885 reviews for:

Wild Things

Laura Kay

3.71 AVERAGE

mialikesreading's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

whatsemilyreadin's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

abidavies155's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny hopeful 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

hopetamistic's review against another edition

4.5

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

emilyc1307's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Yes

shannonandherbooks's review against another edition

2.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

abigailbat's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I got this as a blind date with a book from Carmichaels and it was pretty cute! I love the trope of moving into a small somehow perfect village and there was a fun cast of supporting characters. As a romance, well, just a lot of it is unrequited love and even though that’s my favorite kind (lolsob), I’m not sure the payoff was strictly worth it. There’s a lot of pining and maybe not enough character development in El to make the whole thing work. Sure, it’s got a HEA, but I was never super convinced about it, I guess. Still, a fun enough read when I needed something fluffy! And there’s a progress Pride chicken coop!

medelson's review against another edition

1.25

tense slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emmreadsbooks's review against another edition

2.0

hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'm irrationally angry with this book. Despite knowing that it was women's fiction going into it, I thought that we might see some kind of lasting change in character throughout. El's "wild year" was an awesome concept, but she spends so much of it struggling to get out of her shell. I would've loved more of a focus on the commune in the country and less of El pining for Ray. Their relationship never really felt real to me, more just Ray using El for comfort. But hey, the chickens were cool.

*Thank you to Vintage Books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review*

snapp's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes