The Man in Black by L.R. Liverpool – Review by LaliLovely

The Man In Black by L.R. Liverpool
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Man in Black was such a pleasant surprise! I don’t tend to enjoy westerns, they just have never really been my kind of stories. However, the blurb for this one was so intriguing I figured I should give it a shot, & I am so happy I did. Beautifully written & artfully crafted, the reader feels truly involved in the lives of these men. Simon is truly a little cinnamon roll & I really adored him, along with the delicious jalapeno popper that is Monty. While this book is looong & slow, I was so interested & emotionally invested it didn’t feel tedious. There were some surprisingly spooky things in Simon’s dreams, a few heart pounding scenes, & unexpectedly heart tugging moments in both lovely ways & awful ways. I teared up multiple times throughout this book over small spots of big love. I did have to put it down a couple of times to take a breath or 2 because I’m highly sensitive to triggers involving children, but there are clues that lead up to those parts so anyone else like me can either be prepared or choose to skip over them. They aren’t overly detailed or gratuitous or anything, it’s just me being HIGHLY sensitive to that specifically. I also put the book down toward the end, for almost a whole day, because I was so mad lol. But that is a sign of a very good book! And when it came to the last word, everything that happened really did fit & make sense to the storyline, if not my battered heart. Truly worth the bittersweet read.

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