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Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage
5.0
4.75 ⭐️ This is my favourite book in the whole series, bar none.
Thank you so much NetGalley and Quercus Books for the eARC!
I really like this series, and both previous books only served to build up the anticipation for Lost and Lassoed. And, I'll be honest, my expectations were through the roof for this one. I wanted a Teddy x Gus book, with full enemies-to-lovers vibes even before I was done reading Book 1. And, wow did we get that and so much more! Those expectations were nothing compared to the real thing! This is the third book in the Rebel Blue Ranch Series, and Theodora Andersen and August Ryder hate each other as much as they always have. That is while also knowing that they have the same favourite people, and have to share a family/ friend group.
Gus is the eldest son of the Ryder family, and he's supposed to follow in his father's footsteps and take over Rebel Blue Ranch. He also has Riley, his amazing six-year-old daughter who he co-parents with Cam, his one-night-stand turned baby momma, but he couldn't be more grateful for her or his daughter. Now, Cam has gotten a summer internship in a major law firm in the city, and Gus has to navigate life as a single dad for the first time ever... and between his job, his other family members and commitments and having Riley full-time, he's struggling to keep up with everything without feeling like he's slowly sinking and drowning. Teddy has also been having a hard time for... well, for a while, but it's not like she'd admit it to anyone. The only person she'd ever admitted it to was her best friend, Emmy, but she was busy with her own life, her work, her fiancé and her wonderful happy moments that, apparently, no longer included her. All at once, Teddy gets fired from what she thought was the perfect job, and slowly finds herself more and more convinced that she got stuck and is now somehow behind in life, especially when she compares herself to the people around her. She's in a bit of a downward spiral mentally when her best friend sucks her into probably the oddest arrangement ever: she's to be Riley's sitter for the summer to *shudder* help Gus out.
I really just fell head over heels in love with these two. Their antics and verbal staring were hilarious, and the tension and banter only made the slow build of their relationship that much sweeter. One of my favourite things - both in real life and in books- is when people learn things, investigate or otherwise acquire knowledge that leads them to change their minds and admit they've been wrong. It's not an easy thing to do, and it takes maturity and understanding... And I love it. This book is the perfect example of how people can vehemently believe to hold the whole truth, only to realise that their point of view was not only askew but borderline negligent!
Along with the enemies-to-lovers plot, there's also a lot more angst and heavy topics in this book, which presents a bit of a shift from the previous books in the series. Teddy's father is a big part of her life, and therefore a big part of this book. I absolutely adored him and how we can see his relationship with his daughter, at the same time we're seeing it juxtaposed with Gus and Riley's relationship. The garage scene almost made me tear up. It felt like a love letter to good fathers. As much as this is a romance book -and of course, the main focus of the book is there- I truly do believe this book was only made better by exploring Teddy and Gus's struggles with control, their friendships, feeling needed, and their anxiety and worry over their fathers. It brought forth a level of depth I don't think I felt in any of the previous books.
The more I read from this series, the more I crave. I cannot recommend this book enough, and I cannot wait to see where Lyla Sage takes us next - aka Cam x Dusty's story!
Thank you so much NetGalley and Quercus Books for the eARC!
I really like this series, and both previous books only served to build up the anticipation for Lost and Lassoed. And, I'll be honest, my expectations were through the roof for this one. I wanted a Teddy x Gus book, with full enemies-to-lovers vibes even before I was done reading Book 1. And, wow did we get that and so much more! Those expectations were nothing compared to the real thing! This is the third book in the Rebel Blue Ranch Series, and Theodora Andersen and August Ryder hate each other as much as they always have. That is while also knowing that they have the same favourite people, and have to share a family/ friend group.
Gus is the eldest son of the Ryder family, and he's supposed to follow in his father's footsteps and take over Rebel Blue Ranch. He also has Riley, his amazing six-year-old daughter who he co-parents with Cam, his one-night-stand turned baby momma, but he couldn't be more grateful for her or his daughter. Now, Cam has gotten a summer internship in a major law firm in the city, and Gus has to navigate life as a single dad for the first time ever... and between his job, his other family members and commitments and having Riley full-time, he's struggling to keep up with everything without feeling like he's slowly sinking and drowning. Teddy has also been having a hard time for... well, for a while, but it's not like she'd admit it to anyone. The only person she'd ever admitted it to was her best friend, Emmy, but she was busy with her own life, her work, her fiancé and her wonderful happy moments that, apparently, no longer included her. All at once, Teddy gets fired from what she thought was the perfect job, and slowly finds herself more and more convinced that she got stuck and is now somehow behind in life, especially when she compares herself to the people around her. She's in a bit of a downward spiral mentally when her best friend sucks her into probably the oddest arrangement ever: she's to be Riley's sitter for the summer to *shudder* help Gus out.
I really just fell head over heels in love with these two. Their antics and verbal staring were hilarious, and the tension and banter only made the slow build of their relationship that much sweeter. One of my favourite things - both in real life and in books- is when people learn things, investigate or otherwise acquire knowledge that leads them to change their minds and admit they've been wrong. It's not an easy thing to do, and it takes maturity and understanding... And I love it. This book is the perfect example of how people can vehemently believe to hold the whole truth, only to realise that their point of view was not only askew but borderline negligent!
Along with the enemies-to-lovers plot, there's also a lot more angst and heavy topics in this book, which presents a bit of a shift from the previous books in the series. Teddy's father is a big part of her life, and therefore a big part of this book. I absolutely adored him and how we can see his relationship with his daughter, at the same time we're seeing it juxtaposed with Gus and Riley's relationship. The garage scene almost made me tear up. It felt like a love letter to good fathers. As much as this is a romance book -and of course, the main focus of the book is there- I truly do believe this book was only made better by exploring Teddy and Gus's struggles with control, their friendships, feeling needed, and their anxiety and worry over their fathers. It brought forth a level of depth I don't think I felt in any of the previous books.
The more I read from this series, the more I crave. I cannot recommend this book enough, and I cannot wait to see where Lyla Sage takes us next - aka Cam x Dusty's story!