3.5 stars. Cute, with some lovely descriptive passages when they were on the mountain; I really felt the cold air. It was 28 pages long, but it was six pages before the story started, then another seven at the end were filler. That doesn't leave much room for the story itself.And still the same errors in punctuating dialogue and typos like waiver for waver. Please get the author a decent editor; the books are too good to be marred this way. Sweet story, and much as I love Joe's voice, it was great to get Kabe's POV and see Joe through his eyes. But it was too short! (Full disclosure: I feel that way about each of the previous Deputy Joe novels, too; I always want more of these guys). This felt more like a teaser than a full story in itself. But it made me look forward - even more than I already was - to the next installment in their story.
Nice to see things from Kabe's perspective. It would be great to get to know him better.
—MariaLucy
Short, but sweet. And, yeah, wielding an ax is definitely harder than it looks.
—Klyphtun
I like Kabe's narration better than Joe's! Cute fluffiness.
—Santi
3.5
—sa5mmie
