Page By Page Inside-Out Reviews
The story starts out with a mystery of who killed Sawyer’s father and how it affected all that were there. The mystery does play out, and we find out just what went down that day long ago and why it was done. A great story that is based on Sawyer and his mother waiting him to marry so much she sends away for a bride. When he finds out he isn’t happy at all and plans to ship her right back where she came from. As we all know plans do not always go as planned and in this case it didn’t. Poor Sawyer has mixed feelings after seeing Rose for the first time. Both are very attracted to each other and both fight it. There is also a mystery surrounding Rose and why she needs to become a mail order bride she is on the run but from what, have no fear danger is always near. There are many twists and turns that does make the story very interesting as well as a few surprises along the way. I thought the narrator did a pretty good job, he has that rough cowboy voice that does pull you in. His character voices are okay they do sound a little close to each other. At times his voice seems a little flat, pauses when he should not and a few times he should have. It took me a little while to get into the way he portrayed the story. His male and female voices were nice for the most part I knew who was talking. His voice emotions weren’t to bad but after a little while you forgot all the above and really enjoyed his narration. There was no background noises, no volume changes if any breaks were taken I could not tell. All over I thought his performance was good and I enjoyed it. With a little work on character voices, showing true emotions he will have a wonderful career as a narrator. I thought the author gave a delightful story but I did feel it was a little long. She gives wonderful detail with a lot going on. There are a few stories building that will take over into the next book in this series. I enjoyed the mysteries, the characters, the supporting characters. Rose is a very strong woman and doesn’t have any trouble standing on her own two feet which at time really gets to Sawyer. She doesn’t follow instruction very well but what woman does or for the most part should. I liked how protective Sawyer is of her and his whole family. I enjoyed how she stood up to Sawyer and how at times she works with him. The baiting between the two and the family was nice. I chuckled a few times, even raised an eyebrow a time or two. Sometimes I got a little confused but that might have been a little to do with the narration. I thought it was an exciting story with danger, excitement, fear and challenges that really made it interesting. There is a lot going on between these pages but the author was able to pull me back with my mind started wondering. Bottom line an enjoyable read with characters you will like, you will chuckle, with a few mouth drops and a lot of smiles. I thought it was worth my time. For a debut novel it was very good, well thought out and a lot of fun.