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A review by dorch
Stirring Spurs by M.A. Wardell
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Stirring Spurs is a low stakes romance book filled with good vibes and positivity. Rainbow Ranch is a queer-norm community in Oklahoma that the four Adams siblings built together, complete with rainbow flags. It's a place to forget your homophobic past. Each sibling is some flavor of queer and one of the teens from a local foster home who helps out at the ranch is nonbinary. There was additional rep through Wylie who needed speech therapy as a kid for his stutter.
The vibes are so sweet and caring. Boone is the ranch cook, and Wylie is a cowboy who took at job at Rainbow Ranch to help one of their rescue horses come out of his shell. The attraction is there from the start, and the book is both sweet and spicy. Dennis the mini horse is adorable and some of Boone's flavor combinations sound delicious. The writing makes me feel like I'm there. Stirring Spurs also includes lots of bun and cake innuendos and Brokeback Mountain references. You can tell he had fun writing this one.
One thing I was confused about was why everyone accepted Wylie calling Boone a Cookie (what I thought was just a pet name) until it was later explained to be the term for a ranch cook. Overall, I enjoyed this book, and the ending brought it up to 4.5 stars for me. The four siblings are so close to each other, and I can't wait to read the other stories.
Thanks for the ARC!
The vibes are so sweet and caring. Boone is the ranch cook, and Wylie is a cowboy who took at job at Rainbow Ranch to help one of their rescue horses come out of his shell. The attraction is there from the start, and the book is both sweet and spicy. Dennis the mini horse is adorable and some of Boone's flavor combinations sound delicious. The writing makes me feel like I'm there. Stirring Spurs also includes lots of bun and cake innuendos and Brokeback Mountain references. You can tell he had fun writing this one.
One thing I was confused about was why everyone accepted Wylie calling Boone a Cookie (what I thought was just a pet name) until it was later explained to be the term for a ranch cook. Overall, I enjoyed this book, and the ending brought it up to 4.5 stars for me. The four siblings are so close to each other, and I can't wait to read the other stories.
Thanks for the ARC!