REVIEWED BY Jess
The Outpost by Devney PerryMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ahhh, I am kind of torn over this review. But I’m going to give this a bump because I’m completely infatuated with Beau from THE OUT POST by Devney Perry.
What’s not to love about a hero, hotshot, all around good guy mountain man? Absolutely nothing! From the very beginning, Beau has dropped everything to take care of Sabrina. Who by the way, didn’t deserve all of him in the first place. She was initially so concerned with herself, she forgot to think about anyone but herself. I was so frustrated with her. Getting herself in such a dangerous situation and bringing it upon her friends and some genuinely lovely man and then having them literally put their lives on the line. For her. She didn’t think this through. Not one bit. Ultimately, you realize why she did what she did, but the process to getting her to realize what she did and to who, took too long for her to figure out. Turning on the Russian mob, sacrificing your morals, and then writing about it for a National Newspaper may NOT be the smartest thing to do!Regardless of the genuine motives behind it. It was dumb, stupid and reckless.
All of the amazing sub characters literally kept this story flowing for me. As well as beautiful Beau. Some of the scenes at the Out Post were slow and it took some self motivation to keep picking this book back up. But then Beau would appear and I’d fall in deep again and once things stared getting heavy and even more complicated, I felt the story line pick up and the drama kicked it up a notch and I got sucked right in. From about 60% onwards, I couldn’t put it down.
Aside from Beau’s awesomeness, he was well versed in all things mountain. He’s your typical sexy mountaineer and he rocked his character well. Knowledgeable, kind, gorgeous and selfless, were just some of the qualities I loved about him. I was surprised when Sabrina admitted she was acting like an ungrateful brat, she shifted internally after that and I enjoyed her character more. Being on the lam made her realize that life is not rainbows and butterflies all the time and she really stepped it up in my opinion. But really did luck out in the hero hottie department. There was no better person than Beau to be the man to help guide her, provide her with assurances and give her a reason to keep moving forward. To her goal. To safety. And not having to always think someone is watching her. Waiting. To kill her.
Beau is positive, fearless and a sounding board for Sabrina when all she wanted to do was give up and turn herself in after running away to hide from the horrible men who were after her. An Out Post in the middle of the wilderness in the Montana mountains was just the place to be. Having to acclimatize herself to a more laid back lifestyle from what she is used to, was seemingly easier than Sabrina thought. The mountains provided time to think, to heal, mentally and physically, and to write. Her story. And Beau’s.
This isn’t just a romance novel. This is a book about ones journey to find oneself in the most chaotic of worlds created by your own doing. It’s a book about figuring out how to right the wrongs you created and how to make peace with what you’ve done. It’s about forgiveness. For oneself and for the situation you put helpless others in.
Beau made some pretty heavy sacrifices for himself, his family, his beautiful dog, and he made even more when he was willing to leave everything, give everything up for this woman who literally came into his life and steamrolled over everything he held near and dear. But he loved her more. What I was hoping for, was Sabrina to make a grand gesture. Prove to Beau that she appreciated everything he did for her. What he gave up. It took her the ENTIRE book to figure it out-but thank GOD she did.
Despite the initial slowness, and the self centred attitude of Sabrina, things turned around and I was able to get on board with the journey she needed to take in order to figure out just exactly what she wanted from life, from herself and from Beau as well as the life she created for herself by going rogue. The epilogue wasn’t long enough for me personally, but I did liked where this couple ended up with their very own unique story.
A first for me from the author, but I’m totally willing to give her another go. I did enjoy this book, and I’m totally good with any book centred around a mountain man!
ARC received in exchange for an honest review
*Reviewed by Jess for joandisalovebooks blog*
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