Review: delightful, heart-warming romance set in the West
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2013
There are good stories and there are excellent stories and From The Boots Up certainly counts among the most excellent ones. If I could I would have given 10 out 5 amazon stars. Many romances suffer from being too cliche or too much drama. This is pure unadultered romance and so well done by master storyteller, Andi Marquette, that it is almost impossible to stop reading. "Just" two people meeting and how they fall in love: with lovable secondary characters (the kitchen-queen, Stan, the aspiring mini-cow-girl, Marjorie, ...), great set-up on a ranch, a great build-up of the romance --- all as it should be. Reality is present as well, but takes a backseat: the womanizer, being rejected by parents for being gay, making ends meet on a ranch, long-distance relationship. It is amazing how much Andi packed into 100 pages and created this wonderful, soul-soothing romance. Thanks!!