Leanna's Reviews > Nearly Departed in Deadwood

I finished the book, but I can't say I'd recommend it to many people I know. The main character was a bit mary-sueish (yes, I realize the heavy accusation that holds) and as I went through the book, I was beginning to wonder if there were any man in Deadwood that didn't want to sleep with her (view spoiler)[(Let's see, Ray, his nephew, Doc, Wolfgang, Jeff... yes, that is literally every man that wasn't a waiter in the book that wanted to nail her)... I seriously think the only one that didn't bring it up was Officer Cooper who makes his debut towards the end of the book. I'm still puzzled about all the way "we can't do this..." burning lust between her and Doc and then in the end, they do it and there's nothing bad that happens. So really, all of that "oh, it will be bad if we screw" is just smoke and mirrors (hide spoiler)].

While I like the idea of the story, too much emphasis was placed on how sex starved the heroine (Violet) was and every time she dealt with her kids I just wanted to strangle her and shout "Who's the parent here?!" For someone who is about to lose their job in 3 weeks, she seems to take a lot of time off of work, I can't believe how many times her best friend cancelled babysitting, and people break bones left and right in situations that add little to the plot (I count 3 people).

Despite my rantings, this is not a terrible story. The lead does have her times to shine and sometimes I start to like her and her "sassy" observations (think old west narrative through the eyes of a modern woman) yet on the other side of the coin, her immature behavior grated me too much to want to pick up remaining books. If I had to recommend this book to anyone, I would recommend it to those that like romance with a mystery attached.