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My Cowboy Heart (2013)

by Z.A. Maxfield(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Intermix

series

The Cowboys

review 1: It started off strong but quickly went south. The first person narrator, Mallow came across as a fully developed, interesting character. Unfortunately his love interest, Crispin, was written so inconsistently that it was nearly impossible to connect to their love story. Crispen was introduced as the out there, disarming, chatterbox. But aside from his opening scene and occasional reminders by the narrator that he talked a lot, we never actual some much evidence of that. He then morphed into a confident seducer, then a self-absorbed asshole, then a wounded man and finely a convenient and wholly agreeable lover who effortless became whoever Mallow needed him to be. The book also suffered from a cast of named characters who had little to no personality and pacing issues. Ther... moree were several points in the book where I found myself wondering why I was still forcing myself to continue before I stumbled onto another interesting scene.It is a shame really, because Maxfield is a decent writer who did a good job at capturing the setting. I enjoyed the colorful metaphors she put in her character's mouth and there were some very touching sequences near the end of the book that addressed Mallow's relationship with his foster family. I think, Maxfield made a tactical error on centering the bulk of the story on the two lovers, largely alone on the ranch as they just were not interesting enough to carry the book without the help of other supporting storylines.
review 2: Honestly? I expected better. Crispin annoyed me like Hell a number of times and it felt like Speed did all the talking and all the opening up throughout the whole book. He did get better towards the end but I was never really able to forget his previously idiotic moments. First time he acted out I could forgive 'cause he went though a lot and he hadn't really know much about Speed but later? After being together a number of times and seeing the way Speed treated him? Yeah. He was kind of an *ss always jumping to conclusions and not trusting Speed. And that lack of trusting was the more evidenced by him never even trying to bottom for Speed. Then again, I also think that was Speed's fault 'cause he let Crispin get away with a lot due to his past. A past he never really talked about either..not really. That didn't stop him from pressuring Speed about his tho. Gotta love dysfunctional relationships. So...overall, I liked the characters but didn't really see the appeal of them as a couple. The world-building was good too. There are a number of great supporting characters that really made a difference for me and the plot was pretty solid too apart from Crandall's death. That just jumped out of nowhere to generate conflict and I considered it pretty unnecessary to the story. So, it was captivating enough to keep me reading 'till the end but ended up disappointing me anyway with all the talk about the ranch changing hands and the lack of evolution from Crispin and Speed's relationship. less

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