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A review by caffeinatedcrystal
Rough Country by Kelly Fox
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Grumpy/sunshine 💙 city boy/country boy 💙 secret cinnamon roll 💙 found family 💙 size difference 💙 single dad
I LOVED LOVED LOVED this book.
EMERY is a very rich man, burnt out by his finance bro job. Inspired by his favorite poet to move to the Texas hill country, EMERY is determined to fix up his place and move his daughter in.
WOODY is recovering from a broken heart. Deciding to protect said heart, he's built up walls of steel covered in barbed wire. All he wants is to run his sanctuary and write. Now, he has a reckless city mouse idiot move in next door and is busy keeping him alive and competing to be the snark king of the hill country.
Emery and Woody neither one knew how to love or be loved - but it was a joy to watch them tumble and stumble into it. The absolute dummies. Stevie, Emery's daughter, adds a whole other layer of learning to love and be loved - Woody and his cousin Rowdy have never really had a great family, and Stevie is such a sweet girl and loves them both so easily.
I loved these MCs. Woody was such a secret cinnamon roll, a real mad-sad boy. Emery was such an alpha dad type. I just loved them so much.
To be clear: I've read all of Kelly's books, and ROUGH COUNTRY has moved up to tie with the number one spot in my favorites. This story has great characters, wonderful story lines, amazing found family, and such sweetness. My lord, the sweetness. The spice was perfect, and the drama was on point, too.
I loved this book and can't recommend it enough. I loved Emery and Woody so much. ROUGH COUNTRY comes out on the 18th!
I LOVED LOVED LOVED this book.
EMERY is a very rich man, burnt out by his finance bro job. Inspired by his favorite poet to move to the Texas hill country, EMERY is determined to fix up his place and move his daughter in.
WOODY is recovering from a broken heart. Deciding to protect said heart, he's built up walls of steel covered in barbed wire. All he wants is to run his sanctuary and write. Now, he has a reckless city mouse idiot move in next door and is busy keeping him alive and competing to be the snark king of the hill country.
Emery and Woody neither one knew how to love or be loved - but it was a joy to watch them tumble and stumble into it. The absolute dummies. Stevie, Emery's daughter, adds a whole other layer of learning to love and be loved - Woody and his cousin Rowdy have never really had a great family, and Stevie is such a sweet girl and loves them both so easily.
I loved these MCs. Woody was such a secret cinnamon roll, a real mad-sad boy. Emery was such an alpha dad type. I just loved them so much.
To be clear: I've read all of Kelly's books, and ROUGH COUNTRY has moved up to tie with the number one spot in my favorites. This story has great characters, wonderful story lines, amazing found family, and such sweetness. My lord, the sweetness. The spice was perfect, and the drama was on point, too.
I loved this book and can't recommend it enough. I loved Emery and Woody so much. ROUGH COUNTRY comes out on the 18th!