Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: The characters are not believable.

I've read all of Linda Howard's books twice yet this is one I choose not to read again. The characters of Sallie and Rhys are somewhat far fetched. Sallie vacillated between very strong negative feelings towards Rhys one moment to being completed captivated by him in another. For an "Independent Wife" Sallie has little or no backbone. Linda Howard's talent as a writer has progressed far beyond this early book.