Recent Reads: Wild About You by Kaitlyn Hill

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Wild About You by Kaitlyn Hill 

Publisher: Delacorte Romance
Publication Date:  May 21, 2024 

 

Format: Ebook

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Goodreads Synopsis: 

Two total opposites. One race through the Great Outdoors. In this grumpy-sunshine teen romance from the author of Love from Scratch and Not Here to Stay Friends , the trail to true love doesn't always come with a map.

Natalie Hart has always been loud, unfiltered, and unapologetically herself. But then comes her freshman year of college, when she loses her merit scholarship and gains one pesky little anxiety diagnosis.

Hesitant to take out more student loans, Natalie decides to shoot her shot and applies to Wild Adventures , a popular outdoorsy reality show. Sure, Natalie prefers her twelve-step skincare routine to roughing it on the Appalachian Trail while competing in challenges against other college kids, but that scholarship prize money is calling her name. High risk, high reward, right?

Enter Finn Markum, her randomly assigned, capital- O Outdoorsy teammate whose growl could rival a black bear. These partners have more friction than a pair of new hiking boots. Or is it flirtation? Turns out falling in love might be the wildest adventure of all...

Review: 

This book follows Natalie, a college student looking to earn some money by winning an outdoor/ wilderness TV show competition. Natalie is an actress, in school, and needs to win this money to continue there. Her family is unsupportive of her dream and she is doing her best to do what she needs to do. Could she have worked this summer, obviously, but winning a large amount of money, while using some of her acting skills, is a better bet.  She is paired with the stoic and grumpy Finn. Finn is from Vermont, knows the outdoors and camping and thinks Natalie is ridiculous. 

This was your classic grumpy/sunshine, falls for each other, opposites attract romance. Finn and Natalie don't really have too much in common but forced proximity and only one tent have a hand in making them learn to like each other and even trust each other to succeed at the TV show challenges and attempt to win. 

Both characters were fun and stubborn. I found this book to be really entertaining, yes it was cliche in a lot of ways but that is what I needed. It was a pretty soft and  easy read and I think that if you like the outdoors it will hit in ways you will enjoy. 

I liked that they were running around the AT, the challenges were fun and funny at times and the banter was good. Overall, this was a cute and fun romance that would be a great summer read by a lake.