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A review by kayas_library
For the Love of Whiskey by Melissa Foster
4.0
4.5⭐
✨Small Town Romance
✨Ranch x MC
✨Cowboy x Survivor
✨Trauma Healing
✨Overprotective MMC
For the Love of Whiskey is the second book in the The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch series and it follows Sullivan Tate and Callahan "Cowboy" Whiskey who meet after Sully escaped from a cult that kidnapped her as a child and flees to the Redemption Ranch, where Cowboy is tasked with protecting her. Sully, formerly known as Casey Lawler, was abducted from a car wreck, in which her parents died when she was 4 and brought to the Free Rebellion, which is an anti-establishment cult, where she lived until she escaped at the age of 24. Her upbringing left Sully with little knowledge of the outside world and a heaping pile of trauma, which makes the Redemption Ranch a perfect place for her to accumulate to the real world since it is a ranch that employs therapists and acts as a rehabilitation place for both people and horses.
I absolutely adored the relationship between Sully and Cowboy, how she called him Callahan or Cal instead of his road name, how he slept outside her cabin each night until their relationship developed to other sleeping arrangements, how they went on walks during the night and before the sunsets, how Cal spoiled her rotten and bought her the stuff that she needed as well as stuff that she was interested in like art supplies or buying her all the different chocolates from his sisters shop. Ho when taught her everything that she wanted to learn, like riding a horse or riding a bike. And how he made her write a list of all the things that she wants to do and learn.
As for the mental health and trauma aspect, I loved that we got to see glimpses into Sully's therapy sessions. Getting to read about what she worked through in therapy but also what she talked about to people outside of therapy, like when she reconnected with her sister. I also truly adored Cal for how supportive he always was of her, how he kept asking his mom or other therapists if how he acted was fine or if he could trigger her and make her situation worse with some of his actions. How he always listened to her and how she felt safe enough to talk to him about everything that happened to her.
I fell in love with this family and the ranch and I can't wait to read Sasha's story.
✨Small Town Romance
✨Ranch x MC
✨Cowboy x Survivor
✨Trauma Healing
✨Overprotective MMC
For the Love of Whiskey is the second book in the The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch series and it follows Sullivan Tate and Callahan "Cowboy" Whiskey who meet after Sully escaped from a cult that kidnapped her as a child and flees to the Redemption Ranch, where Cowboy is tasked with protecting her. Sully, formerly known as Casey Lawler, was abducted from a car wreck, in which her parents died when she was 4 and brought to the Free Rebellion, which is an anti-establishment cult, where she lived until she escaped at the age of 24. Her upbringing left Sully with little knowledge of the outside world and a heaping pile of trauma, which makes the Redemption Ranch a perfect place for her to accumulate to the real world since it is a ranch that employs therapists and acts as a rehabilitation place for both people and horses.
I absolutely adored the relationship between Sully and Cowboy, how she called him Callahan or Cal instead of his road name, how he slept outside her cabin each night until their relationship developed to other sleeping arrangements, how they went on walks during the night and before the sunsets, how Cal spoiled her rotten and bought her the stuff that she needed as well as stuff that she was interested in like art supplies or buying her all the different chocolates from his sisters shop. Ho when taught her everything that she wanted to learn, like riding a horse or riding a bike. And how he made her write a list of all the things that she wants to do and learn.
As for the mental health and trauma aspect, I loved that we got to see glimpses into Sully's therapy sessions. Getting to read about what she worked through in therapy but also what she talked about to people outside of therapy, like when she reconnected with her sister. I also truly adored Cal for how supportive he always was of her, how he kept asking his mom or other therapists if how he acted was fine or if he could trigger her and make her situation worse with some of his actions. How he always listened to her and how she felt safe enough to talk to him about everything that happened to her.
I fell in love with this family and the ranch and I can't wait to read Sasha's story.