Review: A heartwarming and tender cowboy romance.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2011
This is an enjoyable cowboy romance with enough emotions to satisfy. I have to say I was not that impressed in the beginning when both guys started checking each other out and I thought "oh dear, it is the same old lust and sex". But the emotional struggles soon set in, which I thought the writer has expressed well.Whatever they started out of attraction and loneliness was not suppose to last. Flynn has looks and is a drifter. Gable is so much older and really has nothing to hold the younger man back. Gable realizes that and keeps pushing Flynn away even when the younger man hints at a relationship. Their fragile relationship is tested when Gable's health turns for the worst and is unable to decide for himself during a life threatening moment. Here we see Flynn's strength as he stays by his man and shows a maturity beyond his years. Living with a recuperating invalid is no easy task and there are quite a few angst filled moments during Gable's healing which I again thought the writer expresses well. Gable's constant rejection is hurtful but understandable. Even so there are times when I wish Gable will show more backbone and be more "manly". On the other hand Flynn seems too good to be true even if I like this character more. But Flynn does have his own hurtful past and he is not just a drifter as initially portrayed. One good question raised here is how vital is sex in a relationship?There is a little complication when Gable's ex reappears and hooks up with the neighboring rich rancher. Grant and Hunter makes another fine gay cowboy couple and I can easily see the writer giving them their own story in the future. The only complaint I have is one very bizarre situation involving Gable's close female friend's attempt to have babies. Ouch! this "sperm donating" thing is just odd. I loveDiplomacyby the same writer. Her follow-up effort after Diplomacy was so so. With Clouds and Rain, I am glad this writer has not lost her touch after all.