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sienasummerrreads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
“She’s a spark in the dark. Dancing flames against a midnight sky.”
This follows Cade and Willa. Cade is a single father who runs a ranch and looks after his 5-year-old boy Luke. Cade needs help while he works and needs to hire a nanny but everyone isn’t good enough. Until a redhead firecracker shows up in town and takes him by surprise.
This book was such a feel-good funny, fantastic second book in the Chestnut Spring series! The age gap is 13 years. I love Willa as an FMC. She is hands down probably a top FMC of all time for me. I love her personality, how she can challenge the grump and also the way she talks to his son is beautiful. Daddy Cade is honestly a big grumpy bear but a little bit of a softie. I loved his grumpy energy and what he would do for his family. Luke is just a beautiful kid and was a joy to read about.
Overall fantastic book but I think the birthday scene is overhyped and the money I would pay to see Willa say thank you Daddy Cade after his services, I would have screamed as she had no problem casually saying it.
Brilliant book, and storyline and love the characters.
Rhett Eaton is still my favourite! But Daddy Cade is a close second. Excited for the next book!
If you love:
🔹MMC Single Dad & Cowboy
🔹FMC Firecracker
🔹Grumpy Sunshine
🔹Nanny
🔹Forced Proximity
🔹Fantastic Banter & Spice
Genre/Type: Small Town Romance 18+
APK: Physical / Audiobook
Pages: 464
Audiobook Length: 9hrs 52mins
Narrators: Stephen Dexter & Vanessa Edwin - Dual
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Spice: 🌶️🌶️.5
Series or Stand Alone: Book 2 In The Chestnut Springs Series
Tropes or Themes: Small Town, Nanny, Age Gap (13 Years) Workplace, Cowboy, Grumpy Sunshine, Forced Proximity, Slow Burn, Accidental Pregnancy, Chemistry, Banter, Ranch, Taken Care Of, Jealousy, Sexual Content, Eyes On Me, Dirty Talk, Praise, Mine, Medical Content, Incident, Injury, Cursing and Playlist
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This follows Cade and Willa. Cade is a single father who runs a ranch and looks after his 5-year-old boy Luke. Cade needs help while he works and needs to hire a nanny but everyone isn’t good enough. Until a redhead firecracker shows up in town and takes him by surprise.
This book was such a feel-good funny, fantastic second book in the Chestnut Spring series! The age gap is 13 years. I love Willa as an FMC. She is hands down probably a top FMC of all time for me. I love her personality, how she can challenge the grump and also the way she talks to his son is beautiful. Daddy Cade is honestly a big grumpy bear but a little bit of a softie. I loved his grumpy energy and what he would do for his family. Luke is just a beautiful kid and was a joy to read about.
Overall fantastic book but I think the birthday scene is overhyped and the money I would pay to see Willa say thank you Daddy Cade after his services, I would have screamed as she had no problem casually saying it.
Brilliant book, and storyline and love the characters.
Rhett Eaton is still my favourite! But Daddy Cade is a close second. Excited for the next book!
If you love:
🔹MMC Single Dad & Cowboy
🔹FMC Firecracker
🔹Grumpy Sunshine
🔹Nanny
🔹Forced Proximity
🔹Fantastic Banter & Spice
Genre/Type: Small Town Romance 18+
APK: Physical / Audiobook
Pages: 464
Audiobook Length: 9hrs 52mins
Narrators: Stephen Dexter & Vanessa Edwin - Dual
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Spice: 🌶️🌶️.5
Series or Stand Alone: Book 2 In The Chestnut Springs Series
Tropes or Themes: Small Town, Nanny, Age Gap (13 Years) Workplace, Cowboy, Grumpy Sunshine, Forced Proximity, Slow Burn, Accidental Pregnancy, Chemistry, Banter, Ranch, Taken Care Of, Jealousy, Sexual Content, Eyes On Me, Dirty Talk, Praise, Mine, Medical Content, Incident, Injury, Cursing and Playlist
Check Triggers ⚠️ 💫
All Round Romance Reader
Sienasummerrreads 💕📚
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing
marisabenn's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
OH. MY. GOD. If the first book was five stars, this one has got to be one million stars.
I DEVOURED this book. Howwwww am I supposed to wait several weeks between the re-release of the last three books?! HOW?! I need them now.
I fell in love with each character, and Luke simply melted my heart. I did not predict that little plot twist, but it made me so fucking happy. And bless Elsie Silver for not throwing in a third act breakup.
This was utter perfection, simple as that.
I DEVOURED this book. Howwwww am I supposed to wait several weeks between the re-release of the last three books?! HOW?! I need them now.
I fell in love with each character, and Luke simply melted my heart. I did not predict that little plot twist, but it made me so fucking happy. And bless Elsie Silver for not throwing in a third act breakup.
