This was my first Lyla Sage read! I really enjoyed it! Going back to read the rest of this series ASAP! This was a lovely romance and also quite steamy. So, if you're a closed door romance reader this is not for you. But, for the rest of us...Save a horse, ride a cowboy! I also really enjoyed the family/ranch story line and that will keep me tuned in to the rest of this series.

We are obsessed with everything Lyla writes and Wild and Wrangled did not disappoint! Her ability to make you fall in love with each and every character is unmatched. We loved Dusty’s sweet heart and we can’t wait to see what else Lyla has in store!

Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing for an advanced readers copy of this book.

I don't have enough words to express how I feel about the whole of Rebel Blue. I feel like this series has a part of me as much as I have a part of it. This was the perfect wrap-up to the series. While I'm so happy with the ending, I'm so sad that it has ended.

The chemistry between Cam and Dusty is absolutely perfection and I am over the moon with everyone's happy endings. If I could give this 10 stars, I'd make it 13.

📚Trope(s): First Love, He waits for her, Found Family
What you get: Single mom, Millennial trauma due to impossible to please parents
⭐️Plot: 5/5
🔥Chemistry: 100000000/5
🌶️Spice: 8/5

This was a perfect end to this series that has become my comforting literary home away from home. The cameos from the charters we have learned to love over the series was a perfect balance with the development of Camille and Dusty's own stories. The authors note alone made me tear up and feel the love held for Rebel Blue.

I absolutely loved this book and I am so sad that the universe of Rebel Blue Ranch is complete. This story was so well written, sweet, and the exact wrap up to this series that I was wanting.

Widely anticipated, I absolutely devoured this one. I love Lyla’s writing and this was no different. Dusty and Cam are literal perfection together.

Lyla Sage is as always is a huge mood. She just understands the cowboy need we all have. I really don’t love second-chance romances so I did walk into this expecting not to love this as much as her other ones but she just writes such warm loving characters that I ate this up just like the other ones.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5

This is such a wonderful way to wrap up Rebel Blue. Cam and Dusty have a beautiful relationship with great chemistry, and they just fit together so well. I only wished Cam was a bit more dynamic of a character, as she didn't confront many of the issues she dealt with and she was very aggravating in the third act. But the notes were sweet, the passion was intense, and this book was everything!

The additional chapter at the end made me very emotional. My heart will definitely miss Rebel Blue and the amazing journey Lyla has taken me on.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for the ARC copy!

Such an amazing read! Felt like I was in the actual story the whole time. I wanted more so hate the story ended.

Um. I really don't know what to say about this one. I've enjoyed all the other books in this series but this was a total flop. The leads had zero chemistry and I was downright bored. I hated the whole flashback situation. Dusty has no personality besides being in love with Cam, and Cam has no personality. I don't even really believe that she loves him. There was no tension whatsoever! Like, why are y'all not together? They're both single and in the same town.

Cam was just selfish and obsessed with money.

One last ride out to Rebel Blue Ranch!
I'm so glad our girl Cam finally got her happily ever after. Her and Gus had such a beautiful co-parenting relationship in book 3. Seeing her get what she deserves felt like such a great way to end this series.
The flashbacks to their high school sweetheart days interspersed with the present day walls-coming-down slow burn, was perfection. Over the whole series the origin of Dusty and Cam felt like such a mystery. Knowing how it all started & fell apart was worth the wait.
ALSO. That second epilogue almost put me in the grave. SOBBING

*As posted*
THANK YOU to Netgalley for this ARC!

Tropes:
🔹️Forced Proximity
🔹️Second Chance
🔹️Single Mom

If this book were emojis:
🐎 💕 💒😴😘

Review 🖊
I'm gonna be honest. This was a tad tedious to me. If you asked me what it was about, I would say a woman gets dumped and gets a second chance with her high school sweetheart. If you asked me what happened, I couldn't tell you. It was a bunch of she's scared, he makes her angry, she makes him angry, they tell her it doesn't matter because she loves him, and him telling her it doesn't matter because he loves her. To me it came off like she was gaslit into being with him. Everyone pressuring Cam into giving Dusty another chance, and when she did, basically saying, Well, now you have to stick it out.
And there was virtually zero side plot. I like a good romance, but when there is so little else happening that you just have to repeat the same things over and over to make a page count quota, it gets boring. (Hence the 😴)
The only other possible side line was Cam's relationship with her parents, which gets no resolution. I was actually more interested in Graham and the girl he left Cam at the altar for.

