4.3 starsSarah Black is in a class of her own. Nobody I read, writes like her (well, maybe Harper Fox, but Fox's writing is a difficult for me to enjoy). Sarah Black tucks me inside a quiet cocoon and then gets my senses sharpened. Her words are like painting that speaks to each of the readers personally, maybe in a different way, maybe in the similar way -- but it speaks. I am not even sure I can write an opinion that speaks justice to this story. So I'm not even going to try -- you can check out other (smarter) reviewers to do that.All I can say, is that this story moves me. It's about love, it's about dream, it's about chains of expectations, it's about social justice, it's about history, it's about family. Raine dreams of having family of his own -- he is his Daddy's son, after all. When Johnny comes into his life, Raine knows that Johnny is the one for him....Something made me think he might be the one. The one I had always known was waiting for me somewhere out in the world, looking for me the way I was looking for him (Chapter 4)...But Johnny is also a genius, his movies are smart. Raine worries that by staying with him, Johnny doesn't live up to his expectation. Raine worries that Johnny makes the same mistake Raine did when he was young, by staying at Taos. Raine can't grasp the idea, that Johnny might not need all that. That Johnny is happy making coffee, and making small movies that are not for marketing but movies that are "his". It is so beautiful, how Sarah Black approaches this -- how she brings Raine to understand that dream for every people is different. Not everybody dreams about spotlight, about carving their names in Hollywood Walk of Hame. That sometimes, happiness comes from being with people you love, and it's a dream altogether. I love with all the characters here -- though Raine's father and Johnny's cousin, Weasel, steal my heart. Although the whole Apache legend gets way sometimes, because I don't know anything about it, but it's still a wonderful read. And that ending ... I don't care if Sarah Black writes open ending. Life doesn't always wrapped up in a nice pretty ribbon. Sometimes, the open ending is the one that leaves you feeling thoughtful. And isn't that, one of the best things you can get from reading?