A review by nightshiftreads
The Confidence of Wildflowers by Micalea Smeltzer

4.0

I’ve seen so many good things about this series so I was really eager to pick these up. I was surprised how much I enjoyed the non-traditional romance related to the main characters age gap. While some of Salem’s choices and dialogue seem immature, I think that was kind of the point. She is 18 to Thayer’s 30 and they both have overcome very different but very real struggles in their pasts. I enjoyed their banter and watching their relationship grow. The first 75% breezes by and I couldn’t stop turning the pages. I think it’s important to mention that their relationship “conflict” comes as a very devastating, unexpected and shocking plot twist. There are definitely some trigger warnings associated with this so please feel free to message me if you would like to know. I almost felt that, while effective in driving the plot, this twist was unnecessary. The first book ends with quite a cliffhanger so obviously I couldn’t help myself and had to pick up the second book right away!