"Evans has a gift with storytelling. His descriptions are intense and colorful. There is beauty in the starkenss of the 'faraway blue'".—Clinton Daily News, OK
"Evans tells a crackling, fast-paced story that is not afraid to take time for thought and tenderness."—The Historical Novels Review
"Faraway Blue is a welcome reminder of just how good a storyteller Max Evans is."—The Journal of Arizona History
"[Evans] creates a world in which family fealty, youthful passion, aged wisdom and the bonds of community feel real, creating along the way very strong women characters who help to bust out of any mere genre classification and into the larger realm of literature."—The Santa Fe New Mexican