Review: Longing for a Cowboy

10/15/2019

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I'm continuing my quest to read more cowboy romances. I find that easing myself into a genre is always best when I have an anthology collection to help me. I had read a work by Linda Broday before, but I was eager to dive into the works by other authors as well. What I found in these stories were a collection ranging from the community-oriented, sweet and clean, and even the second chance trope! I have to be honest, I've been all about the second chance tropes lately, so I was very happily surprised to find one in One Snowy Christmas Eve by Anna Schmidt. Christmas in Paradise seemed to go over my head a bit, but that is mostly because it is meant to accompany Roseanne Bittner's other work, Paradise Valley. Either way, I enjoyed her writing and flow! I felt that Leigh Greenwood's story, A Fairy Tale Christmas, could have been a story much longer than a novella - maybe an idea for something else in the future? I haven't read one of Greenwood's books before, but I wouldn't mind diving into that. Broday's A Christmas Wedding was a bit of a palate cleanser as well as a novella in need of a full fledged story because it was not just about a couple and/or one woman really - it was about a community of characters all worthy of more detailed attention. Margaret Brownley's A Love Letter to Santa really made my heart warm up and it reminded me of all the Christmas stories I love to read and watch as we get closer to Christmas. It was a sweet reading that anyone could enjoy. And finally Amy Sandas' Through the Storm gave me a bit of that rakish character that I'm used to reading in all of my other historical romances! It was welcomed and definitely stood out from the other stories. In fact, that is something I commend this collection for - each story was quite unlike the one before or after it. I never felt like I was reading something repetitive (which can happen in this genre). If anything, this collection made me wish for more of each authors' works. I will make sure to look for them in the future (and the back-list bump)!

Rosanne Bittner:
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Linda Broday:
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Margaret Brownley:
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Leigh Greenwood:
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Amy Sandas:
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Anna Schmidt:
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8 Comments

Kristine Hall link

10/16/2019 07:09:10 am

LOVE this review and that each story is so unique! Thanks for giving readers just a little morsel to chew on for each one of them.

Celia link

10/16/2019 10:20:09 am

It was a great anthology! Thank you for the comment!

Linda Broday link

10/16/2019 10:22:58 am

I'm so glad you liked the stories, Celia!

10/16/2019 10:22:00 am

Kristine, I think you and Book Fidelity are right. Each story was diverse and nothing like the others. I'm loving this review and the awesome book tour!

Kendra Black link

10/16/2019 07:57:11 am

Great review. There is nothing like a good cowboy romance.

10/16/2019 10:21:05 am

Thank you! And I know! I'm still pretty new to the cowboys, but I'm appreciating them a lot more than I used to!

10/16/2019 10:23:58 am

I agree to both, Kendra. I love my cowboys. And this is a wonderful review.

10/16/2019 10:25:36 am

Thank you so much for the book review, Book Fidelity. I'm glad the stories made you wish for more.