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Army Green (2010)

by J. Rocci(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1610400402 (ISBN13: 9781610400404)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Torquere Press Inc.

series

Taction

review 1: Cam Jackson and Evan Miller are the growing in their life together in this sequel. Somehow, Evan had lost his left leg in book 1 (that I haven't read) and they are using a horse riding therapy to help Evan adjust with his disability.When Evan's old commander asks a favor, Evan agreed to let problem kid, Reo, stay at their ranch in order to get some discipline and sense of responsibility. Once Reo arrives, he just causes problems between Cam and Evan. The more trouble he causes, the harder Evan works to save him. There was enough stress trying to run their ranch/therapy business, being a couple and dealing with their own past issues. This added pressure was just another wrench thrown into their life.Reo also nursed at an attraction to Derek, though no relationship came out ... moreof it. So that subplot was unsatisfying to me. I was lost so I never quite got into the flow of the story. There were a lot of background I missed. So I didn't enjoy this story. I don't think I would have liked it anyway as I never engaged with the characters.
review 2: 3.5 on my siteThis slice of life story grew on me, from an initial reaction of foot-tapping to ah, let the relationships bloom. While I’ve jumped in on the second in a series (eyes wallet, need to buy more books) I didn’t feel lost with Cam and Evan, who clearly had a long-standing and still evolving relationship. Reo, from Evan’s past in the military, stir up a lot of feelings and aggravation, but is a very engaging character, and makes Cam think.Reo also makes Derrick, the nineteen year old Hooligan and stable hand think, and the two stories are very entwined. The point of view, although it seems to ooze back and forth sometimes between Cam and Evan, does spend about a third of the story with Derrick, and that makes his storyline real important. He’s attracted to Reo, and doesn’t know what to do about it. That’s kind of cute but it’s way incomplete.So, it smells like sequel-bait, and while I love followon stories, I still feel like instead of getting two complete story lines, I’m getting about one and a half in this book, and that is a lot less satisfying. Any sequel would have to back up a bit to get these two introduced, so how bad would a hug and a kiss have spoiled anything? If we’d only watched these two through Evan’s eyes, leaving it incomplete would be a whole different matter, because he sure wouldn’t be watching their first gropes or thinking Derrick’s thoughts. The cast of dozens introduced before page twenty also added to a bit of dissatisfaction, because while most of them had something to do with either backstory or running the stables, they didn’t have a lot to do with the story lines, except they all seemed so important that I had to remember them for the whole book. If Ostie’s kid had shown up at the picnic to play his tuba, that might have made recalling all those details worthwhile, but he’s never seen or heard of again and he's one of several flash in the pan characters.The real strength of this book is Evan and Cam together, and I’d like to see more of them. less

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