Review: Nice Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2011
I liked it but I can say that this wasn't my favorite of the 4 books in this series but it was entertaining and worth reading.  As a reader some things I both liked and disliked.Traver's family honor and guilt drove the story. I thought there could have been other more appealing reasons that could have been more entertaining. Rusty being forced into a situation not of his making put a bit of a dampner on the story from the beginning for me. I became frustrated for him being stuck between a rock and a hard place trying to please everyone but himself.Leaving that subject behind some of the characters bothered me as well. I felt Deke became more insensitive and controlling toward Rusty and at times I wanted to stuff a sock in it. Maybe that is what Ms. Hestand wanted me to feel and if she did than it was accomplished.I kept feeling as if the author glossed over situations that could have been built upon making the story more spicy and entertaining. Examples: had she built on Jennifer's appearance and the situation that occured. It would have made for more substance had she built more drama around the character.  I wanted to see her pay and pay dearly for her manipulation.I liked the way  previous characters made steady appearances throughout all the series so a reader could keep up with the happenings of those characters. I liked the way Cal was portrayed as the family support system even though Deke took the helm.  Emma remained a strong female Matriarch and supportive character along with Sammy Jo making her appearances.  I got to know and like this family.All in all I was looking for more meat to the story but what I read was enjoyable and more than I could have ever done.  I can come up with the ideas but could never have made any attempt at putting it down on paper as Ms. Hestand has done. Bravo. Enjoy, the price was definately right.