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| Wildfire by Hannah Grace |
Wildfire, written by Hannah Grace, is a small-town forbidden romance genre, the second part of the Icebreaker. By the second part, it doesn’t mean the book is about Nate and Anastasia but about Russ Callaghan and Aurora Roberts, one of the side characters from The Icebreaker.
The book starts with Russ and his friends discussing their summer vacation plan. While everyone else has an actual vacation plan, Russ has signed up to be a counselor for a kids' summer camp. Russ meets Aurora at a party thrown at his frat house and they both hit it off in their first meet. Their attraction leads to a steamy one-night stand, but Aurora misinterprets Russ’ shyness as disinterest and hastily leaves the next morning, vowing never to look back. To their surprise, they meet for the second time when both of them are the camp counselors. Despite Aurora’s promise to herself, she can’t deny the fact that there’s a spark between them. The camp’s strict no-fraternization rules test their patience. Will they use the camp as an escape from their real-life problems, as they intended, and avoid breaking the rules? Or will they give in to their desires and take the risk?
While the book majorly focuses on the relationship between Russ and Aurora, it also focuses on how absent parents could have an impact on a child while growing up and how these kids finally find the courage to heal from it.
Both Russ and Aurora have absent fathers and doting mothers trying to resolve the tension. As a result, Russ has become someone who cannot open up easily to people and Aurora becomes someone who constantly seeks validation. Throughout the book, whenever Aurora’s father makes her feel less, Russ is there for her and when Russ’ father realizes his mistake and comes back to seek redemption, Aurora has been there for him to help him trust his father again. Russ and Aurora’s relationship initially starts with a lot of minor miscommunications because of Russ’ shyness but they somehow weave through it and build it stronger as the story moves further. Where Russ lacks, Aurora fills, and vice versa.
Russ’ father’s character development is something to be shed light upon. From an alcohol and gambling addict to seeking redemption and living up to it, he didn’t let Russ down for the second time. On the other hand, Aurora and her relationship with her mother develops slowly with time and a little bit of opening up.
The book is a slow-paced, descriptive, slow-burn romance. This book did make me cry during certain scenes because I saw myself in Aurora it also made me laugh to the point of breathlessness, to this, I would like to thank Xander and JJ.
The biggest strength of this book is that it kept the people from Icebreaker live in here as well so people felt the connectivity and the way the relationship between Russ and Aurora grew all while giving equal importance to other characters as well. One weakness that I feel this book had was that it was slow-paced. It took me longer than it usually takes me to finish a book because it was slow-paced and it didn’t keep me on the hook, at least not enough to not let me put the book down. But, it did bring me out of my reading slump!
Overall, Wildfire is a funny, emotional, and cute forbidden romance book with a happy ending that made me cry, laugh, and go awww on many occasions. I loved the book and would totally recommend it to anyone who loves slow-burn romance. Despite the slow pace, it’s one of my favorite books, and,... Oh, wait, how could I forget the cuties, Fish, Salmon, and Trout? The cutest pups ever, the snuggle babies who just lightened up my mood in their mere presence every time. Hannah not only made Aurora drool over Russ every time he carried those pups in his arms, but she also made the readers react the same way. We get it, Rory!
I would rate the book a 4/5 Stars, that one star only because it was slow-paced and it took me a longer time to finish the book. Apart from that, any slow-burn romance lover would love this book. Oh, and any girlies with a praise kink would love it too because Russ is the kind of man who uses his words!
Happy Reading!
Check out the review of Daydream by Hannah Grace (Maple Hills #3) here!
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