Reviews for Tykota's Woman

The average rating for Tykota's Woman based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-11-13 00:00:00 Karen Edgar Tykota was six years old when his father, the chief of the Perdenelas tribe, sent him to live with a white friend because he was afraid for the boy's life after multiple attempts to kill him. After nineteen years living away from his tribe, it is finally time for Tykota to go back and take his place as chief of the tribe after the death of his father. He spent those nineteen years living in England and on a ranch in Texas with his white family, the Silverhorns, at the request of his father. Makinna Hillyard is on a stagecoach in Texas as she travels from New Orleans to her sister's home in San Fransisco after the death of her mother and brother. She had nothing left in New Orleans so she was trying to start over. On board the stagecoach she meets an Indian man dressed as a white man named Tykota Silverhorn. That night at a stagecoach stop, she awakens to the sight of Tykota in her room. He carries her out of the house and into the desert to save her life when he realizes that a large group of Apaches were attacking the cabin and he only had time to save one person. They escape into the desert knowing the Apaches will be following once they realize someone escaped. Tykota knows this desert because it is near his tribe's hidden land. He leads Makinna through the relentless heat and sand toward the mountains, hoping to stay one step ahead of the Apaches. Makinna comes to admire Tykota as he helps her to survive the harsh landscape, she is also very attracted to his dark good looks. Tykota is also instantly drawn to the beautiful Makinna but tries to keep himself separate from her because he knows he must become the chief of the Perdenelas and the chief is not allowed to marry outside the tribe. Tykota and Makinna battle the elements and their own feelings as they start to fall in love even though they know a future together is impossible if Tykota honors his father's request for him to be chief and put his people's needs above his own. This book was very much a "wallpaper" western - the historical details and setting were barely a part of the story. The only characters that had any depth were the main two characters. The background characters were pretty much given a name and physical desccription and that was about all. The writing was also a bit simplistic and the dialogue was stilted sometimes. There were also instances where feelings were too exaggerated, like the first time they make love they "realize their bodies have been created for each other". When they were walking through the desert with hardly any water, they always managed to find water and shelter just as they were about to collapse - but they were still attracted to each other because it's not like they would have smelled to high heaven or been sweaty after a day of walking through the desert. Why am I still giving it four stars? Because despite all that, the story was entertaining and fun to read. I liked the main characters and the hero was a good man who was trying to do what was right. He always treats Makinna with respect and tries to protect her honor (well until he gives into the passion of course). I liked Makinna for the most part too, occasionally she would do something pretty dumb (like ride a horse at night by herself which of course got her into a lot of trouble - but at least she realized that she did something dumb). Should you run out and get this book? Probably not. But if you can get it from the library or cheaply at a used book store, it is an entertaining enough story if you are in the mood for a "light historical detail" western historical romance with nothing heavy like cheating or drama and a nice romance between a decent hero and heroine.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-08-09 00:00:00 Siu Mei Louie ++Spoilers++ 2.5 stars Well this is certainly the LAST time I take a chance on a book until I have more info from reliable sources. To say that I don't care for the writing style is being polite. Since I am not always polite, let me say that this was super cheesy and melodramatic. The characters were like bad actors from a 1930's movie. Well here's what I liked: 1. A relatively strong heroine 2. Decent descriptions of the land and atmosphere What I didn't like: 1. The book could have been 100 pages shorter. 2. Cliche' dialogue 3. flat and stereotypical characters 4. cartoonish antagonists 5. predictable outcome 6. lack of details/many unanswered questions 7. anitclimatic 8. conflicts too easily resolved This book is not worth my time for any further critique. sorry, wont be reading more from this author. Safety: Hero- Had many many women. Not detailed, (thankfully) Heroine-Virgin (of course) Cheating-No Violence- Mild OM/OW-No Abuse-No Rape-No Adultery-No Cursing-No HEA/ILY's yes eventually, but I no longer cared at that point Marriage/Baby- Yes to both eventually, but I no longer cared at that point