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A review by iam
Three Traders by Rolf and Ranger
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Probably the most lighthearted book of the series, if only because it gets WAY heavier after this and not because there aren't deep themes in this book.
The plot is slow and very character driven again, it picks up right where book1 left off. Dale returns to the ranch after wrapping up his career, fully expecting for things to turn back to normal immediately... but it's not that easy. He has to face his doubts and what it means to be in a group marriage, all while having merry (and not so merry) adventures around the ranch and the nearby abandoned town of Three Traders and its coal and gold mine.
Content warnings include:sex half-on-page (it's mostly implied, not at all explicit, but it's there), characters getting caught in a landslide, characters getting stuck in an abandoned derelic mine, characters believing their loved ones died for a few hours, character jumps off a roof (not a conscious decision but also not an accident), being held at gunpoint, cow stampede, domestic discipline relationship like in book1.
Some of my personal highlights:
- a VERY angry horse
- horse shenanigans in general
- many new and wonderful characters get introduced: Tom, Jake, Darcy, Wade, Luath, ... <3
- The Seduction of Paul TM, soft and smooth and exactly what he deserves <3
- Paul handling a huge ass rifle with every intent to shoot it at a person who dared to threaten his loved ones
- landslide and mine (mis)adventures that luckily end with nobody seriously hurt
- Dale having two near-death experiences and gets to feel how much he means to his husbands firsthand
- beautiful and extremely meaningful wedding rings!!!!
- bottle dancing on the roof and subsequently Dale's first "I just stepped off a roof and scared my husbands" instance
- a beautiful funeral
- glimpses into Flynn's past where he was VERY misbehaved with makes for hilarious stories
- gentle, wonderful and heartbreaking moments with Tom (and Jake)
- Dale desperately trying to figure out how to approach the topic of sex with his very appealing husbands while also being extremely British and not wanting to actually SAY anything, which of course is what the others want him to do before they even think of touching him
- first time at the hot springs!!
The plot is slow and very character driven again, it picks up right where book1 left off. Dale returns to the ranch after wrapping up his career, fully expecting for things to turn back to normal immediately... but it's not that easy. He has to face his doubts and what it means to be in a group marriage, all while having merry (and not so merry) adventures around the ranch and the nearby abandoned town of Three Traders and its coal and gold mine.
Content warnings include:
Some of my personal highlights:
- a VERY angry horse
- horse shenanigans in general
- many new and wonderful characters get introduced: Tom, Jake, Darcy, Wade, Luath, ... <3
- The Seduction of Paul TM, soft and smooth and exactly what he deserves <3
- Paul handling a huge ass rifle with every intent to shoot it at a person who dared to threaten his loved ones
- landslide and mine (mis)adventures that luckily end with nobody seriously hurt
- Dale having two near-death experiences and gets to feel how much he means to his husbands firsthand
- beautiful and extremely meaningful wedding rings!!!!
- bottle dancing on the roof and subsequently Dale's first "I just stepped off a roof and scared my husbands" instance
- a beautiful funeral
- glimpses into Flynn's past where he was VERY misbehaved with makes for hilarious stories
- gentle, wonderful and heartbreaking moments with Tom (and Jake)
- Dale desperately trying to figure out how to approach the topic of sex with his very appealing husbands while also being extremely British and not wanting to actually SAY anything, which of course is what the others want him to do before they even think of touching him
- first time at the hot springs!!