Review: Started well, then went downhill
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2013
Let me start telling you this is not a terrible book, but still...'not being terrible' does not equal good. And the current price is not something I would pay for what I read (thankfully, I got it for free during a bargain).I think the first chapter was the best, the introductions to the characters were *really* nice and well done, if a bit cheesy at moment, not that it was a bad thing...! Then it just went bad, really fast. While the initial chapters seem to be setting us up for a nice plot and a mastery, ultimately we are lead to several false starts (the typical moments where we are introduced to new information or character or aspects of already introduced characters that ultimately are just abandoned without any explanation)... Only this happens several times. And when you think about it, there's no actual plot for this book, there is a very vague idea that ultimately gets resolved without the heroes actions being of much influence and 90% of the book is shown as the sheriff battling his inst-attraction to the heroine for thinly hinted at reasons (that we ultimately fail to ever find out) both of them talking to each other and both heroes running around the town waiting for something to happen because unfortunately the plot never gives them enough of a start to actually have a clear idea of what to do.*SOME SPOILERS BELOW THIS*And honestly? I think the author was trying too hard to give us a too modern heroine.  I honestly loved her at the start where she was shown to be a lady that could do what was necessary if it came down to that...Then she also knows how to read Tarot- Oh, ok, this will be relevant to the plot, I'm sure-Oh, and she knows herbal medicine? That's, cool I guess, this will be used at some point during the plot development right?AND she's  a suffragette preaching the free woman word...! o-oh, I guess that's...cool? Wow, this little town women sure are taking these radical ideas really well after only one speech..! THIS has to be important to the plot right?' I sure hope so, because there's only like 10% left of this book and I bet at least 2% is advertisements...Nope. Not gonna happen. And it's a pity because both the hero and the heroine could have been so much more...!