"Now, when I thought of that day, I didn’t think about Graham or the fact that he didn’t show up. I thought about Dusty and the fact that he did."

"I'll love you until we're dust, Camille Ashwood."

Notes:
Friendship bracelets and unsent letters will forever be my weakness.

Lyla Sage simply DOES NOT MISS!! did you love the first three? Amazing! Buckle up for exactly what you want! it's juicy, full of tension, good ol' cowboy romance. I ate this book up like thanksgiving dinner. 10/10. I never want this series to end!

Was I hesitant to begin this read? Yes. Am I ready to say goodbye to the series? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Did this book simultaneously wreck & soothe my soul? Yes. Yes it did.

4.5 stars! loved the relationship between dusty and cam! such a great ending to an amazing series! the time lapse back to high school was great! hoping for more lyla sage in the future

“Until we’re dust / and even after”.
Gosh this book was exactly what we needed (and have desperately been craving) to wrap up the series. A fantastic second chance romance between two incredibly deserving characters. I had to savor every minute of this book and I will hopelessly miss this setting!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing this ARC!

I have enjoyed the Rebel Blue Ranch series and I'm sad that it's done. The fourth installment of this series follows Cam and Dusty as they reconnect after a high school relationship. The book starts with Cam getting left at the alter by a man that was really just a marriage of convenience to please their parents. While I enjoyed the overall story the characterization of Cam was pretty grating. She was very one dimensional and honestly kind of annoying at times. She spends so much time going back and forth in her inner dialogue about whether she wants to be with Dusty and if she can love him again after their teenage relationship ends so poorly. She vacillates so much that you as the reader, are made to think that Dusty must have done something truly awful to Cam in the past. But it turns out that she left him, and was kind of a brat about it. Her whole character is very much the classic "poor little rich girl" trope which I really don't get because she doesn't even need her parents money because she's lawyer. The book was entertaining, but overall a bit lackluster.

This was the perfect closure for the Rebel Blue series. Personally, I like when all the loose ends come together at the conclusion of a series and I can rest knowing all is well in their world. :)

I have been waiting for Dusty and Cam's story and Lyla Sage did not disappoint. I'll start by saying they are probably my least favorite of Rebel Blue couples, but still have 4.5 stars! Cam could closed off at times and her reasoning for some of her decisions didn't seem to make any logical sense (but then again, who's to decide?!) Dusty was the sweetest. I love his golden retriever energy underneath his tough exterior. If you have read the other books in this series, you will be pleased to know that the characters make an appearance and there is some insight into their lives moving forward. All in all - this was a phenomenal series and the perfect way to close out my days at Rebel Blue. I can't wait to see what Lyla Sage does next!

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Random House | Dial Press Trade Paperback for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I am truly going to miss Rebel Blue.

I will start this off by saying that i am NOT a romance girly. I do not get it, I only read it occasionally, and only when it is shoved down my throat. This however, I have picked up willingly and gladly throughout this entire series. I'm not sure exactly what it is about it, the small town charm, the western aspects, the tight knit family that grows over the course of the series, the continuing storylines and interconnected romances, or just all of it.

I am also not a very big fan of smut and think that it has taken over a lot of good books that just turn into either a fan serve, because they feel like they have to, or it takes over the entire plot. Again, not here. The sex is meaningful and tasteful and actually adds to the plot and the growth of their romance. And also....was quite hot I will admit.

I love how the characters from the other books are highlighted in the following novels, it makes sticking with this series even more special and I love to continue to see where everyone is at.

Not only is the setting good, or the romance, but the characters themselves start out so strongly that it really sets this up for success. Again, I think it is super helpful with this being the fourth book because we already know these characters and have been looking forward to their story thus far. It make this even more sweet to finally get to. Usually, as it has been for this series, I am always more in love with the heroine and her story but Dusty really takes the cake with this one. I love nothing more than an absolute SIMP for their leading lady and he sure does have it bad. It was so lovely to see them fall back in love and a second chance romance here was done RIGHT.

Sad this is over now...hope that Lyla will return to Rebel Blue one day because I feel that that town has more stories to give.

We need an Amos book!!!

Don't be fooled by my 3 star rating. I did really enjoy this, but I never really give romances anything above a three. This is wonderful and could maybe even be a 3.5, but nothing will compare to my fantasy books so three stars it is.

This was my favorite book of the series! I have been waiting for their story since swift and saddled! Anything by this author is an automatic read and this was the best in my opinion