Review: mostly average with a couple of cute scenes
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2013
Love the cover, the basic premise, and the setting choice.  :)This one follows the simple romance of Meg and Gina... two attractive women who bond and fall in love at a Wyoming ranch.  Dark-haired cowgirl and vet student Meg works at the Diamond Rock Ranch helping her father out over the summers.  When an LA reporter is invited to publicize the Dude Ranch... dark-haired Gina shows up and basically steals Meg's heart.It's a pretty short and drama-free story (about 100 pages).  Not too strong on conflict, but that didn't bother me much.  It didn't excite me much either.  As far as length in short stories go, this was perfect... not too long and not too short.  When these women finally meet, they hang out and eventually hook up.  Nothing original or unique here.  But when it comes to western-style settings, even an average read like this is somewhat endearing.  The singing that came up in the story was also a sweet touch (though maybe she shoulda stopped singing at the bar, lol).  The sex wasn't too bad either, I guess.  But you have to wait to the very end and I wouldn't call this one erotic or even hot. I think it just needed more sensuality all around.  It's just kinda slow up until the last 20% or so because these two just aren't in the same scenes enough.I couldn't rate it more than 3 stars because for such a short work, it sure took a long time for these women to really meet.  For the first 30% of the book or so, these two have only exchanged a few words and are rarely in the same scene.  That gap was just too long.  And while the setting was interesting in theory, the writing without the two leads present wasn't eloquent enough to really hold my interest.  Even when they do start to spend time together, it's a little bland and there's too much lead separation.  Just not enough contact or sensuality.  Beyond that, the biggest issue for me is that these two just aren't described enough.  I know they have dark hair and occasionally I know what they wear... but I have no clue on how feminine or masculine they are and where the yin and yang might exist between them.  I need to see that in my characters.  For me, they blended a bit.  Can't say I get the high ratings on this one at all.