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4/5
This was a solid book. I enjoyed it, though not as much as I did the previous one.
Beau and Bailey, I didn't expect this pairing at all, but it works. I liked them. I felt like the fact that everyone in town hated Bailey for being related to her family was super far-fetched and exaggerated, though. Like sure, some people might have held it against her, but everyone? Every single person except for the Eatons? And then she started yelling at everyone to treat her better and they suddenly did? Yeah, I don't buy that. That's the part that bugged me the most. It was too unbelievable.
The other part that bugged me was that we saw so little of that last mission of Beau. I expected more. I'm still a little confused - so he went back to that cave, alone. How and when did his feet burn up? In the cave? Was he shot in the feet? Was there a fire? Did they move from the same cave Beau find this journalist to some other one? If they didn't, how come the enemies didn't find them? How and when Beau get injured? I still have so many questions. That one dream he described to Bailey wasn't enough to answer them.
Other than that, I liked the book. I wish Bailey had more scenes with the other Eaton wags (since she didn't have any other friends) because it felt like every single scene Bailey had in the book, except for 1 or two, were with Beau. And while I don't mind so many scenes with her love interest, I wish she had some with other people who liked her. And I LOVE that they left town at the end. It really wasn't a good place for Bailey and I'm glad that the author didn't force her to stay there like a martyr.
Also, Bailey was super innocent and naive and while this should have annoyed me, I found it endearing, almost. And hilarious. Some of those questions were super funny.
I liked this book. I can't believe it's the end of the series already, I had super fun reading it. I guess it's time for me to read Gold Rush Ranch next (which I should have done before, oops!!
4/5
This was a solid book. I enjoyed it, though not as much as I did the previous one.
Beau and Bailey, I didn't expect this pairing at all, but it works. I liked them. I felt like the fact that everyone in town hated Bailey for being related to her family was super far-fetched and exaggerated, though. Like sure, some people might have held it against her, but everyone? Every single person except for the Eatons? And then she started yelling at everyone to treat her better and they suddenly did? Yeah, I don't buy that. That's the part that bugged me the most. It was too unbelievable.
The other part that bugged me was that we saw so little of that last mission of Beau. I expected more. I'm still a little confused - so he went back to that cave, alone. How and when did his feet burn up? In the cave? Was he shot in the feet? Was there a fire? Did they move from the same cave Beau find this journalist to some other one? If they didn't, how come the enemies didn't find them? How and when Beau get injured? I still have so many questions. That one dream he described to Bailey wasn't enough to answer them.
Other than that, I liked the book. I wish Bailey had more scenes with the other Eaton wags (since she didn't have any other friends) because it felt like every single scene Bailey had in the book, except for 1 or two, were with Beau. And while I don't mind so many scenes with her love interest, I wish she had some with other people who liked her. And I LOVE that they left town at the end. It really wasn't a good place for Bailey and I'm glad that the author didn't force her to stay there like a martyr.
Also, Bailey was super innocent and naive and while this should have annoyed me, I found it endearing, almost. And hilarious. Some of those questions were super funny.
I liked this book. I can't believe it's the end of the series already, I had super fun reading it. I guess it's time for me to read Gold Rush Ranch next (which I should have done before, oops!!