Review: Ok western romance
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2013
This is the first time I've read anything by this author, so I'm not familiar with her style. I never felt really connected to the heroine , Eva, who is the narrator of the story. It felt as though that's what she was doing, looking back and telling the story of her life and loves, rather than living it. There was a disconnect and clinical way of describing things that kept emotions at bay.As to the author's personal writing style, she uses some words inappropriately( ie: "he kind of snook up on me", and ie: the feeling " took me by complete arrest"). She also has favorite words that she uses a lot (ie: whilst). There are some other grammatical and punctuation issues that would benefit from a good editor.Having said all that, there is the bones of a good story here. It needs some more emotion and less description. Much more could be done with the character of Miguel and his relationship to Eva. The author states that they got up to all sorts of hijinks, but never shares any. Also, what does the title have to do with the story? No one has anything to do with the Rodeo. Tommy and Eva parted on harsh words, does he really walk up to her 20 years later, say ten words and they end up in the hay?Needs some work.Heat factor moderate.