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Cash
by Jessica Peterson
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Cash is a lighthearted low-stakes cowboy romance with a surprising amount of heart and spice and all the things I like about a cowboy romance with very few of the most annoying romance tropes. It starts as (a short-lived) enemies-to-lovers as Mollie Luck inherits her recently-deceased, and estranged, father's ranch where Cash Rivers is the foreman who thinks he is supposed to actually inherit the ranch. And not just like a tiny middle-of-nowhere ranch, like a multi-million dollar enterprise.
This book was cheesy often especially with the quick progression from enemies to near insta-love, but I stayed into the story throughout the book. I listened to the audiobook version, narrated by an alternating male and female duo (which I'm a big fan of usually) as the chapters alternate between Mollie and Cash. One big beef I had which is totally a personal thing: Mollie has inexplicable stomach issues (heavy relate), and it's an actual plot point as she goes to doctors and tries different diets and doesn't each the food from the ranch's cook at first. But then, magically, all symptoms disappear as soon as she's living and working on the ranch full time and no longer lives in stressful Dallas. That's it, that's the whole resolution. It felt so minimizing.
A big plus is also that there were no miscommunication tropes or third-act breakups tropes, thank goodness. The book ends on a scene to immediately begin on a sequel starring one of Cash's four brothers, and I'll happily pick up the next in the series when I'm craving another cowboy romance.
This book was cheesy often especially with the quick progression from enemies to near insta-love, but I stayed into the story throughout the book. I listened to the audiobook version, narrated by an alternating male and female duo (which I'm a big fan of usually) as the chapters alternate between Mollie and Cash. One big beef I had which is totally a personal thing: Mollie has inexplicable stomach issues (heavy relate), and it's an actual plot point as she goes to doctors and tries different diets and doesn't each the food from the ranch's cook at first. But then, magically, all symptoms disappear as soon as she's living and working on the ranch full time and no longer lives in stressful Dallas. That's it, that's the whole resolution. It felt so minimizing.