I was excited to read this. The contemporary cute romance was just what I wanted it to be. It reminded me of a Hallmark movie. I absolutely love a good Hallmark. The dynamic between Kensi and Javier was hilarious.

The romance wasn’t easy and the lead-up made it that much more enjoyable to read. I enjoyed the dual viewpoints of the book. We got to see each of their thoughts as well as how they changed throughout the book. The secondary characters were lovable as well and I cannot wait to see where this series will go.

Should you read?
Do you enjoy contemporary romance? How about romance but with characters that have a back story? Side stories that interweve?

Or if you just like a good romance that will make you smile.

i recieved this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.


This was a typical country boy / city girl read. But un a good way., the ones tou just can't resist. I fell in live with the MC right away and even though it was a hate to love relationship and tou knew where it was going you just couldn't stop reading.

I finished this book in an afternoon at the beach. It was an overall fun YA summer read. My number one guilty pleasure.

I do with they had explained a but more about the uncle. as it just made him out to be a douchebag. who wasn't redeemed in the story. And what became of the court date.But for these answers i will deffinitly read the next in the series.

I received an eARC of this book in exchange for a fair review.
3.5/5 Stars.
This was a decent book, if a little bland. I really liked the premise, but felt that everything was so rushed. Huge gaps of time were skipped over, making it hard to become invested in the characters. That being said, it kept my attention and kept me entertained for a bit. I’d possibly read more from this author.

A Cowboy's Sweetheart by Crista McHugh is the 1st book in the Rodeo Academy series, and my first book by this author. Kensi is sent to live with her aunt and uncle on their ranch in Wyoming, while her rich parents travel around, being neglectful. Javier is a ranch hand, who has a lot of responsibility for his age. This book could have been a sweet love story, but these two kids have so much baggage, I found it hard to really enjoy the story. I will read this author again though.

I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book was a whole lot of fun! I personally have always loved a good southern gentleman mixed in with my YA (hello has anyone else seen The Hannah Montana Movie? Because that cowboy was fine) and this book definitely did not disappoint. I loved the classic trope of rich city girl meets struggling (but admittedly handsome) cowboy to sweep her off her feet and make her fall in love with the country.

Kensington was super relatable and snarky and I completely agree with her reluctance to live in the middle of nowhere and her sassy comments were quite literally my exact thoughts(even if they were a bit extreme at some times) also loved the classic family situation where her aunt and uncle were not crazy about letting her in at first but then they eventually warmed up to one another.

Also on a different note the romance was totally cute and heartwarming *swoon* and damn where can I find myself a cowboy?

Definitely recommend this book to those in need of a good light read with a really enjoyable romance and super light plot (perfect beach read!) lovers of the longest ride will really enjoy this!!

McHugh’s novel throws us into the upper-class and highly accommodated world of Kensington “Kensi” Pope, a spoiled rich girl from New York with personal expectations to excel as a dressage rider. While her talents and ambitions in the equestrian world are undoubtable, Kensi’s personality and materialistic tendencies leave much to be desired about her character. However, when she is forced to reside in rural Wyoming with her extended family for the summer after a party gone wrong, Kensi’s outlook at life, and at herself, is overturned.

This becomes especially true when she becomes captivated by Javier Cruz, a ranch hand at her family’s farm, whose initial reaction to Kensi is to attempt to dismiss her and her materialistic lifestyle in favor of more urgent matters within his own life, though it’s evident that he is unable to deny his own growing attraction and affection towards her. As Kensi becomes more accustomed to a life away from luxury and begins doing things for herself, she finds herself withdrawing from her high-class yet empty existence in New York in favor of the hard-working and fulfilling life of her family’s Wyoming ranch. A complete one-eighty from what she is used to, Kensi eventually begins to yearn for the sense of family, beauty, and love that the ranch in Wyoming provides her, and starts to dread rather than anticipate her eventual return to New York.

I found A Cowboy’s Sweetheart to be a very quick read, but no less engaging. While she initially starts off as an antagonistic character that I just could not see myself liking, I found myself rooting for Kensi; her character development from a bratty child to generous caretaker for her family and Javier really drew me in, and had me sympathetic for her upbringing and depressingly lonely background, as rich as it was in other aspects. I also really appreciated the study of Javier and the turmoil he faces in keeping his emotions in check around Kensi, whether it was rage toward her conceited demeanor or increasing tenderness in light of gained insight into her personality, and how this balanced with other issues taking hold on his life. McHugh’s secondary characters – Uncle Bobby, Aunt Tammy, Sierra, Jo – were also a welcome inclusion of diverse characters and personalities, and it was easy to fall for them as the novel progressed.

