A review by jessicadesamota
Wild Eyes by Elsie Silver

5.0

Wild Eyes by Elsie Silver šŸ§”
Rose Hill, Book 2 
Interconnected Standalone

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Adult ā€¢ Romance
ARC Review
464 pages 
šŸ—“ļøSeptember 3 

ā€¢single dad
ā€¢country star 
ā€¢small town romance
ā€¢close proximity 
ā€¢strangers to friends to lovers
ā€¢slow burn

šŸ“Œā€œIā€™ve known West for what feels like a blink of an eye and a lifetime all at once.ā€

šŸ“Œā€œBreathing is overrated. Iā€™d rather be drowning in you.ā€ 

šŸ“Œā€œWeā€™re a love song, West. Tragic and true all at once.ā€ 

A few days ago someone here was asking, ā€œWhatā€™s your biggest fearā€ ā€” to which I wrote: being irrelevant. I quickly deleted it. How pathetic would that sound? And it wasnā€™t like I could write a dissertation on the comments section explaining that it wasnā€™t about being famous or even acknowledged professionally or any of that. Just becoming irrelevant to the ones I love most. 

So I tried again. Loneliness. I also deleted it and instead wrote, ā€œwhat a gorgeous edit.ā€ Iā€™m an introvert who loves solitude but fears loneliness. The kind that creeps in during formative years when you quickly realize everybody enjoys your company but would never seek you out. 

It took me a long time to realize that maybe it wasnā€™t me. Maybe I just hadnā€™t found the right pieces for my puzzle. Wild Eyes brought me back to that journey. Stopped me in my tracks. Ran me over with no mercy and patched me up real quick. And when that happensā€¦ thereā€™s a special bond that is made. A connection between book and reader that stays. Forever. 

West has ruined me for all other book cowboys and single dads. 
Skylar has saved me. 

When I was 7 I wanted to be a singer. At 39 I just want to own a farmhouse in a secluded place by the mountains. Itā€™s okay to walk away from what doesnā€™t make us happy. Itā€™s okay to walk towards what does. And Iā€™ll be walking towards Wild Eyes for the rest of my life.