I loved this one so much, I’ve loved all of Kaitlyn’s books and this one is my new favorite! Cute, outdoorsy romance that will have you swooning.

In Wild About You anxiety ridden Natalie Hart loses her college merit scholarship and decides to enter the teen version of Wild Adventures, a reality TV show with a grand prize of a $100,000 scholarship. The challenge is to hike the Appalachian trail, while completing various tasks with a complete stranger. She is paired with Finn Markum, who resents Natalie's brash perky personality and lack of outdoors experience. He is grieving his father's death, as he had hoped to do Wild Adventures as a father/son duo. Natalie with her complex beauty routines seems like a thorn in his side. As they complete one task after another, he finds Natalie has skills he hadn't counted on needing and realizes they make a good team. This slow burning romance explores mental health issues and grieving, as well as how to trust oneself when the going gets tough.

Very enjoyable YA novel about college students competing on a wilderness reality show. The relationship that developed between Natalie and Finn was sweet and funny, and the reality show aspect was entertaining. The depictions of Natalie’s anxiety were well-handled.

This was soooo fun!!! I wish that Wild Adventures was real, I’d watch the heck out of it lol.

I really adored everything about Wild About You. I don’t normally like grumpy x sunshine, so I super appreciated that Finn was only grumpy for a couple of chapters. I loved the hiking, the AT fun facts and history, Harper’s growth as a friend and how she loved and encouraged Natalie, and I really loved seeing more of Reese and Benny.

Super fun and easy audiobook that I listened to in a couple of days. I’m looking forward to Hill’s next book…. Hopefully it’ll be about Clara to complete the friendship trio. :)

This was such a fun and cute book. I really liked that this book was a mix between survivor and the amazing race tv shows! It was such a fun game and genuinely a good read. I loved all of the challenges they did and honestly wouldn't mind if this was an actual tv show!
Natalie was such a fun and interesting character I loved her character development and how she grew real confidence instead of faking it throughout the challenges & Finn was such a cute grumpy man, loved getting to know him and what his reasoning for being on the show was.
Such a cute book and I would definitely recommend it to my rom-com lovers!

As always, Kaitlyn's books are a sweet delight. She's one of the YA authors writing in the space right now who has a real hand for comedy, both in one-liners and in physical comedy. I don't read much YA anymore, but I always make room for Kaitlyn's books because they have so much humor and heart.

I absolutely LOVED this grumpy x sunshine, forced proximity, dual POV, YA reality tv show story that sees two college students paired up to compete in a competition race to hike the Appalachian Trail. The mental health rep in this book was outstanding! I

loved how much focus was spent on FMC, Natalie' anxiety disorder as she learns how to deal with negative thoughts, panic attacks and more. The chemistry between her and partner Finn was top notch and I loved that Finn was a nerdy, book-loving grump who does his best to encourage and build Natalie up once he realizes there's more to her than the superficial blonde Southern persona she projects.

Great on audio narrated by Amanda Stribling and perfect for fans of books like Grandma Gatewood's walk, Anita Kelly's Something wild & wonderful or Katherine Center's Happiness for beginners. Many thanks to NetGalley and @prhaudio for a complimentary digital and audio copy in exchange for my honest review!

A grumpy x sunshine romance where two college students - Natalie and Finn - are thrown together as part of an adventure reality show. There's a whole lot of forced proximity and even the one bed trope (one tent). Natalie needs the prize money for college tuition since her anxiety has caused her to lose her scholarship.

I liked the relationship development between Finn and Natalie. Even with the short timeline of the show, the forced proximity made it feel realistic. I also loved the anxiety representation.

Overall a cute, tropey read even if I started off disliking Finn.

3.75 stars

This book is the perfect summer read! Hill always does a remarkable job with the enemies to lovers trope and has outdone herself on the romance front with this book. I also appreciated the time taken to try and get details about the trail as close to accurate as possible.

I loved this YA forced proximity book. Their journey to falling in love was so adorable and I am looking forward to more from Kaitlyn Hill!

This was a good story where kids applied for a show and trying to earn money for college. Along the way she gets paired up with someone who is her opposite and learn about themselves along the way.

