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Heathen and Honeysuckle by Sarah A. Bailey
4.0
emotional hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

This was a super solid read for me. I enjoyed the dual timeline and the plot as a whole - lots going on but all done well. There was familial drama, romance (obvi), personal struggles, and friendship and then a lack thereof. The book follows the MC's from a summer when they were 17 to ten years later when she runs away from the altar. The rest of the book follows them in the current timeline while alternating with the summer from 10 years ago. Was this insta love? Yes. They fall in love immediately and then the rest of their relationship in total is probably like 3-4 months at most. But I'm cool with that.

Parts of this was a little slow, but it was necessary I guess for the foundation of the relationship between the two main characters. Hated the dad in this book, which you're supposed to so it's fine and I'm happy he got his just desserts at the end.

I look forward to reading the other books coming in this series. Specifically for Dahlia's book (assuming she get's a book).

I received an arc in exchange for an honest review.