The only thing I was truly disappointed by was the fact that this was the first novel in a series to be continued by McHugh, which is entitled Rodeo Academy. I felt that this novel worked well as a stand-alone, especially if McHugh had dedicated a few more pages or chapters to several unanswered questions about Kensi, Javier, and their combined stories. This novel, by no means, tells a complete story, but the cliff-hangers that McHugh ends the novel with work well to enthrall the reader into wanting the next book. Yet, depending on the story McHugh has left to tell in the Rodeo Academy series, A Cowboy’s Sweetheart could have been concluded had McHugh opted to include the resolutions necessary for the conflicts still present by novel’s end.

A Cowboy’s Sweetheart is a tale that blends two perspectives, the spoiled city-girl and the angry country boy, in a heart-warming story that not only leads to love, but new-found appreciation and respect for the other side. I’m eager to discover what McHugh has planned next for her series.

Summary: Kensington Pope loves her pampered life in New York City but after a run in with the police Kensi finds herself being sent to live with her aunt and uncle on their ranch in the middle of nowhere. Kensi desperately wants to return home but between her new friendship with her cousin Sierra and a possible romance with ranch hand Javier Kensi may prefer ranch life to city life.

Review: A couple years ago I was given a copy of Crista McHugh’s “Confessions of a Queen B*” and it was just a fun, fluffy romance. The same can be said for “The Cowboy’s Sweetheart”. This is the kind of book that you read when you’re looking for a completely mindless read. Kensi is a basic YA romance protagonist and Javier feels like many other love interests and their story follows the predictable route. However, I am okay with all that because the book was fun and I enjoyed the hours I spent reading it. The story is simple and feels familiar but I okay with that, too. It’s perfectly fine the story isn’t filled with surprises or that the characters are uniquely original. “The Cowboy’s Sweetheart” was a simple romance that delivered what it promised and was just fun to read.

Final Rating: 3 out of 5

Awesome read, this book is about a young lady who was sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle as punishment. However it turned out to be a life lesson in “what being a member of a family is all about”. She learned how to be a true family member. This book is filled with compassion and love. I highly recommend it!

I thought this book was fantastic! I love the Romance between Javier and Kensi. At first there is tension like any good Romance but once they let their guard down and let the other person really get to know them Sparks fly!!!! It is exactly what I would expect from this type of story. I enjoy the writers way of telling the story. I can't wait to read the next book in the series

I received an ARC of A Cowboy's Sweetheart through Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

Overall, I really enjoyed A Cowboy's Sweetheart. I really loved that the romance was slow burning and wasn't just an instant thing. It felt authentic and much more believable.

This story was very short (164 for ebook/216 for physical). It would have been the perfect length if the story was just focused solely on the romance, but there are so many subplots throughout the story that I was ultimately left wanting so much more from the story. I wanted to know what came to be about Sierra and Javier's brothers and so many other things that were brought up in the story.

While I don't think this book was very different than others like it, it was still enjoyable overall. It was cutesy and had enough drama that kept me hooked and wanting to finish the story quickly to know what happened.

Thank you Netgalley for giving me a DRC of this e-book.

A Cowboy's Sweetheart is a first book of the Rodeo Academy series. Kensington Pope, Kensi for short, has sent to the ranch from her parents after a disaster that happened at her home in New York City. Then, she stayed at her aunt's ranch for six weeks and she is doing a dressage practice for the competition. At the ranch, Kensi met a guy named Javier. They talk often during her stay.

There are few errors but this e-book is great. I like the plot and characters. I am looking forward to read the next e-book of this series.

I am not a fan of horses, rodeo, cowboys BUT I like the story, I like the snooty heroine here with a gold heart.💕

One thing that bothered me though, maybe its culture or something but, an 18yo will raise three younger brothers and a 17yo who wants to stay in the ranch because of the boy, and famiy of course. but really.. it bothers me. specially the reality of our situation today..

A city girl and country boy a fun quick romance. I enjoyed the main characters but this is a typical story I felt I have read and seen before. A fun read the characters are great and the writing is enjoyable. A fun beach read.

Short and sweet and highly readable, this book was right up my alley and I couldn't help picking it up. Rich girl/poor boy? Cowboys? Yes, please! I really liked the characters and chemistry between our two leads, the sweet moments between them were downright adorable and their relationship got me very invested. I liked all the side characters as well and I tore through the book in less than 24 hours.

Buuuut (you knew there was a but, there's always a but) when I say short I do mean short. At 164 pages I probably could have ready any story in less than 24 hours. If the book had been strictly focused on Kensie and Javier, it would have been a perfect length, but it had enough subplots and side relationships to carry a full-sized novel. Kensie didn't just have to learn humility and fall for a cute boy, she also had to form relationships with her extended family and find a new coach and prep for an international competition and reject basically everything her parents stood for and discover her own self worth and struggle with confidence issues and and and and. Javier got it even worse, with a tragic backstory and a court custody battle. All of these other things were touched on and...kinda did okay, but still suffered from being so truncated.