This was utter perfection, simple as that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent and Miscarriage
kat7794's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Cursing, and Vomit
abicaro17's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Surprisingly I like Cade and Willa better than I liked Rhett and Summer! They're chemistry and banter kept me on my toes the whole book. Throw in Luke and you make an almost perfect grumpy sunshine single dad romance. My one complaint is the same as the first book, any conflict is due to miscommunication. In this book its more due to one of them talking over the other and then storming out. The cuteness bumped it up .25 stars!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Vomit, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
tinders_05's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy
tamsterdam_reads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Cursing
Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy
headinthepages's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Vomit
weelasswithabook's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
CW: reminiscing of parental death, graphic sexual content, cheating (not between MCs), mention of pregnancy loss.
⭐️ Single Dad/Nanny romance
⭐️ Small town
⭐️ Grumpy/Sunshine
⭐️ Age Gap
This was the epitome of grumpy/sunshine. Full stop. Thars how it's done. That's how it should ALWAYS be done. I have spoken.
This was delicious, I know any tropes involving children are divisive, but oh my god little Luke was a heart stealer. His relationship with Willa working as his nanny slowly morphing into a mother/son vibe was so heartwarming.
The tension between Cade and Willa was so taut, that I was on the edge of my seat just desperate for it to snap. Their snarky banter was great, when it headed into flirty territory it was great, when they headed into spicy territory it was great, I have zero complains whatsoever.
Cade was a great example of a grumpy hero done right. He was grumpy (and rightfully so tbh), but he was the actively mean. His shitty hand he'd been dealt affected him very deeply and we get to see the extent of that gradually over the course of the story as we find out more about his role in the family and his relationship with his ex wife.
Willa was the exact opposite of Cade in every way. A total breath of fresh air, she was the whirlwind he needed to shake things up. Adaptable, she just seemed to thrive in the alien environment in the country. Her caretaking skills were just *chef's kiss*
As for caretaking, yall know I love a good caretaking scene when a MC gets sick and the LI has to take care of them 😍 Didn't think a bout of gastrointestinal bacteria could bring two people together now, did you? Well, there it is.
The chemistry between all characters in the book was skillfully done. Everyone had their own Standalone personality even with the larger group of side characters and family members. All of them stood apart and meshed well and I got a real feel for everyone's dynamic with one another. Harvey was the consistent comic relief we all need, so special mention there.
This book made me laugh, I shed a couple of tears, made my pulse race a little *eyebrow wiggle* It was honestly just everything I could ever want from a small town romance.
10s across the board. This was the first Elsie Silver book I read, but it definitely won't be the last.
⭐️ Single Dad/Nanny romance
⭐️ Small town
⭐️ Grumpy/Sunshine
⭐️ Age Gap
This was the epitome of grumpy/sunshine. Full stop. Thars how it's done. That's how it should ALWAYS be done. I have spoken.
This was delicious, I know any tropes involving children are divisive, but oh my god little Luke was a heart stealer. His relationship with Willa working as his nanny slowly morphing into a mother/son vibe was so heartwarming.
The tension between Cade and Willa was so taut, that I was on the edge of my seat just desperate for it to snap. Their snarky banter was great, when it headed into flirty territory it was great, when they headed into spicy territory it was great, I have zero complains whatsoever.
Cade was a great example of a grumpy hero done right. He was grumpy (and rightfully so tbh), but he was the actively mean. His shitty hand he'd been dealt affected him very deeply and we get to see the extent of that gradually over the course of the story as we find out more about his role in the family and his relationship with his ex wife.
Willa was the exact opposite of Cade in every way. A total breath of fresh air, she was the whirlwind he needed to shake things up. Adaptable, she just seemed to thrive in the alien environment in the country. Her caretaking skills were just *chef's kiss*
As for caretaking, yall know I love a good caretaking scene when a MC gets sick and the LI has to take care of them 😍 Didn't think a bout of gastrointestinal bacteria could bring two people together now, did you? Well, there it is.
The chemistry between all characters in the book was skillfully done. Everyone had their own Standalone personality even with the larger group of side characters and family members. All of them stood apart and meshed well and I got a real feel for everyone's dynamic with one another. Harvey was the consistent comic relief we all need, so special mention there.
This book made me laugh, I shed a couple of tears, made my pulse race a little *eyebrow wiggle* It was honestly just everything I could ever want from a small town romance.
10s across the board. This was the first Elsie Silver book I read, but it definitely won't be the last.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit
Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Abandonment, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Miscarriage
soniajoy98's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Vomit, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Bullying
Minor: Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Grief
whichdirection's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Fun and quick
Incredibly family/child focused
Incredibly family/child focused
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Vomit
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Medical content
Minor: Miscarriage and Infertility
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