I loved this book! It's well-written, enjoyable, and a great read. The author did a great job of writing in a way that captures the readers attention, and makes you not want to put it down until you're finished! I would highly recommend it!

I’m really enjoying this author’s backlist for a sweet, breezy and heartfelt escape - and this book was no different! I loved the characters, and left this story feeling just a little bit better about the world once I finished.

Loved this easy to read book. The story was well done and the main character was perfect. The story overall was light and perfect for an easy weekend read.

KJ Dell'Antonia is an astonishing new author that I cannot get enough of. After last year's debut of Chicken Sisters, I knew I would read In Her Boots. This was a beautiful novel about self discovery, understanding the perception of who you appear to be to others and who you really are and want to be. A great new storyline we all can relate to.

After her long term relationship comes to an end, Rhett returns home to her family farm. However, her estranged mother owns the farm and intends to sell it.

I really enjoyed this! Rhett is a bit of a hot mess, but I loved her journey to get her life together. It’s definitely women’s fiction, but there is a little romance. I listened to it in like one night!

This is delightful tale of discovery and friendship that turn into family and love. I highly recommend this book to all book lovers.

Rhett, the author of The Modern Pioneer Girl, goes back to her family farm after the death of her grandmother, but things aren’t exactly what she expected. Rhett wrote The Modern Pioneer Girl under a pseudonym and asks her best friend Jasmine to pose as her, but then her mother decides to sell her grandmother’s farm, the one she thought she was supposed to inherit. Throw in an ex-boyfriend and a scheme to get her farm back, and you have a fun, warm-hearted book filled with love, friendships, family drama, forgiveness, and second chances.

This book was cute and set in one of my favorite places, New England. The storyline was good, but I just wasn’t feeling the chemistry between Rhett and her ex - something was lacking there for me, but I think it’s because this book really isn’t a love story, it’s focused more on friendships and a strained mother/daughter relationship. Rhett was a bit much for me at times; just too naive for her age, and her mother, while I wanted to strangle her MANY times, actually ended up being my favorite character. This book would be perfect for somebody that needs a break from rom-coms and is looking for a feel-good read set in a small hometown setting.

Rhett is a single 40 something female who is at a crossroads. Her estranged mother plans to sell the family farm, but Rhett wants to save it from being sold. Gaining success as a writer under a pseudonym, she finds herself at a crossroads of how to pursue this change of events due to her mother connecting more with her book than with her.

Rhett Gallagher has led an adventurous life and has taken those adventures to writing the Modern Pioneer Girl. She arrives in NYC to visit her friend, Jasmine before going to her family’s farm that she believes is her inheritance. While in NYC she asked to go onto a morning show, which she agrees under her pseudonym Maggie. When she arrives to the set Rhett realizes that it’s her mom she’s going on the show with that she doesn’t have a good relationship and talks Jasmine into pretending to be Maggie. The whole thing snowballs and the pretending has to go on longer than expected.

There were times that I wanted to scream at Rhett. I wanted to say you’re 40 just be you! I’m glad that I stuck with the book and did enjoy the journey that it took me on. Relationships with friends and family. How sometimes you need to handle things head on instead or running away.

Thank you #NetGalley for the advance read

I truly enjoyed this book. The relationships were great and while I sometimes wanted to kick Rhett, I'm proud of her growth throughout the book. In Her Boots has heart and is light, sweet read.

I was given a NetGalley widget for this one a year ago and I just got around to reading it and dangit it was so good. I am so thankful for the opportunity to have consumed this wildly relevant fictional tale, which felt not at all fictional, more like historical fiction, due to the times. The cover initially was what drew me in, but I'm so thankful to have stuck with it because the outcome was magical.

Great story. Nice to have a heroine who finds her way to success in life. Enjoyed the twist put in by the author. Maybe a little unrealistic but an enjoyable read.

Rhett just turned 40 and wrote a book called the Modern Pioneer Girl’s Guide to Life. She wrote the book under a pseudonym and it has become a massive success. When she is asked to reveal herself, she asks her best friend Jasmine to step in as the MPG.

The MPG is a motivational book empowering women and inspiring girls to go after their dreams. Rhett has to use this advice herself after she finds that her estranged mother wants to sell her recently deceased grandmother’s farm. Rhett must prove it’s a working farm that her mother cannot sell. She has to hoist herself up by her bootstraps to save her beloved family farm.

This was a little outlandish for me. I like the idea of the modern pioneer girl, but it didn’t seem like Rhett wanted any of the accolades that came when the success of her book. I didn’t really like Rhett that much and while there was a small romance, it just wasn’t enough for me.

