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A review by chelseaj91
One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
My lord! I've been kind of waiting for Kyle/Celia to get together since I read Corralled and this did not disappoint!
Celia was decent although I did get a little frustrated at how quickly she jumped to "Kyle's only doing X so that I'll stick around and give him my ranching knowledge" when in his own way, Kyle was proving how much he wanted her to stay because he wanted her. Granted, Kyle was also doing the "Celia's only staying around because I'm going to pay for school" so I guess in a way things evened out on that front.
NGL, Kyle was amazing. A great blend of dominant and romanticly goofy and I loved how he was with Celia. He figured out what she needed in the bedroom and he knew how to get her there. He also picked up on a lot of what made Celia Celia and did his best to help. Sometimes they both kind of got in each other's way and in their own but still. I loved how much Celia saw Kyle and showed him what she knew about ranching and never held it against him that he didn't know all the things.
I have mixed feelings on the way Kyle's mother handled things regarding Marshall. On the one hand, no mother wants their child to get rejected or hurt in any way. And I could see her not saying anything while Kyle was a kid. But once he turned 18 and especially once the paternity test proved things, she should have just laid out everything and put the ball in Kyle's court. Understanding that the book wasn't about Kyle's (lack of) relationship with his father, I still didn't like that situation.
Celia was decent although I did get a little frustrated at how quickly she jumped to "Kyle's only doing X so that I'll stick around and give him my ranching knowledge" when in his own way, Kyle was proving how much he wanted her to stay because he wanted her. Granted, Kyle was also doing the "Celia's only staying around because I'm going to pay for school" so I guess in a way things evened out on that front.
NGL, Kyle was amazing. A great blend of dominant and romanticly goofy and I loved how he was with Celia. He figured out what she needed in the bedroom and he knew how to get her there. He also picked up on a lot of what made Celia Celia and did his best to help. Sometimes they both kind of got in each other's way and in their own but still. I loved how much Celia saw Kyle and showed him what she knew about ranching and never held it against him that he didn't know all the things.
I have mixed feelings on the way Kyle's mother handled things regarding Marshall. On the one hand, no mother wants their child to get rejected or hurt in any way. And I could see her not saying anything while Kyle was a kid. But once he turned 18 and especially once the paternity test proved things, she should have just laid out everything and put the ball in Kyle's court. Understanding that the book wasn't about Kyle's (lack of) relationship with his father, I still didn't like that situation.