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4.33 AVERAGE
4.33 AVERAGE
emotional
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
Back to Silver Pines… My favourite place!
During a short visit to see her sister Ivy, Cassie has a very hot and steamy one night stand with Haden, and then disappears into the night, going back to her life as a rising star in country music. But after a run of shows, and then a terrible accident at one of them, Cassie needs a break. She just wants to head back to her family and relax for 1 month.
Now she is living in the cabin next door to Haden, dealing with her trauma and anxiety, and trying to resist the charming cowboy.
Haden can't deny his attraction to Cassie, he hasn't forgotten her since their one night stand and now she is living next door. He can see she isn't the same fiery women from months previous, but he knows she has that fire and spark in her, so he will do what he can to get her back to herself.
This is a sweet, small town, cowboy romance with plenty of spice and laugh out loud banter between all the characters. But it also tackles mental health and trauma. Both main characters were dealing with their own feelings and helping each other along the way.
The epilogue for this book was perfection, and it's about time that we finally get Olivia's story. I.CAN’T.WAIT.
During a short visit to see her sister Ivy, Cassie has a very hot and steamy one night stand with Haden, and then disappears into the night, going back to her life as a rising star in country music. But after a run of shows, and then a terrible accident at one of them, Cassie needs a break. She just wants to head back to her family and relax for 1 month.
Now she is living in the cabin next door to Haden, dealing with her trauma and anxiety, and trying to resist the charming cowboy.
Haden can't deny his attraction to Cassie, he hasn't forgotten her since their one night stand and now she is living next door. He can see she isn't the same fiery women from months previous, but he knows she has that fire and spark in her, so he will do what he can to get her back to herself.
This is a sweet, small town, cowboy romance with plenty of spice and laugh out loud banter between all the characters. But it also tackles mental health and trauma. Both main characters were dealing with their own feelings and helping each other along the way.
The epilogue for this book was perfection, and it's about time that we finally get Olivia's story. I.CAN’T.WAIT.
This was a fun read and I do love a fish out of water, cowboy/country singer romance. It just didn’t hit every mark for me and was a bit too corny at moments. For some reason Paisley Hope likes to be weird sometimes. Like why did he leave a trail of caramel popcorn for her to follow from her cabin to him naked in bed in his? Like is that sexy to you Paisley? For real?
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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:
No
The Silver Pines series just gets better and better. Freeing the Wild is a truly beautiful tale of love, dreams, and soulmates. From the off, Cassie is a ray of sunshine who has been beaten down by her incessant need to people please and the trauma of losing her father so early in life. Haden is the strong and steady hand to hold, while also learning to open his heart to love. He thinks he knows what he wants in life, career-wise at the least, and Cassie’s introduction rocks his world. These two are clearly made for each other from the moment they first talk.
Even with Haden being Wade’s top hand and with the appearance of all of the characters we’ve grown to love throughout the series, his love story with Cassie felt completely fresh and unique, like the series has taken on a new lease of life. It was truly beautiful to see Cassie discover her worth and start respecting her own dreams and boundaries. She went through a lot in a short space of time and seeing her take her life into her own hands was inspiring. It felt very much like her story more than Haden’s but I think that was just right for this book.
There are multiple difficult and hard-hitting topics touched on in this book, but all are handled with grace and never delved into too deeply to the point where they could be distressing for the reader. These subjects gave heart and emotion to the story without focusing on trauma and gloom. It was very well done.
There were a couple of oddities in the timeline and isn’t continuity in general, though I’m guessing those will be ironed out before the book is published. It got confusing, for example, whenHaden bought the rehabilitation ranch but still referred to the fundraiser being for Penny . Another example could be when Nash says his and Cece’s baby “could be a boy”, but we were already told they were having a girl. I suppose that’s still strictly true but it was bit confusing.
I genuinely really enjoyed and loved this book, and I can’t wait to reread it when it’s published. Thank you so much to Penguin Random House for providing me with this ARC.
Even with Haden being Wade’s top hand and with the appearance of all of the characters we’ve grown to love throughout the series, his love story with Cassie felt completely fresh and unique, like the series has taken on a new lease of life. It was truly beautiful to see Cassie discover her worth and start respecting her own dreams and boundaries. She went through a lot in a short space of time and seeing her take her life into her own hands was inspiring. It felt very much like her story more than Haden’s but I think that was just right for this book.
There are multiple difficult and hard-hitting topics touched on in this book, but all are handled with grace and never delved into too deeply to the point where they could be distressing for the reader. These subjects gave heart and emotion to the story without focusing on trauma and gloom. It was very well done.
There were a couple of oddities in the timeline and isn’t continuity in general, though I’m guessing those will be ironed out before the book is published. It got confusing, for example, when
I genuinely really enjoyed and loved this book, and I can’t wait to reread it when it’s published. Thank you so much to Penguin Random House for providing me with this ARC.
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No