A review by lost_windsock
A Mountain Man Walks Into a Coffee Shop by Mal Trevino

4.5

Well this book was just CUTE! It was a really short one, but the pacing felt really natural. I really liked that the whole book stayed in its current timeline and we got a little peek into the happy future with the epilogue. A lot of short books like this can tend to do a lot of time skipping to make the relationship feel like it's made sufficient progress in limited pages, but there's something about an author choosing to use the full page count to create a really intimate and detailed day or two, that really feels satisfying. I'm such a sucker for a big mountain man who's really a giant softie, and Josiah was the epitome of such sweetness. Lennon clicked with him so quickly, and even though he had a lot of baggage to work through, he had good emotional intelligence, and he was able to communicate his internal struggles with Josiah. My only complaint with this book(and it's a very small one because I really did enjoy it so much) was that I felt Lennon talking and thinking about his ex got too much page time. I understand wanting to be thorough in explaining why he was so hesitant to let himself get attached to Josiah, but in a short book like this, the less time thinking about the ex, the better. I did really like this book though, and I'll definitely read the other in this series.