Review: Short Formulaic Western
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2012
3 1/2 Stars. The length of this story probably causes whatever shortcomings it has in terms of character development (another reviewer complains about the lead female's actions), but the least-satisfying element of the story is actually the plot. It's predictable and arguably uninspired. Otherwise, the writing flows, the male falls in love with the female (the story starts with her already in love with him) or he at least begins to genuinely care about her, and any threats to that love are effectively defeated by story's end. A sense of time and location is achieved. What I appreciated most though was that the story was clean of any "inspired" messages, a rare find these days in historically-set western romances. So, if the reader wants a simple, straight-forward romance set in the old west, without religious overtones or paranormal time travel elements or raw and explicit sex scenes (the descriptive language is relatively mild for today's market), this book should do. The writer has control of both her sentences and her story from the start so the reader can simply sit back and be entertained.