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A review by xanthe87
High Heat by Annabeth Albert
4.0
**4.5**
I really enjoyed the second book of the Hotshots series. A lost dog brings Rain into Garrick's life, his neighbour's grandson visiting for the summer, and so begins a friendship that they are both in need of. Garrick is still doing intensive PT to attempt to fully recover from a spinal injury and Rain is someone constantly on move, looking for adventure. They work really well together, Rain more than happy to help out with anything that Garrick needs and he's so light and full if energy that Garrick can't help but be drawn into that. It feels like their relationship develops quite naturally, both open about their attraction what they enjoy. I think, importantly, they have fun and give Garrick something else to think about other than his recovery and aims for returning to smoke jumping.
With Garrick's injuries, to me, Annabeth wrote his physicality and emotions very well. With something so suddenly life changing, it's got to be hard accepting and adapting to everything that has happened regardless of the support from friends and family of which he has quite a lot but Rain is the one to really makes an impact. To start with, Rain's plans are to get summer work with the forestry service or similar and then move on but Garrick and Cookie (the lost dog) soon become a very important part of his life. It's interesting reading his upbringing as well and how that has impacted his outlook on life.
Definitely another must read for me and a great addition to the series. I enjoyed the characters and how their relationship played out. A lot of hurt/comfort and joking about their age difference. There's not a lot of character stories with disabilities and this one, I thought, is very well written and Garrick goes through recovery and acceptance. Look forward to the next in the series.
I received an ARC and am happily giving a review.
I really enjoyed the second book of the Hotshots series. A lost dog brings Rain into Garrick's life, his neighbour's grandson visiting for the summer, and so begins a friendship that they are both in need of. Garrick is still doing intensive PT to attempt to fully recover from a spinal injury and Rain is someone constantly on move, looking for adventure. They work really well together, Rain more than happy to help out with anything that Garrick needs and he's so light and full if energy that Garrick can't help but be drawn into that. It feels like their relationship develops quite naturally, both open about their attraction what they enjoy. I think, importantly, they have fun and give Garrick something else to think about other than his recovery and aims for returning to smoke jumping.
With Garrick's injuries, to me, Annabeth wrote his physicality and emotions very well. With something so suddenly life changing, it's got to be hard accepting and adapting to everything that has happened regardless of the support from friends and family of which he has quite a lot but Rain is the one to really makes an impact. To start with, Rain's plans are to get summer work with the forestry service or similar and then move on but Garrick and Cookie (the lost dog) soon become a very important part of his life. It's interesting reading his upbringing as well and how that has impacted his outlook on life.
Definitely another must read for me and a great addition to the series. I enjoyed the characters and how their relationship played out. A lot of hurt/comfort and joking about their age difference. There's not a lot of character stories with disabilities and this one, I thought, is very well written and Garrick goes through recovery and acceptance. Look forward to the next in the series.
I received an ARC and am happily giving a review.