Member Reviews
I received an advanced copy of this book from the author as part of her street team.
Pit Bulls and Penguins - what else is there to say??? You definitely need to read this story so you can see how these two unlikely animals end up housed together in a warehouse in Texas. The animals aren’t the only unlikely pairing - Alex and Zina work together to pull off a very unusual dream wedding in Ido, Texas. Yeah, yeah, yeah - there are human characters, but the penguins and pit bulls are the big draw!!!
This was such a fun, crazy story! I never thought I'd be reading about penguins at a wedding but Dylan Crush made it all happen in her latest Tying the Know in Texas book, Her Kind of Cowboy. I love the whole idea. Add in heroine Zina Baxter's For Pitties' Sake pit bull rescue and there's lots of craziness to enjoy. I love Zina and Alex Sanders as a couple and enjoyed reading along for their HEA. Plus it was good to encounter Mayor Lacey and Deputy Sheriff Bodie Phillips again.
This one is a bit of a miss for me. The first problem is the bizarrely convoluted plot.
It starts with a somewhat over the top and silly luxury wedding idea and adds three layers of complication in order to put our two protagonists together.
The second issue is the Immature male love interest who left home right years ago and practically never looked back. .
He’s been leaving the care of his grandfather to his sister who has four children to take care of on her own while her husband serves abroad in the military. Now that he is back in town his first big decision is to undermine the judgment of the mayor/ person who masterminded the whole Ido is a wedding center idea and commit to a deadline she says is unworkable without first hearing what that deadline is. I often think people exaggerate issues with the male characters in romance. But this one really is a doozy.
I liked the first romcom in this series, The Cowboy Says I Do, a lot, and rated it highly. Its madcap charm won me over. Dylan’s signature style is still there, but Her Kind of Cowboy is doing too much for it to be my kind of romance.
Her Kind of Cowboy was a good follow-up to the first book in the series. We're in Ido, Texas planning a winter wedding and following their foibles.
It kept me reading but there is often too much going on in her books. Between the penguins, the dog shelter, her and Alex planning the wedding, his sister and her family, his grandpa, her brother etc there wasn't one story or event to focus on.
There were also parts of the story that were completely forgotten about. I'm not sure what happened the investigation on her shelter or really why Alex didn't want to settle.
Perhaps with a little less it could be more.
Alex is the quintessential vagabond; not able to stay in one place or job, with one person, in fact, not even one responsibility, for long. He is offered a short term assignment helping out with a rich girl’s wedding - handling the penguins, that is!
Zina is very responsible, in fact she now responsible for a bunch of rescued pit bulls and helping her friend oversee the wedding planning. But she might have to share kennel space with some penguins.
This book is chock full of quirky and adorable characters. Alex’s nieces are delightful, his father is entertaining and the girl’s bird, Shiner Bock, is quite zany. Even Zina’s friend is amusing. The plot is fun and engaging.
Although sweet and fluffy I would be unlikely to purchase this book for my library as it does not rank high enough on my scale to fit into our tight budget.