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A review by symbioticalgae
The Foxe & the Hound by R.S. Grey
4.0
The Foxe & the Hound was a great light-hearted and quick summer read. It was a sweet story about Madeleine and Adam- the handsome new veterinarian who arrives in her small town in Texas. It’s a standalone book but characters from Anything You Can Do make an appearance, so I would suggest reading that one first.
At 27 years old Madeleine is still struggling to figure out adulating. She doesn’t pay her rent on time, drives a piece of crap car that’s held together with duct tape and a prayer and feels like she should be closer to figuring things out at her age. And then along comes Adam who isn’t just handsome put seems like he’s got his life together.
I struggled a bit with Madeleine. Sometimes she seemed like her own worst enemy and I wanted to see her get out of her way. It would have been easier to believe that she was just out of high school vs. her late twenties. It seemed that when things weren’t going her way she was either quick to jump into “nothing good every happens to me” headspace or blame everyone else for her problems and act immaturely.
“I hate Diane. I fling her cinnamon roll out into the pasture—I will not eat the bread of my enemies, and that’s exactly what she is if she wants Adam to sit down with Olivia. He loved her for so many years. God, he probably still loves her. If they see each other, all those feelings are going to come flooding back, and the fact that she brought Molly—that underhanded bitch knew exactly what she was doing. I stomp out into the pasture and kick the cinnamon roll another ten feet. It feels good to demolish something, though I am now admittedly starving.”
The book opens with Madeleine’s dog basically mauling Adam; he berates her dog-parenting skills only to find out in the next chapter that he’s the new vet. Their first meeting has all the ingredients to be a typical meet cute but Adam’s crusty response gives it a great twist. I love that their immediate dislike of each other leads to a bit of an enemies to friends to lover’s plot.
Adam is finding adapting to small town life isn’t happening as quickly as he thought He’s handsome and professional although he’s a bit grumpy and easily annoyed. Every woman in town is interested in flirting and he just wants to settle in and recover from his life in Chicago. I really liked Adam a lot. I have such a soft spot for a grumpy hero.
The best character in the entire book was Madeleine’s dog, Mouse. He was just adorable. I could picture him exactly and he and Madeleine were a perfect match.
Overall, the book drama is all very predictable, miscommunication and surprise arrivals of exes but neither drags on for an excruciating length of time.
I didn’t find this book as laugh out loud funny as R.S. Grey’s previous books but it was still cute and sweet especially if you’re a dog lover or looking for a slow-burn book that isn’t the length of a Mariana Zapata.
At 27 years old Madeleine is still struggling to figure out adulating. She doesn’t pay her rent on time, drives a piece of crap car that’s held together with duct tape and a prayer and feels like she should be closer to figuring things out at her age. And then along comes Adam who isn’t just handsome put seems like he’s got his life together.
I struggled a bit with Madeleine. Sometimes she seemed like her own worst enemy and I wanted to see her get out of her way. It would have been easier to believe that she was just out of high school vs. her late twenties. It seemed that when things weren’t going her way she was either quick to jump into “nothing good every happens to me” headspace or blame everyone else for her problems and act immaturely.
“I hate Diane. I fling her cinnamon roll out into the pasture—I will not eat the bread of my enemies, and that’s exactly what she is if she wants Adam to sit down with Olivia. He loved her for so many years. God, he probably still loves her. If they see each other, all those feelings are going to come flooding back, and the fact that she brought Molly—that underhanded bitch knew exactly what she was doing. I stomp out into the pasture and kick the cinnamon roll another ten feet. It feels good to demolish something, though I am now admittedly starving.”
The book opens with Madeleine’s dog basically mauling Adam; he berates her dog-parenting skills only to find out in the next chapter that he’s the new vet. Their first meeting has all the ingredients to be a typical meet cute but Adam’s crusty response gives it a great twist. I love that their immediate dislike of each other leads to a bit of an enemies to friends to lover’s plot.
Adam is finding adapting to small town life isn’t happening as quickly as he thought He’s handsome and professional although he’s a bit grumpy and easily annoyed. Every woman in town is interested in flirting and he just wants to settle in and recover from his life in Chicago. I really liked Adam a lot. I have such a soft spot for a grumpy hero.
The best character in the entire book was Madeleine’s dog, Mouse. He was just adorable. I could picture him exactly and he and Madeleine were a perfect match.
Overall, the book drama is all very predictable, miscommunication and surprise arrivals of exes but neither drags on for an excruciating length of time.
I didn’t find this book as laugh out loud funny as R.S. Grey’s previous books but it was still cute and sweet especially if you’re a dog lover or looking for a slow-burn book that isn’t the length of a Mariana Zapata.