A review by shelbyjo
Half Moon Holler by Taryn Bradley

5.0

I loved this book!! I just stumbled upon the book while trying to find my next KU read and thought I'd give it a try and am so glad that I did! I loved the idyllic and cute small town setting, and all of the side characters and towns people. The story was absolutely charming and fun. It was all told in Nate's POV, and he is so funny...loved getting his take on everything that was happening (and not happening lol)! I usually like dual POV, but I really didn't even miss the other POV in this story. I loved the way Nate told their story. The whisky/sippy cup stuff was so flipping funny, I totally loved it. I laughed out loud a lot while reading! Speaking of Nate, he was total book boyfriend material and I loved Cassie so much as well. When we were first introduced to her I was afraid she was going to be an uptight snob, but she was the total opposite. She was exactly what the town needed, and the town was exactly what she needed too.
If I had to name one complaint about this book, it would just be about the heat factor. It was absolutely a slow burn, which I don't mind, but once we finally got a sex scene, that was about it. There was enough book left to give us some more heat, but we didn't really get it. So if you love lots of heat and sex scenes in your romances, this one might be a bit tame for you. It was still so good though, and I was ok with the lack of spicy scenes because I loved everything else so much. I'm excited to dive in to book 2!