{"id":28176,"date":"2022-05-17T07:13:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T11:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=28176"},"modified":"2022-10-16T03:46:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T03:46:24","slug":"review-something-wilder-by-christina-lauren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/17\/review-something-wilder-by-christina-lauren\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Something Wilder by Christina Lauren"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-28176\" data-postid=\"28176\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-28176 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/something-wilder-christina-lauren.jpg?resize=331%2C500\" width=\"331\" height=\"500\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Something Wilder by Christina Lauren\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Something Wilder by Christina Lauren\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession\u2026or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke\u2019s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn\u2019t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wilderness\u2014and leave him there.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they\u2019d barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: it\u2019s never going to happen.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">But when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasn\u2019t a gimmick after all. There\u2019s a chance to right the wrongs\u2014of Duke\u2019s past and their own\u2014but only if Leo and Lily can confront their history and work together. Alone under the stars in the isolated and dangerous mazes of the Canyonlands, Leo and Lily must decide whether they\u2019ll risk their lives and hearts on the adventure of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-hearts.jpg?resize=135%2C44\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> May 17, 2022<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Price:<\/strong> $12.99<\/span><\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><br \/><br \/><br \/>Once upon a time, <strong>Lily<\/strong> lived a different life. One where she would be running her ranch with the man she loves. Life changed and she is now using her father\u2019s old treasure maps creating mystical tours for people. She just never anticipating her next tour guide would be with her ex and his friends. Can she really get through this without having an emotional break down?<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Leo<\/strong> has always regret losing Lily. Now he sees this as his opportunity to gain her trust back. The problem is that is more difficult than he thought. The past is more complicated than he could have imagine. He is determined and I give him that.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The slow reveal of the past event drove me insane. I think that it took away from the romance which is severely lacking in this book. The outrageous trip and mystery took over and while it is interesting for the most part, I miss the normal push and pull of a second chance romance that I normally get. That\u2019s the best part of reading a second chance romance. Readers need to connect to the couple and get glimpse of why they were lovers in the first place. Then when we discover why they broke up, it just fell short.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The action and wildly crafted puzzles are entertaining but sadly enough not to hold my attention as a romance novel. It is just too over the top and I didn\u2019t want to have to imagine that hard. I did like the secondary characters.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">It is a light and quick read for fans who like their romances light and heavier on the action and drama.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3FUOKOQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3wjLh9n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/something-wilder-christina-lauren\/1140360545?ean=9781982173425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/something-wilder-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Christina_Lauren_Something_Wilder?id=qBZJEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession\u2026or much money in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,48,50,55],"tags":[146,216,217,318],"class_list":["post-28176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gallery-books","category-reviews","category-samantha","category-simon-schuster","tag-3-stars","tag-contemporary","tag-contemporary-romance","tag-humorous-fiction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke\u2019s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn\u2019t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wilderness\u2014and leave him there.<br \/><br \/>Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they\u2019d barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: it\u2019s never going to happen.<br \/><br \/>But when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasn\u2019t a gimmick after all. There\u2019s a chance to right the wrongs\u2014of Duke\u2019s past and their own\u2014but only if Leo and Lily can confront their history and work together. Alone under the stars in the isolated and dangerous mazes of the Canyonlands, Leo and Lily must decide whether they\u2019ll risk their lives and hearts on the adventure of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> May 17, 2022<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $12.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><br \/><br \/><br \/>Once upon a time, <strong>Lily<\/strong> lived a different life. One where she would be running her ranch with the man she loves. Life changed and she is now using her father\u2019s old treasure maps creating mystical tours for people. She just never anticipating her next tour guide would be with her ex and his friends. Can she really get through this without having an emotional break down?<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Leo<\/strong> has always regret losing Lily. Now he sees this as his opportunity to gain her trust back. The problem is that is more difficult than he thought. The past is more complicated than he could have imagine. He is determined and I give him that.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The slow reveal of the past event drove me insane. I think that it took away from the romance which is severely lacking in this book. The outrageous trip and mystery took over and while it is interesting for the most part, I miss the normal push and pull of a second chance romance that I normally get. That\u2019s the best part of reading a second chance romance. Readers need to connect to the couple and get glimpse of why they were lovers in the first place. Then when we discover why they broke up, it just fell short.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The action and wildly crafted puzzles are entertaining but sadly enough not to hold my attention as a romance novel. It is just too over the top and I didn\u2019t want to have to imagine that hard. I did like the secondary characters.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">It is a light and quick read for fans who like their romances light and heavier on the action and drama.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3FUOKOQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3wjLh9n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/something-wilder-christina-lauren\/1140360545?ean=9781982173425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/something-wilder-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Christina_Lauren_Something_Wilder?id=qBZJEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28929,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28176\/revisions\/28929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}