Review: Enjoyable and Unpredictable Historical Western
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2013
This is Book 7 in the Western Escapes Series by Decadent Publishing, of books set in Freewill, Wyoming. It's in the second pass of historicals (the first set in the 1860s and the second in the 1880s) in historical Freewill. I love the fact that Freewill is recognizable to me, and the progress of the town over the years makes sense and is very cool.The storyline, about a female fugitive who runs west, hoping for revenge against the man who's ruined her family, and the preacher/marshal who loved her, is one of the most unique I've read in a long time. It was very cool to see the way that the complexity of his personality played out, as a hero, because he was unlike any hero I've read. And Abigail, the heroine, was passionate and courageous. Very worth reading.My favorite part of the book, however, was the fact that I seemed surprised by every turn of the plot. While it was a novella, and the plot was not that of a full-length novel, it still managed the kind of suspense that kept it interesting, and kept the pages turning with ease. I was very satisfied with their romantic relationship and the way the plot played out. Surprised, which was nice, but satisfied.