Review: Could have been much more.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 6, 2013
The basic story line was good, but could have been so much more.  I felt most of the action was done at about the first 2/3rds of the book and the final 30% was helping the townsfolk settle themselves and rebuild.  Nothing wrong with helping the townsfolk and Will Cannon seems to do it every time, but this made the last third of the book drag on. The idea of the evil twin brother deposing the real priest is a bit far fetched, but it is fictional entertainment so I could go along with that; however this even twin brother "fake" priest who was the criminal mind of the story was pretty much always in the shadows.  I felt the author could have really developed that character to extend the story and action.  Also I think once a character is introduced, the author does not need to constantly refer to the with the original adjectives.  Once we learn that Aaron is the "Fake Priest" we get it...you don't have to keep calling him Aaron the fake priest, or the fat whore Roxann.  It is not a title, it is a description.  We get it.  OK..that being said I like Will Cannon Stories.  I have learned to not let the little things get into the way of a good story, but with a little polish and a little more character development, this would be a 4-5 star book for those who like the B-western style novellas.  And as I have said before, one of the nice things about this Will Cannon series is you can sit down in one afternoon or one evening and finish the book.