Review: Historical Romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 24, 2012
Iron Horse King is a historical romance based on the railroad baron, Charles Crocker.  If you note in Amazon's description, the author shares that the romantic part of this book is wholly fictional.  She used Crocker's personality and achievments to create Jacob Ramsey's character.  I liked parts of this book, but other parts fell somewhat flat for me.  Jacob was a strong alpha character but continued to harp on his age (I figured about 40ish?) and the fact he contiued to call Mary Rose a little girl bugged me.  There wasn't much of a romantic climax between the two.  I felt that the author rushed through parts of Jacob's railroad buildling. Jacob and Mary Rose didn't seem to have and heart warming conversations that would have made her falling in love with him believable.  The sensual scenes were awkward and confusing.  Some of Jacob's dialogue should have sent Mary Rose's lust downhill.  I finished the book, and found the historical parts and Jacob's determination enjoyable.  It was free on Kindle, so it wasn't a horrible read, just wasn't one of my favorites.