Kate SherwoodReviews
Author of Dark Horse
Reviews
Was a bit too short, resolution seemed hurried. Like always, I loved the characters and the writing.
Merged review:
3.75 stars
Was a bit too short, resolution seemed hurried. Like always, I loved the characters and the writing.
In Dreams – Eden Winters
In My Sights – A.R. Moler
In Over His Head – Kate Sherwood
Incongruent Angel – Cherie Noel
The Ivory Prison – Ashlyn Daube (Myka Ramos) - ★★★★☆
Jackman – Penny Brandon
Jayded Sunrise – Shayla Mist
Jungle Law – S.L. Armstrong & K. Piet
Just Be – Jason Huffman-Black
Kiss and Makeup – Shira Anthony
Laoch Rudadh – K. Mason
Lazy Sundays – K-lee Klein
Lead Us Not – Kate McMurray
Leashed – Skye Warren
Life Being What It Is, One Dreams of Revenge - A Romance in Three Acts – Sarah Black
Life in Chaos – Kathleen Hayes
The Lifecycle of the North American Love Virus – Kerry Freeman
I think it might just be me, but I didn't like this story much.
What I did like - I liked Jericho and how his smartass comes out with the Feds.
What I didn't like - I can see where the author was going with it but I don't think it was long enough for all the cloak and dagger of pretty much every character. Not one character talked openly and was so busy either talking in riddles or not answering questions that I feel like I didn't know any of them.
and to be honest I don't really want to continue on with the series as I don't see how it's going to work.
I mean I was expecting more development in the threesome relationship part (but I guess that's what sequels are for) but seriously 90% of the book is about Dan and his ambiguous and indecisive behavior towards Evan and Jeff. 30% of it was Dan and his grief which is quite understandable and I really felt for Dan and his loss of Justin. But the other 70% is Dan and his issue with Jeff, then his issue with Evan, then his issues with Jeff and Evan and on and on it goes.
Literally the pace was so slow I wanted to give up. Development was extremely slow pace but that brought out the characters but I wish it could have done that more in a speedy way.
The climax is nonexistent, unless you call Dan somewhat (again) ambiguous agreement to a maybe, maybe not threesome relationship.
I mean overall, this book is realistic in the way it portrays someone's feelings about maybe entering in a threesome relationship and moving on from grief, but the pace of it was just so slow and there wasn't really anything happening that it left me feeling ambiguous about giving it this rating, just like Dan's relationship (if you can even call it that).
This was heartbreaking.
The author keeps on using the present-tense, this time not in third person but in second person; for me that made it seem a long psychoanalysis session, after the dude in the armchair says to you: "Tell me your life..." ;)
Knowing that almost unconsciously I embarked on this story with a certain detachment so it didn't wreck me. So far so good, but that didn't spare me the anguish due to Dan's reluctance that clearly lets to glimpse a heavy baggage.
Otherwise, this story shows off the same virtues that [b:Dark Horse|8262408|Dark Horse (Dark Horse, #1)|Kate Sherwood|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348228294s/8262408.jpg|13110316]: a fabulous work with the characters, an equally concern for the context. Finally, with this series I'm learning more than in all my life about horses in general and equestrian sports in particular!
God, this made me cry a river.
Sex, lots of it; hot and deeply moving sex.
Without the previous books and shorties this story doesn't make much sense, with them this story is the icing on the cake in terms of the threesome consolidation.
A magnificent novel, in great part a character-driven story about the slow building of a threesome. And a book nothing easy to read and less easy to forget.
I'm truly marveled by the exquisite construction of all the characters, horses included. The physical data are few and sporadic; what's marvelous is that characters develop from within, layer upon layer, until they acquire corporeality and soul in front of the reader's eyes. There are singularity and a terrific consistency in them; In each one of them I found coherent body language, attitudes, mood changes, and ways of speaking.
I suppose that in next installments we'll know more about Evan and Jeff.. Until now the series mainly focuses on Dan and with good reason (please note that at the moment of writing this review I already read [b:Sometimes You Just Know|12979664|Sometimes You Just Know (Dark Horse, #1.1)|Kate Sherwood|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1319955890s/12979664.jpg|18138655] and [b:Rough Broke|12991357|Rough Broke (Dark Horse, #1.2)|Kate Sherwood|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328186976s/12991357.jpg|18151413]), Dan is an amazing character, he's a phoenix, being reborn time after time of an horrid past full of pain and losses.
Well, then cause not 5 stars? Because in a moment, toward the ending of the first part I experienced a focus loss, as if the step would have become too tiresome.
I take the opportunity to repeat my opinion and defense on the verb tense used. The present tense isn't a bad thing. Definitely, getting accustomed takes a little time, but as its effect is that the action happens while you read, reinforce the empathy with the characters. At least that way it's for me, and in such sense the present-tense adds to the virtues of this book.
What surprised me was:
* Jeff's relation with art, that he obviously retakes after getting involved with Evan.
* Jeff's dominant vein, that would flourish also as part of his relation with Evan.
So what? Is Evan the Great Catalyst?
We'll see...
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Why the bad break up in the past? What is the deal with the daughter? What sort of relationship do they have? I really enjoyed this book, but there seemed to be quite a bit missing that would have made this a much better story. As for the resolution the HUGE problem, I needed to suspend belief big time... that was a bit meh...