Dakota Born

The Dakota Series, #1

De: Debbie Macomber

Narrado por: Carly Robins

Like many small towns, Buffalo Valley is dying. Stores are boarded up, sidewalks are cracked, houses are in need of coats of paint. But despite all that, there's a spirit of hope here, of defiance. The few people still left here are fighting for their town.

Lindsay Snyder is a newcomer. She's an outsider even though she spent childhood vacations here. Now she returns to see the family house again, to explore family secrets, and to reevaluate her life. And soon after she arrives, she meets a local farmer named Gage Sinclair....

Lindsay decides to stay in North Dakota. Her decision marks a new beginning for Buffalo Valley and for her. Because in this broken little town, she discovers the love and purpose she's been seeking.

©1999 Debbie Macomber (P)2016 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited.

PERFECT READ

As with all her books she tells her story of characters with great insight. The romance in her stories is just that, Romantic, without details left better to our imaginations.
Marlene

Loved It

This is one of Debbie Macomber's best books, I will purchase the rest of this series.

Didn't want it to end. so good to the last word...

loved it. want to listen to her other books now. will be purchasing soon. written and read well.

I'm disappointed

I thought Debbie Macomber was a good writer. This book is not good. The narrator on this is just awful. The story line has no substance. The characters are dull and immature. Still can't figure out why she wrote it.

good book

Loved it. But it sometimes sounded to gruff or it could have been the narrator. Making the character sound mean.

Not The Best

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I guess I could say this was time well spent since the only thing I was doing at the time was driving.

Would you recommend Dakota Born to your friends? Why or why not?

No, I wouldn't. It's not the type of book I would ask them to read. It's long and drawn out. There are several story lines going on at one time and it's outdated. There seemed to be a physical spark between Gage and Lindsey but I couldn't understand how they had anything more than just that physical spark. They fought all the time, disagreed about everything, and overall were 2 very different people. The story line was flat and disappointing.

Would you be willing to try another one of Carly Robins’s performances?

I don't think so. I couldn't tell which character was supposed to be talking which made it very difficult to stay up with the story line.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No, I don't think I would.

Loved it!

I have always been a Debbie Macomber fan, but this is my first audiobook. Great book and I loved the audio. Will definitely finish the series.

Nice and easy romance

Just a sweet, small town story. It’s all tied with a bow the last little bit of the book. I wish the ending had taken more time. I’m still at s loss about the fundamental differences between Lindsay and gage. It just didn’t seem worked out.

This story made me mad

This book had a lot of different woven together story lines. And many of them got barely a resolution. The one main theme here was a complete full house of toxic masculinity. Every one of the men, except for poor Buffalo Bill (who got left unresolved and appeared to be a doormat for his Buffalo Gal’s disappearing act), every one of them put their women down, blamed all their problems on them, accused them of cheating, and when all else fails screamed that the women were outsiders. Even Brandon who had been married to his wife Joanie for 10 years still accused her of not knowing anything about harsh farm life. They all ran their women off continuously and all in the name of their pride. There was no support given to the women and they didn’t bend in their freaking pride until the women were leaving. And those women loved them and took them back the moment those men bent their pride for a hot minute to appear human. Ugh! If my husband talked to me that way, I would be wondering where respect went and that would be the end. No way would I deal with that. Heck, Brandon spent $200K on a new combine and then freaked out on his wife over $1500 spent on her washer and dryer. What in the world? And Gage? All he did was talk down to Lindsey. She was going to leave so he would run her off, she was an outsider. I was surprised that town was not as inbred as all get out because no one from outside was good enough. How Lindsey fell in love with Gage, I have no idea. His only redeeming quality was his hotness.

Angry undertones

Angry unnecessary characters Ruined a what could be a a good story. Then Ended well.