Javier, while I love him, is also some problematic rep. He's...of some unclear ancestry on dad's side, and mom is Mexican-American. Literally everything in the book related to his parents is a tragic downer. He has no relationship to his culture or past that isn't 100% death and crying. I would have liked to see something other than 'my heritage got me bullied and there is literally nothing good about it.'

And, while I am a sucker for rich girl/poor boy, this book went ahead and failed where every other book in this genre has failed for me, too. I love the idea of people connecting across class lines and learning about each other's problems and trauma and bonding over similarities they didn't expect to find but that doesn't mean you have to flatten all trauma into the same 'level' of 'bad.' It got especially egregious in this novel, where Kensie repeatedly used the word 'survive.' She had to 'survive' in her upper crust NYC society, everything was 'fighting to survive.' And she said this to a guy who literally had to kill someone in self defense or be killed. Girl, you were not in a survival situation. It did better than a lot of books I've read with this trope, but when it fucked up, it fucked up with fireworks.

I still really liked the relationship(s) in this book, and I want to read more from this author. But the 'buts' are some pretty big ones, and will turn off a lot of readers.

City girl and country boy sounds like the reverse of Journey's Don't Stop Believing. I did enjoy having the main characters walls broken down so she could realize her true world. It was nice that she can find a place that really appreciated her for who she was.

This was an adorable romance story. The main characters as well as the side. Bar tees had distinct personalities and voices. The storyline while was well developed and complimented the romance nicely. The development of the romance felt natural and well paced. I recommend picking this up if you're in the mood for a young adult romance.

I posted my review on GoodReads as well and I will also discuss this book in my reading wrap-up at the end of the month of my BookTube Channel: http://bit.ly/2JeQGY

I wasn't in love with this book as I felt the pacing of the book was a bit off. I felt at the beginning it was really slow and then suddenly everything was happening so quickly that you couldn't really understand the characters and delve into their personalties. I did however like the idea of the story and I really loved the ending.

I don't know if students will relate to the main character or the Western setting, but I did think this was a cute story about personal growth, and overcoming neglectful parenting. These are two important ideas that students could relate to. The pace of the book moves pretty quickly. I did think the Uncle was kind of a jerk. He judges the protagonist quite harshly, even though he should have had a very clear idea of how neglectful her parents were.

Actual Rate: 3.5 Stars.
I read this book in one afternoon and putting aside some repetitions and the excessive background, the narrative is great. Good pace and good dialogues.
I could say that A Cowboy’s Sweetheart is a story about discovering yourself, while you’re growing up but is not. Kensi, the main character knows exactly who she is and how much capable she is. Yes, she’s a spoiled child but the pretensions are part of herself and no in a wrong way but in a funny way. I love strong characters and Kensi is a real heroine.
But there is much more in this book, there is compassion, family’s love, romance, (actually the first kiss scene is absolutely adorable,) frightening scene and others sensitive issues that the author handles well.
Now, if it is just for Kensi, this book would deserve a higher rate, but because her love interest, it didn’t happen. Javier just isn’t the best choice for the heroin, his constant change of mind about her made me think he never believed in her and that was just wrong.
Another thing that it didn’t work for me was Uncle Bobby, the character is a jerk. Yes, that shouldn’t be a problem, after all, there are lots of jerk in many books, but in this case, he’s an authority and he behaves like a little boy with a tantrum, plus, when he and Javier talk about Kensi, well let say that, it’s really creepy. And, even when the story shows how important family is, sometimes the family dynamic wasn’t the best. Kensi’s relatives want her to understand their world, but they don’t take their time to understand hers, so it isn’t fair or the best attitude.
I felt like nobody sees the real Kensi.
And the end was chopped when in my opinion the reader should have a little more. However, despite the few things that I wasn’t convinced of, this is a great reading, sweet and heartfelt, with, I insist, a strong heroine, that’s why I full recommended.
Enjoy!
I received an ARC from Victoria Editing through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. And I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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things I liked:
-COWBOYS AND COUNTRY LIFESTYLE
-character growth!!
-steamy cowboy make out sessions
-family orientated
-perfect light hearted summer read
-perfect amount of cringiness and stereotypes you would expect in a cowboy romance

things I didn’t like:
-quite a few typos
-although there was character growth, I feel like it wasn’t properly developed and it was kinda like the author just switched a switch on the characters
-Uncle Bobby as a whole. He felt like a weird judgmental uncle.
-the fact that this is a series and not a stand alone.

Overall, I liked it enough to give it 3.25 stars :) a solid read!