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Done and Dusted

Lyla Sage

3.82 AVERAGE


This book was so cute! Luke liked Emmy from the beginning but I still didn't feel like it was a very instalovey type of book. It was super fast paced and an easy read. I love this cutie little couple.
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-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
emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
fast-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

Oh boy!

I liked aspects of this book but felt it was done too quickly.

Was no one from the barrel racing world talked to when making this book. The amounts included were so small yet so wrong. It really took me out of the story. How can a character be believable when they know nothing about horses, barrel racing, or ranch life. Instead of research it felt like she made surface level assumptions. The worst examples was when talking about the horse wagging its tail with pleasure. Horses typically swish their tail when they are agitated or trying to get rid of flies. Also the barrel pattern isn’t faster one way, riders decide which way to go based on which direction their horse turns more quickly. So if your horse is better at right hand turns, you would go left first so that you do the last two as right turns. This is pretty basic and I am sure could have been discovered from google or even a phone call. These errors felt lazy.

I did like that there was no act three break up. I also appreciate that they feel more like real people because stupid miscommunications aren’t almost breaking them up throughout. Their romance felt more real.

Overall it wasn’t bad just could have been more detailed and planned out.


Amazing Read!

Such a great easy romance read! Luke Brooks is probably one of my new favorite book boyfriends
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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