This book was cute but felt a bit too young and immature for me - definitely more of a YA novel. I liked Natalie for the most part but her dialogue tended to get a bit annoying for me. I also felt like there was a complete black and white switch in Finn pretty quick which I wish was given more time to develop. I really liked the premise of the book but it didn’t come through for me like I hoped it would.

This was a cute coming of age romance! A great anxiety rep as well as processing grief! The adventure in this book is also a great, think amazing race for college kids!

This was a cute YA contemporary romance! I’m a big fan of the tv show, Amazing Race! I’m also a big fan of hiking and the Great Smokey Mountains! So, this really was the perfect book for me.

I loved all of the different competitions. It was a little repetitive at times, but didn’t take away from my overall enjoyment. I enjoyed all of the nature references. I really felt like I was there in the woods. The bear made it even more real.

Finn and Natalia were two very complicated people, but I enjoyed how they worked together. There is a fair about of assumptions being made and miscommunication between the two, but they are young so it makes sense. The way they came together in the end was especially sweet.

Read if you like:
💕 Grumpy/Sunshine
💕 Anxiety Rep
💕 Reality Shows
💕 Outdoor Settings

This book was really cute and the wilderness setting was honestly done really well.

I wish I would've liked it more but the thing that its keeping me from giving it a higher rating is that I didn't fall super in love with the characters. Other than that the book was well done but it just wasn't my cup of tea.

Please do not let my review deter you from reading this book. There are a lot of people that will love this book but it just didn't click with me

Thank you netgalley for giving me the opportunity to review this book!!

this was my first read by Kaitlyn and it most definitely will not be my last…as I’m kind of obsessed now 🤭 im a sucker for YA romance because they’re typically fun and lovey-dovey, if you will, and this one delivered for me!!

i really admire the fact that there were both an anxiety and grief rep, as both hit close to home in a good way 💓 Natalie and Finn were so funny and great together; this was a cute read overall!

Cute, YA romance. I enjoyed it, but I found Natalie annoying as can be at the beginning. She gets more tolerable, but ultimately doesn’t all the way redeem herself. I wish it had been a dual perspective book, as I’d have liked to get Finn’s perspective on all the situations.

This was an OK read for me.

Sweet Teen/YA about Natalie and Finn who meet and are paired as partners on a reality show to win college scholarships and filmed along the Appalachian Trail. She’s a definite extrovert (annoying for me at times) with some anxiety and family issues. He’s a bit subdued and dealing with a tragic loss in his life. Along the trail they learn there’s more to the other than originally thought, and they learn how to survive as partners. And I would also add that I was happy to see Natalie’s character mature a little more along the way.

Cute with a few deeper moments.

My thanks to the author, NetGalley and Random House Children’s/Delacorte Romance for providing the free early arc of Wild About You for review. The opinions are strictly my own.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫{4.5}
🫑{0.5}

This was seriously ᔕᗝ ᗪᗩᑎǤ ᑕᑌ丅ᗴ!!! YA romances don’t always do it for me anymore, but I thought this was executed so well. It had me giggling from their banter and tearing up from the swoony moments! And the puns! I just love a good, bad pun, and one section of this book had me 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 🤣 And the anxiety and mental health rep!!! I’ll never tire of seeing it depicted well in books 👏🏻👏🏻

This one follows Natalie and Finn as they embark upon a reality TV show that entails them competing against other college students and completed challenges as they backpack the Appalachian Trail with the prize of a 100K scholarship on the line! They naturally get paired up and get off to quite the rocky start as teammates, and of course are given only one tent 🙃 their progression as both partners and individually as they overcame obstacles both externally and within themselves was beautiful 🥹 and there is a LETTER at one point 🫠🫠 Team #finnatalie for life 🏕️

𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
🌲opposites attract
🏕️reality shows
🌲YA romance (closed door)
🏕️grumpy x sunshine
🌲forced proximity
🏕️only one tent
🌲anxiety//mental health rep
🏕️grief and healing rep

𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:

“𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴.”

“𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘺.”

“𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰! 𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦,” 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴. “𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦.”

*𝙦𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙨*

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢, 𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗’𝚜 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝙰𝚁𝙲 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠! 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 😊

Wild About You is a fun grumpy/sunshine young adult book. Somehow Kaitlyn Hill makes hiking and camping on the AT seem both fun and romantic. I like the way anxiety issues and loss are addressed. I can see myself gifting this book to some of the young adults in my life.
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Children's for my review copy of this book.

As an adult, I hesitate to pick up a YA romance. Sure, I loved them back in the day but now that I'm older with teens of my own, I want to be careful in how publishers fuel that fantasy of spice and romance.

This one was adorable and I really enjoyed the writing. The 3rd act element where we have to have something for our folks to overcome in their relationship felt weak to me, but this was solid storytelling overall, funny, romantic and educational.

Kaitlyn Hill is a new author for me and I'd gladly pick up another from her.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children’s for this earc

This was a nice summer beach read YA rom com full of laughter, cuteness, friendship and romance.

I didn’t love it or hated it. It did exactly what I expected from it. The grumpy/sunshine relationship is always a winner. If you’re into hiking, you’ll definitely like this one.

