SOURCE: "The Rhythm of the Sioux," in Los Angeles Times Book Review, November 3, 1991, p. 13.

In the following review of From the River's Edge and The Power of Horses, Jones-Davis praises Cook-Lynn's prose style and storytelling abilities.

John Tatekeya "(Tah-TAY-kee-ya)," the hero of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn's novel From the River's Edge, notes that his lover Aurelia has "the ability to adapt the rhythm of one language to change the sound of another. And so, when she talked in English she often used the sounds of Dakotah, the cadence and tone of Dakotah speech." In this passage, Cook-Lynn, a member of the Crow Creek Sioux tribe, has described what is most distinctive and effective about her own writing voice. If you saw Dances With Wolves, you heard the Sioux language spoken; here you'll recognize a similar, staccato-like cadence in her wonderful prose. When Cook-Lynn slips in the occasional Dakota phrase, you...