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Burn the Wild by Ava Hunter
3.5
emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense

"Birdie Girl, you're pretty much my goddamn everything."

- small town
- country singer FMC
- former MLB player turned cowboy MMC
- workplace (his family's ranch)
- age gap (he's 11 years older)
- he falls first
- no breakup
- 🌶️🌶️.5/5
- dual pov

I have to admit, this is my least fave of the series so far. I could be slumping, but it took me until about halfway to get into the story and warm up to the characters. 

You have grumpy Ford, whose musician brother calls and asks him to look after Reese, the famous country singer. He clearly doesn't want her on the ranch and is kind of mean initially.

But he falls head over boots and becomes obsessed. Reese has had zero control over her life for 10 years, and she struggles to let Ford in when all he wants to do is care for her. But he patiently waits, showing her that he won't love her any less for showing him her broken pieces.

"I see you, Bluebird. Every version of you. Broken. Whole. Angry. Sad. I see you."

So, while there are some good moments (mostly Ford caring for Reese by organising therapy, setting an alarm for her pills, buying her presents for attending therapy... you get it!), it didn't quite live up to my expectations.