reviews – Love Story Lexicon

by Karla Sorensen

A breathtaking end to a favorite series.

Excuse me as I go blubber in a corner. I thought waiting a week before writing my review would give me time to process all the feels that this book gave me, but NOPE! Just typing that word “end” broughThis Wild Heart, Karla Sorensent tears to my eyes because I’ve come to love the Wilder family in all the previous stories.I said in my last review that Karla writes families that I wish could be mine in real life because of the depth she portrays in those relationships, and not just for the MCs. And the way she brought some beloved characters from previous series into the story makes me hope that we’ve not seen the end of the Wilders.

I won’t share much in the way of spoilers, but Anya is the daughter of a previous book couple and she’s all grown up. She’s just gone through a very emotional and humiliating experience and is certainly not in a good headspace for a new relationship. Parker is still dealing with (or NOT dealing with) the death of his father (another sob!) and the way the previous football season ended for his team because of him.

I spent a good portion of this book wanting to smack him in the back of the head, but Karla did it for me. My favorite character in this story might not even be the FMC and MMC, but Sheila, Parker’s beloved stepmother, who is still grieving the loss of her soulmate, but can still Mom the heck out of her family.

I’ll forgive Karla my tears since in her endnotes she shared how ending this series felt for her, and I look forward to WHATEVER she writes next. Well done, if I could give more than 5 stars, I wholeheartedly would.

Tammie

by Karla Sorensen

Don’t ever want this series to end!

Here I thought nothing could top the last story in the series (Promise Me This), but once again, Karla proved me wrong. These characters just keep getting better and better and if there was a way I could be adopted into this fictional story, I’d leap at it.

Poppy has been in love with scarred, broody Jax (her brother’s best friend) since she was fifteen. Jax kept his distance until one night changed their lives forever. I didn’t know how I’d ever come to love Jax, with his tendency to shut Poppy down cold and disappear for weeks and months at a time, but his character growth was phenomenal. Throw in the funny, poignant Wilder family characters, and Poppy’s own quiet strength, spice, friendship and I’d give this book ten stars if I could. SO many tropes; brother’s best friend, age gap, surprise pregnancy, emotionally scarred hero to name a few. The audio book was perfectly narrated by Connor Crais and Samantha Brentmore and I had a giant lump in my throat for a large portion of this book. I’ve read it and listened to it twice already, and this book will definitely by on my repeat list. Superbly done. I both look forward to and dread the next book in the series because it will be the last. I did feel pretty bad for Poppy’s boyfriend (he was such a Golden Retriever/Cinnamon Roll) so maybe he’ll get a HEA as a side story in the next/last book. (Hint, Hint!)

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