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sandrareilly513 's review for:
Strong, Silent Cowboy
by Veronica Chadwick, Lora Leigh
First, I'd like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for sending me this eARC in exchange for an honest review. That said, I want to give this book a positive review because I am so appreciative for the opportunity to read it, but there's just too much that I just didn't enjoy about it. Full disclosure: I did not read the first book in this series, so I went into it just as a Lora Leigh fan from her Breeds series and not having read any of Veronica Chadwick's work. This book can be read as a standalone.
I'm going to start with what I liked first...
The chemistry: Sallie and Jacob have some serious chemistry going on! The passion between them is on-point and the way they act around each other socially and around other characters is fun to read. Jacob keeps Sallie on her toes, in a good way of course.
The backstory: I'll get to why this is also a negative in just a minute, but there is an interesting backstory and plot to this one. It's unique in regards to the reason why Sallie and Jacob actually already know one another, yet also why Jacob doesn't seem to remember his past with her.
The characters: I really did like each of the characters, both their interactions with one another and their own individual personalities. Sallie is a strong female lead and Jacob is a fierce protector, both of which are perfect for a romantic suspense.
Now, the negative...
The sex scenes: Yeah, that's right, I'm calling this aspect a negative. When certain aspects of sex are given outlandish terms (i.e. "feminine juices"), you've lost me. Maybe it's just my own personal preference, but I'd rather you just call it what it is. Also, there's a lot of sex scenes, to the point where you lose the story a bit. I'm not adverse to sex scenes or anything, but they're "going at it" by chapter two while the readers have no idea what's going on because no plot has really been introduced yet. I'd rather know more about them first, but call me old-fashioned.
The plot: Now, that leads me to the story itself. Like I said, there's an interesting one in here but it's hidden by the sex. The backstory is incredibly confusing at first because readers are only given a snippet before the main characters "fall into each other's laps", and the timeline is a bit complicated to follow at times. There's mentions of what happened four years ago, then six years ago, then three years ago, and none of it is linear for the most part, so it was a struggle for me at first. But I'd say about halfway through we get more plot and more chemistry (versus just bedroom scenes), and it really gets interesting from there.
Overall Thoughts: Despite being confused for the first third of the book and being inundated with sex scenes before getting to know the characters or what is actually going on, I still thought this book was worth finishing. There's a good romantic suspense plot if you just wait for it, and the characters themselves are pretty likable. I'd also be interested in reading other books in the series because I am a fan of Lora Leigh and maybe this was just a bad fluke.
I'm going to start with what I liked first...
The chemistry: Sallie and Jacob have some serious chemistry going on! The passion between them is on-point and the way they act around each other socially and around other characters is fun to read. Jacob keeps Sallie on her toes, in a good way of course.
The backstory: I'll get to why this is also a negative in just a minute, but there is an interesting backstory and plot to this one. It's unique in regards to the reason why Sallie and Jacob actually already know one another, yet also why Jacob doesn't seem to remember his past with her.
The characters: I really did like each of the characters, both their interactions with one another and their own individual personalities. Sallie is a strong female lead and Jacob is a fierce protector, both of which are perfect for a romantic suspense.
Now, the negative...
The sex scenes: Yeah, that's right, I'm calling this aspect a negative. When certain aspects of sex are given outlandish terms (i.e. "feminine juices"), you've lost me. Maybe it's just my own personal preference, but I'd rather you just call it what it is. Also, there's a lot of sex scenes, to the point where you lose the story a bit. I'm not adverse to sex scenes or anything, but they're "going at it" by chapter two while the readers have no idea what's going on because no plot has really been introduced yet. I'd rather know more about them first, but call me old-fashioned.
The plot: Now, that leads me to the story itself. Like I said, there's an interesting one in here but it's hidden by the sex. The backstory is incredibly confusing at first because readers are only given a snippet before the main characters "fall into each other's laps", and the timeline is a bit complicated to follow at times. There's mentions of what happened four years ago, then six years ago, then three years ago, and none of it is linear for the most part, so it was a struggle for me at first. But I'd say about halfway through we get more plot and more chemistry (versus just bedroom scenes), and it really gets interesting from there.
Overall Thoughts: Despite being confused for the first third of the book and being inundated with sex scenes before getting to know the characters or what is actually going on, I still thought this book was worth finishing. There's a good romantic suspense plot if you just wait for it, and the characters themselves are pretty likable. I'd also be interested in reading other books in the series because I am a fan of Lora Leigh and maybe this was just a bad fluke.