Calling all reality TV fans and camping enthusiasts, pick this up!! Kaitlyn Hill writes the most fun YA rom-coms, and this is no exception! Following Natalie and Finn as they partner up to take on the Appalachian Trail for a reality TV show, the book is fast-paced, filled with wilderness adventures, and will make you chuckle for sure. Kaitlyn Hill gives her characters an absolute magical sense of humor, and I love seeing them interact with each other; honestly it's the best part of her books, and her books have so much to enjoy! I loved seeing them hike the AT, especially because Natalie isn't a camping enthusiast to begin with, so it was fun to see her get started. Their relationship started out a little rocky, just a hint of enemies-to-lovers, but I didn't think it was necessarily justified? The animosity just felt a little weak in terms of development, but it's not long before they're getting along and falling in looooove aweeeeee. There's also discussion of deceased family members, anxiety, and difficult relationships with parents, all of which were handled well. This was a great time overall!

Wild About You is a cute story about a girl with no business being on a reality TV show about roughing it while hiking the Appellation Trail. But Natalie is so desperate for the $100,000 scholarship money she'll do just about anything including roughing it in the wild.

Hopeful for a good experience, things don't start out well when she runs into Finn who looks at her like she's as out of place as she is. Add in another contestant, Alli (codename Enemi), who looks at Natalie like she's worse than the gum on the bottom of her shoe, and Natalie's new anxiety starts to spike.

During the first challenge, Natalie ends up teamed with Finn for the remainder of the competition - joy. Neither is thrilled to be partnered, but Natalie is ever the optimist and tries to wear her partner down while remaining optimistic, friendly, and cheerful.

The pair proceed on the most awkward partnership in history with Finn barely speaking more than 3 words to her at any given time until about 35% into the book. It was a lot of Natalie stuck in her head.

Listen, this book was cute. It almost makes me want to go hiking the rough trails myself. (Keyword, ALMOST.) And I enjoyed it. But for me, the pacing was off. It took too long for Natalie Finn to have any sort of relationship. The key moment that threatens their new relationship happens WAY too quickly after said relationship even came into existence. And then it ended.

If you can look past the pacing issues with the romance that I had, this is an enjoyable book that's less of a traditional romance and more of a girl on an adventure dealing with her personal baggage in a really uncomfortable situation. And the ending was super enjoyable.

I’ve always enjoyed the one bed trope but one tent? Throw in some grumpy sunshine and forced proximity. Finn and Natalie are so stinking cute. I love the slow burn between them throughout the competition. I’m definitely going to be reading more Kaitlyn Hill ASAP

I enjoyed this well written and entertaining novel. It was quick paced and lighthearted, but also explored deeper topics including managing grief, anxiety, and today's social media-driven environment. The depictions of Natalie's and Finn's experiences with these issues were accurate and approachable.

I liked the secondary characters as well and would have liked to see a little more development of those relationships. I think I felt that way because the plot and storyline flew, I wish it could have lasted just a little bit longer :)

I enjoyed this quick read and will be checking out the author's prior titles.

Thanks to Random House and Netgalley who provided this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Natalie Hart may just be out of her mind. She's never really been super outdoorsy, but after freshman year of college when she needs extra money to cover tuition, she decides to apply for Wild Adventures, a reality show based on hiking and surviving in the wilderness. To her amazement, she's chosen, and one step closer to the prize money she desperately needs to make her acting dreams come true. However, this season has a new twist: She'll be paired with another competitor and they'll need to work together to win. No big deal, Nat's a girl's girl and gets along with almost everyone. Except, apparently, her new partner, the gruff-but-knowedgeable Finn Markum, who doesn't take her seriously. After a rough start, Natalie and Finn learn to trust each other as they work through the challenges on the Appalachian Trail, managing day after day to avoid the chopping block. Not only do they realize they make a good team, they might just win this thing.

This is the second book I've read by Kaitlyn Hill, the other being Love From Scratch. I've LOVED both of them! Her stories are just so dang cute, and very teen appropriate. There were a few small, surprise crossover characters from Love From Scratch, which was fun. I just loved the grumpy/sunshine trope, and this was a relatively light, sweet, cozy romance. Teen girls will love it!

I received this ARC courtesy of NetGalley, in return for my honest opinion and review.

Such a cute read! Being from the south, and not far from the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, I loved the setting! The characters were so nicely written. Natalie was funny and very relatable. I loved how everything played out. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children's for this e-book ARC!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. However, at about 7% in I basically DNF as I wasn’t attracted to the characters or the plot. The writing style isn’t for me and it wasn’t captivating to continue on.

This is my first book by Kaitlyn Hill and I must say, YES PLEASE! I absolutely loved this young romance about a high-maintenance college freshman who gets teamed up with an outdoorsy, quiet-type guy as a partner in a reality show to brave the wilderness on the Application Trail. She is totally out of her element and both are dealing with past baggage and anxiety but they overcome and face their fears and fall head over heels for each other and become more than partners. Being a fan of these types of reality shows, the author got it right on everything from the challenges and excitement of the competition. I am a middle school librarian, and while the romance is relatively tame, I'd recommend this book for the romance fan in high school. It's just a little too subjective and the characters are too old for middle school.

