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phoenixspring03's review against another edition
5.0
Audio - 5 🌟
Story - sod it, 5 🌟
Possible the best epilogue ever.
Charlie and Travis will forever have a piece of my heart, and getting to see them so far into the future was just beautiful.
I think my heart has a little red dirt in it after reading their story over those 4 books
Story - sod it, 5 🌟
Possible the best epilogue ever.
Charlie and Travis will forever have a piece of my heart, and getting to see them so far into the future was just beautiful.
I think my heart has a little red dirt in it after reading their story over those 4 books
bitchie's review
4.0
This was just so sweet! The perfect ending for an amazing series. I'm going to miss Charlie and Travis, but I know that this series is going to join my very few comfort rereads.
RDH4 was more happiness than anything else. There's only a smidgeon of angst, and no real conflict, just the author letting us have a peek into the HEA that so few authors ever give their readers.
RDH4 was more happiness than anything else. There's only a smidgeon of angst, and no real conflict, just the author letting us have a peek into the HEA that so few authors ever give their readers.
a_reader_obsessed's review
4.0
This was the perfect send off to Travis and Charlie and I loved, loved, loved that we got to see it from Travis's point of view!
So basically this was one long epilogue. I laughed and smiled and got teary (happy and sad) all around. It was funny, sexy, playful and sentimental, and oh so romantic.
Travis belongs to Charlie and Charlie belongs to Travis and it was beautiful. Read.
So basically this was one long epilogue. I laughed and smiled and got teary (happy and sad) all around. It was funny, sexy, playful and sentimental, and oh so romantic.
Travis belongs to Charlie and Charlie belongs to Travis and it was beautiful. Read.
cpuertos_3's review
5.0
LOVED IT!! One of my ultimate favorite M/M books. Sad to see this series end, but looking forward to what N.R. Walker will write next.
robinsease's review
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
booksafety's review
5.0
Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.
“[…] You have a love as infinite as the horizon, and a heart of red dirt. […]”
Ait, let’s keep it short and sweet for once, and mainly because by book 4, the entire series kinda melds together and I struggle with remembering what happened in which book. This is the one in the series that will make you cry, probably. IYKYK. And yet somehow, it’s the damn epilogue that makes me sob every time. N. R. Walker does epilogues so well. I think I just get so attached to these characters by the end of book 4 that the way the epilogue is set up hits me so fucking hard. It’s not supposed to be sad. Anyway; enough chatter. If you loved book 1-3, you’ll love this one as well. Very neat to get a book from Travis’ POV.
The thing about food poisoning is that at first you wish to not be sick, and then you wish for death.
I can see and remember by the highlights I made that the humor was dialed up in this one.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Established couple
Found family
Hurt/comfort
Cattle farmers
Aussie outback
American/Australian
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Death of a pet (traumatic, on page)
MC euthanizing pet (on page)
Explicit sexual content
Vomiting
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, single POV (Travis)
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
Main characters’ age: 25 and 27 (maybe)
Pages: 332
“[…] The club was full of eighteen-year-olds with hair gel and jeans so tight you could see what religion they were.”
He laughed quietly. “No more religious jokes, please.” “Don’t tell me you’re offended. You don’t have a religious bone in your body,” I said. Then I laughed. “Do you want one?” Charlie laughed, louder this time and leaned his forehead on my shoulder. “That’s the worst joke you’ve ever told.”
“Did you get a background check on me when I applied?” Charlie smiled. “Yep. It said male, tall, blond, gives great head.” There was a dull clunk from the other end of the shed. It sounded like someone had hit their head on something metal. “Jesus, Charlie,” George called out. “Keep it PG-rated, would ya?” Well, Charlie just about died. I, on the other hand, laughed and laughed. And then I laughed some more. George appeared at the open walkway, smiling and rubbing the top of his head, and Charlie was a dozen shades of mortified. “Sorry ’bout that,” he said. “I thought we were alone.” “I’d reckon so,” George said, still smiling.
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“[…] You have a love as infinite as the horizon, and a heart of red dirt. […]”
Ait, let’s keep it short and sweet for once, and mainly because by book 4, the entire series kinda melds together and I struggle with remembering what happened in which book. This is the one in the series that will make you cry, probably. IYKYK. And yet somehow, it’s the damn epilogue that makes me sob every time. N. R. Walker does epilogues so well. I think I just get so attached to these characters by the end of book 4 that the way the epilogue is set up hits me so fucking hard. It’s not supposed to be sad. Anyway; enough chatter. If you loved book 1-3, you’ll love this one as well. Very neat to get a book from Travis’ POV.
