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The Confidence of Wildflowers by Micalea Smeltzer

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hereiskyra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Age gap… grumpy neighbor… single dad. All the right things to make this book swoonworthy. Up until the end of the book, I was absolutely swooning over Thayer and Salem (I hate their names). Forbidden romances will always be top tier but especially when the MMC is a genuinely conflicted good guy.

Caleb is kind of an outlier here but something feels important. Like, he obviously seems like the better choice, emotionally and logically for Salem and he’s genuinely a good guy too. It’s hard to say if I’d be okay with them ending up together. I think Thayer has a lot to make up for in book two to get back in my good graces and earn my rooting for them in the end.

My attitude for the last 10% of this book was literally “what the actual fuck” and then “aww” and then “what the actual fuck” again.

Ready to jump into the second one and let me tell you, if there isn’t an HEA, I’m gonna riot.

Tropes:

Age gap (13 years)

Grumpy neighbor

Single dad

Infidelity (not between MC’s)

Spice: 2.5 🌶️

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sbarnes89's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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alanaraelind's review

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dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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kaitjudson's review

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0.5

The author is cavalier in her handling of traumatic topics. She lacks depth and maturity to broach these subjects.

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kmslaymaker_99's review

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emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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levzies's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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hope_of_it_all's review

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dark emotional sad 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? No

5.0

CHECK THE TRIGGERS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. Even if you love to go in blind like I do check the triggers on this one.

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alinn0904's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

1.5

I know that there are different books for different people but this really was not for me. I know books can make us feel all the feels but this one was really very depressing almost all the way through. I gave 1.5 stars rather than 1 because it did have me hoping for Salem and Thayer there for a bit. I saw there is a book 2 but I have no desire to put myself through stuff like that again.

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lauren1013's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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literary_laur's review

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dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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