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I'm not the target audience for this book so take my review with a grain of salt.
I'm not sure this book is categorized as "Western" but it's the closest to the Western genre I've gotten and I enjoyed it more than I thought! I say this because, as someone with a grandfather who's favorite movie and TV genre of all time was Western, I feel safe in saying I've seen them all. And it's definitely not my favorite. So, all this to say I've been hesitate to read Western. But I was pleasantly surprised.
As a book categorized as "Christian Fiction" I was expecting a lot of preaching. But that wasn't the case at all. God and religion are only occasionally mentioned and when they are, it's very natural to the character or the situation; very organic to the story. However, I felt the author went out of her way to establish who "good Christian people" are (doesn't smoke, drink, curse or gamble) and who "bad non-Christian people" are (they smoke, they drink, they curse, they gamble). Which, I just wasn't a fan of. I know some folxs like straightforward, non-complicated characters or situations, but that's not me. But because the author set this distinct boundary of who is "good" and "bad", I was surprised by how much lying our main character. Especially after being established as "good". Just lie, after lie, after lie. Elizabeth (our main character) gave me Selina Meyers vibes (from HBO's Veep). Just one fib after another to get what she wants with little thought to the consequences to herself or the people around her.
This aside, I did enjoy the story, and, once again, pleasantly surprised by the mystery involved. Certainly didn't expect it but glad it was there.
3 stars, didn't love it, didn't hate it.