16 October 2014

DBML: Spaghetti Western by E.M. Lynley


My rating: 3.5 stars

[DBML Event: I received a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review]

This is part of the "Delectable" series but it could be easily read as a standalone.

One of the thing I liked most of this book is Riley: he's such a good guy!
He grew up in a very rich family and, instead of taking the privileges that comes with it for granted, he took his own path. Even when he found himself stranded and without the boyfriend and the job he thought were waiting for him, he tested his own ability as a chef in a new setting and location.
Moreover the one time he asked for help to his family he did it more for the sake of Colby's family than for his own gain.
If I have to find something to criticize Riley for it's probably his insecurity in his relationship with Colby and how often he preferred to say nothing instead of confronting him. They could have spared themselves a lot of angst if they both just talked to each other!!

Colby has a very different life-story than Riley's. He lost his parents when he was still a child and he formed a strong attachment to the ranch and his work. Now that the family's ranch has financial problems he is ready to do everything to escape its sale. He is also full of guilt for a bad choice he made and for aggravating an already difficult situation so when the prospect of losing it all or bed the investor and take the money presented itself he was quite tempted...
I won't say how it all worked out in the end - you should read the story to find out ;) - but I will say that it was (maybe) a predictable but satisfying way! While a little jealousy could also be a positive motivator, as I've already pointed out, if they talked sooner to each other they (and we all) could have saved a lot of angst!

One thing Riley and Colby had in spade though was their sexual chemistry!!!

In the end Spaghetti Western was a 3.5 stars read to me: I liked pretty much all the characters involved in it (Denny and Beef notwithstanding) and the flow of the story; I just wasn't fully taken away by Riley and Colby relationship.
I appreciated - even if I'm definitively not chef material - also the author's idea of putting at the end of the book some of the recipes mentioned during the story. I don't know if it's the same for the others books in the series but it's a really good idea!

At last, I'd like to thank again the author for the opportunity to read her book for free and I hope she appreciates my honest review.

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