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thegalaxypanda96's review
5.0
I read this book in one sitting six hours of reading
I... love this!! I can't even begin to say how much I loved it once again Jessica Burkhart amazes me with her writing I laughed I cried and I loved every second of it
full review to be posted on my booktube soon
I... love this!! I can't even begin to say how much I loved it once again Jessica Burkhart amazes me with her writing I laughed I cried and I loved every second of it
full review to be posted on my booktube soon
randomly_kait's review
4.0
You can check out this review and others over on my Blog Randomly Kait
his book was another cute addition to the If Only Series. I've found that these books can be hit or miss, but I definitely liked this one. I liked the Southern Gentleman/Cowboy Logan. He was sweet and polite, and he respected Brie. He didn't treat Brie like crap just because he disagreed with what her father was doing.
his book was another cute addition to the If Only Series. I've found that these books can be hit or miss, but I definitely liked this one. I liked the Southern Gentleman/Cowboy Logan. He was sweet and polite, and he respected Brie. He didn't treat Brie like crap just because he disagreed with what her father was doing.
erinlynn1989's review against another edition
3.0
This review can also be seen on my blog, The Hardcover Lover.
Wild Hearts is a standalone novel in the If Only . . . series, a series of novels about forbidden love. The cool thing about the series is that all of the titles are standalone novels, so they can be read in any order (or you could skip the ones that don't interest you). Wild Hearts by Jessica Burkhart is the first title that I've read in the series (and my first Jessica Burkhart book), and I'm sure it probably won't be the last as many of the released and upcoming titles look entertaining and adorable. Unfortunately, Wild Hearts wasn't a huge hit for me, but I did find some aspects of the book to be cute.
Wild Hearts is about Brie Carter and Logan McCoy's Romeo and Juliet romance. They are immediately attracted to one another, but their fathers hate each other. Their romance is pretty much instantaneous, and if I had to, I'd label it as instalove. It just seemed a bit unrealistic for the new girl in town to fall for the most gorgeous guy in town so quickly. Their romance is sickly sweet, and to be honest, it was a bit too much for me to handle. Sometimes I thought parts were outstanding and adorable, but other times, I was scratching my head because it was just so weird.
Brie is one of those characters that I could take or leave, and for me, it's kind of a problem if I don't connect with the protagonist. Here she is, a girl who is forced to move pretty much every year, and she's just kind of bland. She has a lot of stories, but they really don't make her as interesting as one would think they would. She complains a lot about not having "a thing" of her own. It was nice to see that she wanted to find something that made her unique in the world, but the complaining got annoying. By the middle of the book, she finds something that makes her happy, and I loved that part, but it was kind of upsetting that she just dropped her "no boyfriend until college" rule to find the thing that she wanted. Even so, I was proud of her by the end of the novel for all that she and Logan accomplished in such a short amount of time.
If you're looking for a YA romance that's set in the country, then Wild Hearts is definitely for you. I can see many readers devouring this book during a summer camping trip or at the beach. Burkhart does a great job at setting the scene and tone of life in Lost Springs, and her imagery is fantastic, even if some aspects of the book are a little corny. She writes about horses in a way that felt very realistic, and those parts held my interest, even if I didn't agree with some of the things that the characters do. I felt like I was able to picture the entire town of Lost Springs, and it was a fairly enjoyable ride.
Wild Hearts is a standalone novel in the If Only . . . series, a series of novels about forbidden love. The cool thing about the series is that all of the titles are standalone novels, so they can be read in any order (or you could skip the ones that don't interest you). Wild Hearts by Jessica Burkhart is the first title that I've read in the series (and my first Jessica Burkhart book), and I'm sure it probably won't be the last as many of the released and upcoming titles look entertaining and adorable. Unfortunately, Wild Hearts wasn't a huge hit for me, but I did find some aspects of the book to be cute.
Wild Hearts is about Brie Carter and Logan McCoy's Romeo and Juliet romance. They are immediately attracted to one another, but their fathers hate each other. Their romance is pretty much instantaneous, and if I had to, I'd label it as instalove. It just seemed a bit unrealistic for the new girl in town to fall for the most gorgeous guy in town so quickly. Their romance is sickly sweet, and to be honest, it was a bit too much for me to handle. Sometimes I thought parts were outstanding and adorable, but other times, I was scratching my head because it was just so weird.
