Without Words
4/5
Ellen O'Connell
I don't think that anyone is trying to argue that western romances have good covers, but this one was so bad that I almost didn't read it. Despite the cover though, this was actually a really good book even aside from the romance. Hassie just watched her stepson murdered, or brought to justice for his theft, by a bounty hunter. Her husband had just died as well, but he had been much too old to do anything useful anyways. After some events in the town he tries to leave her in, he knows he has to take her to a safer place.
I think what I loved about this book was that it wasn't super insta, there was a lot of time and a lot of time spent together before things really escalated at all. Also, the "insurmountable" barriers that many books of this genre try to present were minimized and dealt with in a mature fashion. They didn't have constant soliloquy's about the doomed nature of the disparity of their relationship, they just talked things out.
And Hassie was an extremely well-written character to me. She dealt with a lot of misfortunes in life and did so without losing hope, but she also didn't make her want to accept every offer that came her way. She continued to demand what she deserved while maintaining positivity, her strength of character was in a lot less of a direct way that books with "strong heroines" can typically go for.
Would definitely recommend for everyone who is a fan of western romances but thinks they're consistently too cringy. If you want a really light feel-good kind of story this is also the perfect way to get you out of a slump.
No comments:
Post a Comment