Review: Indecisive, weak heroine
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2012
I, generally, like Melody Snow Monroe's work. This, I had a hard time finishing & am VERY unhappy I paid for.The author spent too much time on Samantha (Sam) feeling she had to be 'manly' to succeed in the cattle ranching biz. I'm sorry, but I really don't think it's so much of an effort for women to succeed in any business today.Heath and Wade came across as one dimensional. They supposedly loved Sam but, in actuality, wanted to change her. Why? Because they want her to be herself (?) Then, at the end, they claimed they didn't want her to 'compromise' herself by being exactly what they wanted. Huh?When she becomes injured during the cattle rustling, it was fine for her to rely on her foreman and hands (& Heath & Wade). Why such the big deal when she isn't injured? She owns the ranch, the foreman and hands are supposed to handle the day to day problems for goodness sake. And, frankly, if an employer treats you well and pays you on time why the heck wouldn't you respect her?Basically, the entire premise of at least 3/4 the conflict lay in Sam's 'manliness' the other 1/4 in the 'rustling'. It wasn't difficult to figure out whodunit, I knew the moment the character was introduced.This story did nothing to further women's rights or equality. It only showed the weakness of what a woman would sacrifice - be who her men wanted her to be. For some idiotic reason she'd never be respected if she had a romantic relationship? WTF?The resolution to their troubles was ridiculous. Sam gave up what she supposedly loved doing and came up with an equally ridiculous new business plan, when she suddenly decided she didn't love it as much as Heath & Wade.