Pick it up for your next vacation

Cute young adult romance with adventure. I enjoyed the story. Thank you to the author and the publisher for the book. All options are my own

Unfortunately, this book didn't work for me. I wanted to give it a chance because I live in TN only 45 minutes for Cades Cove. It's my hometown area and I love the Smokies. I am not a hiker nor am I into reality TV, so perhaps I should've known this wouldn't work for me ahead of time. I wanted to venture outside my wheelhouse and see if I would like it given I know the area. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC. I will still highly recommend it to my family and friends. I'm in the minority of people in my circle who doesn't like reality TV, hiking, or outdoor related activities, so this will most likely appeal to them.

This was a fun read. A good mix of adventure and YA love story. It was cute and sweet. It felt relatable enough to where a reader could feel part of the story.

This was probably one of the cutest books I have ever read.

As an outdoorsy person myself, I connected a lot with Finn's character but adored Natalie's as well.

The pros:
- Finn's character development was great. I love a MMC that can admit when he's wrong AND apologize - someone see if hell froze over!
- Natalie's character development as a constant people pleaser to someone who's figuring her crap out which is sometimes ugly
- The scenery! Loved being transported into the Smoky Mountains!
- The banter - it was *chef's kiss*

The cons:
- Third act breakup. These predictable plot points just frustrate me. But I'll give it to the author since it wasn't officially a breakup and it was quickly resolved.

This book was adorable and I'd highly recommend to anyone who favors sweet romances with grumpy/sunshine characters and great banter.

Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Children's publishing for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was adorable AND funny!

Natalie is a contestant on an adventure show that offers the winners a $100k college scholarship grand prize. She gets paired with Finn, a grump. Together they compete in challenges along the Appalachian Trail, film their progress, and sleep in a tent.

It’s single POV, and young adult.

TW: death of a parent that is off-page and in the past.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for my advanced digital copy!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my e-ARC of Wild About You!

𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝚂𝙾𝙽𝚂 𝚃𝙾 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙳 𝙰𝙱𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝚈𝙾𝚄

1. You’re a fan of the sunshine/grumpy trope.
2. You love a witty and sarcastic FMC!
3. You’ve always wanted to be on a travel adventure show like Survivor or The Amazing Race.
4. Cute romcoms are your absolute favorite genre.
5. You’ve hiked the Appalachian Trail in some capacity and want to read about it.

• 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓

Natalie Hart has always been loud, unfiltered, and unapologetically herself. But then comes her freshman year of college, when she loses her merit scholarship and gains one pesky little anxiety diagnosis.

Hesitant to take out more student loans, Natalie decides to shoot her shot and applies to Wild Adventures, a popular outdoorsy reality show. Sure, Natalie prefers her twelve-step skincare routine to roughing it on the Appalachian Trail while competing in challenges against other college kids, but that scholarship prize money is calling her name. High risk, high reward, right?

Enter Finn Markum, her randomly assigned, capital-O Outdoorsy teammate whose growl could rival a black bear. These partners have more friction than a pair of new hiking boots. Or is it flirtation? Turns out falling in love might be the wildest adventure of all...

Thank you to Delacorte Romance for the ARC!

I really loved this book. I had so much fun reading it. I was skeptical at first because of the setting and how the whole book would be taking place outdoors. (I am not an outdoorsy girl at all.) But I quickly got over that and enjoyed it a lot.

First of all, the characters had me hooked. I really liked Natalie and was able to relate to her. Her anxiety issues reminded me of my own and I felt very seen through her. The author clearly has an anxiety disorder because the way she writes about it is so real I felt like she read my mind. I also really understood Finn and his grumpy disposition. I feel grumpy a lot too and I just got him. All of the side characters were well done too. They all felt very human. Being able to write good characters that people care about is the mark of a talented writer. Kaitlyn Hill has that down.

The romance. Oh my. I was obsessed. I loved the way it started. I loved all the middle bits, I loved how sweet Finn was to Natalie, how understanding and supportive he was. It is genuinely so cute and melted my heart.

The only qualm I have with this book was the whole third act argument/miscommunication. I was upset with Natalie for not listening at all to what Finn had to say, not believing at all that he loved her. She created all this drama when Finn did nothing wrong and it was frustrating to read. The only thing it did was make the book longer and annoy me.

Overall, I liked it a lot! I had so much fun reading this. It comes out May 21st, so go pick it up!!!

Natalie enters a reality TV show competition in the chance of winning the money to cover college costs. In love with makeup, the wilderness challenges may not be her strong suit. Getting paired up with a grumpy partner isn't helping much.

This book was really well written. I enjoyed the grumpy/sunshine banter between Natalie and Finn. I really enjoyed her snarky internal monolog. Personally I would have loved to have read less about Natalie's makeup obsession and more about her anxiety struggles. Overall this was an adorable YA romance that I will definitely recommend to others who want cute without spice.

This was such a super cute YA romance! Honestly, in the beginning of the story I did not connect to Natalie and found her a tad annoying. But as the story progressed, she grew on me. Much like she grew on Finn lol. I loved watching their relationship grow and how the author addressed issues such as anxiety and losing a loved one (grandparent and parent both in the past).

I didn't realize this was a YA romance when I first requested it, but that honestly didn't matter. It was relatable and reads like an adult closed door romance, just with college aged characters. This was a really fun read!

Read if you like:
Grumpy x Sunshine
Opposites Attract
Forced Proximity
Only One Tent
Reality TV

A big thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children's for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.