♡ Thank you for the free ARC, author Hannah Bonam-Young and Dell Romance.
♡ Publication Date: 1.28.25
Synopsis
High school sweethearts Sarah and Caleb Linwood have always been a sure thing. For the past seventeen years, they have had each other’s backs through all of life’s ups and downs, achievements, losses, stages, and phases.
But Sarah has begun to wonder… Who is she without her other half?
When she decides to take on a project of her own, a fundraising gala in memoriam of her late mother, Sarah wants nothing more than to prove to herself—and to everyone else—that she doesn’t need Caleb’s help to succeed. She’s still her mother’s daughter, after all. Independent and capable.
That is until the event fails and Caleb uninvitedly steps in to save the day.
The rift that follows unearths a decade of grievances between them and doubts begin to grow. Are they truly the same people they were when they got married at nineteen? Are they supposed to be?
In a desperate attempt to fix what they fear is near breaking, Sarah and Caleb make the spontaneous decision to join a grueling hiking trip intended to guide couples through rough patches.
What follows is a life-affirming comedy of errors as two nature-averse people fight their way out of the woods in order to find their way back to their roots.
Thoughts
I am a bit late to the party, but what a grand entrance through which to enter the romance filled world of Hannah Bonam-Young! This beautiful story is brimming with both heart and heartache. And I loved every emotional moment of reading it.
I will be thinking about this book for a while. Sarah and Caleb have my heart. I appreciated their imperfections and realistic struggles. I also enjoyed how nature and healing were presented in this story. But perhaps most importantly, I admired how heavier subjects such as grief and marital crisis were depicted. Some sweetness, humor, and spice rounded out this story perfectly.
When I finished this book, I immediately picked up Bonam-Young’s Out on a Limb book and the Next of Kin series. I look forward to meeting her other characters!
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