Book Review: Wild Eyes

Earlier this week I read the second book in the Rose Hill series, Wild Eyes, by Elsie Silver. I read it so quickly because I could not put it down!

The novel follows Weston Belmont and Skylar Stone. Weston is Rosie’s brother and Ford’s best friend from Wild Love. Skylar is a famous country singer. She’s young, beautiful, and seems to live a perfect life. But in reality her life is anything but perfect. She’s worked since she was a child and her parents have treated her more like an asset and product than their own daughter. After learning the truth about a whole host of things her parents have lied to her about and taken advantage of her over without her knowledge, Skylar heads to Rose Hill to try to start fresh and make her own path in her career without the input of her parents and agent. She had plans to work with Ford Grant anyway so why not get a head start.

Ford and Rosie welcome Skylar in with open arms, but unfortunately the cottages on their property are not guest ready yet. Not wanting to impose on Ford and Rosie by staying in their house, Rosie offers up the bunk house on her brother West’s property next door. West loves helping people and is the friendliest guy so he won’t mind. West, the horse trainer and single father of two, has already had a run-in with Skylar and the two were instantly attracted to one another. What Skylar doesn’t know is that West is actually a big fan of hers! Now that they are living on the same property and seeing each other regularly will sparks fly between them? West is tied to Rose Hill because of his business and family. Will Skylar stay in Rose Hill when her life is in LA or on tour most of the time? Will West help her find her new path and voice after her parents’ betrayal?

I loved this book and ate it up. I couldn’t put it down which is how I read this 400+ page book in 3 days. I loved Skylar and West so much. I appreciated that even though Skylar was rich and famous she wasn’t ditzy or dumb. She may have been a little naive at first only because she led a sheltered/pampered life but she adjusted quickly and more importantly she was open to adjusting her life. Because of these things I never found her annoying or insufferable. West was the perfect mmc. He was a big fan of Skylar but treated her like a person and not some celebrity. He wanted to help her, not profit of her. And I loved West’s kids and their connection with Skylar.

Overall, I loved this book and I think Skylar and West might be one of my favorite couples.

Read this if you want a western romance with forced proximity, friends to lovers, celebrity x normal person tropes.

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