Reviews for Sweetbriar

The average rating for Sweetbriar based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-03-11 00:00:00 Matthew McQuay Why do I even bother with older Deveraux titles? She's always a hit or miss writer for me, and while I did finish this one, it was definitely a miss. It was originally published in '83, when racist romances were more common, but I have a hard time reading this book and thinking that no one would see the racism today. Linnet is in the Kentucky frontier when her family is attacked by "renegade," "tribeless" Indians. The Indians kidnap the children (including Linnet because she's small and they think she's a kid). When they discover that she's an adult, they're pissed and basically plan to rape her back at the camp. However, one heroic blue-eyed Indian (who also speaks English) fights and kills the cheif's younger brother to claim her as his. Once they're safe, he puts on his white-man clothes (gack!) and tells her that his grandfather is Shawnee, but he lives in a white community called Sweetbriar, and he'll take her there and keep her safe. If I had to read one more line about how he had an Indian's stealth and a white man's cunning, I was going to tear out pages. Of course, they fall in love, fight, get separated, reunited, complications ensue . . . it's an early eighties romance plot. You get the drift.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-08-16 00:00:00 Edward Haney Sometimes, I have this deep desperation and passion of going back to the past and feel the beauty of the life that was experienced back then. Then again, I realized how hard it is to live in a place full of people locked in their greed and selfishness. Other people back then are lovely. They are genuine, polite, and always, they give love more than they should -whether it is the love for the nature they're living in or the love they have for their families. This fact made me want to experience the life before although hardships and pain are inevitable. The novel is new to me. It's as if it was my first time reading a romance novel. It's as if it gained me new wisdom of the world. The setting and the conflicts that were set in the way of the characters were intense. How I loved the fact that it was very fast-paced and direct to the point that it shocks me most of the time. There were so many hardships that you would think and almost doubt if the love they have would survive. Majestically, the love that was shared by the hero and heroine of the story was profound and insatiable. The both of them went through a lot yet who can understand the meaning of love? It survives until the end. This is definitely another heartwarming and heartfelt masterpiece from Jude Deveraux. Although a lot of tragedy seemed to overtake the world she built inside the book, the love that exuded from it is much greater. GODSPEED!