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A review by ratchel42
The Confidence of Wildflowers: Wildflower Duet by Micalea Smeltzer
3.0
I would first like to thank NetGalley, Micalea Smeltzer, and Victory Editing for providing me with a copy of The Confidence of Wildflowers in exchange for my honest review.
The Confidence of Wildflowers follows 18 year old Salem as she experiences life after graduating high school. 31 year old Thayer and his son Forrest move in next door to Salem's family and a friendship begins between Thayer and Salem after he hires her to babysit his son when he is busy with work.
Honestly, this book was not my favorite throughout the majority, but the last 10% of the book or so put me through an emotional roller coaster that I was not expecting. Let me begin by explaining why I was not a fan through the majority of the book.
*SPOILERS*
I definitely felt like I was reading from the perspective of an 18 year old girl and could feel the immaturity. She was dramatic at parts in the book and fell in "love" with Thayer very quickly. I've never really cared about a book being a slow burn, but I felt as though the relationship in this book developed way too intense, way too quickly. There were a few tropes in this book as well that I'm not a fan of either including cheating, and the pregnancy trope. The cheating I personally cannot overlook, ,but I do feel like the pregnancy trope was done very well, granted it occurred at the very very end of the book and there was only a chapter worth of the discussion. It did however make me want to read the second book, even though I wasn't a huge fan of this one. But I want to know what happens with Thayer and Salem's story from where they left things, to Salem discovering her pregnancy.
*HUGE SPOILER*
Killing Forrest broke my entire heart, I have never experienced such sadness and pain in a book. I love when a book draws me in enough to develop a love for characters, and while it hurts for a book to make me emotional, I love when a book is able to bring out my emotions.
After finishing The Confidence of Wildflowers, I have landed on a 3 star rating because the majority of the book, I spent cringing and kind of annoyed with how quickly and intensely the relationship developed, however, I did enjoy (even if it broke my heart) the last 10-15% of the book and would like to read the sequel. I'm not a fan of spicy scenes which I ended up just skipping over, so that did not effect my
Would I recommend this book?
Yes!
The Confidence of Wildflowers follows 18 year old Salem as she experiences life after graduating high school. 31 year old Thayer and his son Forrest move in next door to Salem's family and a friendship begins between Thayer and Salem after he hires her to babysit his son when he is busy with work.
Honestly, this book was not my favorite throughout the majority, but the last 10% of the book or so put me through an emotional roller coaster that I was not expecting. Let me begin by explaining why I was not a fan through the majority of the book.
*SPOILERS*
I definitely felt like I was reading from the perspective of an 18 year old girl and could feel the immaturity. She was dramatic at parts in the book and fell in "love" with Thayer very quickly. I've never really cared about a book being a slow burn, but I felt as though the relationship in this book developed way too intense, way too quickly. There were a few tropes in this book as well that I'm not a fan of either including cheating, and the pregnancy trope. The cheating I personally cannot overlook, ,but I do feel like the pregnancy trope was done very well, granted it occurred at the very very end of the book and there was only a chapter worth of the discussion. It did however make me want to read the second book, even though I wasn't a huge fan of this one. But I want to know what happens with Thayer and Salem's story from where they left things, to Salem discovering her pregnancy.
*HUGE SPOILER*
Killing Forrest broke my entire heart, I have never experienced such sadness and pain in a book. I love when a book draws me in enough to develop a love for characters, and while it hurts for a book to make me emotional, I love when a book is able to bring out my emotions.
After finishing The Confidence of Wildflowers, I have landed on a 3 star rating because the majority of the book, I spent cringing and kind of annoyed with how quickly and intensely the relationship developed, however, I did enjoy (even if it broke my heart) the last 10-15% of the book and would like to read the sequel. I'm not a fan of spicy scenes which I ended up just skipping over, so that did not effect my
Would I recommend this book?
Yes!