Guest Review: Midnight Ride by Cat Johnson

Posted August 7, 2015 by Whitley B in Reviews | 2 Comments

Whitley’s review of Midnight Ride (Midnight Cowboys #1) by Cat Johnson.

One bucking bronco…
Oklahoma ranch hand Tyler Jenkins is too young, too sexy, and too damn wild to be tied down by any single woman—for more than a few steamy hours…

One hard-working widow…
Widowed rancher Janie Smithwick is too busy paying off her debts to play rodeo with a reckless young cowboy like Tyler—no matter how hot he gets her…

One midnight ride they’ll never forget…
As a rule, Janie should be dating a man her own age, like her handsome neighbor Rohn—not the twenty-four-year old ranch hand he employs. But once Tyler gets Janie alone—held tight in his arms, pressed against his hard muscled body, burning with desire—the widow realizes that some rules, like broncos, are meant to be broken…

Okay, so, I was at work one day (I work in a library) and someone turned in this book. It was just sittin there on the counter, looking up at me, all hot and sexy and wearing a too-small t-shirt.

“Hi.”

“How you doin’?”

“Yeah, you need to come home with me.”

Literally all this book had to do was give me a hot 23 y/o cowboy and then get out of the way. Let’s face it, my motivations were not the most literary.

I swear, this was a short-story that someone decided to turn into a novel by adding in every single inane thought that they could think of. There was so much padding, so many descriptions of every little action and item. Do I really need to know every step of this lady baking a pie? Or exactly what’s involved in cleaning up for dinner? No, no I don’t.

But I was willing to pay my dues and put in the time to get to shirtless sexy 23 y/o cowboy. And when it came time for the sexins? When I finally got my shirtless sexy 23 y/o cowboy? Still with the padding! This is not a good time for a two paragraph detour into talking about boots! Let the man take his damn pants off! I was so annoyed by that point that I just had to call it quits.

(And he kept wearing his hat indoors. The book kept specifying that he was wearing his hat indoors. IDK why that annoyed me above all else, but it got me downright twitchy.)

Rating: DNF

This title is available from Zebra Books. You can purchase it here or here in e-format.