Review: Rustlers and Romance by Lorelei Confer

Posted May 17, 2015 by Shannon in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review:  Rustlers and Romance by Lorelei ConferRustlers and Romance by Lorelei Confer
Series: Saddle Creek #1
Genres: Contemporary, Contemporary Romance
Published by Siren-BookStrand Publication Date: June 24, 20145
Pages: 109
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two-half-stars

Rosie's Diner is at the center of the small town of Saddle Creek, Wyoming, in the shadows of the Grand Teton Mountain range. When horse rancher Chase Montgomery first lays eyes on a waitress's bruised and swollen face, and beautiful green eyes, his first instinct is to kiss the bruises away. Lauren McCray flees Michigan and heads west to escape another beating from her ex-boyfriend, Clint Jackson. When she sees him looking inside her car outside the diner where she works, she runs again. This time, jumping into the bed of a nearby pickup truck hauling a horse trailer. Chase's life is enriched when he pulls back the tarp in the bed of his pick up and finds the green-eyed beauty. Lauren is running and needs protection from something or someone, and he agrees to protect her with his life, but will it be in time?

This was, a conflicting read. It felt too sewn together and lacked some fluidity. The characters one minute they were in love the next they weren’t sure, always questioning their feelings even after they’d come to grips with it.

The scenes were too short that they left me hanging. The emotions.. I didn’t feel them. I wasn’t engaged in the story. I couldn’t empathise, sympathise or bring myself to care for the characters.

Not only that, to me, the entire story was given away in the first chapter. In the following chapters, the book lacked originality, and it was very predictable. With most books, there is some a reader can surmise what’s about to happen just from the first chapter. But it’s the author’s job to make the novel unique, add suspense and unexpected twists and turns that will give the reader a reason to keep on with the book.

I just felt like I’d read this before but this wasn’t a well done version of it.

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