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A review by riskyduck
Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard
4.0
*Spoiler-ish*
It's a little ridiculous how good this book is, considering the setup. Dowdy, virgin, naive, goody-goody schoolmarm (a bit like Daisy from [b:Open Season|420734|Open Season|Linda Howard|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255837714s/420734.jpg|1784677]) paired with bitter, ex-con, half-Indian, half-Scot who lives on a mountain and raises horses.
Howard seriously never misses a step (well...except at the end). You can call everything that happens, yet are somehow still surprised when it does. Mary's public acknowledgment/championing of Wolf and Joe in particular were always great scenes. Howard even uses the schoolmarmish thing to work in some unexpected hilarity.
Actually, I love the hair cutting thing. It was so random and sweet when Mary was familiar enough to call Wolf on it. And Howard even wove it nicely into the rapist plot.
Joe's a fantastic secondary character. He and Wolf have an enviable bond. You can feel the deep respect, understanding, and camaraderie from even simple exchanges. Plus, he's kind of adorable.
Ok, ok, Mary was TSTL in the end. But only for a little bit and I just pretend it never happened.
It's a little ridiculous how good this book is, considering the setup. Dowdy, virgin, naive, goody-goody schoolmarm (a bit like Daisy from [b:Open Season|420734|Open Season|Linda Howard|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255837714s/420734.jpg|1784677]) paired with bitter, ex-con, half-Indian, half-Scot who lives on a mountain and raises horses.
Howard seriously never misses a step (well...except at the end). You can call everything that happens, yet are somehow still surprised when it does. Mary's public acknowledgment/championing of Wolf and Joe in particular were always great scenes. Howard even uses the schoolmarmish thing to work in some unexpected hilarity.
Actually, I love the hair cutting thing. It was so random and sweet when Mary was familiar enough to call Wolf on it. And Howard even wove it nicely into the rapist plot.
Joe's a fantastic secondary character. He and Wolf have an enviable bond. You can feel the deep respect, understanding, and camaraderie from even simple exchanges. Plus, he's kind of adorable.
Ok, ok, Mary was TSTL in the end. But only for a little bit and I just pretend it never happened.