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Vengeance Road

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I devoured this book! Why? Because it is paced extremely well and I actually cared about what happened in the end.

From the first word this book pulls you in as it describes the tragic scene of the murder of the main character’s father. The lead, Kate, is a hard character to get close to, but I guess that remains true to her tough gun-slinging cowgirl exterior. We meet her in a time of great distress and her thoughts tend towards narrow and feverish in her quest to avenge her father, hence the title.

The few supporting characters were likable and fit in with the landscape of the book. Jesse and Will were immediate favorites of mine as Kate fell into their unlikely hands. They felt like brothers and that is sometimes a hard relationship to portray (or maybe I am just picky because I have four of them!). Even the memories shared of characters such as her mother and father seem sincere.

My one complaint is more a matter of personal preference than true dislike and that is I have a hard time when a book is written in a strong and obvious character voice. Kate and her western style slang fits with the genre, the setting, and the character, but in a cartoon kind of way. There is also a little drama with the whole mom situation that made me sit back and think that the author had gone a bit too far, but overall these two quick complaints barely made a dent in my reading experience. I’m horrible in that, unless you are Mark Twain, I’m not going to like a narrator with a different way of talking.


I recommend this quick read to all those who love a strong female lead whose not afraid to shoot a man or two to get her way!  
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