The thing about food poisoning is that at first you wish to not be sick, and then you wish for death.
I can see and remember by the highlights I made that the humor was dialed up in this one.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Established couple
Found family
Hurt/comfort
Cattle farmers
Aussie outback
American/Australian
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Death of a pet (traumatic, on page)
MC euthanizing pet (on page)
Explicit sexual content
Vomiting
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, single POV (Travis)
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
Main characters’ age: 25 and 27 (maybe)
Pages: 332
“[…] The club was full of eighteen-year-olds with hair gel and jeans so tight you could see what religion they were.”
He laughed quietly. “No more religious jokes, please.” “Don’t tell me you’re offended. You don’t have a religious bone in your body,” I said. Then I laughed. “Do you want one?” Charlie laughed, louder this time and leaned his forehead on my shoulder. “That’s the worst joke you’ve ever told.”
“Did you get a background check on me when I applied?” Charlie smiled. “Yep. It said male, tall, blond, gives great head.” There was a dull clunk from the other end of the shed. It sounded like someone had hit their head on something metal. “Jesus, Charlie,” George called out. “Keep it PG-rated, would ya?” Well, Charlie just about died. I, on the other hand, laughed and laughed. And then I laughed some more. George appeared at the open walkway, smiling and rubbing the top of his head, and Charlie was a dozen shades of mortified. “Sorry ’bout that,” he said. “I thought we were alone.” “I’d reckon so,” George said, still smiling.
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bookish_kristina's review
4.0
This book was good. Very emotional and I loved seeing Travis’ perspective, but let’s be honest, this was basically an 8 hour long epilogue, and that’s ok.
However, not full stars because it needed a fact check on a couple of things.
1. The weather in central Texas in November, another Texan reviewer said it better than my Canadian ass but I can’t link to them so you’ll just have to trust me, no one is shivering in 10-20 degree Celsius temperatures, even if they are coming from summer in the outback.
The rest of this is full of spoilers so I’m just gonna hide it all.
2. How surrogacy works. I won’t comment on any of the intricacies of Australian adoption or same sex marriage law because I don’t know anything, but in most countries, surrogacy isn’t really legal and the way to bypass that is for the parents to adopt. If same sex adoption isn’t legal, then how did they become legal parents of this child? Also I’ve never heard of a case where a surrogate mother also provides the egg, because that’s giving your baby away or adoption, not providing a womb. Most surrogacy is gestational surrogacy and involves in vitro from a donor egg with donor sperm implanted in a surrogate. If they had a lawyer advising them, they would NEVER advise using a surrogate who also donated the egg.
So ya, I’m a nit picker, but details are important for my enjoyment and these details were sketchy.
So I love this couple and I enjoyed their story, but this last book was not what it could have been.
Again the narrator Joel Leslie was awesome and him crying through reading the Shelby scene ruined me. YOU RUINED ME JOEL!
However, not full stars because it needed a fact check on a couple of things.
1. The weather in central Texas in November, another Texan reviewer said it better than my Canadian ass but I can’t link to them so you’ll just have to trust me, no one is shivering in 10-20 degree Celsius temperatures, even if they are coming from summer in the outback.
The rest of this is full of spoilers so I’m just gonna hide it all.
Spoiler
2. How surrogacy works. I won’t comment on any of the intricacies of Australian adoption or same sex marriage law because I don’t know anything, but in most countries, surrogacy isn’t really legal and the way to bypass that is for the parents to adopt. If same sex adoption isn’t legal, then how did they become legal parents of this child? Also I’ve never heard of a case where a surrogate mother also provides the egg, because that’s giving your baby away or adoption, not providing a womb. Most surrogacy is gestational surrogacy and involves in vitro from a donor egg with donor sperm implanted in a surrogate. If they had a lawyer advising them, they would NEVER advise using a surrogate who also donated the egg.
So ya, I’m a nit picker, but details are important for my enjoyment and these details were sketchy.
So I love this couple and I enjoyed their story, but this last book was not what it could have been.
Again the narrator Joel Leslie was awesome and him crying through reading the Shelby scene ruined me. YOU RUINED ME JOEL!
karen_reads's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5