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The Bounty Hunter's Bride (2008)

by Victoria Bylin(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0373827881 (ISBN13: 9780373827886)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Steeple Hill

review 1: After Of Men and Angels, I knew this author wouldn't disappoint me. I thoroughly enjoyed Dani and Beau's story. The author took a few turns that surprised me, and as a writer that's always a plus. I like it when the story heads a direction I didn't expect. Victoria writes about children well, a skill in itself. I felt as though I knew the secondary characters, too, especially Josh and Adie. I liked that the tale was a little gritty, because the details made the setting and characters realistic in a time period I love.
review 2: Leaving the Christian angle out of it, this book was so simplistic in style as compared to other Harlequins I read where the prose did NOT insult my intelligence. All throughout, I had to wonder if Bylin is a genuine Christian and such a... more simple style is common in this sub-subgenre, or if this book was written by someone figuring it's what Christians like to read. It had a phony, pablum feel to it, as if it was calculatedly written to appeal to what some focus group decided Christians like. A puzzlement, and I don't think I'll stop mulling over the authenticity anytime soon.2 stars because I like the mail-order bride concept and the difficulties and disappointments inherent within, but so much of the book was the same thoughts of revenge & faith (or lack thereof) repeated over and over and over in short, non sequitur sentences. I can't count how many times the heroine mulled over a perceived injustice and punctuates her thoughts with "Where was God?". Really, Dani? That's as deep as you go in your crisis of faith? The characters were flat and limited to only a few characteristics (hair color, eyes) that were also repeated ad nauseum. The characters were adjectives, not people. less

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