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lunahale's review
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
might come back and change this rating later bc this really was so so goodĀ
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Death of parent
cris_is_in_crisis's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
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? It's complicated
4.75
"You wear the hat, you ride the cowboy."
Honestly looking forward to the other books in the series (except for the Cade and Jasper ones because they really grate me the wrong way as characters).
Honestly looking forward to the other books in the series (except for the Cade and Jasper ones because they really grate me the wrong way as characters).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, 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 GOOOOOSH. I'm officially in my cowboy era šĀ
I absolutely devoured this. I bought the second book when I was only a quarter of the way through and I'm sure I'll do the same with the third.
Our firecracker heroine is perfect. I want to be her friend. She doesn't take shit for herself or those around her. And I love that she has brown eyes. They deserve main character status, too!
The Eaton family is amazing and I'm so happy to contine their stories. Rhett is the perfect misunderstood hero and I adored him.Ā
I will definitely be reading more Elsie Silver books in the future!Ā
I absolutely devoured this. I bought the second book when I was only a quarter of the way through and I'm sure I'll do the same with the third.
Our firecracker heroine is perfect. I want to be her friend. She doesn't take shit for herself or those around her. And I love that she has brown eyes. They deserve main character status, too!
The Eaton family is amazing and I'm so happy to contine their stories. Rhett is the perfect misunderstood hero and I adored him.Ā
I will definitely be reading more Elsie Silver books in the future!Ā
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent
tarnaflake's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
whitenoise's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Cursing and Infidelity
Minor: Bullying
cflag's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I thought this was a gentle slow-burn romance novel, and it largely read like one, until there was a spice scene that felt uncomfortably male dominant-y to me. Like Cowboy Rhettās force-squirting whipped cream into Summerās mouth to āshut her upā and Iām like supposed to think itās sexy? And where on earth did the scene with the doing shots from between her breasts at a bar come fromā¦ prior to this she had been a professional PR / sports management / lawyer person for the bull rider and next thing weāre getting a teen party scene, in which whipped cream features way too much for a bar, and putting on a guyās hat means you have to have sex with them even if you arenāt aware of this āruleā. It almost felt like it didnāt match the bookās original tone, so the sudden tone shift really took me out of the whole story.Ā
I had been enjoying the book until that moment and I literally put it down mid sex scene and was like I canāt go onā¦Ā I no longer care about these two getting together. The uncomfortableness of her having to look after him the whole time then getting dominated (when they are getting together he says ātell me what you wantā and she saysā¦ āruin meāā¦. uhhhhh what?) Prior to this is had been a slow burn, constant proximity story about two people falling for each other and opening up - a cowboy at the end of his career, and a sports manager / lawyer at the the start of hers, both with some baggage.
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The other thing I found weird was the female character became responsible for everything of Rhettās - his personal training, his injury management, doing the minute travel arrangements, following him to bars and watching him so he wouldnāt get in trouble, living with him. Would a multiple champion bull-rider not have staff other than his lawyer / manager to do that? Also doesnāt make sense as to why the owner of the company (her dad) would put a young upstart on her first job to prove herself, with an older cowboy who has a reputation as a casanova, and expect it to be a fair power dynamic and that she can ātameā him. A lot of responsibility on her when Rhettās the one losing sponsors and behaving badly.Ā
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The other thing I found weird was the female character became responsible for everything of Rhettās - his personal training, his injury management, doing the minute travel arrangements, following him to bars and watching him so he wouldnāt get in trouble, living with him. Would a multiple champion bull-rider not have staff other than his lawyer / manager to do that? Also doesnāt make sense as to why the owner of the company (her dad) would put a young upstart on her first job to prove herself, with an older cowboy who has a reputation as a casanova, and expect it to be a fair power dynamic and that she can ātameā him. A lot of responsibility on her when Rhettās the one losing sponsors and behaving badly.Ā
Iād say I got 2 thirds of the way enjoying it and then dropped it.Ā
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexism and Toxic relationship
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
ambersbakesandbooks's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Infidelity and Adult/minor relationship
anoelle896's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
harslifelibrary's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
booksbytheglass's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
okay listen, I loved it but I didnāt LOVE it, you know! I think it was so overhyped to me that I was expecting a cross between yellowstone and the edenās series - which it had hints of, but I was definitely expecting a bit suspense š
thatās my own bad folks
summer was the perfect FMC for this story!! a city gal with a cowgirl heart, loving the drama and suspense of rodeos and ranch life š„¹ sheās basically me every time I watch yellowstone and google how expensive it is to live on a ranchĀ
rhett was the sexy rodeo bad cowboy with a reputation, and boy, did he live up to the hype!! however, I do think he has a lot to work on emotionally and not a lot of admission and work was done to earn summerās trust š¶ I think there was a lot of miscommunication due to āØ trauma āØ and inability to place 100% responsibility on oneself, which frankly made me super angry
rhettās actions towards the end of the book were unforgivable and a bit possessive, and I wish summer had stuck to her guns with holding him accountable š„“ that being said, they really were super cute together
I cannot wait to read more about this family because I just want to insert myself in it thank you very much!!!
thank you to netgalley and bloom books for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!Ā
rating: 4 stars
wine pairing: napa valley cabernet sauvignonĀ
summer was the perfect FMC for this story!! a city gal with a cowgirl heart, loving the drama and suspense of rodeos and ranch life š„¹ sheās basically me every time I watch yellowstone and google how expensive it is to live on a ranchĀ
rhett was the sexy rodeo bad cowboy with a reputation, and boy, did he live up to the hype!! however, I do think he has a lot to work on emotionally and not a lot of admission and work was done to earn summerās trust š¶ I think there was a lot of miscommunication due to āØ trauma āØ and inability to place 100% responsibility on oneself, which frankly made me super angry
rhettās actions towards the end of the book were unforgivable and a bit possessive, and I wish summer had stuck to her guns with holding him accountable š„“ that being said, they really were super cute together
I cannot wait to read more about this family because I just want to insert myself in it thank you very much!!!
thank you to netgalley and bloom books for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!Ā
rating: 4 stars
wine pairing: napa valley cabernet sauvignonĀ
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Emotional abuse
Minor: Death of parent and Suicide