Review: Not what I expected but good
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
First, realize the cover photo of the guy does not match Tucker’s description. I mean he is supposed to be a bad-ass, ex-military with 15+ tattoos and a single look makes most men flee in fear. Granted, I can get past it, but it took a bit to change the image with what I was reading (took me out of the story for a bit to change the sweet cowboy imagine)The story starts with Gracie at an especially low point of a negative self-worth, even for most story plots, which made it difficult to read. Glad to see the character growth took a gradual recovery, because otherwise it would have felt fake. However, it started soooo low that Gracie still wasn’t too healthy even at the end.Also, glad the plot didn’t have Tucker making too many mistakes with Gracie because again any regress on Gracie’s part would have made for slow book.I dropped a star, because the ending was too rushed and Dex (the bad guy) reactions and motivations really seemed out in left field – almost idiotic. Also the brothers’ hostile reactions towards Gracie didn’t make much sense and it never really was explained well.That said, I would read others in the series and recommend this read (provided recovering from an abusive relationship isn’t an emotional trigger for you – it does have some intense situations). As a matter of full disclosure, I received my Kindle version for free from StoryCartel [dot] com in exchange for a balanced and honest review.