Review: 4 1/2 stars- starts slow - picks up quickly
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2013
I bought this book after reading the reviews and was excited to start it.The beginning of the book is a bit slow. The venacular for the small town didn't read very well for me. I can read 'southern' slang pretty easily, but for some reason this was more difficult for me to read. For example, "Follow a man here, got shot of that man, he got shot of Mustang...." I read pretty quickly and the conversations slowed me down sometimes.After the slow beginning, it picks up quickly with the main characters, Ivey and Gray, heating up the pages with their glances. Was bummed that the attraction was so intense so fast - without the build up of characters getting to know each other first; but there it is.The plot is pretty good. Even though you pretty much know why the antagonist is doing what he's doing to Gray, it still is fairly climatic when it all comes out.The side characters are fantastic. Love the Vegas friends that Ivey makes and the town locals add great flavor and spice to the book.The 'love' scenes are well written and passionate and sexy and steamy...phew - yes, loved those.Gray is almost infallible. He is calm, talented at reading people, a great cowboy, sexy as hell and is the town 'good boy' soon to be promoted to sainthood.Ivey's also is almost written into sainthood as well. Keeping her innocent, kindheartedness even though she had a rough childhood.I liked this book because:- fun plot to read, twists and turns, but nothing earth shattering- new characters thrown in throughout the book - kept it interesting, but not confusing- the characters were great. Favorite: Lash/Brutus- phew - sexy scenes- Gray: yes - haven't we all had those cowboy fantasies? He fits the bill-100%- great antagonist/villian (s)- no cliffhangers- a 'misunderstanding' that doesn't drag on FOREVER