Sometimes I wonder if I find contemporary straight romance novels baffling, or if I just find straight culture itself baffling. Who can say? Not this book.
There are elements about this story I like. I'm a sucker for a romanticized version of the country, with a farmer's market and artisan everything and a loner in a cabin up in the woods. Wes is a combat veteran who had to give up his dream of becoming a veterinarian after being injured in Afghanistan and now makes his own organic dog treats. Cara is the flighty middle sister of a family that owns a farm and has a stand at the same farmer's market as Wes does. They're a fairly classic opposites attract and make each other better set up, and the story is fine for what it is, but there's no depth to any of the characters or their relationships, and all of the conflict and decision making exists to create plot rather than because it feels remotely real. It wasn't the worst way to spend an afternoon, but there are better versions of this kind of book.
Grade: C
There are elements about this story I like. I'm a sucker for a romanticized version of the country, with a farmer's market and artisan everything and a loner in a cabin up in the woods. Wes is a combat veteran who had to give up his dream of becoming a veterinarian after being injured in Afghanistan and now makes his own organic dog treats. Cara is the flighty middle sister of a family that owns a farm and has a stand at the same farmer's market as Wes does. They're a fairly classic opposites attract and make each other better set up, and the story is fine for what it is, but there's no depth to any of the characters or their relationships, and all of the conflict and decision making exists to create plot rather than because it feels remotely real. It wasn't the worst way to spend an afternoon, but there are better versions of this kind of book.
Grade: C
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