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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
This series is back!!! I was not a fan of the last two books in the Rough Riders series but Cowboy Casanova has me hooked back into Mrs. James wild McKay men. I gave this 4 out of 5 only because there was so much Dom/sub and it got to be too much for me but over all I loved it
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Cowboy Casanova is one of my favorite books by Lorelei James. It's one of my comfort reads and perfect when I don't know what to read.
Welp... looks like I'm STILL searching for a good power exchange (BDSM) romance. The D/s aspects of this one still weren't great, nor were they consistent. Both characters were both deliberately hurtful and absently cruel to each other in turn, which I also didn't care for.
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Minor: Homophobia
Not my thing. I bought this one because I'm obsessed with this series and I can't stop myself. I have no self-control. This is possibly my least favorite of the ones I've read. Besides the story and the kink-factor, I had a problem with how James told this story. I felt like she had this story outlined on notecards: Character A talks to Character B about [this]. Character A talks to Character B about [this]. And so on. It felt very choppy and I didn't feel the pull between characters I've come to expect from James novels.
The only downfall of these books...I devour them too fast!
Based on the description of this book, I thought that this would be the sexiest of the Rough Rider series...not so. Surprisingly, Cowboy Casanova was one of the more emotionally charged books of the series. Ben McKay has been keeping his dating and sexuality away from the prying eyes of the huge McKay family and anyone who has anything to do with them. He's a Dom and knows that he'll be harshly judged for his lifestyle. And he is. Being the quiet middle child, Ben has always felt that he has been on the outside and needed to find some part of his life that he can control and in his world as a Dom, he's at the top of the food chain.
Ben meets with an unexpected challenge in Ainsley Hamilton. She gets invited to the sex club where Ben frequents and they are instantly attracted. Ben pushes Ainsley to her sexual and emotional limits with his control of her. But for the first time, Ben wants something different and he doesn't know what to do about it. As much control as he exhibits, Ben is still quite vulnerable to his family and the few people he counts as friends.
As hot as this book is, it did not singe the edges of my Kindle as I had expected. Of the series, All Jacked Up, Tied Up, Tied Down and Branded as Trouble made me want to blush while reading them; Cowboy Casanova seemed tame by comparison. Still a good book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Glad to see some old faces and be introduced to some new ones as well.
Ben meets with an unexpected challenge in Ainsley Hamilton. She gets invited to the sex club where Ben frequents and they are instantly attracted. Ben pushes Ainsley to her sexual and emotional limits with his control of her. But for the first time, Ben wants something different and he doesn't know what to do about it. As much control as he exhibits, Ben is still quite vulnerable to his family and the few people he counts as friends.
As hot as this book is, it did not singe the edges of my Kindle as I had expected. Of the series, All Jacked Up, Tied Up, Tied Down and Branded as Trouble made me want to blush while reading them; Cowboy Casanova seemed tame by comparison. Still a good book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Glad to see some old faces and be introduced to some new ones as well.