I don’t read a ton of westerns or books about horses, but when the publisher reached out to me about this one, it just sounded so cute! And really it was a mostly predictable story, but in a good way! I enjoyed this sweet story and just knowing how it would go. It was enough that the big dramatic bit at the end did actually have me tearing up a bit so that is good.

I loved the horses and the movie being filmed. Nora’s friends were fun and good friends as well. Her dad and stepmom even were more than she assumed they were, and I loved how that story came around in the end as well. There were a few “bad guys” in the story, Alec’s ex, an old classmate of Nora’s, as well as someone in Alec’s world. One of them the author gave them a little bit of empathy, even if what they did sucked. I did mark it down a half star on my blog review for the bit of misunderstanding issue at the end, even if I guess it was understandable.

Alec wasn’t the dashing hero to start, it was definitely an enemies to lovers trope. And while it seemed way over the top how he reacted in his and Nora’s first meeting, it made sense once we learned what he’d been dealing with. A fun movie star falls in love with a normal girl story, and I’m not usually a fan of those, but this was done perfectly.

So glad I got to read this one!