jjares reviewed on 12/4/2014 + 3413 more book reviews

After the great story of the BADLANDS LEGEND, this story was a disappointment. The characters were interesting and the tension was realistic but I had a couple of problems with this tale.

First, our hero, Bo Chandler was a bit too perfect. He could cook, clean house and even do a bit of lawyering on the side. He certainly was engaging and did not brag about his abilities. It just seemed that he was too good to be real.

Kitty Conover, the third child and only female in the family, was explained well; she was an original, unschooled but intelligent. She was also insecure she saw Bo as perfect and herself as unattractive and uneducated (especially to someone like Bo).

Ruth Langan is such a good writer that I was surprised she allowed some of the dialog (towards the end) to sound cheesy. Im glad I read this book to wind up the reason for the 3 stories that was related to their father (and what happened to him in the Badlands after the Civil War).

The series was interesting; this particular story had some shortcomings. There just wasn't enough action to carry the story.

Badlands
1. Badlands Law (2002)
2. Badlands Legend (2002)
3. Badlands Heart (2002)

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