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adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Overall: 3.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes, a bit of clever banter!
Perspective: Third person from both hero and heroine’s perspectives
Should I read in order?
I did not read the first book and I’m not sure if it’s related to the characters in this one. This one felt fine to pick up as a stand alone!
Basic plot:
Garrett is a reporter that has come to do a story on doctors for his Black newspaper out East. He wants to interview Colton Lee, but meets his sister, Spring, and is attracted right away.
Give this a try if you want:
- Wyoming territory in the post Civil War America
- Heroine nurses hero back to health
- Reverse grump and sunshine feel (happy, talkative hero and prickly, closed off heroine)
- Childless HEA and contraception used regularly
- Instalove/lust feel here
Ages:
- heroine is 33, hero is around 32 (These are done from context clues about the amount of time passed from prior events so I could be off)
My thoughts:
I found this romance so refreshingly unique in so many ways! Black characters taking the stage and owning their lives – the strength in both of them is so admirable. The fact that contraception was used and the heroine was adamant that she didn’t want children and didn’t budge on that for ‘true love’. I also enjoyed the reverse sunshine/grump feel – Garrett is just such a joy and as much as Spring pushes back on him initially, he of courses melts her opposition just by being is amazingly endearing, cheerful, gentle self.
I did struggle a bit with the actual romance/sexual tension in this book. There is a feeling of instalust here and they were ready to jump each other pretty quickly. I just didn’t feel the tension building up between them and so their romantic relationship fell a touch flat for me.
This was my first by Jenkins and I was impressed with her writing style and would definitely try more from her!
Content Warnings:
Mentions of slavery, measles outbreaks, racism, abuse against blacks and indigenous populations, slurs used (n*****)
Heroine was raped and in an abusive relationship prior
Toxic family relationships
Childbirth death of side character mentioned, child abuse of side characters children remembered
Guns used, gunshots, bullet wounds
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
36% - kiss
39% - 🔥 kisses, breast play, fingering orgasm, skipped over blowjob and oral for her, (sponge used) sex but not detailed enough to tell what position
50% - 🔥 kisses, breast play, fingering, her on top
66% - kisses and the beginning of bedroom play but Garrett is recovering from an injury and stops due to pain
89% - 🔥kisses, oral and fingering that leads to a quick summation of sex
Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes, a bit of clever banter!
Perspective: Third person from both hero and heroine’s perspectives
Should I read in order?
I did not read the first book and I’m not sure if it’s related to the characters in this one. This one felt fine to pick up as a stand alone!
Basic plot:
Garrett is a reporter that has come to do a story on doctors for his Black newspaper out East. He wants to interview Colton Lee, but meets his sister, Spring, and is attracted right away.
Give this a try if you want:
- Wyoming territory in the post Civil War America
- Heroine nurses hero back to health
- Reverse grump and sunshine feel (happy, talkative hero and prickly, closed off heroine)
- Childless HEA and contraception used regularly
- Instalove/lust feel here
Ages:
- heroine is 33, hero is around 32 (These are done from context clues about the amount of time passed from prior events so I could be off)
My thoughts:
I found this romance so refreshingly unique in so many ways! Black characters taking the stage and owning their lives – the strength in both of them is so admirable. The fact that contraception was used and the heroine was adamant that she didn’t want children and didn’t budge on that for ‘true love’. I also enjoyed the reverse sunshine/grump feel – Garrett is just such a joy and as much as Spring pushes back on him initially, he of courses melts her opposition just by being is amazingly endearing, cheerful, gentle self.
I did struggle a bit with the actual romance/sexual tension in this book. There is a feeling of instalust here and they were ready to jump each other pretty quickly. I just didn’t feel the tension building up between them and so their romantic relationship fell a touch flat for me.
This was my first by Jenkins and I was impressed with her writing style and would definitely try more from her!
Content Warnings:
Mentions of slavery, measles outbreaks, racism, abuse against blacks and indigenous populations, slurs used (n*****)
Heroine was raped and in an abusive relationship prior
Toxic family relationships
Childbirth death of side character mentioned, child abuse of side characters children remembered
Guns used, gunshots, bullet wounds
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
36% - kiss
39% - 🔥 kisses, breast play, fingering orgasm, skipped over blowjob and oral for her, (sponge used) sex but not detailed enough to tell what position
50% - 🔥 kisses, breast play, fingering, her on top
66% - kisses and the beginning of bedroom play but Garrett is recovering from an injury and stops due to pain
89% - 🔥kisses, oral and fingering that leads to a quick summation of sex