 Some critics noted a twangy quality in her voice, like Paterson's description of the singer having "twangy, sexy soprano" vocals.Robert L. Doerschuk described Cook's voice as having a "nasal intonation and Southern lilt", and Langston noted that Cook sounded "high, slightly pinched".In an article for "The Tennessean", Craig Havighurst characterized Cook as singing with a "willowy, wiry drawl".