Review: Thoroughly Enjoyable
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
************Contents: Some murderous mayhem, a few sex scenes, minimal or no cursing, a few typos************I gave book 1 in this series a bare 4 stars, but this one is almost a perfect 5. Wow. What a great book! This one has it all:  coherent plot, clear setting, credible dialogue and slang (for 1903, Wyoming), textured primary and secondary characters, humor, pathos, villainy and murderous mayhem (but not too much), authentic adolescents, adorable baby wild animals, and a few profoundly moving scenes involving the family ghost, or guardian angel.Oh, and a few sizzling love scenes. I think three of them. Fairly explicit. Quite emotional.The writing is solid. No long drawn out misunderstandings, because Kinley always asks Bram what's wrong. She doesn't leap to conclusions. Bram is a bit of a blockhead about emotions due to his childhood, and that gets old, but in the end, he gets it right.Minor quibbles: I think the author may have messed up the dates. Because of some contradicting text,  I couldn't figure out exactly how old Kinley was in 1903, when the bulk of the story took place. No biggie. Also, the wedding chapter had me a bit confused, trying to remember who all the extended family and guests were. But not a big deal, and my bad, for skipping book 2  (and I enjoyed the lighthearted wedding reception scenes anyway). Finally, Bram's emotional block. I wanted to shake him sometimes, but yet I understood. Sort of.This is book 3 of the Terms series. Michael and Annie, Robert and Tess, the boys Mike and Bobby -- basically the whole family shows up for the series finale (or will there be more sequels?).  I thought book 1 (Terms of Surrender) was pretty good, but if it rates almost 4 points with me, this one rates nearly 5.  I skipped book 2, because I don't care for stories involving wife battery -- not even when the wife gets away and has a happy-ever-after.I will read more of Farrelly's fiction.