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“Excellent!!!!! I can't wait to read the next book in the series.”
Katrina K wrote this review Sunday, April 21, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Good book. Hannah becomes a mail order bride in order to get herself and her two sisters away from the orphanage where they have been living. On their journey west her husband dies, and they are attacked by Indians, leaving Hannah alone in the wilderness. She is rescued by Flint and taken to his ranch. Hannah knows she needs another husband to take care of her and her baby to be, and when Flint offers to marry her she accepts. Flint is in love with the woman his younger brother is going to marry. He figures the only way to survive living on the same ranch is to get himself a wife of his own. When he finds Hannah it's like the answer to a prayer.
ScoutmomSKF wrote this review Wednesday, February 6, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I really liked Hannah a lot. Although she had dreams of finding her Prince Charming, she put them aside in order to save herself and her sisters. She had the inner strength to handle the journey west and try to keep her sisters in line. When they were on their own she was the one that kept things together. When she struck her bargain with Flint, she made sure he didn't walk all over her. She had conditions of her own and stuck to them. She didn't tell him at first that she was pregnant because she was afraid he wouldn't marry her. As time went on she found that there was a lot about Flint that she really liked. She was also very attracted to him. She wasn't happy when she found out he only married her because he was in love with his brother's fiancee. She grew to love him, but wouldn't tell him so because of his feelings for Emaline. I enjoyed seeing her stand up to him. I also liked seeing her adapt to the ways of the west and become an even better person.
Flint was a little harder to warm up to. As the older of the two brothers, he was used to being in charge and often treated his brother Ransom like he wasn't too smart. He had fallen in love with Emaline, but she only had eyes for Ransom. When they became engaged, Flint decided he needed to find a wife of his own to keep him distracted from Emaline - not the greatest reason to get married. When he rescued Hannah he was drawn to her and offered to marry her more as a convenience to them both than anything else. He spent most of the book basically worshipping Emaline as a goddess on a pedestal while blowing off his own wife. He wasn't deliberately cruel, just thoughtless. It was interesting to see him try to reconcile his growing feelings for Hannah and his "love" for Emaline. There were many times that it was obvious that he was coming to love Hannah, but he just couldn't see past his idealized version of Emaline.
The secondary romance between Emaline and Ransom was well done. She had some serious issues with the realities of being married and seeing her try to convince Ransom to her way of thinking was pretty funny. She and Ransom both showed some good character growth, though Ransom still has some maturing to do.
I enjoyed the cattle ranching aspect and seeing the interactions among the ranchers. The problem of the missing cattle and the bad guy was very good. I liked seeing the ranchers' meeting and how things were handled there. The culmination of the conflict was good, though I'd like to know what happened to that ranch next.
Overall a good book. I'm looking forward to Hetty and Josie's stories.”
“This is the second book by Joan Johnston that I have read and I continue to be a HUGE fan. The mail-order bride theme is one of my favorite reads. I have been not-so-patiently waiting to read Wyoming Bride after finishing Texas Bride. Joan is a little bit evil with this series in the fact that she teases you by giving you glimpses of the sisters, but makes you wait to find out what happens to them in their own books. lol I couldn't wait to read Hannah's book and find out more about Hettie and Josie. While Hettie's and Josie's stories have yet to be told through their own books, I couldn't have dreamed of a better story for Hannah. So good!!
Mariann at Belle's Book Bag wrote this review Friday, December 7, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This series is about the six Wentworth children who lost their parents in the Great Chicago Fire and have been living in an orphanage where they have not been treated well. The first book, Texas Bride, is about the oldest sister Miranda~she becomes a mail-order bride, traveling to Texas with her two younger brothers~hoping that once they are settled, she will be able to send for her remaining 3 sisters. Hannah, Hettie, and Josie get desperate when they don't hear from Miranda, forcing Hannah to also become a mail-order bride. Hannah, along with Hettie and Josie, travel on the wagon train to Wyoming with her new husband.
Joan definitely has a gift for making a story come to life. Wyoming Bride was another well written story that grabbed my attention from the start and entertained me till the end. The epilogue was so good and definitely left me wanting more.
Wyoming Bride was filled with love, laughter, tears, hardship and some pretty hot sex scenes. I enjoyed reading about Hannah and Flint and their journey towards their HEA along with Emaline and Ransom. I loved being able to read the story from their different POVs. Each couple had to struggle and fight for their HEA. I felt so badly for Mr. McMurtry.
Just and AWESOME story that I didn't want to end. I am so looking forward to Hattie's book, Montana Bride. Wyoming Bride is definitely going into my keeper pile next to Texas Bride to be reread.
5 out of 5 rating!!
***ARC provided by NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group. Thanks!!”
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