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Burning Sky (2013)

by Lori Benton(Favorite Author)

4.34 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0307731472 (ISBN13: 9780307731470)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

WaterBrook Press

review 1: This book popped up as a suggestion, so I got it at my local library. It's a very good story, about a woman who is taken from her family to become part of a Native American clan. She is under the threat of losing her family's land upon returning to her birthplace, but mystery surrounds the disappearance of her parents. Neil, a Scotsman, is discovered injured by Burning Sky "aka Willa" and is a kind and helpful sort. Joseph, her brother by adoption has been in love with her for some time, but she doesn't return the romantic type of love. Children become a part of the picture, and Willa's heart is eventually softened, despite her tragic past. Overall, I really liked the story. A few things I found odd were...during that time, would a single man really live under a single wom... morean's roof and nobody would think anything of it? Whatever happened to Aram Crane? What made Richard so nasty and cruel? I mean, specifically. Still, it is a very good book, written by a Christian woman. It's not really preachy, but does use a little scripture here and there, and speaks of faith in God and the like. I didn't give it a five star because, although it was a wonderful read, it didn't quite do the same as Laura Frantz's Ballentyne Legacy books have done.
review 2: A pretty easy read and very pleasant. I read this in two days and felt the story was shortchanged a bit in that I wanted to know more of what the main character was thinking and feeling. I felt Burning Sky was very stubborn and wished that the story could have gone much more in depth. It would have been wonderful to see how she had fit into her life with the Mohawk after such a terrible estrangement from her family. The main character was very "shut off" due to her losses, her husband and children. Slowly we find out that her relationship with her arranged Mohawk marriage to Kingfisher wasn't perhaps full of tenderness but I was left wondering how she felt about him. I would have enjoyed hearing more about her life with the Mohawk people as this would have helped me to understand Willa so much better. Too much was left for guessing and supposing. I felt the ending was abrupt as well. less

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