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sienasummerrreads's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
4.5
“To the one that got away. I’ll always love you, even from a distance.”
This follows Marigold Evans, 27, an author living in the city. At 10 years old, she lost her mother suddenly, and the boy next door was always there to help her through that loss. Cade Jennings was the boy who had my heart but then threw it away. Now it's five years later, and Marigold is returning to the place she once called home and facing the wrath of the boy who stole her heart.
I loved this book, and these two characters had great soul mate energy. The hate and tension between them at the start were fantastic. When they started communicating, yelling, and crying at each other, it’s my kryptonite. To have a love so strong and fighting for it was beautiful. Everything that man did was beautiful. The house, tattoo, and the mouth on Cade were illegal. I’m very excited for the next book as the snippets of Pippa and Camden in the book had me laughing, and I can already feel the tension. Loved this book!
If you love:
🔹Small Town
🔹Cowboy
🔹Best Friends Brother
🔹Second Chance
🔹Soul Mates
🔹Beautiful Intimate Spice
Genre/Type: Adult Romance 18+
APK: Physical and Audiobook
Pages: 382
Audiobook Length: 10hrs 34mins
Narrators: Aaron Shedlock and CJ Bloom - Dual
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟.5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️
Series or Stand Alone: Book One In The Sutton Mountain Series
Tropes or Themes: Cowboy, Small Town, Best Friends Brother, Second Chance, Mutual Pining, FMC Writer, Grumpy MMC, Protective MMC, Family Ranch, Chemistry, Soul Mates, Past and Present, Jealousy, Its Always Been You, My Girl, Mine, Taken Care Of, Intimate Tattoo, Letters, Sexual Content, Dirty Talk, Praise, Toys, Outside Scene and Phone Scene
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This follows Marigold Evans, 27, an author living in the city. At 10 years old, she lost her mother suddenly, and the boy next door was always there to help her through that loss. Cade Jennings was the boy who had my heart but then threw it away. Now it's five years later, and Marigold is returning to the place she once called home and facing the wrath of the boy who stole her heart.
I loved this book, and these two characters had great soul mate energy. The hate and tension between them at the start were fantastic. When they started communicating, yelling, and crying at each other, it’s my kryptonite. To have a love so strong and fighting for it was beautiful. Everything that man did was beautiful. The house, tattoo, and the mouth on Cade were illegal. I’m very excited for the next book as the snippets of Pippa and Camden in the book had me laughing, and I can already feel the tension. Loved this book!
If you love:
🔹Small Town
🔹Cowboy
🔹Best Friends Brother
🔹Second Chance
🔹Soul Mates
🔹Beautiful Intimate Spice
Genre/Type: Adult Romance 18+
APK: Physical and Audiobook
Pages: 382
Audiobook Length: 10hrs 34mins
Narrators: Aaron Shedlock and CJ Bloom - Dual
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟.5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️
Series or Stand Alone: Book One In The Sutton Mountain Series
Tropes or Themes: Cowboy, Small Town, Best Friends Brother, Second Chance, Mutual Pining, FMC Writer, Grumpy MMC, Protective MMC, Family Ranch, Chemistry, Soul Mates, Past and Present, Jealousy, Its Always Been You, My Girl, Mine, Taken Care Of, Intimate Tattoo, Letters, Sexual Content, Dirty Talk, Praise, Toys, Outside Scene and Phone Scene
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
madisonreadstoomuch's review against another edition
3.0
i want to scream in frustration. mostly because i think i am small town and cowboyed out and i should’ve saved this one for another day because i can see myself blowing through it any other time. so while my rating is 3.25 stars it is 1. still a good rating. regular old romances usually don’t get much more than a 4 from me. so this is still a solid rating and a book i’d recommend. and 2. i think it is more my fault than the books fault. i think i picked this up at the wrong time and if i would’ve picked it up a different day i think the rating would’ve been higher.
first of all, this is a best friends brother story with some tragedy intertwined. Marigold (Mare)’s mother passed at a young age and when her father was grieving she turned to her best friend Pippa’s family for comfort. she grew up alongside them as pip’s family took her in. including her grumpy older brother, cade.
marigold was in love w cade as long as she can remember. then finally after they got together it was time for her to go off to college and pursue her dreams and everything between them ended, not well.
what finally got her to come home is the death of pippa and cade’s mother linda. which was also her first time seeing cade since their awful breakup years ago.
cade had a WONDERFULLY dirty mouth. i think the most questionable thing with him is that at the beginning he was absolutely IRATE with marigold for leaving and staying gone, but also once you finally see the reason why she stayed gone you can’t even really blame her.
marigold ended up pursuing her dream to be a writer and writing her story about her and cade. where she named the main characters “wade and daisy” which i did physically roll my eyes at. i mean, this whole time her best friend supposedly had no idea her best friend and her brother hooked up years ago, had read the book many times, and never managed to make the connection that wade and daisy was actually her best friend marigold and her brother cade. i really don’t think the girl is that stupid.
anyways, it wasn’t bad. i actually did enjoy it. i pointed out the more questionable moments but it was well written, fun, EXTREMELY dirty, and a very sweet love story. if you love the best friends brother trope, i’d def recommend this one!
i’m gonna go read a thriller or fantasy now so i can get back to my cowboys asap.
