Review: solid read! Willa Cather with sex.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2013
I just finished Bone Deep by this author and loved it. This was also very good. Same sort of story, with a marginalized hero and a woman who loves him despite all of the social stigma of their time. The heroine took a while to finally get over it and love the hero openly, but it was very believable and made the moment when " come out of the livery", so to speak, very satisfying. I am reminded, for some reason, of Willa Cather, with the historical Midwest setting, and the exploration of class and forbidden love, etc. or maybe Little House On The Prairie, with the one room school house setting. But with sex. Not as much sex as Bone Deep, but just enough, and very well done! I liked how the author let the sexual tension build for quite a while before the consummation. This author is good at constructing a plot line as well. My criticism of this book is the same as with Bone Deep. The ending needs work. In this book, it just kind of drifts off. It could have ended a lot earlier.