Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Rocking the Cowboy 
SERIES: Dreamspun Desires #44
AUTHOR: Skylar M. Cates
NARRATOR: Colin Darcy
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
RELEASE DATE: January 3, 2019
LENGTH: 7 hours 38 minutes
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Opposites who go together like country and rock ’n’ roll.
Long before he was a superstar, Remy Sean had a secret crush on Jed Riley. But Jed sees Remy as a spoiled pop rocker and an extension of his father’s control. Still, Jed is willing to let Remy hide from the press on his ranch—but only as a way to get his father out of his life and business for good.
Used to being admired and fawned over, Remy keenly feels the sting of Jed’s dismissal. Can he make Jed see him as more than a pain in the ass? Or is Jed too tangled up in his ranch to see past his old hurt?
Jed doesn’t believe someone desired by so many fans could want him, a simple cowboy. But Remy is determined to change Jed’s mind and steal his heart….
REVIEW:
Opposites attract… Because as far as we know a rancher and a pop star in hiding does not have much in common. And putting them together at a remote ranch… What can go wrong?
Well… it’s not that it went wrong exactly, but it didn’t really go right either. For me this story never really took off.
After a concert gone awry pop star Remy Sean needs to get away. Needs to relax and get his head back on track. His manager suggests he goes out to the ranch he co-owns with his son. A son Remy had a crush on when he was first discovering who he was. Jed Riley is not happy when his father announces that Remy will be hiding out on the ranch for a while. The only upside is that he will finally get his wish – owning the ranch free and clear from his father. And so it begins.
Remy was far from the spoiled pop star you might expect, actually digging in and helping out at the ranch. Something I really enjoyed. The spoiled brat persona has been done a few too many times. Sure their first meeting isn’t a pleasant or happy one, but it’s not a battle either. Pretty soon the attraction takes over and the rest you might guess. I know these guys had some history from way back when, but I still didn’t feel the connection between them. I never believed in them. If it was the writing, narration, my mood or something else I just can’t say. I just know that I never really cared one way or the other.
Colin Darcy wasn’t one of my favourite narrators. His pacing felt off and he made the sentences sound choppy and without a natural flow. It was worse in the beginning, before he found some kind of flow, and again when he started/stopped narration to pick up later. It wasn’t as effortless listen as it could have been. It took a lot from the story as a lot of the times I focused on his narration instead of the story.
Rocking the Cowboy wasn’t as much as I hoped for it to be. I didn’t love it nor did I hate it. I didn’t have any strong feelings towards it either way.
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