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sami_leigh's review
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
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‘How could I ever be her friend when I want to be her everything?’
“Honey, I’d never seen a man look at a woman the way Fisher looks at you. I may be old, but I ain’t blind.”
“How does he look at me?”
“Like you’re his whole world and he’d rather die than not exist in yours.”
🧲 First person dual POV
🧲 First on a series
🧲 Ex’s dad
🧲 Age gap
🧲 Horse trainer / farrier
🧲 Tragic past
🧲 Nicknames
🧲 Insta-love
🧲 Workplace romance
🧲 Spicy 🥵 ‘Good girl’
🧲 Small town
🧲 Someone is sabotaging her training arena
🧲 Well established secondary characters: Magnolia, Tripp (Book2), Waylon, Wilder, Landon, Gramma.
🧲 MC growth: risking a relationship, overcoming past trauma, mending relationships.
🧲 Epilogue & bonus epilogue
⚠️ Injury/injury detail (explicit), fire (explicit), death of a child (past), parental abandonment (past), misogyny (not MC), physical/verbal abuse (not MC), toxic friendship, medical content/trauma (explicit).
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• It’s a trope where that can leave the entire book feeling pointless
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Death, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship
elliepl94's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
britreadsbooks_'s review
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Violence
Minor: Death, Pregnancy, Ableism, Car accident, and Death of parent
sdupont's review
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I really enjoyed reading this book. Fisher and Noah make a great couple they have good chemistry and are so supportive of each other. Fisher is giving the best cowboy daddy energy- hot, protective, and sweet. I loved the forbidden aspect of this book, ex-boyfriend’s dad is always a fun one! Fisher and Noah will have you rooting for them individually and as a couple. Fisher especially has overcome a lot and his vulnerability will have you emotional. I’d say this is Tempt by Melanie Harlow meets Elsie Silver. I’m excited to continue on with the series!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Child death
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Violence
Minor: Pregnancy and Blood
ariannaisbooked's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Easily one of my top 12 books of 2023! If I could rate this book infinity stars, I would!
Noah's been friends with her ex-boyfriend since they broke up a couple years ago. But when she goes to a rodeo and has a HOTTT one night stand with a sexy older man, she has no idea how their paths are about to cross again. Turns out, he's her ex-boyfriend's dad who had been divorced from her ex's mom for awhile & hadn't been in town in a decade. Not to mention, he's finally back in town to make amends with his son & is about to start working for Noah's family's ranch as their new farrier. But what happens when they can't keep their hands & eyes to themselves when they see each other every single day?!
There are parts of this book that hit way too close to home for me, specifically with Fisher and his suicide attempt. So please go into this book knowing that it will cover some very serious / hard to read topics. BUT it is still such a beautiful book of healing from trauma & grief while reconciling with the past & making amends. And let's just say that Daddy Fisher is HOTTTT. He might be 20 years older than Noah but he's got a dirty mouth & the body to bring that talking to actions. The way he fell so hard & fast for Noah just had me giggling & kicking my feet every time he said the CUTEST things to her. I know I've already said it, but this is one of my favorite books of the year!
And the side characters?! Just you wait. The rest of the series is going to be just as incredible as this one, if not better!
Content warnings:
- The prologue has an on page suicide attempt, so skip it if that could be triggering for you. There's an author's note right before the prologue that will also tell you this.
- Traumatic loss of a child
- Detailed descriptions of grief
Features:
- former bull rider turned farrier x horse trainer
- ex-boyfriend's dad
- HOT one night stand to forever
- healing after trauma
- a little mystery / who did it subplot
- Taylor Swift coded / references
Noah's been friends with her ex-boyfriend since they broke up a couple years ago. But when she goes to a rodeo and has a HOTTT one night stand with a sexy older man, she has no idea how their paths are about to cross again. Turns out, he's her ex-boyfriend's dad who had been divorced from her ex's mom for awhile & hadn't been in town in a decade. Not to mention, he's finally back in town to make amends with his son & is about to start working for Noah's family's ranch as their new farrier. But what happens when they can't keep their hands & eyes to themselves when they see each other every single day?!
There are parts of this book that hit way too close to home for me, specifically with Fisher and his suicide attempt. So please go into this book knowing that it will cover some very serious / hard to read topics. BUT it is still such a beautiful book of healing from trauma & grief while reconciling with the past & making amends. And let's just say that Daddy Fisher is HOTTTT. He might be 20 years older than Noah but he's got a dirty mouth & the body to bring that talking to actions. The way he fell so hard & fast for Noah just had me giggling & kicking my feet every time he said the CUTEST things to her. I know I've already said it, but this is one of my favorite books of the year!
And the side characters?! Just you wait. The rest of the series is going to be just as incredible as this one, if not better!
Content warnings:
- The prologue has an on page suicide attempt, so skip it if that could be triggering for you. There's an author's note right before the prologue that will also tell you this.
- Traumatic loss of a child
- Detailed descriptions of grief
Features:
- former bull rider turned farrier x horse trainer
- ex-boyfriend's dad
- HOT one night stand to forever
- healing after trauma
- a little mystery / who did it subplot
- Taylor Swift coded / references
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Abandonment
There's an author's note before the prologue that will tell you not to read it if suicide is a triggering topic for you. It has an on-page suicide attempt but the story can be read perfectly fine without reading it. Fisher's daughter died in a tragic rock climbing accident and it is described on page towards the middle of the book. He also has many on-page thoughts about worthlessness and feeling like he should have been the one to die that day ten years ago. Fisher's back in town to reconcile with his son & there are some detailed conversations between father & son about what really happened. In that conversation, the son also talks about his abandonment issues from suddenly losing his sister and then his father a few weeks later.
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