2.5 stars, I think i've learned that this author is just not for me. I almost didn't finish it, and while i'm glad i pushed through, there's something about the writing that has consistently made it challenging for me to connect with the characters. I think the lack of maturity drives me a little bit crazy and maybe that's just the stage of life i'm in. I previously DNF'd a book by this author and I choose to try again because I thought the premise for this one sounded fun and unique. Once we got to a vulnerable state for the characters, things started to get better and i did like the latter half of the book. I personally connected more with Finn because of his grief journey. I think the ancillary characters could have been fleshed out better and dug deeper into Natalie's strained relationship with her parents. I also didn't quite feel like i knew why the two characters liked each other and wanted to be in a relationship beyond their forced proximity. overall, the competition plot of the book made for some fun scenes that kept me going and i did like the ending but i just don't feel like the book dug deep enough for me.

DNF. I didn't realize this one was YA and quickly realized this didn't work for me. I tried to read another Kaitlyn Hill book last year and didn't enjoy it - so I think this author just isn't for me. It was cheesy and over-the-top right off the bat, so I just wasn't interested. Thanks anyway for the ARC.

This was a fun book! It’s the first one I’ve read where the setting revolves around a reality tv competition. While it wasn't my favorite setting, I enjoyed the writing style. I didn’t love Natalie and found her slightly annoying, but I appreciated the mental health representation. On the other hand, Finn was a joy to read about, and I appreciated his story about loss and grief. This was a cute, fun read. Team Finnatalie forever!

Thinks I Loved:
-Anxiety Rep
-Only One Tent
-Forced Proximity
-Grumpy/Sunshine
-Reality TV Adventure
-Outdoorsy

Thanks NetGalley for an advanced copy in return for an honest review.

Natalie and Finn describe how a mature relationship should be between two college seniors. This book did everything right. It starts off by describing how Natalie wants to win the money in order to pay for school and joins the games. Much to her surprise she is paired up with grumpy Finn and they both decide to win it all. This book touches topics of grief and anxiety. I really enjoyed it. Will be telling the students about this new book.

Really cute book. I read it super quickly. I liked the characters, I thought the story was cute. It was a refreshing, light read.

Wild About You by Kaitlyn Hill is a fun, fast-paced read that will have you cheering for Natalie and Finn. The reality show setting on the Appalachian Trail was a unique and refreshing backdrop for this opposites-attract romance.

Hill does a great job of balancing the intense competition with the blossoming relationship between Natalie and Finn. Their banter is witty and keeps the pages turning. However, while the characters were likable, I found myself wanting a bit more depth to their personal struggles.

Overall, Wild About You is a solid romantic comedy perfect for a beach day or lazy afternoon. It's a quick escape with plenty of laughs and swoony moments.

Natalie and Finn each need money for college and they are each part of a group of teens that apply for a substantial scholarship. The scholarship involved hiking through part of the Appalachian Trail, finding hints to discover the next challenge, complete the challenge and finish the hike before anyone else in the group. Natalie is outgoing, loves to talk, and has never set foot in the wilderness. Finn is quiet, never talks and is completely at home on the trail. Those two are chosen to work together, and, obviously, sparks fly. A good romance for young teens. Thanks to NetGalley for an arc and no pressure for a positive review.

Loved the setting of the trail and some of the tasks each team had to undertake to try to win the money. However I thought Natalie was rather ditsy at times. The slow burn romance between her and Finn was nicely done. 3.5 stars

Wow. I wanted a palette cleanser after reading a fantasy duology, but my goodness I didn't think I'd love it so well!

For one, being from Western NC, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian Trail are pretty familiar to me. Also, being a watcher of the show Alone, I could relate a lot to the concept of the story.

I didn't think I would like Natalie at first, mainly because of her dramatic and outlandish personality with her huge cosmetic bag she brings on the trip. But when she opened up and faced her struggles, I grew to like her more.

Same can be said about Finn, who did not have much of a personality at all in the beginning. Finn's character grew on me like a fungus. (Get it?)

Overall, I loved it and it was a great quick read. Not spicy with all the tropes laid out like grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, and enemies to lovers.