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jennyy2's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. It was a nice book but I didn't like the ending. I still don't understand why Carter thought it was a good idea to paint those pictures of Macie for his show and the ending was kind of sudden. The last line of the book was a slightly different version of: and then they rode of in the sunset together.
lnzlou55's review
3.0
I was slightly thrown off by this book. I thought it was going to be about Cash and Gemma, but they seemed to be more filler and a way to get Carter and Macie together then anything else. I was a little weirded out by both the love story of the father being told with the love story of the daughter. I'm not sure why that bothered me so much, but it did. I did like the scenes of Cash and Macie getting to know each other, and learning how to be a family together. I didn't really like Carter at all and I'm not sure why Macie liked him either since he was an ass to her the whole book. It was like her self esteem was so bad and she was so use to people hurting her that she just accepted that the man she would be with would treat her like shit too. He only wanted to use her for his art and have sex with her. Even when he tried to talk to her like a "normal" couple he only talked about himself. Oh well, it was still a nice, easy read. I will probably still read the rest of the series and not let Carter ruin it for the rest of them.
allingoodtime's review
2.0
Something about this story was disjointed to me. I think part of it was how Carter was written. I understand him getting into his work and losing track of time. I even can see how an artist would get test if people saw their work before they thought it was ready. But there is something he does (with his art and in regards to Macie) toward the end of the book that just didn't seem in character to me.
As for Cash and Gemma, I was looking forward to reading their story. The actual dialogue and trial and tribulations they had were beautiful. The whole thing with Trevor, again, seemed to be out of character and just thrown into the mix. In fact, it seemed out of character for Trevor, too.
So while there were many, many pieces that were great with good writing, there were other pieces that just confused and fell flat. Of course, I'm sure there are plenty of people out here that don't read this series for the story. In that regard you will not be disappointed.
October 2017: I did a reread of this book and added more thoughts in my updated review which can be found here: https://allingoodtimeblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/rode-hard-put-up-wet-book-review/
As for Cash and Gemma, I was looking forward to reading their story. The actual dialogue and trial and tribulations they had were beautiful. The whole thing with Trevor, again, seemed to be out of character and just thrown into the mix. In fact, it seemed out of character for Trevor, too.
So while there were many, many pieces that were great with good writing, there were other pieces that just confused and fell flat. Of course, I'm sure there are plenty of people out here that don't read this series for the story. In that regard you will not be disappointed.
October 2017: I did a reread of this book and added more thoughts in my updated review which can be found here: https://allingoodtimeblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/rode-hard-put-up-wet-book-review/
astrosgirl's review
5.0
Wonderful love story for 2 separate couples. We even get to hear from Channing and Colt in this one Lots of erotic scenes and just enough drama to keep everything you hanging on the edge of your seat.
carissa230's review
3.0
After a year of thinking and dealing with her feelings Gemma comes to her senses and searches out Cash to come work for her. She will be his boss on the ranch but he will be her boss in the bedroom. Problem is Cash has serious feelings and thinks Gemma just wants sex. Cash also brings along a little baggage that nobody knew existed namely his daughter Macie.
As soon as Carter lays eyes on Macie he knows she is the woman that has been haunting his dreams. Of course Cash is not happy to realize that a McKay boy has eyes on his only daughter.
There was a lot of erotic scenes between multiple couples this time but these particular characters were just not quite as entertaining as Channing and Colby. For me at least.
As soon as Carter lays eyes on Macie he knows she is the woman that has been haunting his dreams. Of course Cash is not happy to realize that a McKay boy has eyes on his only daughter.
There was a lot of erotic scenes between multiple couples this time but these particular characters were just not quite as entertaining as Channing and Colby. For me at least.
jkh107's review
3.0
Song: Help Me Make It Through The Night by Johnny Cash and June Carter because this is a double romance and the heroes are named "Cash" and "Carter" so can any country fan truly resist?
samanatha's review
3.0
3/5
While this is not my favorite of the Rough Riders series, I did like it. I am a big fan of May/December romances and this one does it well.
I was a little confused by the parallel love stories since that does not happen often in romance lit. It seemed like these were two half stories and rather than fleshing each of them out [a: Lorelei James|541293|Lorelei James|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1391020452p2/541293.jpg] mashed them together. It kind of works, but I would have preferred to have the stories separated into novellas. It is so hard to compare and contrast and pick a 'favorite' couple when reading books that are coupled like this.
Neither of these couples was particularly interesting or compelling. I enjoyed reading it and finished it. I certainly liked it enough to keep reading the series.
Reviews for other books in the Rough Riders series:
My review for Long Hard Ride
My review for Rode Hard, Put Up Wet
My review for Cowgirl Up and Ride
My review for Tied Up, Tied Down
My review for Rough, Raw and Ready
My review for Branded as Trouble
My review for Strong Silent Type
My review for Shoulda Been a Cowboy
My review for All Jacked Up
My review for Raising Kane
My review for Cowgirls Don't Cry
My review for Cowboy Casanova
My review for Kissin' Tell
My review for Gone Country
My review for Redneck Romeo
My review for Cowboy Take Me Away
While this is not my favorite of the Rough Riders series, I did like it. I am a big fan of May/December romances and this one does it well.
