A review by booksara
Rustic Hearts by Amber Kelly

4.0

I totally adored this book. I’m a sucker for small town romances and this was beautiful. It was a four-week love story (quite literally) but it felt like months. I swear this small town people know how to be proactive like no one else. I liked the peek we got from Sophie’s life in the city at the beginning and how she progressed to falling into the same old things she used to do as a kid. The way she handled the “talk” was super mature and I’m glad the author didn’t turn her into a teenager. I loved her and Braxton, the slow (not so slow) romance they developed was super sweet and just cute. I have to say, I wasn’t feeling the “love of my life” or “she’s the one” vibe. I don’t think we got there. Before the epilogue I was feeling more of a “we like each other a lot, let’s try this out for real” vibe. But hey, it was still a pretty cute love story. Every character had depth and I felt embraced by them all. The one thing I’m still confused about is Elle. She’s supposed to be like 23 but the whole book she acted like a 16-17 year old girl and I just couldn’t see her as a grown up. I liked her but I was confused. But yeah, I’m actually super happy I get to be at Poplar Falls for a few more days, I really like it here.