6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A SWEET COUNTRY ROMANCE! HELL YEAH BY CAROLYN BROWN, Aug 23 2010
By April A. Renn "aarenn(AprilR)" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hell, Yeah (Mass Market Paperback)
HELL YEAH by Carolyn Brown is a contemporary romance set in today's time in Mingus, Texas. It is the second in the Honky Tonk series but can be read as a stand alone. It is well written with details and depth, although, it starts out a little slow it picks up quickly. The plot and characters are easy to follow and just as easy to fall in love with. It has romance, country music, line dancing, passion, sweet sensuality, danger, friends, finding your true love, adventure, ending your past and starting a new future with love and passion. The hero, Travis, is handsome, tall, sexy, tough, rich, wears glasses, is a petroleum engineer, a cowboy, enjoys country music and lusts after our heroine, Cathy. The heroine, Cathy, is tall, sexy, strong, owns the Honky Tonk, is a bartender, a accountant, smart, speaks her mind, tough, and has trust issues. She is Daisy from I Love This Bar's cousin. She had a bad experience with her ex, so comes to Mingus to begin over. Meets Travis, on New Year Eve, by him walking in and kissing her. Sparks fly between the two of them. Cathy is kidnapped by her ex, Travis goes to find her, together they go to settle problem with Cathy's ex. They are falling in love but each thinks the other would not give up their careers, or would become resentful of the other if they did. So Travis heads to Alaska while Cathy stays at the Honky Tonk, but all will not be lost......This is a sweet story with romance, coming together of two hearts and making their dreams come true together. The secondary characters are just as interesting and I am sure we will meet them again in the next installment of the Honky Tonk series. We also meet a newcomer to the bar, Larissa, who I hope will hear more of in the future. I would recommend this book and also if you have not read I Love This Bar pick it up also, you will not regret it, I don't think. This book was received for review and details can be found at Sourcebooks and My Book Addiction and More.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Who can resist a cowboy, Aug 14 2010
By Blodeuedd "Blodeuedd" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hell, Yeah (Mass Market Paperback)
Finally read a western and I enjoyed the ride. I had forgotten how much I enjoy contemporary romance.
This one is part of the Honky Tonk series, but they can be read as stand alone novels. So fear not people with OCD reading out of order issues. I did fine it was a new couple, a new start, but the same bar. But this is book 2, and there is a new owner of the Honky Tonk bar.
Cathy is running the place when handsome Travis Henry walks in. Sparks fly, but he is only there for a short period of time before moving on. She is not ready to fall for a guy, but who can say no to the electricity in the air.
Cathy was strong, and she had no trouble speaking her mind. She was a redneck woman and proud of it, and she loved her bar. She had also been hurt bad by a guy, and has trust issues. But she does lust after Travis. Oh yes Travis, handsome as the devil, but a total nerd who loves rock and wears glasses, oh and he is a cowboy too of course. Be still my heart. He wanted her, and he kept coming back.
This was a sweet romance book with a passion building up between these two. They didn't jump right on it, but it took some time. First they become friends, then something more. There is also a bunch of other characters, all with charm, and the next heroine is being introduced, and I am sure she is gonna have one good book too.
I may not have known any of the songs mentioned, or anything about oil, or line dancing, but who cares, cos this book was sweet, and it made me want to walk into a western bar and have a look for myself what the deal was.
Final thoughts; Yes, I'd read more.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Sophomore slump, Nov 8 2010
By The Escape Artist "G" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hell, Yeah (Mass Market Paperback)
The second book in the Honky Tonk series, 'Hell, Yeah' felt like it was written in two parts.
The first part was fun and surprisingly sweet, heartwarming, and wholesome... what's not to love about a loud, in-your-face bar owner and a blue-eyed cowboy who wears glasses?!?! Cathy and Travis start off with a scorching kiss, then are thrown together as neighbors, and pretty much are forced to become friends through what can only be described as highly amusing acts of God.
And then, pow! Carolyn Brown starts the "bayou chapters" of the story. The story went from fun and entertaining to a Lifetime movie that one can barely sit through for ten minutes! Sure, the action-twist in the story reinforced that these characters are strong; but, it really cheapened the story for me. So much more could have been done to showcase the romance between Cathy and Travis.
Because 'Hell, Yeah' didn't sit too well with me, I think I'll skip Larissa's story. Granted, I'm a sucker for Christmas romances, so I *might* read Honky Tonk Christmas, but I'll definitely give myself plenty of breathing room until I do.