To Be Published: February 25, 2020
Series: Cowboys of California #1
Format: eARC (NetGalley)
Genre: Contemporary Romance
*Western
Available: BN | Amazon
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All that just for the heroine Evie to get her memory back
and leave…. man listen.
I loved the idea of this story, black cowboys in California
OWNING their own ranch…yes more of that please.
BUT, this romance… it was boring as the day is long. I read
no chemistry between Zach and Evie. I mean for the most part, the sexual
tension between them was cute and kind of hot but I just wasn’t interested in whether
they would end up together.
I feel like the story took a turn to dull and monotonous as
Evie was on the ranch trying to gain her memory back. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed
the interactions between her and Zach’s family but for me, it bogged down the
romantical parts of the story and wasn’t that what we were here for? Eh, I
guess. This also leads me to a gripe I have with the story in general. Why the
heck pretty much all of Zach’s family was in contact with Evie when Zach wasn’t.
Like I get not wanting to deal with a man when he broke your heart… Oh, I
understand that on the real, I do. But I just thought that was some weird family
flexing going on when Zach found out AND then for his own family to be treating
him like he purposefully did what he did towards Evie pissed me off. Like
listen, if my family can’t support me in my screw ups, then I wants no part of them.
To me, it just wasn’t realistic, and I didn’t like it.
Also, at times during reading, I felt like the author wanted
us to know these characters and the story surrounding them was a Black story. I
get it but it felt at times a bit forced and not authentic.
All and all, this read as a first in the series kind of book and that’s fine...and... we do get a HEA. I’ll invest in the other books as there is room for
progression in Cowboys of California.
*Thank you to the publisher for the opportunity to read/review.
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