Review: If You Haven't Read Anything Written By LJ Martin, Try His Short Story Collection
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2013
You know you're in the hands of a talented writer when you get lost in the story, then look up when you've finished reading and are disappointed to be done. The two stories in this collection that I'd love to see be expanded into novels are "Urban And Rural" and "The Way of The West," the first because I really like the narrator, Tom O'Connor and the second because, in part, it's a 'coming of age" story about an eighteen year old young man on the cusp of finding out who he is and if he's got the toughness and grit to survive his first cattle drive. Lucky for me, LJ Martin's cornered the market on western novels. While I'm waiting to see if he takes up my suggestion, I can start working my way through all of the other novels he's written!