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Out of the Gate by Elsie Silver

6 reviews

irisvdn's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

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

1.0

This is horrible. She was 10 and he was 20 when they met but somehow no one has a problem with it. Disgusting

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kamreher's review

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emotional lighthearted fast-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

3.75

per my spreadsheet

how does she (author) do this to me.

spice 🌶 - a 4 🌶 spicy (romance.io scale)

length - just right

reading speed - read in 1 day

did it make me cry? - i think so

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booklovinmamas's review

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emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

One of my goals for 2024 is to read more New To Me Authors, and I consider Elsie Silver still fairly new, even though I read the first book in her Gold Rush Ranch series last year. I enjoyed the first book and couldn’t wait to dive more into this series.

Out of the Gate is a short and fast-paced novella with 100+ pages. It’s a great addition that gives the origins of where and why the horse racing business started on the Gold Rush Ranch. It also gives us the love story of Vaughn Hardin’s grandparents, Dermot Harding and Ada Wilson, which is a heartwarming story that I’m glad I read.

Ada was a spitfire who hadn’t forgotten that Dermot pushed her away after she kissed him when she was eighteen, right before he left for the Army. She may be forced to work with him again at her father’s ranch, but that doesn’t mean she’ll make it easy for him. Dermot knows he should stay away from Ada, especially since she’s younger and he works for her father, but he can’t stop thinking about what he did to Ada and how his feelings changed for her while he was gone.

I love tormented heroes and storylines where the MMC doesn’t feel like he’s good enough for the FMC and has to work over that hurdle first before he gives in to those feelings. There is a third-act breakup, but don’t worry, there’s a ‘grovel’ that tugs on the heartstrings, especially when Ada doesn’t take Dermot back that easily. He has to work for it, and he proves his love to her with something special.

This was a short and sweet Age Gap Romance that I’m glad I took a chance on, and now I can’t wait to read the rest of this series.

Story Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Steam/Spice: 🌶️🌶️.5

Standalone or Part of Series: It’s part of the Gold Rush Ranch series, but each book can be read as a standalone.

Would I recommend this novella? Yes. I recommend this to readers who enjoy reading Age Gap Romances (ten-year age gap) and love Elsie Silver’s books.

Genre/SubGenre: Romance | Contemporary Romance

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alybeth's review

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hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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andeng's review

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring fast-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

3.0

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sami_leigh's review

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hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

🌶️🌶️/5

The payoff on something easy never feels as sweet, though, does it? I like a challenge.

🐎 First person dual POV

🐎 Prequel Novella; how Gold Rush Ranch got into horse racing

🐎 Age Gap

🐎 Childhood crush

🐎 Spice

🐎 Nickname

🐎 MC growth: self worth,

🐎 Estranged family & found family

🐎 Epilogue

🐎 Grand gesture

🐎 4 book series with a spin-off series, all on Kindle Unlimited

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⚠️ PTSD (after military service).

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