YMMV / Big Sky Country

• Accidental Innuendo: During the rodeo tournament, Sawyer faces his biggest rival, Dick Mulligan. Morgan cheers for Dick to lose, leading to this immortal line:
  "Go, gravity! Beat Dick!"
• And You Thought It Would Fail: When the book was first announced, people had mixed feelings and believed that it would be a strictly romance book. It didn't help that the cover depicts Sawyer with his shirt unbuttoned and a flirtatious grin on his face. However, it has gained a decent fanbase, with people who like the story stating that it has a cast of likable characters and it's nice to have a fun story that isn't action packed. People became more invested when the story introduced Garret Redmond, a Corrupt Corporate Executive implied to have committed crimes.
• Base-Breaking Character:
  • Sawyer. His fans like him for his hospitality and sweetness towards Morgan while his detractors dislike him for taking up too much screen time at the cost of other love interests, especially Juliette and Asha. Another group of detractors also dislike him for being a Flat Character with an Honor Before Reason attitude compared to his brother Duke.
  • Dallas is either liked for his Dark and Troubled Past and gradual openness to Morgan and other people or disliked for having plenty of screen time that he comes across as forced on Morgan as Sawyer is to some extent.
  • Cliff. Some people like him for his general hospitality towards Morgan after clearing up a misunderstanding with them and his humorous dialogue. Others dislike him for his temper and being too stubborn to see reason when it comes to the Oakley Ranch and for clinging to the Oakley-Mendoza feud. Some also find him pointing a rifle at Morgan a triggering moment if the latter isn't white.
• Creator's Pet: Many players point out that the writers blatantly favor Sawyer over Juliette, Asha, and Dallas, given that there are far more free and premium scenes with him over the other three, and his romance route is considered the most developed.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Many readers consider Brooklynne to be the best supporting character for being a positive representation of a more sympathetic teenager who makes vlogs and is vegan, with both attributes being consistently mocked or portrayed negatively in other media. Her popularity skyrocketed when she became important to save the ranch.
• Ho Yay: Many players have joked about turning this book into Brokeback Mountain, aside from all the romantic scenes between Male!Morgan with either Sawyer or Dallas.
  • Dick gives plenty of moments about defeating Sawyer at the rodeo. Fans didn't waste time to reread all his dialogue as Double Entendre, not helped by his unintentionally funny name, and him still hitting on Morgan even as a guy.
  • Morgan can compliment and flirt lightly with Garret Redmond to get information from him, and he responds positively even if Morgan is a guy.
  • Sawyer gets protective of Dallas when the ranch finds out about the bounty hunter after him.
• One-Scene Wonder: Players become strangely attached to Spike the Cactus, despite it having only 2 scenes in the entire book.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
  • Several players have pointed out that Asha Roanhorse barely shows up in the story despite having been introduced as a love interest early on. They even pointed out that not only is she a Nice Girl and Self-Made Woman, qualities that make her admirable, but she also tries to know Morgan on a personal level rather than being flirty all the time, which would've made her a memorable love interest in her own right.
  • Juliette as well. Most scenes allowing players to know her are hidden behind premium options. Moreover, most free scenes involving her relegate her to support status, even after she had A Day in the Limelight moment in Book 1 Chapter 14.
  • Dallas is also another one. While he has more screen time than Juliette and Asha, there aren't enough opportunities for players to know enough about him to feel compelled to pick his premium options, where most of him is known.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Dallas's entire backstory where he was framed for a robbery by his ex's jealous ex boyfriend and has to become a fugitive because being a poor black kid is hidden behind a Premium scene and is never incorporated in any meaningful way into the narrative beside for his aloof behavior. Many fans even think that this backstory is even more compelling than the main plot. In Book 2, Dallas finally has a subplot that involves clearing his name, but it has been criticized for its quick and abrupt resolution despite the racial ramifications behind it, which many players find insulting.