Holly‘s review of Cowboy’s Like Us
Real cowboys aren’t born. They’re made…
Logan Carswell has just kissed his professional baseball career goodbye. Goodbye dreams, career and future. For now, though, he’s working at the Last Chance Ranch and the town saloon, where sexy bartender Caro Davis is definitely taking his mind off his troubles…
Caro’s days have been so hectic, she’s forgotten all about the finer aspects of life. Like men. And sex. And really smokin’–hot sex with men like Logan. But when their two worlds collide—and boy, do they ever collide—they both realize that once the gear is off, a cowboy is still a cowboy!
This is a two in one. Cowboy’s Like Us is the 6th book in Thompson’s Sons of Chance series. Notorious is an older category that’s being offered as bonus material in this edition. I haven’t read Notorious yet. I think I’ve read it before, but I’m not positive.
This series has slowly been going downhill for me. I really loved the first 3 stories. The 4th was ok. I almost stopped reading after the 5th. I think after this, the 6th, I’m officially done. The series is starting to feel tired. I’m tired. It seems like the women are all the same…totally undefined until they have a man in their lives. Why can’t these women be strong without a man?
Caro has been taking care of her grandmother for the last few months. Her grandmother is really struggling with having been moved to a nursing home and so Caro spends as much time with her as possible – which basically means every second she isn’t at work. She’s stressed and run down, but she keeps a positive attitude. I liked that she had such a great outlook on life. I also liked that she didn’t begrudge her grandmother the time, even though she (the grandmother) was being unreasonable.
The breakdown occurred when she started dating (sleeping with?) Logan. It was then that I felt she lost herself as an individual. It didn’t happen immediately, but slowly over the course of the novel. At first she was trying her best to get through each day. Then Logan realizes she needs a break and she starts thinking about a future with him. Then Logan fixes her schedule so she can have some time to herself. Then Logan fixes things with her grandmother and she finds some purpose. None of these things came about on her own. She didn’t seek them, or even really think about them, until Logan. Not that in itself is a bad thing..except it seems like she wasn’t capable of doing any of these things on her own. She needed a man to make them right.
Or a woman. Because at the end it wasn’t Caro who stood up to Logan, but her best friend Josie (the heroine of the previous book). Josie was the one who made Logan grovel. Josie was the one who said Caro was worth more than Logan was offering. Etc, etc, etc. What about Caro standing up for herself?
Even more unfortunate? I’ve found this to be a running theme throughout the series. These women are strong and independent..until they meet a man. Then they become throwbacks. As much as I enjoyed some of the earlier books, I think it’s time we took a break from each other..permanently.
I still plan to read VLT, but I won’t be reading any more of this series.
2.5 out of 5
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This book is available from Harlequin Blaze. You can buy it here
#4 turned out to be the deal breaker for me. Repetitive and thin conflict, series-itis, and exactly what you mentioned about the heroines. I did download #5, but have no desire to even open it up on my reader. Blah.
Great covers though.
Super great covers.
I will be reading more VLT. Just not this series.