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2.0 out of 5 stars
Couldn't keep my interest, January 25, 2007
This review is from: Renegade Moon (Half-Moon Ranch) (Mass Market Paperback)
From the back cover:
Half-moon ranch...
Somewhere in the lush grasslands of Texas hill country was a place where the sun had once shone on love and prosperity, while the night hid murder and mistrust. There, three brothers and a sister fought t o hold their family together, struggled to keep their ranch solvent, while they awaited the return of the one person who could shed light on the secrets of the past.
Quince...
No sooner had he rescued spitfire Glory Townsend from deadly gicksand than Quince found himself trapped in a quagmire of emotions far more difficult to escape. His homecoming after five years tracking renegades hadn't changed his father's drinking, lessened his rivalry with his brother or resolved the mystery surrounding his mother's death. But those issues felt like easy going compared to the shaky ground he traversed with Glory. Every time he looking into her flashing green eyes he felt himself sinking deeper. Maybe it was time to stop struggling and admit that only her love could save him.
And my review:
As another reviewer has stated, this is pretty standard fare. This is a 350 page book, but only because the print it quite large (almost the size of a largeprint book). I'd guess this is more of a 200 page shorter story than a full-length novel.
One really annoying thing was that this book doesn't really work as a stand-alone. There are a lot of loose ends left dangling, in an effort to entice the reader to read the next book in the series. Most authors can manage to write linked books that still work on their own, but unfortunately, that didn't happen here. Still, nothing about this book was compelling enough to induce me to read the next one.
The character were rather flat and uninspiring. He's a tortured hero. She's a spitfire. Yawn. Been there, done that a hundred times over. I've got no problem with the same sort of plots or characters, but the author needs to be able to breathe new life into them. That didn't happen here. And I had a hard time liking the heroine. Instead of coming across as "spirited", she came across as more of a shrew. I mean really, when a man saves your life, you should be thanking him, not spewing venom at him. It wasn't like he tried to take advantage of her after saving her or something. If he had, the heroine's reaction would have been understandable. As it was, I was left wondering why someone would be so immature as to return kindness with witchiness.
I do think that Barbieri has writing talent, but I think she needs to develop more likeable characters. If I had been able to like the heroine, I would probably have enjoyed this book. As it was, I was left wondering what the hero saw in her.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good..., December 14, 2007
This review is from: Renegade Moon (Half-Moon Ranch) (Mass Market Paperback)
Since somebody else already provided the description from the back of the book I'd just like to say that I enjoyed this book. This is the 2nd in a 4 book/4 author Half Moon Ranch Series. I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the first book but it was still pretty good. You see a tiny bit of Brent in this book from book #1 not really any of his wife Crystal. In book #1 we fell in love with these 2 so I would've liked to see just a bit more of them but there's still 2 more in the series so hopefully it will happen. Overall though this series is off to a really good start & I highly recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Renegade Moon, June 1, 2007
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Loved this whole series of books. Keep you guessing what would happen next.
Could not put the book down once I started reading.
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