A review by schwrtzdnll28
Artfully Wild by Kelsey Schulz

5.0

This is a beautiful book and such a sweet follow up to Pictures in Blue! Skylar and Jacob have the PERFECT friends to lovers story. The balance between the romance and the other parts of the story was done really well. Between Skylar’s grief, and trying to find where she belongs, and Jacob’s migraines and his struggles with his dad, none of it felt like it too much space but it was also all so important??? It was all pretty low stakes but still hit pretty deep! Kelsey did a fantastic job really!

Jacob and Skylar are SO wonderful! Two casually bi main characters?? The way they were SEAMLESS in their transition from friends to lovers??? The way things just CHANGED for them?? The FLOWERS? I LOVE THEM. They communicated SO well throughout the entire book, and it showed that that wasn’t really new for them! And they were FUN together! And they could be so vulnerable and honest with each other!! They already had such a good foundations and once they finally took the leap into a romantic relationship!!! Perfection!!

I loved the way Skylar’s grief was written. She was struggling, much like Hudson was in the last book. But I loved watching her figure it out, figure out how to move through her grief, with the help of Jacob and even with the help of her sister in the sweetest way. And Jacob’s journey with his dad was very much a secondary, or even tertiary storyline, but it impacted him so much. And I loved that Skylar was able to see 

I loved how causal Kelsey wrote both Sky and Jacob?? It’s never mentioned that Sky had ADHD, but it’s clear she does. And she often talks about her sensory processing disorder, but just because that’s part of her every day life. And both Jacob and Sky are bi and there’s never any big declarations or anything because there doesn’t need to be?? Honestly it was perfect.

I cannot wait for whatever’s next!! If I read little clues right I’m VERY excited!!

Thank you so much to Kelsey Schulz for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!!