Here the author used the pronoun “he” for the men interchangeably but did so in a way that was impossible to tell which thoughts belonged to each man sometimes. Often I comment about head hopping negatively as I don’t particularly like it, and it’s more of an inherent problem within same sex books where the pronouns are easily confused. The other unsuccessful writing element was the point of view changes. This isn’t horribly bad, but the feel, the grit, the dirt and visceral feeling to the rodeo was missing, this could have taken place anywhere else. The rodeo world is rather easy to depict with some authenticity and yet the author gives only the barest amount of detail and lets the drama and angst between the men shine through without much success. The writing is decent but not outstanding or anything special to call attention to the descriptions or the story building. The plot is about two heterosexual cowboys that fight a sudden and powerful attraction to each other while struggling to come to terms with their sexuality and their relationship. I’ve liked the author’s work in the past but don’t recommend this book unfortunately. Usually I slide this off by saying for anyone who likes cowboys you can get by the mistakes, but really, there are many better cowboy books out there that lack these problems. This was ok, but the poor characterization and unrelenting head hopping lead to difficult reading and an overall disappointing book. This is a typical cowboy story about competitive rodeo bull riders that experience an unexpected attraction.
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