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Wildfire by Hannah Grace

52 reviews

julierambaeck's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

IIIIIIH!! So cute! Loved the setting, the animals, the small town vibes, the found family!

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audlittlebookshelf's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

This was such a fun read that had me giggling and internally kicking my feet!

Russ and Aurora were so delicious together. I liked that they have very different backgrounds, especially socioeconomically, but their lives still paralleled one another in ways that drew them together and allowed them to understand one another more deeply. After all, what’s more universal than having issues with one’s father? I’ve seen some reviews mention that they don’t like how those issues manifest in Aurora with her essentially hooking up with guys for validation and attention. I will just say that she’s only 20 and comes from a very privileged background so I think it’s pretty realistic.

My only real issue with this book is that I felt like they barely worked at the summer camp and there were moments of them sneaking around while they were supposed to be responsible for a group of 8-10 year olds.

I liked this one more than Icebreaker though the two are definitely different plots. A big thing that they do share is the entertaining and supportive cast of side characters! I can’t wait to see who else we get a book so I can be back with some of these characters.

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sarahyjackson's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

I didn’t love it *as much* as Icebreaker BUT the spice was great and Russ’s praise phrases will live rent free in my head.

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sophiecountsclouds's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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cdoubet's review

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emotional medium-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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chloelj27's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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beckyyreadss's review

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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? Yes

5.0

I read Icebreaker last year because I’m always wanting to discover new authors. I loved Icebreaker like I still think about that book daily. When Hannah Grace announced that this was going to be a series, I was all over. I tried not to be obsessed with this book, but I just can’t help it.

There are two points of view in this book. Thie first point of view is Aurora Roberts. She is struggling with knowing who she is and having to deal with her family. Her father pays for her dorm and her college tuition but expect for that he is a pretty shitty dad and every time he rings Aurora, he always got something nasty to say or is expecting something from her because he is paying for college. Her mum is constantly complaining about how she never feels her children and is make Rory feel bad, but they can never a normal conversation because of this, she always seems to pick the worse guys who treat her like shit. She has never felt peace at college or at home, there is only one place she’s felt peace – Honey Acres Summer Camp. The second point of view is Russ Callaghan. He is finally in a good place with school and hockey. He has got some good mates and if he is distracted, he doesn’t have to think about his family issues. His dad has a gambling issue and is constantly asking Russ for money and Russ is done with giving him money. His mum knows about the issue and isn’t doing anything but letting him carry on with it even if it means they have excessive debt and must sell their house and downsize and his brother is constantly on the road and is expecting Russ to pick up the family drama. Russ doesn’t want to go home over the summer break so gets a job at Honey Acres. Aurora and Russ cross paths on what of the last parties of the year and a drinking game end with them spending the night together. But Aurora leaves before Russ knows her full name. Then they both get the shock of their life when they must work as camp counsellors. The camp has a strict no staff fraternising rule, but the tension is getting too much during the camp and Russ doesn’t want to head home early, but Aurora has never been one for the rules.

I love the relationship between these two characters. Aurora made me want to cry with the issues going on with her family. I wanted to give her a hug all the time especially when she was talking about her dad being emotionally abusive and how they affected her growing up. I wanted to punch Aurora’s dad square in the face multiple times during the book. Russ was such a sweetheart, he was so worried about how he was coming across to Aurora and being all shy. I love that he wanted to make sure she was alright and then had his own issues but wanted to make sure she knew what to do about her own problems rather than deal with his family shit. Just like the first book, I loved the found family trope and how Henry was the only one who truly knew about Russ’s problems and how JJ was having a heart-to-heart with Aurora to let know that he was happy for them both. I appreciate Hannah talking about broken families and I want to thank her for that.

I just wanted more, I loved the epilogue, and I could have a book a year with a life update on my favourite couples. I tried my damn hardest not to get so quickly obsessed with this book, but it was so freaking hard that I gave up quickly and just obsessed with it.

P.S. I blushed and squealed when I saw that Henry’s new fling was called Becky.

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vj_thompson's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

4.5

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bookishmillennial's review

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Ultimately, this was too much "telling" versus showing, and I could only take so much. Maybe I'll pick it back up one day to see their HEA, but I wasn't invested in either character enough to see it through right now.

I do want to say that I did enjoy both narrators (Teddy Hamilton & Lauren Sweet) & I have listened to them before, so it wasn't them. It was the writing & the characters that fell flat for me.

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