Amanda's Reviews > Dreaming of Her Cowboys Kiss

** spoiler alert ** I know this is supposed to be a romance book and there are elements of that. But the underlying current that a woman should change her whole life for a man because God could only mean for a woman to be a wife and mother is incredibly patronising and frustrating. The fact Ruby became a trauma surgeon despite her background and upbringing should surely be more of an indicator that she was following God's plan. That stuff is hugely difficult when you've got money, contacts and support let alone without it.

That being said, even without the blatant sexism I'd have disliked this book. It feels poorly edited, switching between the use of "mom" and "Penny" without any reason..The mention of brothers who apparently are both incredibly important to Ruby and mostly absent seems like a storyline started then abandoned and ignored. And the casual way child sexual abuse is mentioned then ignored is awful. It's like it was added as a tick box exercise - can't have foster care and a poor home life without child sexual abuse being included somewhere.
Unless it's meant as a metaphor for the way the Church deals with sexual predators in the real world but that would be out of character for the book.