The descriptions of Wyoming (and the paintings) were beautiful, and I think captured the region well. It is beautiful country.
When the action finally started, it finally started getting good, and I binge read the last 8th of the book.
Then we got to the end, and (view spoiler)
So, the action was well done, but I thought the mystery resolution points were a little weak. Oh, and I mentioned the head-hopping in my status updates. How distracting! If it were truly omniscient, it would show all characters' thoughts, but it is mainly the H/h, and then at the end, we even get into the bad guy's head for a couple paragraphs. In my opinion, that's just lazy.
The romance was refreshing. No angst, which is a thing I totally appreciate.
In summary, I more than liked it, by the end, but I can't say I loved it.
Here are my status updates:
| 10/19/2015 | marked as: | currently-reading | ||
| 10/21/2015 | page 40 | 10.0% | "Yeesh. A lot of internal dialog, blatantly used as a device for exposition. Here's hoping it gets better. And what's with the 1.5" line spacing? Trying to make the book look longer than it is? Mixed with the tiny font, it is confusing, and a challenge to read. :-/" | |
| 10/24/2015 | page 70 | 19.0% | "Interesting thoughts about art and Wyoming, but the head-hopping is killing me. And again (still) the internal dialog as exposition. Yawn." | |
| 10/29/2015 | page 194 | 52.0% | "It's starting to get better. Even though I'm impatient, I do like the descriptions of the Wyoming landscape. Reminds my of my driving time." | |
| 10/31/2015 | page 238 | 64.0% | "She sure draws bad characters well. I'm plotting ways they can get rid of Liza!" | |
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