This is the second book in the Coffee Creek Montana series. You could
read them in order, but having read the first book, I don't think it's
entirely necessary. There's a prologue on this one so it kind of fills
in the backstory and you can muddle through without any trouble. That
being said, I do think the first was a better written book.
Cassidy
has just graduated and while she waits to hear about a job interview,
she's moving back home. Something she's not looking forward to with her
overbearing mother. And her arrival coincides with an outbreak of
illness in their horses on the ranch. Which means that she's going to
have to spend a lot of time with the local vet; a man whose heart she
broke and he's never forgiven her for it.
Cassidy is kind of a
weak character. She spends all this time being passionate about
something but doesn't seem to truly know herself and has multiple
changes of heart. She's flaky. The male lead is actually the better
character this time around. He had a wide range of emotions and strong
feelings and was very appealing. The mother; I can't decide if she's
for real or not. I know there are people out there like her, but it's
hard to believe no one has really called her down for her actions and
gave her some consequences. It's infuriating at times. I also grew
tired of the conflict with her sister. Since the author isn't willing
to even let a tidbit drop about what was going on, I kind of just lost
interest.
I also thought the plot was weaker this time around.
It seemed very out there with the cause of the horse illness and the
"strife" between Cassidy and Dan seemed forced. Especially since they
are able to dash it away pretty quickly. But being that this is a
romance novel I can't absolutely trash the book. It was still mostly
entertaining and involved cowboys. Those are good things. I just
sometimes wish that romance novel writers would spend more time
developing stories and characters, especially if they have a lot of
potential to begin with. And since this was a quick read, it was hard
to put down. On the romance side of things there wasn't a whole lot of
description, but things were insinuated.
Not the best in the series so far, but I still think this is a series worth reading. Can't wait to get on to the next
Her Cowboy Dilemma
Copyright 2013
219 pages
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