Brie is one of those characters that I could take or leave, and for me, it's kind of a problem if I don't connect with the protagonist. Here she is, a girl who is forced to move pretty much every year, and she's just kind of bland. She has a lot of stories, but they really don't make her as interesting as one would think they would. She complains a lot about not having "a thing" of her own. It was nice to see that she wanted to find something that made her unique in the world, but the complaining got annoying. By the middle of the book, she finds something that makes her happy, and I loved that part, but it was kind of upsetting that she just dropped her "no boyfriend until college" rule to find the thing that she wanted. Even so, I was proud of her by the end of the novel for all that she and Logan accomplished in such a short amount of time.
If you're looking for a YA romance that's set in the country, then Wild Hearts is definitely for you. I can see many readers devouring this book during a summer camping trip or at the beach. Burkhart does a great job at setting the scene and tone of life in Lost Springs, and her imagery is fantastic, even if some aspects of the book are a little corny. She writes about horses in a way that felt very realistic, and those parts held my interest, even if I didn't agree with some of the things that the characters do. I felt like I was able to picture the entire town of Lost Springs, and it was a fairly enjoyable ride.
skyhazzard's review
4.0
This was cute and fulfilled my horse longing but now I want me a cowboy.
We follow Brie as she and her family move to a new town for her fathers business. He’s planning on building a hotel in this new town but its residents are against it because it will displace the local wild mustangs. She meets this guy named Logan who has a special connection to the horses and next thing you know she’s fallen for him but not only that, she’s also fallen in love with the horses.
Logan is just perfect, hi date me please. He’s just so sweet and charming. I enjoyed their mission of saving the horses and all their plans they made for them after. I would have liked Brie’s sister to be in in more when she visited.
We follow Brie as she and her family move to a new town for her fathers business. He’s planning on building a hotel in this new town but its residents are against it because it will displace the local wild mustangs. She meets this guy named Logan who has a special connection to the horses and next thing you know she’s fallen for him but not only that, she’s also fallen in love with the horses.
Logan is just perfect, hi date me please. He’s just so sweet and charming. I enjoyed their mission of saving the horses and all their plans they made for them after. I would have liked Brie’s sister to be in in more when she visited.
hiallhyles's review against another edition
3.0
3 and a half stars. I loved the first half and the build up of the relationship, but I got a little bored after that. There didn't seem to be enough tension, and most problems were easily solved. However, the subject matter is very important and one that interests me, and I read the book quickly and easily. Very likeable.
kimmypete1's review against another edition
3.0
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• Cowboys! Horses! Conflict! What's not to love?
• I don't read too many books set in the west with cowboys and this one has me thinking I should make more of a point to do so. I loved the setting of Lost Spring, Wyoming, and all it's small town glory and togetherness.
• The center of the plot revolves around a group of wild horses being displaced as Brie's dad works on building a new hotel that will bring in money for the town. It's a catch-22 for the town of course because the money it will bring in is great, they love their wild horses.
• Brie and Logan are drawn together and are cute, though things happened super fast between them and it's not as Romeo and Juliet as it seems. Their dads are fighting against each other, but are not completely unreasonable. The relationship drama is minimal.
• I love that Brie and Logan come up with a plan on how to save the horses and work on it to show their fathers that there is a solution. The plan had one downside that made me sad though.
Overall I enjoyed Wild Hearts.
What I Thought...
• Cowboys! Horses! Conflict! What's not to love?
• I don't read too many books set in the west with cowboys and this one has me thinking I should make more of a point to do so. I loved the setting of Lost Spring, Wyoming, and all it's small town glory and togetherness.
• The center of the plot revolves around a group of wild horses being displaced as Brie's dad works on building a new hotel that will bring in money for the town. It's a catch-22 for the town of course because the money it will bring in is great, they love their wild horses.
• Brie and Logan are drawn together and are cute, though things happened super fast between them and it's not as Romeo and Juliet as it seems. Their dads are fighting against each other, but are not completely unreasonable. The relationship drama is minimal.
• I love that Brie and Logan come up with a plan on how to save the horses and work on it to show their fathers that there is a solution. The plan had one downside that made me sad though.
Spoiler
They decide to tame and sell some of the horses.Overall I enjoyed Wild Hearts.
emslovestoread's review
3.0
Probably 3.5 stars.