Thank you so much to @putnambooks for my gifted copy.

KJ Del'Antonia displays her writing chops and skills as a story teller with In Her Boots. A fun and uplifting rom com that was a delight to read. . A angsty homecoming and a prank gone wrong, a captivating story of identity and having a second chance at finding love. Funny, uplifting, heart warming and romantic. Overall a solid read.

DNF. Unfortunately, this was a book I started multiple times but could just not get into. I appreciate having the opportunity to read this book, it was just not a good fit for me as a reader. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for my gifted review copy.

Heartwarming and fun. This book is such a cute read that made me feel so many different emotions. Very relatable characters and a wonderful plot!

After reading and loving the book, The Chicken Sisters, I was so excited for another book by this author. I found I didn’t love it as much, but I still enjoyed it! I felt like it had some slow parts to it, but there were also parts I really loved as well. I felt like the story was more based on female friendships with the characters verse romance. If you’re a fan of books about friendship, forgiveness and second chances, you will love this one. I do recommend checking it out!

In Her Boots by KJ Dell’Antonia will be a book I recommend to my fellow #wanderlustfriends! I loved this book! I read part and listened to the rest on #audiobook courtesy of @prhaudio. I couldn’t put it down. I previously read The Chicken Sisters and enjoyed it for its culinary competition. However, this book delves so much deeper into the plights of the #wanderlustseeker who is always planning their next jaunt. So what happens when you’re forced to stay?

Quick Synopsis:
Rhett goes from living her best adventurer life to feeling trapped in a sinking hole. Her relationship has combusted and she’s just arrived at the doorstep of 40. As if that wasn’t enough to wreck Rhett, her world truly crumbles when she gets news of her grandma’s passing. Rhett comes home to care for the family farm. Rhett’s always dreamed of taking the farm over, but from the moment she arrives, it feels like it’s her versus the world. What she does have going for her is her extremely successful novel, Modern Pioneer Girl. However, no one knows she’s written it. When she’s asked to appear on a show, Rhett feels like she’s finally ready to reveal her identity, but then she hears her mother. What a nightmare. The two have never seen eye to eye. Panicked and paralyzed, Rhett can bring herself to go on, but lucky for her, her bestie Jasmine is willing to step in. It’s all going well, until Jasmine goes toe to toe with Rhett’s mom on national tv, making the MPG go viral! The two escape to the farm, where Rhett tries to salvage her family’s legacy while Jasmine tries to sort her own love life out. This case of mistaken identity creates quite a lot of turmoil for these two women.

I loved the setting for this book! It made me want to book a getaway just to be away from city life. I enjoyed the way Rhett takes a different pathway to success than the traditional college route. Her perspective is refreshing. It’s another option that may be fitting for some, but she does poo poo higher education. She merely offers a different experience and narrative. Other things that made me smile in this book were the dynamics between the characters. Even my least favorite character (mom) was someone I could empathize with. Lastly, the book made mention to Alchemist Brewing and Heady Topper so I was clearly sold. I went with friends on a trip to Vermont several years ago. The reference brought back all the good memories! I’m personally a fan of their Cheddy Topper!

What I wanted more of was insight into Rhett’s travels prior to the book starting. KJDA will you write more for us about Rhett? I loved her story! I loved the references to prominent women today and in history. This year, I read The Moment I Met You by Debbie Johnson and I feel like Rhett’s worldly travels would take me back to this book!

@KJDA, thank you so much for sending me a copy of this book and for always being so kind in our interactions. I love when an author feels authentic and accessible like you are!

Rhett thought she would have it all figured out by 40 but that doesn’t seem to be the case. At almost 40 she is still running from her life but when her grandmother passes and she returns home she knows it’s time to face the music.
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This book has a lot of moving parts. Rhett is a bestselling author of The Modern Pioneer Girl’s Guide to Life but no one knows she wrote it. As she is about to go live on The Today show she freaks out and throws her best friend in her spot, pretending to be the author. She writes under a pen name anyway, what’s the harm?
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Then there’s the matter of her grandma’s farm that she thought was hers, but turns out she only partially owns and then there’s her mother. They have little to no relationship, but this story becomes so much more. It’s a story about healing, finding your strength and figuring out who you truly are.
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Thank you #gpputnamsons and #NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately I started and stopped this book too many times. I had to DNF it. Just because this book wasn’t a good fit for me, doesn’t mean it’s not for you. Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for the ARC.