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A review by terriaminute
Hell and Gone by Tal Bauer
challenging
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Part of my childhood and adulthood happened in the Rockies in Montana, around ranches and horses, and northern Idaho on my uncle's cattle ranch. The author got the feel of that life right, particularly how hard ranch work is, and how bad ranch hands are worse than no ranch hands, sometimes.
It was a real treat to read realistic horses. Another five stars for that.
I couldn't read this quickly because anxiety brain is stupid. But I really enjoyed it, how real it felt, how the detective's backstory informed everything he did and thought, and the very same for the cowboy. Different, but same. And how, while investigating rustling and murder, they forge a real connection. I even didn't skip the sex scenes, because they are written well, intensely these two men and no one else. In other words, it felt real. A lot of romance writers write scenes with an audience in mind, I think, but this didn't feel like a show. It was personal.
It was a real treat to read realistic horses. Another five stars for that.
I couldn't read this quickly because anxiety brain is stupid. But I really enjoyed it, how real it felt, how the detective's backstory informed everything he did and thought, and the very same for the cowboy. Different, but same. And how, while investigating rustling and murder, they forge a real connection. I even didn't skip the sex scenes, because they are written well, intensely these two men and no one else. In other words, it felt real. A lot of romance writers write scenes with an audience in mind, I think, but this didn't feel like a show. It was personal.