Review: Who doesn't love a cowboy???
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2014
There will be some spoilers a little later in this review, so if you don't want them, stop when you see the WARNING sign.ZA Maxfield was new to me, hadn't read anything by this author before, it was recommended.  This book was a little different for me.  The book is written in 1st person, which is usually not something I generally would choose to read, but it doesn't bother me as much as it might others.I loved the MC's, and the secondary characters as well.  Malloy (that's his last name...his first is revealed later) and Crispin were quite the character.  What I enjoyed about reading from Malloy's POV was that it was as if, even though he had always considered himself straight before, he really didn't question it once he met Crispin.  So, it wasn't a GFY book as much as a realization for him later in life that he was gay, and falling for a rather strange cowboy.  The two characters meshed very well together.***WARNING--spoilers ahead**One thing that probably didn't connect with me was the death of Crandall Jenkins.  Because you only met him at the very beginning of the book, and then through one quick phone call, other than some memories here or there by Malloy, it was hard to connect how much Crandall really meant to Malloy.  His death was pretty devastating to his family and to Malloy, but it was hard to feel completely connected to it, because you weren't very connected to the character.  Let's put it this way, I cry easily at sad parts in books, and I didn't cry when he died.  I did cry during the funeral portion, but more for how Malloy, Jim and Eddie took it.Anyway, it didn't ruin the book for me at all.  I just wanted that put out there.I would give this probably a 3.8 star if I had options such as that.  But I am excited to read book 2, you don't often see "experienced" gentlemen written about.