I am not a big fan of the western genre, but when I read the blurb of this book about a girl going after a gang for killing her pa, I had to read it! There is nothing like a good ole vengeance tale! I tweaked the old review just a little =) The first time I read this it was through Netgalley but I bought the Hardback a few years ago and did a re-read on audio so I could read the second book. Super entertaining and very different to what's out there in YA right now.īlog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Youtube If you like nasty stories with morally questionable characters and an author who is just evil enough to make you genuinely scared for all their lives, then Vengeance Road is a natural choice. Thankfully, it didn't detract any nastiness from the story either. Starting off as reluctant companions, building to humorous banter, and then becoming something more. Love does creep in, as promised in the blurb, but it is gradual and welcome. I loved the poker, the journey across this dusty landscape, and the language. She tracks them down without remorse:Īnd that's where I'm going, sure as the sun will rise, 'cus I feel nothing. Kate is such a rare character and, unlike some other YA characters who supposedly want revenge, her lust for vengeance feels real.
Along the way she gains new allies, discovers the real reason these Rose Riders targeted her father, and gets swept up in a quest for gold.
Nate Thompson) discovers her father tortured and left hanging from a tree, she buries his body, dries her eyes, and starts off after her father's killers - a band of notorious cowboys called the Rose Riders. Vengeance Road is a thrill ride for lovers of badass revenge novels. Lucky for me, though, it was right up my alley! Bowman has stayed true to the old western style, filling this book with bloody revenge, shoot outs, saloons and cowboys (and girls) who shoot first and ask questions later.
If you don't like the Western genre and are thinking about reading this because you believe a modern YA Western will be diluted and more romantic - don't bother. When I heard that Erin Bowman had written a Western where the protagonist is a girl posing as a cowboy and ends up finding love in this wild, rugged landscape, I thought one thing - I bet this is the politest, cutest Western ever. Right after I shoot him through the skull. "Now for the love of God, lower that damn pistol."
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