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veritytease's review
4.0
Thoroughly enjoyable!
Also, it's amazing what you can learn when you read MM books (and not all of them are filthy, go figure...).
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Also, it's amazing what you can learn when you read MM books (and not all of them are filthy, go figure...).
kaje_harper's review
4.0
This is another sweet, fast-reading romance from this author, who is becoming trustworthy for a warm comfort read. It is imbued with the feel of a rural sheep operation in Australia, and the lives of the men in that community. Hank is a young man who has made a success of himself after being thrown out of his home for being gay. His gay uncle took him in and helped with funding, but Hank is building his sheep operation with day after day of hard work, supplemented by the income he makes in shearing season. He has a lot of friends around, some of them pretty good mates, whom he drinks with and plays sports with, and works beside. But none of them are close enough for him to share his orientation with. He takes rare breaks in the city to find a bar and a pick-up, and is content but not truly happy.
Elliot arrives in town to take a position as the second physician covering a wide swath of rural practice. And from the first time they see each other, there is a physical attraction that is hard to deny. But in the fishbowl of a small community, having any kind of relationship is difficult. Elliot isn't sure what the elderly doctor who employs him would think if he found out Elliot is gay, and Hank is certain that coming out would make him unlikely to get the vital shearing jobs he needs, no matter how much of a "gun" he has proven himself to be.
Small town life is slow, but there are moments of crisis everywhere. Navigating those crises will show Hank and Elliot how they fit together, or determine whether the risks will push them apart.
This was a smooth, easy read with some likeable characters. There was nothing unexpected about the plot, but it worked well and the unusual setting added interest. I felt just a little distanced by the narrative style which occasionally explained too much - nice to avoid confusion but at the same time making the narrator appear to address the reader and thus pushing me out of the emotions of the story a bit. Still, fun and sweet and well worth rereading when I need a light, comforting story of finding love and your place in the world.
Elliot arrives in town to take a position as the second physician covering a wide swath of rural practice. And from the first time they see each other, there is a physical attraction that is hard to deny. But in the fishbowl of a small community, having any kind of relationship is difficult. Elliot isn't sure what the elderly doctor who employs him would think if he found out Elliot is gay, and Hank is certain that coming out would make him unlikely to get the vital shearing jobs he needs, no matter how much of a "gun" he has proven himself to be.
Small town life is slow, but there are moments of crisis everywhere. Navigating those crises will show Hank and Elliot how they fit together, or determine whether the risks will push them apart.
This was a smooth, easy read with some likeable characters. There was nothing unexpected about the plot, but it worked well and the unusual setting added interest. I felt just a little distanced by the narrative style which occasionally explained too much - nice to avoid confusion but at the same time making the narrator appear to address the reader and thus pushing me out of the emotions of the story a bit. Still, fun and sweet and well worth rereading when I need a light, comforting story of finding love and your place in the world.
achillespatroclus's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
annen's review
4.0
This was a nice, easy read.
I like slow burns and this one did it well with a little sexual tension between Elliot and Hank.
There was more information about rearing and shearing sheep and the whole farmers life than I cared to know about.
I was surprised at how tidily it all folded up and everyone was perfect at the end in an unbelievable way.
I like slow burns and this one did it well with a little sexual tension between Elliot and Hank.
There was more information about rearing and shearing sheep and the whole farmers life than I cared to know about.
I was surprised at how tidily it all folded up and everyone was perfect at the end in an unbelievable way.
kaity_b's review
DNF @ 36%
I tried, but this book to me was so slow and boring that i couldn’t take it any longer. I also just finished The Red Dirt Heart Series and compared to that, this didn’t live up.
I think i could try and give it another go later on but probably not likely.
I am definitely a minority on this one.
I tried, but this book to me was so slow and boring that i couldn’t take it any longer. I also just finished The Red Dirt Heart Series and compared to that, this didn’t live up.
I think i could try and give it another go later on but probably not likely.
I am definitely a minority on this one.
msmiz95's review
4.0
Loved this story. Great detail, has a great authentic feeling, and very strong wonderful characters. Renae Kaye is going on my auto buy list.
tink535's review
5.0
I'm having such a great month of reading, another 5* from me for Renae Kaye's The Shearing Gun. A lovely slow build romantic story, highly recommend <3