Je vous avouerai que j'ai craqué sur la couverture et l'intrigue m'a ensuite intriguée. Logique non! J'ai passé un bon moment de lecture en compagnie de Cooper et Amity. J'ai aimé le côté original du récit et cet enemies to lovers a su me conquérir.

Cooper Easton est notre héros de 28 ans. Il a décidé de s'inscrire à cette émission de TV réalité avec un but bien précis et bien noble. Pourtant, quand nous le verrons à l'écran, nous changerons d'avis à son sujet car son entrée en matière ne sera pas des plus douces. Cooper ne sera pas tendre avec notre héroïne et si nous savons qu'il a des circonstances atténuantes, nous ne pourrons pas tout excuse. Il sera ancré dans ses préjugés et ne cherchera pas à creuser et voir ce qui se cachent sous les apparences. Les épreuves du cette émission lui mettront les nerfs à vif mais il se pourrait aussi qu'il soit face à un dilemme. On va donc apprendre à le connaître et chercher à comprendre ses motivations. Les alliances sont de mises dans ce genre de jeu mais il devra faire attention car le moindre faux pas pourrait lui coûter cher. Il sait certes manier une boussole comme personne et il se débrouille parfaitement dans un milieu sauvage mais il ne maîtrise pas les codes de la vie sociale ou même des relations. A la clé de cette émission: l'amour ou un million de dollars. Quel choix fera-t-il?

Amity Rose est une jeune femme de 25 ans qui ne s'est jamais fait des amies. Elle n'a pas eu une vie facile et pourtant, elle ne se plaint jamais. Elle aussi a envie de remporter le trophée et bien entendu l'argent mais nous n'avons pas au départ de précisions sur ses intentions. Elle dégage une image faussée d'elle même, ce qui conduira à des jugements hâtifs mais douloureux. La première épreuve donnera le ton mais il est évident qu'elle saura nous surprendre plus d'une fois. Avec les nombreux changements de règles, nous la verrons donc faire équipe avec les différents candidats. Si nous avons envie de baffer Miles, lui au moins sera clair dans son jeu. Elle devra donc faire attention aux alliances qu'elle va former et aussi aux sentiments qu'elle pourrait développer. Cette émission montrera les vrais visages des gens et nous espérons qu'elle s'en sortira indemne. Fera-telle les bons choix? Ne devrait-elle pas plus penser à elle?

Bref, je suis contente d'avoir découvert cette romance qui sera vraiment sympathique à lire. L'autrice nous offre un enemies to lovers dans un contexte différent des comédies romantiques habituelles et elle tire donc son épingle du jeu.

Fun, light read when you just want to sit down for a quick and easy to read haters to lovers book.

The premise was definitely new and exciting, with our characters meeting on the set of a "survival" show. I liked that there were multiple characters throughout, with different relationships and personalities. I did feel that everything was very rushed, particularly the sense of "love" from our main characters. It felt genuine enough but it was just so unrealistic and didn't have the exciting buildup that these novels typically have. There also wasn't enough of a character development to see the characters transitioning, which made the relationship work in the end, so it just didn't quite click as I was reading.

Overall, I would still recommend.

Easton Cooper is desperate for cash, he’ll even compete on an outrageous action-adventure reality show, and he hates reality TV. Amity Rose wants an adventure. So she hates bugs, cold air, tents, campfires—must she go on? Now all the contestants think she’s a pampered princess—and to add to her bad luck, her partner is the worst—a gangly, overconfident, know-it-all mountain trail guide.

Enemies to lovers has got to be one of my absolutely favorite tropes! I enjoyed the characters and the storyline. The writing was great and flowed very easily.

Thanks to NetGalley and the author for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I liked this story and I liked the characters. it felt like an overall enjoyable read but there was a a bit too much information about all the ins and outs of the game and descriptions about the tasks and things that the contestants were doing. I was really wanting to much more romance from the two leads much more earlier on. But it was a nice read.

⭐️⭐️- {CRUSH IN THE CASCADES- Lisa S. Gayle}

The premise of the book was great. A reality tv show in the Cascades that includes tons of physical endurance races with the chance at developing a romantic relationship in the mix. The two main characters are likable enough, kind of like the underdogs but incredibly good looking.
After three days they decide to become girlfriend/boyfriend (yes…THAT fast) and we are supposed to buy into that when day 1 they were pitted against each other. By like 1 week in they are already in love and they dont even know each other, basically just tons of physical chemistry is fueling their decision. It felt too rushed and not believable so I couldn’t get invested in the characters. Even the supporting cast was pretty bland. Its a pass for me

Thanks to @netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This book was fun but I found it hard to get past the stereotyping towards the beginning. Apart from that this is a really fun romance Easton and Amity are great characters and this book included some of my favourite tropes. Overall I enjoyed this book once I got into it and would love to read more from this author

I like the idea of this book giving off reality show vibes, but I couldn't connect with the characters at all . It's still an entertaining read, it's just the romance in this book isn't for me. There just wasn't much to it to connect to.

Thank you Netgalley and to the publisher for this arc

What a fun read! It was unlike other books I read because of the reality show competition and it very much reminded me of The Bachelor!

Cooper and Amity compete on a reality TV show competition called Race for Riches and Romance. They are both there for the money for their own specific reasons but find they might find love too with the person they were least expecting.

