A review by romancingthereader
Burn the Wild by Ava Hunter

emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Thereโ€™s a handful of character series I wish more people would read, and the Runaway Ranch series is one of them.

๐Ÿ“• ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Burn the Wild by Ava Hunter

๐Ÿ“™ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Runaway Ranch character series.
Book 3.

๐Ÿ“— ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€: E-book ARC on Kindle.
๐Ÿ†“ on KU.

๐Ÿ“˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Cowboy romance

๐Ÿ“” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Rockstar, small town, opposites attract, caretaking, fish out of water, they save each other, all the feels.

๐Ÿ“– ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€: Reese is burnt out on drugs, alcohol and fame and needs a place to crash. That place? Runaway Ranch, where she meets Ford - a broke down baseball player turned cowboy who wants nothing to do with babysitting a country star.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: Ava Hunter is officially a one-click author for me. 

I read and loved Babymoon or Bust, and then got wrapped up in this series. The first two books were solid 5s, and I just loved Ford and Reeseโ€™s story.

Sometimes authors rush through portions of a story. Or they make healing seem like it happens overnight. Ava Hunter never does that. Her characters go throuuuuugh it, so when they get to the other side it feels tremendous.

Thereโ€™s a tone of triggers in this one. But youโ€™ll love Reese, whoโ€™s unapologetic about her bigger than life personality, but clearly needs help and guidance. Ford is a swoonfest, making all of the right moves. 

Thereโ€™s this otherness about this series. It stands out in a crowded market of cowboy romances, and Iโ€™m happy I discovered it.

Thereโ€™s two (I think) more in this series, and when I tell you Iโ€™m obsessed with potential of those I mean it.

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: 4.5/5 โญโญโญโญ

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น: 3/5 ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ

๐‘ฐ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐‘น๐‘ช ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜.