Title: Wildfire
Author: Hannah Grace
Publisher: Atria Books
Pages: 383
Genre: Romance, Drama
Book Series: Maple Hills #2
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤

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Wildfire

Russ and Aurora meet each other on a party and they have an one night stand and think they will never see each other again. But the next day, they see each other again at camp. Turns out, they are both working at a summer camp for children and now they have to work together all summer. But there is one simple rule at this camp: no fraternizing.
But they are getting closer fast because they have two things in common. First, they like each other a lot. Second, they both have daddy issues. Russ’s dad loves gambling and drinking. Aurora’s father does not really care about her. He only cares about himself.

Review

This is the second book in the Maple Hill book series and of course, I also read the first book, Icebreaker, as well. I read that book not too long ago actually. I only gave it two out of five hearts. I had to look it up, but apparently the biggest reason why I did not like that book was because it took forever to get to the plot. But you can find out why that book made me mad here.

Back to this book and honestly, I am happy I sort of forgot that I kind of hated Icebreaker, because I actually enjoyed reading this book. I think the biggest reason why I liked this one, is because it gave me those happy summer vibes. The setting in this book is perfect. It takes at a summer camp and they are spending a lot of times outdoors. That mixed with a romance story makes it the perfect summer read.

The characters are more likable than the first book, although Russ is very insecure, maybe a little too insecure to my liking. But the story is so much better than the first book. I think I remember that in Icebreaker the first 40-50% of the book was just smut. That wasn’t the case in this book. Yes, there is still enough spice in this book, but there is an actual story as well.

Another plus is that there are three!! (two of them are puppies) dogs at camp and they are the cutest. I am a big fan of romance which includes cute animals. Most of the side characters were likable. Most of the side characters were already introduced in the first book, but some of them are new. While reading the first book I thought that there were too many side characters and I still think that, especially because the author introduces us to other characters. I know, it can be realistic to have a lot of friends in real life, but when you’re reading a book with too many side characters, it can get a little bit confusing.

In my review of Icebreaker, I also mentioned that I thought Henry was kind of cute and I wanted to read his story. Unfortunately, we did not get a lot of Henry in this book so I am still waiting for his story. But at the end of this book in the epilogue, all of the characters are a lot older and all grown-up, including Henry. And the author shared a little bit of his future and now I really want to read his story.

Overall, this was a great book. I liked this so much more than Icebreaker. It was the perfect summer read because the setting is at a summer camp and they are spending time outdoors. But if you haven’t read Icebreaker yet, you have to read that one first. They mentioned a couple of things that happened in the first book. And I think it would make more sense to you if you also read Icebreaker, even though I did not like that book that much.

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Title: Icebreaker
Author: Hannah Grace
Publisher: Atria Books
Genre: Romance, Drama
Pages: 448
My Rating: ❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤

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Icebreaker

Anastacia Allen is a figure skater and together with her partner on the ice Aaron, they want to make Team USA eventually. That is her dream. Nathan Hawkins is an ice hockey player. Due to an incident, they are forced to share the ice rink, because someone destroyed the Ice Hockey rink. The problem is that Anastacia can’t stand Nathan.
When Anastacia’s partner Aaron gets into an accident, she is afraid that she can’t skate anymore. But Nathan offers himself to help her out and be her partner on the ice. Sparks fly, but Anastasia isn’t worried…because she could never like a hockey player, right?

Review

Icebreaker is the first book in The Maple Hills book series by Hannah Grace. I’ve seen so many people sharing this book on social media. It was hard to avoid it. So yes obviously I gave in and decided to read this book as well. However, I might need a break from books about Ice Hockey players (or any sport to be honest) because I have read so many books this year about sports.

The Ice Hockey players and the figure skaters are forced to share a rink because the ice rink for the hockey players got destroyed and it is going to take a while to rebuild it. I am honestly impressed by how you can destroy an ice rink that badly. The person who did it is smart and strong.

So the plot of this story is supposed to be like this: Anastacia and Aaron are figure skaters, Nathan is an ice hockey player and one day Aaron gets into an accident and Nathan offers himself to replace him. So that is what I was expecting. And sure, the plot is there. But the accident did not happen until I was 40% into the book!!! Look, it is good to start your story with a little bit of background story, explaining their relationships and all that. But it shouldn’t be too long. I was just waiting until the story really began. There is no story in the first 40% of this book. And yes, eventually Nathan replaces Aaron after the accident, but Nathan and Anastacia are on the ice just a few times. I was expecting a lot more. The plot that was promised was such a small portion of the book. The rest of the book was mostly smut.

Let’s talk about the main characters, because I have a lot to say, mostly about Anastacia. Because why is she never wearing underwear in public? It was just weird. Is she allergic to underwear? Another cringe moment between Nathan and Anastacia was the moment they sort of had sex in a car while their friends were also in the same car. That was just so weird.
But Nathan was weird as well, so I guess they make the perfect couple. But he literally said: I am going to put a baby in you. Why did he say that? I was grossed out by that.

There were also a lot of side characters, like many. And maybe this is just me because I constantly had trouble remembering everything. Because there weren’t just a lot of side characters but also a lot of information. I am not good with remembering names and all, so I had moments when I was just confused. But I remember Henry and that he is sort of the good guy. I liked him better than Nathan, to be honest.

Look, I don’t want to humiliate anyone and I definitely don’t want to be a mean girl. This is just my personal opinion. You might like this book. Every book has fans or haters. And this time I am in the haters group. But so far this is the worst book I´ve read this year. The only positive I can say is that the ending was the best part. There was a lot of drama involving Aaron.

Even though I did not like this book, I am still thinking about whether I should give the author another chance. I remember that I gave Emily Henry a lot of chances and eventually I read one book by her that I actually enjoyed. So who knows I will read another book by Hannah Grace soon again? We’ll see. For now, I have still many other books that I want to read first. And I am afraid I will get disappointed again.

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