Review: A good story, if a bit over the top
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2012
Despite a plethora of conflict I must say that I genuinely enjoyed Cowboys Down: the protagonists were engaging--and for the most part believable--the locales faithfully drawn, the antagonists from both within the family unit and without presented the right tone. The author has passing knowledge of equestrian activities (of which I am a bit of a stickler)and I was willing to overlook some geographic liberties because they didn't impact the story.Authors are urged to provide endless amounts of conflict, to take nice people having a bad day and multiple it tenfold. That works, up to a point. Unfortunately the back stories for Calum and Jasper were so replete with dysfunction that it really pressed my suspension of disbelief to the breaking point. It made events seem contrived and the story had enough going for it that it simply was unnecessary. Brits are renowned for being polite to the point of brittleness but if I'd been Jasper and had the host or one of his staff treat me with such disregard I'd have been out of there and tapping in 1-800-lawyer. But, bottom line, I read it in one go, enjoyed it, and felt satisfied with the HEA. Not a bad way to spend an evening.