Synopsis:
There’s complicated. And there’s Rowen Sterling.
After numbing pain for the past five years with boys, alcohol, and all-around apathy, she finds herself on a Greyhound bus to nowhere Montana the summer after she graduates high school. Her mom agreed to front the bill to Rowen’s dream art school only if Rowen proves she can work hard and stay out of trouble at Willow Springs Ranch. Cooking breakfast at the crack of dawn for a couple dozen ranch hands and mucking out horse stalls are the last things in the world Rowen wants to spend her summer doing.
Until Jesse Walker saunters into her life wearing a pair of painted-on jeans, a cowboy hat, and a grin that makes something in her chest she’d thought was frozen go boom-boom. Jesse’s like no one else, and certainly nothing like her. He’s the bright and shiny to her dark and jaded.
Rowen knows there’s no happily-ever-after for the golden boy and the rebel girl—happily-right-now is a stretch—so she tries to forget and ignore the boy who makes her feel things she’s not sure she’s ready to feel. But the more she pushes him away, the closer he seems to get. The more she convinces herself she doesn’t care, the harder she falls.
When her dark secrets refuse to stay locked behind the walls she’s kept up for years, Rowen realizes it’s not just everyone else she needs to be honest with. It’s herself.
*Recommended for mature readers due to moderate language and sexuality. *
My Review:
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
4 Platypires for Lost and Found by Nicole Williams.
“Every morning we get a chance to be different. A chance to change. A chance to be better. Your past is your past. Leave it there. Get on with the future part, honey."
Damn, this was really good book. I lost a lot of sleep reading it because I could not put it down. I related so much with the MC Rowan. I dressed in black a lot throughout high school so I understood where she was coming from. Sometimes (not always) the need to reflect the inside on the outside is huge. Plus, I really liked her snarky attitude and comments. She is a smart witty girl who has been though a lot her her short life. ::feels:::
I also adored Jesse and thought he was just the sweetest, nicest, sexiest cowboy. JUST YUMMY! Jesse and his family's optimism was really inspiring and I wish they could welcome me in their family.
Without giving away any spoilers and this might sound kinda vague. There is a popular troupe in romance novels in regards to the females characters virtue. This is a troupe that annoys me to no end. Internally, I jumped & down with giddiness with the way it was expressed in Lost & Found. Bravo, Ms. Williams. Again, sorry for being vague.
Even though I really liked Lost & Found, I did have one major issue. As a feminist, I cringed when Rose (Jesse's mom) expressed that it would be in Rowan's best interest to not wear revealing clothing. Cause tempting all those cowboys would be unfortunate. Um... How about not hiring guys who wouldn't take advantage of a teenage girl? The word off limits would have worked. Sexual harassment anyone? ::sigh::
Other than that I thought it was a really good book. I can't wait to read more in this series.
I would highly recommend this story for fans of new adult genre.
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