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A review by jessiepostshere
The Confidence of Wildflowers by Micalea Smeltzer
4.0
I’m feeling a little conflicted on this one.
1. I loved the first 90% of this book. I’m a sucker for an age gap and this is the most well written book I think I’ve read with an age gap this large (31 and 18). It had all the vibes I wanted with this trope and it was close to perfection
2. CHECK. TRIGGER. WARNINGS. The last 10% of this book —— whyyyyyy???? While I didn’t find it to be triggering to me, I don’t think I will be able to recommend this book because I do think it would be found highly triggering to a lot of people.
End result - I read a book that I really liked the vast majority of and it’s actually the best representation of a large age gap romance I think I’ve ever read, but it’s also a book that I cannot recommend.
Because of the last 10%, I gave this 4 stars instead of 5.
I will still definitely read book 2, but please please please check TW before reading this series.
1. I loved the first 90% of this book. I’m a sucker for an age gap and this is the most well written book I think I’ve read with an age gap this large (31 and 18). It had all the vibes I wanted with this trope and it was close to perfection
2. CHECK. TRIGGER. WARNINGS. The last 10% of this book —— whyyyyyy???? While I didn’t find it to be triggering to me, I don’t think I will be able to recommend this book because I do think it would be found highly triggering to a lot of people.
End result - I read a book that I really liked the vast majority of and it’s actually the best representation of a large age gap romance I think I’ve ever read, but it’s also a book that I cannot recommend.
Because of the last 10%, I gave this 4 stars instead of 5.
I will still definitely read book 2, but please please please check TW before reading this series.