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I requested this for consideration for Book Riot's All the Books podcast for its release date. After sampling several books out this week, I decided to go with a different book for my review.

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This was so cute! I loved the way that they met at a party and how he was shy when talking to her. I think every girl would love to be with a guy who is shy around them because they think we’re so pretty! I just wish there were more times where they had tension and longing.

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This book was better that I thought it would be. It is a very cute book and concentrates a lot on personal growth and self talk as well as healthy relationship dynamics. I appreciated those aspects being sprinkled in along with it being a spicy romance, camp scenario. I will definitely go back and read more in the same world. I have not read Icebreaker yet!

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I DNFed this book. I honestly do not get the hype around this work, and not a huge fan of the writing. I didn't read their first book, but I had high hopes for this one.

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For anyone worried about whether or not Hannah Grace was going to deliver with book two, fear not because she has done it again. This has all the spice and banter we love and our favorite returning characters. Hannah Grace is a force and this book is a masterpiece.

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I really enjoyed this contemporary romance. The characters were adorable and there was a nice amount of spice thrown in.

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I loved the second book in the Maple Hills series by Hannah Grace. It was just as swoonworthy and addictive as her first book, Icebreaker. Wildfire features another hockey player who has swagger and knows how to make a girl swoon. I loved that the book took place at summer camp; the two main characters were camp counselors for the summer. I would classify this as a. new adult, as the characters are both college aged. Great story line, lots of angst, and lots of steam.

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I liked the very beginning of this book--I think the way that Grace spent so much time on the "setup" one night stand really emulates the feeling of a night out when you're young. But the camp setting, though cute, didn't feel like it used the charming cast of characters from book 1 to its fullest. This was overall satisfying, though.

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A solid second book in the series, though I was hoping for Henry's story. Can we get his next? Good spice, and solid storyline.

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3.75 stars
I really enjoyed these characters and their story. I had such high expectations after IceBreaker that I was a little underwhelmed by this story. It didn't completely make sense why she picked Russ as the main character when he was pretty minor in the first book in the series.
The two main characters really bonded over their daddy issues and suffered from a lot of miscommunication because they didn't want to talk about those issues. Sometimes the characters felt superficial because as a reader we also didn't always get the details that helped explain the character.

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I had lower expectations for this book because I had wanted to learn Henry's story first, but wow did I enjoy these characters. Russ is such a sweetheart! I loved learning his story. He and Aurora both had interesting backgrounds and things they needed to come to terms with and move on from. The camp setting made it harder to build the sexual tension, but I got to learn so much more about the personalities of the characters because of it. There was still sufficient spicy though. Overall a great read!

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This was a breath of fresh air. I absolutely adored this book and it's actually my first book by Hannah Grace. I loved the low angst, the impeccable communication between the two characters and most of all I loved Russ and Aurora individually. Russ was the sweetest shy man I have ever read about and Aurora was so much fun and I saw so much of myself in Aurora which made me love her even more. This book tugged on so many of my heartstrings and although it was soft and low angst, it still made me very emotional at times. I have no idea how the author managed to create that perfect of a found family in such a short amount of time, but I hope we get more camp books in the future (give us a Xander book!!!) This book has my whole heart, I enjoyed it immensly.

Thank you #netgalley and the author for providing me with an arc in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own!

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Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book!

Naturally, like everyone else that read Icebreaker, I was beyond excited for this book. However, I do find that I liked Icebreaker better, but it also had some of my preferred tropes compared to this. It was definitely a slow burn, which I don't mind at all. Overall it was an adorable, cheesy, rom com that had some spice, and also delved into some family issues. Definitely worth the read.

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Hannah is an amazing writer and weaves in emotional themes coupled with humor, lightheartedness, and steam, and Wildfire hits the same way as Icebreaker did in those ways. The characters are vibrant and funny, and I had a good time.

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Though we enjoyed the initial offering in this series, this followup felt forced and overly long. It's fun to see some of the background development of the banter amongst the friend group, but this was not a solid enough conflict or set of plot points to warrant a standalone journey being followed.

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I love camp and I enjoyed Icebreaker, but unfortunately I didn't love this book as much as I hoped. I found the relationships slightly stilted and the conversations not as engaging as I had hoped. I had high hopes and unfortunately it didn't meet them.

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After reading Icebreaker I was super excited to read more from Hannah Grace. I will say I do think you should read the first book, but it is not necessary. In all honesty Icebreaker wasn’t my favorite, but after reading Wildifre, I will say this was more of my cup of tea. We met Russ in the last book, and I really enjoyed getting to see his POV in this book. I will say I was surprised that this was the character Hannah picked to make the second book for but I really did enjoy it!

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I absolutely love Aurora and Russ. Icebreaker set the bar so high, I felt like the plot in "Wildfire" was slightly lacking. Overall, this was a fast, cozy, summer-camp-vibe and I loved it. I always wanted to go to camp as a kid and never got to so I was vicariously living through these characters. A solid 4 stars from me! Also Hannah Grace, please give us a book on Henry, please!

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Another good read from Hannah Grace!
While in a hockey romance series, there is much less hockey. This title is set at a summer camp where the main characters are counselors. This was a solid romance with fast pacing. Despite that, it still felt long at times. A lot of the same issues were repeated over and over partially by nature of being at a summer camp with rules against counselor fraternization. However, it would have been nice to see different conflict and mental health issues surrounding more than family issues (not belittling family issues as a strain though).

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I have fallen in love with Hannah Grace’s universe.
This is a great story for any romance lover and a special bonus for those who would spend their summers a sleep away camp. I loved the ties to sleep away camp, and reminded me a lot of me early teen years and always being nosy of what the camp counselors were up to, so this books feed my imagination lol
Both characters were really easy to follow and their story and chemistry flowed really well on the page!

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