I do have to admit that Cooper rubbed me the wrong way and I hated how he treated Amity in the beginning of the book. He seemed incredibly arrogant and full of himself. It slowly got better but Amity could have done better instead of falling so quickly for him. 🫠🫣

Overall a fun quick read and if you’re into competitions and racing it’ll definitely hold your interest!

I ended up DNFing this book as I was having a really busy time in my life and found it super hard to get into. I will try it again in a month or two and hopefully will be able to give it the attention it needs

I honestly wanted to read this book based on the cover because I am a sucker for camping and the fact that there was a tent on the cover pulled my attention. I will always gravitate towards enemies-to-lovers books because I have always loved and enjoyed them. Amity was actually a main female character in a romance book that I could stand and wouldn't mind reading about. This wasn't the best book I've ever read, and I will be slightly hesitant to read more from this author in the future, but I still enjoyed it.

I love reality tv and have enjoyed authors mixing them into books. I also love hiking and outdoor adventures so this book caught my eye. Overall I liked the premise of this book and the setting but Amity drove me nuts and it was hard for me to keep invested.

I had to DNF this ARC due to how misogynistic Cooper was; I can't deal with that in a book boyfriend, though I otherwise enjoyed the writing.

This book was a fun and sweet contemporary romance. I enjoyed the sense of adventure in "the great race" feelings as I read. I'm a massive fan of the trope enemies-to-lovers, so I wanted that for our main characters.

There were moments where the story felt repetitive, and while I connected with many of the characters, there were some I had a difficult time with. I adored Amity though!

Overall, while I enjoyed this book and it was very creative, it wasn't my favorite.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

I loved the premise of this book but unfortunately it fell flat for me. Wayyyy to instalove for my liking and Cooper was a misogynistic jerk the entire time. The challenges were fun to read and I loved the description of the area they were in though! Thankyou to the author and netgalley

Crush in the Cascades has a great premise: a group of reality show contestants are brought to a campground in the Cascades where they'll compete with and against one another on a show that's a bit Survivor meets The Challenge for a massive cash prize. The storyline is an enemies to lovers romance featuring Easton Cooper and Amity Rose, seemingly polar opposites who are paired together for the first competition in the show and have an immediate dislike for each other.

I really WANTED to like this book - and it had some positives going for it: it seemed like improved a bit and hit its stride as it developed - there were a few chapters toward the end of the competition that were a good read, it was a great premise, Amity was a fun character to root for, and a couple of the other characters piqued my interest as well. But ultimately I just couldn't overcome the shortcomings of this book and wouldn't recommend it; among these: Cooper is a misogynistic ass for essentially the entire storyline; the romance element felt like it developed at a rushed pace without enough character development behind it; a number of the characters felt entirely one dimensional like they were tropes being checked off a list; the ending felt shallow and forced.

Unfortunately a miss for me and sadly not a book I can recommend for readers of the romance/adventure genre.

I truly hate DNFing an ARC, and especially this one because the synopsis and the cover held so much appeal and potential. However, I simply couldn't connect with our main characters. Really, what killed it for me was Cooper's blase misogynistic attitude towards Amity. This is 2022 - that's an immediate no from me.

Thank you NetGalley for providing an ARC in return for my honest review.

This was my first book from Lisa S. Gayle, and quite enjoyed it her writing.
This story is an enemies-to-lovers rom-com with a reality show setting, so also ticks off forced proximity since the two characters have to interact with one another whether they want to or not.
Easton, our main character is quite unlikeable at the start of the book but did grow on you as a reader.
Amity was such a fun character from start to end however and was the highlight of this story.

Crush in the Cascades was a fun quick read! I really enjoyed the wilderness reality TV aspect and I think it gave it a fun spin. I did think Easton was annoying at times but I really liked Amity as a character. I wish the book would have made the timeline during the show a little more evident because I got them impression that it was over just a few weeks and Easton and Amity’s romance was a little to insta-love for me. I still enjoyed their romance even though it was insta-lovey but would have enjoyed it more if it had been during a longer time. Overall, this is a fun quick easy read! This was 3.5 for me!

2.5 Stars A very cute idea for a rom com! Amity Rose and Easton Cooper are both competing on an adventure reality show competition in the Oregon Cascades where one couple will win $1 million each, and there's the chance that they could fall in love too. Easton doesn't take his first partner, Amity, seriously since she showed up in a dress and heels. Throughout the competition, everyone keeps underestimating Amity's abilities and misjudge her as being a Hollywood rich girl. Sometimes the description of the competition tasks could get a little long-winded and confusing, Amity and Easton going from enemies to lovers was much too quick to be believable, and the overall message of the story wasn't always clear. Overall, I think it was about not making assumptions about others' abilities and motivations, and that in order for a relationship to survive, both people need to be willing to make sacrifices, it cannot be one sided.

Tropes in this book which I loved:
✨Enemies to lovers
✨Competing while on reality TV
✨Forced proximity
✨Opposites attract
✨Rom-com

Listen I seriously enjoyed this opposites attract, Easton and Amity are competing on a reality TV show together. Easton is this very chilled layback, rugged outdoors manly man and Amity is the type of girl that shows up to a survival completion in a dress. These two initially start as enemies, but the banter and angst between them was absolute hilarious and swoon-worthy in the end.

This book was a lot of fun, quick and highly entertaining.
I am excited to read about Easton’s sisters in the books to come🥰