A great ya romance! The concept of participating in a reality show was super fun. Natalie and Finn had great character development between the two of them. The anxiety representation was also great to see. It was done very well.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC!

I'm sorry, but I'm so bored. Natalie and Finn do outdoorsy-ish things and have personal drama. I cannot be bothered. I guess I just didn't really like them and didn't care. I tried though. I really tried. Finn was entirely too grumpy/too much of an a**hole for me to ever get 100% behind him. And Natalie was kind of a mess. I know she was supposed to be. But it was a lot. This was a little too heavy on the personal issues to really be a romcom. But Finn and Natalie lacked the depth for me to really root for them. I wanted to, but everything felt too flat and two-dimensional. Overall, this definitely wasn't the book for me. The cover is super cute though.

This was such a cute and lighthearted romance between two teens on a reality adventure show and I really enjoyed the outdoorsy theme!

While the grumpy in the grumpy/sunshine almost turned around overnight, I did appreciate that there wasn’t instant love and that the relationship between the two characters had to develop. I liked the anxiety representation we got with Natalie and how attuned to it Finn becomes. They might be polar opposites, but they ended up working so well with each other through the challenges and I loved Natalie’s determination to embrace being the pretty girl while also putting in the work that she feels most people don’t give her credit for. Her unconventional approaches to wilderness challenges proved useful. Watching her overcome her inner turmoil to find value in herself when her family doesn’t was heartbreaking yet inspiring. The battle with grief that both Natalie and Finn shared also helped them grow closer and gave them a shared vulnerability.

Kaitlyn’s books are always fun and I love how relatable her characters are. I enjoy how the characters across books are interconnected and how close their friend group is. As wild as the adventure reality show, Natalie’s journey with Finn will leave you satisfied and itching to hit up your nearest trail for your own adventure.

I was already a fan after Not Here to Stay Friends, but Wild About You is Kaitlyn Hill's best book so far.

🏕Grumpy x Sunshine
🏕Forced Proximity/Partners
🏕Only One Tent
🏕Backpack Adjusting - in which MMC adjusts FMC's backpack. (Possibly one of my new fave micro tropes)

The relationship was so cute and REAL. Natalie and Finn had a rough journey, literally and figuratively, but they faced their challenges and learned a lot about each other. With all the swoony and sweet moments along the trail!

There were heavier tones of anxiety and grief, both of which were represented well, but it was still a light-hearted read. It was a perfect balance with the romance and humor. I laughed a lot and cried only a little.

Like Natalie, I am an uncooked s'more. Read this book to find out if you are too. It has all the camping vibes and belongs on everyone's summer TBR this year.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book is cute for what it was. A reality TV show romance between two college students.

My main issue is that I kept forgetting the characters weren’t in high school. They were so immature and whiny that I thought they were much younger than they actually were.

Other than that I had a few minor issues with the mmc being as interesting as stale bread and the inconsistent pacing of the story.

This book is no literary masterpiece, but it is fun, entertaining, and a cute summer read.

Lovely YA rom-com with heavy subjects as well. My high school students will like this one! Forced proximity, enemies to lovers, one tent, etc. Not spicy. 😀

This was a fun new adult romance that thoughtfully tackled the topics of grief and anxiety. I loved the hiking-meets-reality-TV angle. Natalie as a character felt unique to me and I loved her dynamic with Finn. A great read!

Many thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I'm in the middle on this one. It was kinda cute, kinda slow. It's an easy YA read and you'll enjoy it if you like reality tv premises and grumpy sunshine/enemies to lovers/forced proximity tropes.

Wild About You follows Natalie who decides to go on a reality show called Wild Adventures. Which is a show about hiking the Appalachian Trail while competing and challenges. If she wins she will get money to help her pay for college. She gets partnered up with Finn who does not want to work with her. Finn wants nothing to do with Natalie but they have to work together in order to win. The more time Finn and Natalie spend together they start to like each other. Are they meant to be together or is it all for show?

I thought this book was really cute. I really liked how this book focused on some heavier topics like anxiety to balance out the more lighthearted parts. I liked the enemies to lovers. I also overall really enjoyed the plot. I do feel like it was a bit repetitive at times. But overall a cute YA book.

kaitlyin hill you are sensational as the first time i read you , this was an arc from the publisher via netgalley but the opinions are definitely my own. LOVEEEEED THISSS it was soo fun? and there was a tent i love tents and it was outside and ROMANCE AND KISSES AND OMG
read this guys it’s sooo much fun

This was a very cute book and a fun, easy read! As a reality tv fan, I always love picking up romances that take place on set of reality shows, and this one did not disappoint. The main characters are on a Survivor-type reality show where college students are paired up with strangers and sent to complete challenges and reside in the outdoors. Natalie was fun and outgoing, while Finn was more quiet and serious. Their dynamic as a team, especially starting out not getting along very well, made this is a very exciting read. I’d definitely read more books by the author in the future!

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for this ARC!

This was such a cute book and perfect for the spring/summer! It was fun, sweet, lighthearted, and had lovable characters. I will always love a grumpy-sunshine romance. I 100% recommend it!

My full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6362946284

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review!