A review by claranagbabasa
Reckless by Elsie Silver

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

*Matthew McConaughey voice* Alright, alright, alright.

This has been in my TBR for a while, so I appreciate finally getting to it and it definitely did not disappoint. In terms of what I was promised.

But I was surprised by how pleasant and emotionally well established were the characters and the things they had to work through. The male lead especially,

leading the charge for once, for well maintained mental and emotional fortitude. Or is that the perks of book boyfriends? You get to feel the crisps and edges of jaded FMC— and boy was Winter trying — and you get the well-rounded book boyfriend to really volley ths torch for you?

The amount of times I've been using book boyfriend is actually insane.

But this book was good for what it was, I enjoyed it thoroughly. It did feel quite fast paced, blowing through most plot points and conflicts in a jiffy, but with my annoyance to certain types of conflicts (and boy did Winter's family made me want to certainly blow past ALL OF IT), I could appreciate the no linger.

Though I can still feel we didn't have enough time to solidly go through Winter's issues with how she grew up, plus the tension that brought on with the Eastons. Her feeling like an outsider with the few times Rhett was being a pow-wow dick, did not sit right with me.

All in all, a solid small town romance read with a well deserved titled book boyfriend, cute babies, and cowboy hats.

Oh, and no one can make me hate you, Winter.