I was a little confused by the parallel love stories since that does not happen often in romance lit. It seemed like these were two half stories and rather than fleshing each of them out [a: Lorelei James|541293|Lorelei James|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1391020452p2/541293.jpg] mashed them together. It kind of works, but I would have preferred to have the stories separated into novellas. It is so hard to compare and contrast and pick a 'favorite' couple when reading books that are coupled like this.
Neither of these couples was particularly interesting or compelling. I enjoyed reading it and finished it. I certainly liked it enough to keep reading the series.
Reviews for other books in the Rough Riders series:
My review for Long Hard Ride
My review for Rode Hard, Put Up Wet
My review for Cowgirl Up and Ride
My review for Tied Up, Tied Down
My review for Rough, Raw and Ready
My review for Branded as Trouble
My review for Strong Silent Type
My review for Shoulda Been a Cowboy
My review for All Jacked Up
My review for Raising Kane
My review for Cowgirls Don't Cry
My review for Cowboy Casanova
My review for Kissin' Tell
My review for Gone Country
My review for Redneck Romeo
My review for Cowboy Take Me Away
ranaelizabeth's review
Okay, I usually don't review or even include these types of books on here, the most graphic of graphic erotica. Not everybody needs to know all my business, ya know?
But I am breaking my own rule and doing a review of sorts. First, this book is trash, not because it is graphic erotica but because it is trash. It's homophobic, misogynistic trash. Sometimes I can overlook that but I'm realizing that there is a ton of really good, really amazing graphic erotic that isn't trash. That is written with an emphasis on characters and their humanity and their relationships, that is written with consent in mind, that is written with sensitivity and feeling. This is not it. This is horrid. I've read the first and recently purchased (I KNOW!!!!) several more in the series but half-way through this one, I just couldn't do it. It's just fucking trash.
If anybody wants to know what broke me? It was reading this amazing post by KJ Charles (who you should all be reading if you want incredibly well-written graphic erotica) yesterday and realizing that trash is just trash, no matter how many dicks are involved. And then it was super early in this book when one of the women made a comment about how she should have known that her ex-boyfriend "played for the other team" because he had a "pussy name like Daunte". Fuck you, you piece of trash.
So, basically this is a review that says that there is no shame in reading erotica but there is a ton of shame in reading homophobic, misogynistic trash. I highly recommend [a:KJ Charles|7123498|K.J. Charles|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1418032373p2/7123498.jpg], [a:Alisha Rai|2987418|Alisha Rai|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1365649229p2/2987418.jpg], [a:Adriana Herrera|18639202|Adriana Herrera|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1589588721p2/18639202.jpg], [a:Anna Zabo|6571479|Anna Zabo|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1549823417p2/6571479.jpg], [a:Talia Hibbert|17088554|Talia Hibbert|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1544037896p2/17088554.jpg], and [a:Alexis Hall|7032108|Alexis Hall|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1533751064p2/7032108.jpg]. Seriously, lots and lots of better authors than this piece of trash.
But I am breaking my own rule and doing a review of sorts. First, this book is trash, not because it is graphic erotica but because it is trash. It's homophobic, misogynistic trash. Sometimes I can overlook that but I'm realizing that there is a ton of really good, really amazing graphic erotic that isn't trash. That is written with an emphasis on characters and their humanity and their relationships, that is written with consent in mind, that is written with sensitivity and feeling. This is not it. This is horrid. I've read the first and recently purchased (I KNOW!!!!) several more in the series but half-way through this one, I just couldn't do it. It's just fucking trash.
If anybody wants to know what broke me? It was reading this amazing post by KJ Charles (who you should all be reading if you want incredibly well-written graphic erotica) yesterday and realizing that trash is just trash, no matter how many dicks are involved. And then it was super early in this book when one of the women made a comment about how she should have known that her ex-boyfriend "played for the other team" because he had a "pussy name like Daunte". Fuck you, you piece of trash.
So, basically this is a review that says that there is no shame in reading erotica but there is a ton of shame in reading homophobic, misogynistic trash. I highly recommend [a:KJ Charles|7123498|K.J. Charles|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1418032373p2/7123498.jpg], [a:Alisha Rai|2987418|Alisha Rai|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1365649229p2/2987418.jpg], [a:Adriana Herrera|18639202|Adriana Herrera|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1589588721p2/18639202.jpg], [a:Anna Zabo|6571479|Anna Zabo|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1549823417p2/6571479.jpg], [a:Talia Hibbert|17088554|Talia Hibbert|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1544037896p2/17088554.jpg], and [a:Alexis Hall|7032108|Alexis Hall|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1533751064p2/7032108.jpg]. Seriously, lots and lots of better authors than this piece of trash.