the book a much more engrossing read.
I wasn't expecting this at first read, and it took me a while to adjust; I found the secondary characters more likeable and compelling than the primary couple. Re-reading, I found them all fascinating, although I quite agreed with the 'official' review above - - the Lorenzo character steals the show.
The best feature: the human relationships. The author shows how historical and personal events often/always spring from the simple human motives: jealousy, spite, lust, love, mastery, competition, desire to win the fair maiden. These are the forces that shape history.
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Title: Reap the Wind by Iris Johansen ISBN: 0553586122 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Magnificent Rogue by Iris Johansen ISBN: 0553299441 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Dark Rider by Iris Johansen ISBN: 0553299476 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Golden Barbarian by Iris Johansen ISBN: 0553296043 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Tiger Prince by Iris Johansen ISBN: 0553299689 Publisher: Fanfare Pub. Date: 01 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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