Book review :
This book has a lot of promising attributes: Opposites Attract, Grumpy and Sunshine, The Cowboy Love Interest, etc. all really great stuff that readers love to read about. However… there was the non-necessary thrown in racial slur towards an indigenous character that happens so casually but it’s never brought up again or used a plot device to correct other.
Randi is a soon to be college graduate returning to Oregon to finish her last year of school. She finds some affordable housing a little bit out of town. She’s been assured it is a quiet place filled with other studious women. Surprise surprise, it’s not, it’s a party house filled with lots of intoxicated people. She obviously freaks out and makes a scene right then and there.
Buck is planning on moving his trailer to the property. He wants a little more space to move and he has a friendship with the girls living there. Buck steps in and protects Randi when she gets upset for being lied to about the condition of her room and the quality of the house. A friendship slowly blossoms from there and as things tend to do, one thing leads to another.
The author was very clear on what she finds appropriate behavior. No drinking, no drugs, no sleeping around. Everyone who does something that Randi doesn’t approve of has something bad happen to them. Sarah (drinking) ends up in the hospital and almost dies due to her binge drinking. Angie (drinking and violence) gets thrown out of her home. Buck (drinking and flirting) gets drugged while at a party and looses control. Daisy (partying) gets sexually assaulted and is saved in the nick of time before actual penetration could occur. Poor girl, Randi had three different guys interested in her and they all wanted to date her. The author shows her beliefs that if you are “good” then you will be desired and if you are “bad” then you deserve bad things to happen to you. It’s not a very subtle message that is being portrayed .
I received this book from netgalley in return of an honest review.
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