Review: Yep I love Cowboys
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2013
Wow just wow, what a book! Every page in this was a pleasure to read. The dialogue is some of the best yet.Into the J-Bar ranch comes one of the quirkiest characters ever to grace a page, Crispin Carrasco. Within in a few hours of his arrival, he has all who work and live at the J-Bar in a spin.Crandall Jenkins owns the J-Bar ranch where he collects strays. The most notable is his foreman Malloy. Crandall took in Malloy when he was 15. He came from a background of abuse and neglect. Crandall provides the family and love he has never known. This has earned Crandall the undying loyalty and love of Malloy. This stable, quiet, loving environment is invaded by the wide eyed, constant stream of consciousness, Crispin. He is openly gay, an animal whisperer, all around flake, with a heart the size of New Mexico. There is a great deal of initial resistance to him, but soon all the residents of J-Bar fall under his spell. The most notable, Malloy the lone wolf. What follows is one of the most engaging romances I have ever had the pleasure to read. It is laugh out loud funny and breathtakingly sad all rolled into a big ball of wonderful. There are other characters that contribute, among them Crandall's wife Emma ,the other two permanent ranch hands Eddie and Jim.This went right to the top of my list of favorite reads this year, any year. I give it a whole state of New Mexico full of stars.I am excited to see that Eddie and Jim get their own book in 2014.