first of all, this is a best friends brother story with some tragedy intertwined. Marigold (Mare)’s mother passed at a young age and when her father was grieving she turned to her best friend Pippa’s family for comfort. she grew up alongside them as pip’s family took her in. including her grumpy older brother, cade.
marigold was in love w cade as long as she can remember. then finally after they got together it was time for her to go off to college and pursue her dreams and everything between them ended, not well.
what finally got her to come home is the death of pippa and cade’s mother linda. which was also her first time seeing cade since their awful breakup years ago.
cade had a WONDERFULLY dirty mouth. i think the most questionable thing with him is that at the beginning he was absolutely IRATE with marigold for leaving and staying gone, but also once you finally see the reason why she stayed gone you can’t even really blame her.
marigold ended up pursuing her dream to be a writer and writing her story about her and cade. where she named the main characters “wade and daisy” which i did physically roll my eyes at. i mean, this whole time her best friend supposedly had no idea her best friend and her brother hooked up years ago, had read the book many times, and never managed to make the connection that wade and daisy was actually her best friend marigold and her brother cade. i really don’t think the girl is that stupid.
anyways, it wasn’t bad. i actually did enjoy it. i pointed out the more questionable moments but it was well written, fun, EXTREMELY dirty, and a very sweet love story. if you love the best friends brother trope, i’d def recommend this one!
i’m gonna go read a thriller or fantasy now so i can get back to my cowboys asap.
laineypops1990's review against another edition
2.5
This started off well but then felt like it took for ever to get anywhere. Unfortunately i skimmed 35% of it just to get it finished.
calliek_reads5's review against another edition
4.0
I read this one out of order, after reading book 2 and loved it just as much. Sutten Mountain just sounds like somewhere I'd love to live!
This is Cade's and Mare's story. Alongside Pippa, the 3 of them grew up together. Closer than can be after the sudden loss of Mare's mom when she was only 10. And she had a long-lasting crush on Cade that spanned over the entirety of their childhood. It goes back and forth between the past and the present, which takes place right after the death of Pippa and Cade's mom. There is so much angst and love in this one, it really pulls at the heartstrings.
Kat Singleton knows how to write great characters, who are broken and find their way to being fixed. Cade and Mare are perfect together, it just took him too long to figure it out. We also get to meet Camden here, who is the MMC of book 2.
For as much sadness and heartache this book has, it also has some lighthearted lol moments and I'll be reading all the Kat Singleton books for sure.
4.25 stars!
This is Cade's and Mare's story. Alongside Pippa, the 3 of them grew up together. Closer than can be after the sudden loss of Mare's mom when she was only 10. And she had a long-lasting crush on Cade that spanned over the entirety of their childhood. It goes back and forth between the past and the present, which takes place right after the death of Pippa and Cade's mom. There is so much angst and love in this one, it really pulls at the heartstrings.
Kat Singleton knows how to write great characters, who are broken and find their way to being fixed. Cade and Mare are perfect together, it just took him too long to figure it out. We also get to meet Camden here, who is the MMC of book 2.
For as much sadness and heartache this book has, it also has some lighthearted lol moments and I'll be reading all the Kat Singleton books for sure.
4.25 stars!
rebeckyh81's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
hannahrae18's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars. this was cute, though i did get lost a bit halfway through only b/c i got bored lol still cute!
whereashreads's review against another edition
5.0
MC: Cade Jennings and Marigold Evan’s
“What is it with us and airports?”
Holy sh*t - I wasn’t prepared to start this book off sobbing but I did!
Honestly, this entire book made me sob. It hit home in a way I was not prepared for.
I, myself, am from a small town in Colorado, I also grew up on a farm & ranch, and (maybe still) harbor a lingering love for someone back home.
I immediately connected with everything about this story.
The dynamics between every character was so beautiful ❤️ The letter from Linda & the talk from Jasper did me in - cue the waterworks!
I love Kat’s work but this one really tugged at every single heart string. It was rough, raw, beautiful, and I loved every second of it.
I’m a sucker for a second chance & small town romance.
4.5 ⭐️
“What is it with us and airports?”
Holy sh*t - I wasn’t prepared to start this book off sobbing but I did!
Honestly, this entire book made me sob. It hit home in a way I was not prepared for.
I, myself, am from a small town in Colorado, I also grew up on a farm & ranch, and (maybe still) harbor a lingering love for someone back home.
I immediately connected with everything about this story.
The dynamics between every character was so beautiful ❤️ The letter from Linda & the talk from Jasper did me in - cue the waterworks!
I love Kat’s work but this one really tugged at every single heart string. It was rough, raw, beautiful, and I loved every second of it.
I’m a sucker for a second chance & small town romance.
4.5 ⭐️
knollm15's review against another edition
5.0
A second chance romance done right. There was angst and longing but it didn't last the entire book. I loved that there was no third act break up. They already broke up once, why would it need to happen again?
I loved getting the flash backs of Mare and Cade to see how they got started. I thought there was a lot of chemistry between them and the spice scenes were *chefs kiss.* Definitely a new second chance favorite.
I loved getting the flash backs of Mare and Cade to see how they got started. I thought there was a lot of chemistry between them and the spice scenes were *chefs kiss.* Definitely a new second chance favorite.