Funny and sweet, one of my favorite Inman books.

Narrator did a great job. ( )

This book delivers what the cover promises: a hilarious telling of a city boy's adventure on a farm in the countryside. It actually delivers a whole lot more as well, but the crux of it is that Tom has no real interest in farming, yet he doesn’t want to let the love of his life go off and deal with the inherited mess on his own. So he follows. With hilarious consequences – even though Tom would probably call them disastrous. And, to a point, they are. Luckily, humans are flexible and can adapt, and Tom's position a few months later is a prime example of that.

Tom is a bank manager. Shy doesn’t begin to describe him, and he lets his customers and his boss walk all over him. He just doesn’t have it in him to stand up to the man's sometimes truly unreasonable demands. His social life is in worse shape, since he hates going out and meeting new people, never mind men, is not his forte.

Frank moves to the city and may be even shier than Tom. He is also straight off his father's farm, but things with Tom seem to be going well. When his dying father causes him to have to go back, he is amazed but happy that Tom comes with him. He knows how to handle himself on a farm, and tries to teach Tom, but this is not an easy process. Tom's issues (and the way he describes the situations he gets himself into) made me laugh out loud, and I suspect Frank did the same. He hides it well from Tom though, which I think is as it should be. Tom was trying very hard!

Not even Frank's nasty, interfering brother can stop these two from slowly building a life on the farm. A few mysterious hints about the will later, all hell breaks lose, and both Tom and Frank have their hands full. If you like a lot of humor with your romance, if you enjoy reading about two shy guys slowly learning to trust and love each other, and if you think the setting on a farm, including a man-eating hog and nine hundred chickens sound like fun, you will probably enjoy this books as much as I did.




NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.
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Well, I believe I may have a crush on John Inman and will continue to pick up everything he writes. This was just exactly what I needed…but I have to tell you there was more in this than I was expecting. I jumped in not knowing anything about this book at all other than John thinks it’s one of his funniest. Well, honestly it’s not the funniest. I have only read one other and I have to say I laughed out loud more times in “Boys on the Mountain” than I did this…but maybe it was just me…maybe the horror parts of that particular book made you relish the giddy times all the more.



Regardless, this was wonderful. I just wasn’t expecting the heart. The emotional impact of Joe or Pedro or the sweet love shared between our MCs. Frank is just beyond fantastic…I just want to kiss him…



In addition to the heart is some unbelievable depiction of two of the biggest horse’s asses I have probably ever read about…quite a few times this was me…



And yet it was all worth it in the end…throw in a 1300 pound hog named Samson and a treasure map to boot and you will be left horrified but giddy. Yep…horrified but giddy. What better way to end a John Inman book…and I anxiously await the next one. Highly recommended. Awesome BR with Momo, Nathan and Marte" ( )

I adore John Inman and the stories he's able to weave! Each one I read is awesome in its own way! This one was hilarious! Tom was hilarious I'm so glad he got the to be there for frank. Love how it shows that even people with social anxiety can still be funny and interesting. ( )