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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed this book. I loved the way that Samuel was so committed to Eddie even though he didn't really believe in his cause as much, and I loved how Eddie thought Samuel was so beautiful and that his foot didn't even faze him. But I wish we would have seen Matthew again. I know that book 1 and 2 had no connection, but Devin and Matthew for book 3?
While this book started out with promise it didn't quite deliver.
I couldn't even stay excited about the farm which sounded like a simple, sweet place, it just dragged on with nothing exciting happening.
The romance was so dull, even the first kiss was underwhelming, I didn't feel the connection between Samuel and Eddie. After reading "five dares" I expected some heat here but even the sex little as it was didn't complement the relationship.
at times it felt like the writing was too juvenile, a little unrefined considering the previous quality of books by the author which is actually good on average.
The three stars are for the idea behind the story really and the beginning.
I couldn't even stay excited about the farm which sounded like a simple, sweet place, it just dragged on with nothing exciting happening.
The romance was so dull, even the first kiss was underwhelming, I didn't feel the connection between Samuel and Eddie. After reading "five dares" I expected some heat here but even the sex little as it was didn't complement the relationship.
at times it felt like the writing was too juvenile, a little unrefined considering the previous quality of books by the author which is actually good on average.
The three stars are for the idea behind the story really and the beginning.
It isn't up to the standard set by [b:A Second Harvest|29827939|A Second Harvest (Men of Lancaster County, #1)|Eli Easton|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1464754000s/29827939.jpg|50191643], but it's a good, solid, enjoyable novel of the harrowing, horrible things religion makes people do to each other. Any accidental good the religious might do will never erase the hateful and damaging effects the institution of religion has had on billions and billions of people yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
So why read it? Because men like Samuel escape from the horrible, vicious, vile torturers that victimize them in fiction, and even receive healing after they get themselves away from the poison that is gawd. It doesn't happen near often enough in real life. Look at the devastating statistics on teenaged suicide if you doubt me; look at the trans and lesbian and gay people whose lives are ended or who end their own lives out of despair; in each and every case, religion bears the blame and the religious, one and all, irrespective of personal involvement, are eternally stained with the blood of the innocents they passively allowed or actively wished (aloud, silently, in prayer, whatever) to suffer.
If I've been unclear, I oppose your right to be religious on the same grounds that I oppose someone's right to be racist or Republican: Only bad things happen when y'all get to express those hateful ideas. Stop it.
So why read it? Because men like Samuel escape from the horrible, vicious, vile torturers that victimize them in fiction, and even receive healing after they get themselves away from the poison that is gawd. It doesn't happen near often enough in real life. Look at the devastating statistics on teenaged suicide if you doubt me; look at the trans and lesbian and gay people whose lives are ended or who end their own lives out of despair; in each and every case, religion bears the blame and the religious, one and all, irrespective of personal involvement, are eternally stained with the blood of the innocents they passively allowed or actively wished (aloud, silently, in prayer, whatever) to suffer.
If I've been unclear, I oppose your right to be religious on the same grounds that I oppose someone's right to be racist or Republican: Only bad things happen when y'all get to express those hateful ideas. Stop it.
The good: there's a lot to love about this story, and I certainly don't regret reading it. Samuel is a delightful character, and the farm work felt real enough to me (a farm girl). Pet mills are too often hellholes for the animals. It's a stressful, good plot with a sweet ending, as befits these characters. Warning: you'll probably love pigs. :)
The bad is my own dislike of an author telling feelings rather than showing them. It always throws me off. It's disappointing from this author. I also found Eddie less sympathetic than I was supposed to. I know why he is as he is, and I'm not sure how it could've been done better. But I know IRL couples where I find one person more appealing than the other, so that's minor.
Overall, recommended.
The bad is my own dislike of an author telling feelings rather than showing them. It always throws me off. It's disappointing from this author. I also found Eddie less sympathetic than I was supposed to. I know why he is as he is, and I'm not sure how it could've been done better. But I know IRL couples where I find one person more appealing than the other, so that's minor.
Overall, recommended.
i guess i know why some of eli easton's didnt work with me. i dont like her 3rd POV and seems like her first pov novels always on my favorite list. this was sweet, but i didnt really connect with the mcs.