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  (4.5 Shock. Horror.) So, I’ll be the first to admit that I go through these phases of liking an author, lifting them to heaven, and then forgetting all about them based on one bad experience. When I think of small-town anything two authors come to mind – Tessa Bailey & Elsie Silver. I discovered Elsie back in 2023 when I read her Chesnut Springs series in 2 weeks flat. I’ve got the whole series up on my blog and I of course have some fan favourites. Then came along the Rose Hill series with Wild Love. I didn’t love it so I wasn’t that hyped for Wild Eyes. However, that one snippet we got at the end of the book was giving major Brendan and Piper vibes from It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey so I had no qualms about pre-ordering it. I fell in love with West and Skyler instantly. It was a 5/5 read and got me into this small-town country vibe reading slump. Then Wild Side was coming out. Truth be told I never cared much about Tabitha or Rhys from what we were fed in Wild E...

  (Who wrote it? Thank you. This book rates itself) First and foremost I know it's been a while since I've been on here but there was a great reason for that. One I'm not ready to share not now however I will eventually. So when I say this is the hardest Ana Huang book I’ve waited for, I really mean it. The days were going so, so slow and I just couldn’t wait to get it in my hands. Normally, whenever I pre-order, I get the “click and collect” notification 1–2 days before, but Ana caught on—and I’m guessing someone got told off. Awkward. I went onto the Waterstones website, searched the book, saw that the in-store collection option was available, so my detective skills told me it was already there even though I didn’t get the text. I rang them, they saved me one from the delivery—and here we are. Call me obsessed, but I say consistent. Wow. Vuk and Ayana. First of all, Vuk was definitely morally grey, but he had this sunshine side to him. Shadow? I’m dead. That cat was...