Brady and Amanda's family are total opposites when it comes to how they treat the youngest child. I really liked the way that they chose to react to the treatment in their own ways. The Last Real Cowboy, is strong in family ties. I enjoyed it very much.

Brady’s story concludes the Everett Brothers series. It becomes clear early on that Brady might have been the brother most impacted by their father’s abuse. He returned home after his father’s death and agreed to stay for one year to help on the ranch. As the year is coming close to an end, Brady is propositioned by his best friend’s sister. She wants to lose her virginity, and she wants him to take it.

Amanda has always had a crush on Brady and decides that he would be the perfect one to take her virginity., since he will be leaving town soon. She propositions him and is surprised when he eventually agrees. She expected their relationship to be a “one and done.” However, much to her surprise, Brady keeps coming around late at night. Amanda eventually realizes that she is in love with Brady, but still expects him to leave town.

Brady’s brothers agree to set aside a piece of the ranch for his use, so he agrees to stay. Brady doesn’t believe that he is good enough for Amanda, so he breaks off their relationship when he tells her he plans to stay. However, her brother catches them together at the same time. Can Brady and Amanda work through their many problems and fine their HEA?

This book should have been everything I love: cowboy, sister to the best friend, teaching sex and seduction; but it just kinda fell flat. I really liked the character of Amanda, while still relatively young, she was a strong character to break away from her controlling brothers. It was Brady I had issue with. I love an alpha a/hole like the best of them, but he has to have some redeeming quailities. However, although we have some retrospection on his feelings during his pov episodes, honestly, he treats Amanda terribly. He’s controlling and condescending (the constant references to ‘girl’ but he’s a ‘man’)and while I enjoy that in small doses, the tables never really turn where she gives it back to him, and he gets a slap up the head in regard to his behaviour. His a/holeness just continues, and for that I started just skimming it after about 50% or so.
This book will undoubtedly appeal to many, and if it sounds interesting I’d definitely recommend giving it a try by downloading a sample. For me though, it just didn’t hit the mark.

Oh now that is how a romance is supposed to be! Small town America where everyone knows your business. But you want to have a private relationship. Brady is quite the alpha cowboy. Amanda is sheltered by 4 over protective brothers. Do they dare have a personal life? The guys in the book are a bit over the top domineering. The women are a bit too okay with it. But it all makes for a fun read!

Amanda Kittredge is twenty-two, only trouble is, as the youngest child with several older brothers (I can't remember if its three or four) everyone still thinks of her as that little Kittredge girl. She's had exactly three dates and when she decided to go to the local bar she was accompanied by her brothers and driven home after precisely one and a half drinks. When one of her brothers directs her to the children's table at a family gathering, in all seriousness, she knows something has to change.

So she moves into an apartment above the local dive bar, gets a part-time evening job as a barmaid in said dive bar and waits for the fit to hit the shan (as the saying goes). Her next act of rebellion is to ask her brother Riley's best friend Brady to show her what she's been missing all these years, because yes Amanda is also a virgin.

I was enjoying this, okay it's a well trodden romance path, particularly in cowboy romances, but it was enjoyable nonetheless, and then the end just dragged. First Brady and Amanda had to have a big scene, then her brothers gor involved, then his brothers got involved, and somewhere I just lost interest, especially when Brady decided he was going to do things his way - without telling Amanda! That's a big red flag for me.

Anyway, that aside, I can't believe Caitlin Crews is also Megan Crane, I really loved her Edge series and I can't believe I missed the first two books in this series.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

LOVED this book! I loved the characters and the way they came to life on each page. The author made me feel like I was a part of their world instead of just reading about it. I fell in love with Brady and Amanda and felt invested in their story.

While this story was the last of the the Everett boys, I hope its not the last book set it Cold River. This one is a must read - the author is a master at her craft and made me feel every emotion in the characters' story. She is on my must read authors' list.

The Last Real Cowboy by Caitlin Crews.
A great story
Enjoyable characters
Great character.
I look forward to reading more by author.

I downloaded The Last Real Cowboy and planned to read the first couple of chapters to get an idea of the book before doing my daily chores. I have not read any books by Caitlin Crews prior to the, so it seemed like a feasible plan. Those chores never got done that day!

Amanda has decided that it is past time to get away from her four overprotective brothers, so she moves into an apartment over the sleaziest bar in town where she also bartends part time. She has had a crush on Brady Everett for years, but he has not really seen Amanda as a person. When Brady encounters Amanda at the bar and actually looks at her, he is appalled by the strong attraction he feels.

Brady has a lot of baggage that gets in the way of a relationship. Amanda has baggage as well - her overprotective brothers. Against the odds, Brady and Amanda build a relationship and although there are many obstacles, Brady finds the biggest one to be himself.

I really enjoyed The Last Real Cowboy. Ms. Crews has created characters that have depth and a plot which displays them to the best advantage. The Last Real Cowboy is well written and I will be looking for more books by Caitlin Crews.

The Last Real Cowboy is an outstanding western romance by Caitlin Crews. Ms. Crews has produced a book that is well-written and furnished it with fantastic characters. Brady is the third of the Everett brothers and has agreed to stay on the ranch for a year to help out after his father's death. Amanda is a Kittredge with four big burly brothers that have kept her dateless. Amanda and Brady's story is packed with drama, humor, Kindle melting heat and is a fun read. The Last Real Cowboy is book 3 of the Cold River Ranch Series but can be read as a standalone. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book that I received from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was the first book by Caitlyn Crews that I’ve read. I was surprised that I liked it as well as I did. It might have helped to have read the previous books about the two other brothers but I got the jist of the backstory of both the Everett and Kittredge families. I really liked Amanda who was strong and forthright. I admire women who don’t play games and put everything right out there. My only complaint was that Brady was so focused on comparing himself to his father and not speaking up more to his brothers. I love when I find an author that I enjoy and have some new books to discover.