What an amazing ride! If only I could find more Zane Grey books like this one!I think perhaps the reason I like it so much is that it is told from the woman's perspective. I'm not really sure. I feel in love with every single on of "Majesty's" cowboys. None more so than Gene Stewart. What a man. I embarrass myself sometimes. I love how much he loved her from afar, trying to be everything she wanted and keeping her safe.All of the cowboys change with her around, they go from hardened men, to big softies. Doing anything to keep her safe and happy. Even so much as to die for her. The bad guys are really over the top bad, but that's exactly how I like my westerns.This story is like a rose. You think it is the most beautiful thing you have ever read and then another petal opens and you can't imagine it can get more wonderful and another petal opens. The padre's story? Oh my I smiled so much. Such perfect timing. I could so see myself in Madeline's agony both before and after.The ending? Oh my gosh, chills and tears. What suspense. What a thrill. I read online that people were unsatisfied with the ending, and I get that. I would have loved an embrace and a kiss, but for sheer drama, that one couldn't have been beat.
I'll be honest, it sort of trailed out for me. You knew what was going to happen but predictability wasn't the issue with this book. For me, there wasn't enough of the cowboy life, enough of the girl mixed up in it all. I found myself not really caring to pick this book up again, took me a while to read not because it was difficult, because it lost interest as it went on. I believe grey could've sped up Madeline and Stewart's romance. Could've added more to teh roughness of teh cowboys. It was good it just lost steam for me.
Do You like book The Light Of Western Stars (2006)?