I didn't have high expectations going in (hello, looks like a teen angst book to me), so I was pleasantly surprised. The constant barrage of product placement bugged me (I do not need to know that a rich teenager can afford Urban Decay makeup and I can't, thank you very much), but I enjoyed the story itself. It got the job done without being preachy, and I'll admit that I worried about that after reading the author's notes first. She did a fine job of telling the story and getting her point across without it becoming annoying.
Cute story, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the 'If Only' series now.
I didn't have high expectations going in (hello, looks like a teen angst book to me), so I was pleasantly surprised. The constant barrage of product placement bugged me (I do not need to know that a rich teenager can afford Urban Decay makeup and I can't, thank you very much), but I enjoyed the story itself. It got the job done without being preachy, and I'll admit that I worried about that after reading the author's notes first. She did a fine job of telling the story and getting her point across without it becoming annoying.
Cute story, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the 'If Only' series now.
cdoubet's review
5.0
AMAZING!!!!!! Cowboys, horses, and a little bit of romance. Who could go wrong??
tamaraniac's review against another edition
1.0
Wild Hearts was pretty difficult for me to get through. The main problem is I didn’t find myself caring about it too much. I didn’t really connect with the characters. The romance went too far too fast. (I don’t want to say insta-love because there were supposedly weeks and lots of things not described in the book, but with the time jumps it felt like reading insta-love) And I guess I just wasn’t very invested in the plot.
guardianofthebookshelf's review
2.0
Grade: C-
This ARC was provided by Bloomsbury USA Childrens in exchange for an honest review.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: I'm going to preface the rest of this review by saying that the two If Only... books that I've read for review prior to this one were solid 4-star reads. Additionally, I've read Jessica Burkhart's Canterwood Crest series that's aimed at preteens. So I was very excited to see that she was writing the next If Only... title. Unfortunately, it didn't meet any of my expectations. It was distinctively Jessica's writing style, and that isn't the best thing. All of her character seem to be obsessed with makeup (particularly lip gloss) and clothes, especially when it comes to describing them and dropping brand names. It takes you out of the story if appearances are constantly being described and things like a water bottle brand or a sunglasses brand is being mentioned every chapter. I felt no chemistry between Brie and Logan, and the romance was happening much too quickly, especially when the l-word (love) was said. I'm sorry to say but, when Brie was arguing with her dad during that scene, all I could think about was Ariel, the Little Mermaid, claiming she loved Eric when she didn't even know him. Brie's relationship with her dad felt weird and cliche. She said she sided with him and loved him but sure didn't show it. There's a big part towards the end when she lies to him a lot and she seemed to expect no fall-out. Brie turned into a brat during that and her dad was being ridiculous and so over the top. This is the type of YA romance novel I don't like.
I did enjoy the parts with the horses and what Brie and Logan ended up doing with them. However, those parts were overshadowed so much by all the negative.
Mild language, making out, and talk of sleeping together is as bad as it gets.
The Verdict: Unfortunately, this If Only... novel didn't work for me.
This ARC was provided by Bloomsbury USA Childrens in exchange for an honest review.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: I'm going to preface the rest of this review by saying that the two If Only... books that I've read for review prior to this one were solid 4-star reads. Additionally, I've read Jessica Burkhart's Canterwood Crest series that's aimed at preteens. So I was very excited to see that she was writing the next If Only... title. Unfortunately, it didn't meet any of my expectations. It was distinctively Jessica's writing style, and that isn't the best thing. All of her character seem to be obsessed with makeup (particularly lip gloss) and clothes, especially when it comes to describing them and dropping brand names. It takes you out of the story if appearances are constantly being described and things like a water bottle brand or a sunglasses brand is being mentioned every chapter. I felt no chemistry between Brie and Logan, and the romance was happening much too quickly, especially when the l-word (love) was said. I'm sorry to say but, when Brie was arguing with her dad during that scene, all I could think about was Ariel, the Little Mermaid, claiming she loved Eric when she didn't even know him. Brie's relationship with her dad felt weird and cliche. She said she sided with him and loved him but sure didn't show it. There's a big part towards the end when she lies to him a lot and she seemed to expect no fall-out. Brie turned into a brat during that and her dad was being ridiculous and so over the top. This is the type of YA romance novel I don't like.
I did enjoy the parts with the horses and what Brie and Logan ended up doing with them. However, those parts were overshadowed so much by all the negative.
Mild language, making out, and talk of sleeping together is as bad as it gets.
The Verdict: Unfortunately, this If Only... novel didn't work for me.