I DNF'd early because I could already see one this would end with me ranting.I get Cattle Valley is a place of beautiful 'yummy' gay people, half the men larger than life and the other half small and sweet, the occasional female mentioned but forgotten. BUT here we the promise of something a little different, a character in a wheelchair.Kyle runs his own buisness so to me that makes him a strong person; he's overcome the emotion of being injured and adapted enough for full independance. In RL getting recognised as capable when people only see the chair can be far harder than it should be. There's a great opportunity to show a character as strong, beautiful and who just happens to be disabled. No. Instead all I'm hearing about is the chair, about his mobility issues, his catheter, his useless legs... Where'd the person in the chair go?Gill seemed sweet at his introduction in the previous books but here he's this big aggresive guy, he has several outbursts early on where he uses his size to get where he wants. Found it hard to see past that, I don't like him anymore. His 'research' was wierd to me, for all he says he doesn't care about the injury why would he research wheelchair users and join forums so soon, I get he'd want to understand but surely you get to know the person before you become an encyclopedia on their condtion? ..unless you have one of those kinks where its the injury not the person o.0And it's obvious how this ends, about five pages in its clear he's going to be walking by the end. Miracles happen when your world must stay beautiful and unflawed - how insulting to those who use wheelchairs.Beauty comes in lots of different forms. I wanted to read this book because of wheelchaired character, so I didn't read the first books in the series, and I definitely won't read them in the future.This book doesn't work as stand-alone. I think, the main problem is not because it contains lots of things one could learn from previous books. I met lots of people and listened to their chatting, and I had no idea who they were and what were they talking about. But instead of wish to know more, I simply didn't care.Yes, that's a problem. I didn't care of characters at all. I was so much prepared to love Kyle&Gill, but there were so much fluff and sugar, I've almost got anaphylactic collapse. If every book in this series shows such sweetness, I'll pass.Well, Kyle is an attractive character, I liked him. I can understand his fears of possible fakes and fuckups with lovemaking, and I really appreciate the author tried to add some detailes of paraplegic issues to the book. I picked this book up exactly because of my expectations to find those detailes.Gill is nice guy, but he shows so plain and 2-dimentional emotions, I gave up.The end is the most disappointed thing in the book. It started with very attractive idea of disability acceptance. Gill was going to love Kyle as he was, in a wheelchair, with all that catheter stuff. That great idea of equal opportunities was ruined with therapy. I mean, yeah, it's great Kyle can walk again, but he was more valuable in his wheelchair. He represented those people who were wheelchaired in real life and who would never be able to walk again. And insted of hymn to the love which steps through any barriers, including medical, we've got almost nothing. It's not a big deal to love a person who can walk, sorry, guys.1 star for the idea and 1 star for the first part of the book.
What do You think about Sweet Topping (2007)?
Sweet, easy read, enjoyed the characters. One to just put a soft smile on your face :)
—lexy
One of my favorite in the whole Cattle Valley series, I love love love this book.
—butterfly1999
