actually kind of blown away by how much i enjoyed reading this romance! it was very feel-good, fluffy, light on angst, etc, and it did get somewhat preachy regarding the anxiety storyline, but the dialogue, plot, and overall writing made up for its flaws for the most part!

5 stars for Finn, 2 stars for Natalie, averaging the overall book to about a 3.5. Plus the cover is a GEM! I love hiking and adventure stories, plus the idea that its set on the AT and within a reality "survivor" kind of show just sounded so fun! It ended up being a slight let down. I applaud the author for incorporating mental health and anxiety--I, too, was someone whose grades dropped in college because of anxiety much like the MC--but I didn't care for how it was written in this book. Maybe there are others out there who will relate better than I did but it wasn't for me. And I'll say again--Finn for the absolute win in this book! He was an excellent male character and book boyfriend.

Book Review:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

College isn’t going the way Natalie Hart envisioned it! Overcome with anxiety, her grades have suffered and resulted in the loss of her scholarship. So when she sees an opportunity to win $100,000 she knows she has to jump at it. The only problem, it requires her to participate in a reality show while hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT). Will this girly-girl be able to overcome her biggest fears and insecurities, or will she be forced to drop out of college and return home to parents who don’t understand her?

I loved this book!!! As someone who enjoys both hiking and reality tv equally, it was the perfect combination. It quenches my thirst for adventure without having to leave the confines of my cozy home.

This book is perfect for fans of:
-grumpy/ sunshine
- opposites attract
-mental health representation
-outdoor adventures
-YA romance

Special thanks to Netgalley, Delacorte Romance, and Kaitlyn Hull for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest feedback.

This was a cute book but I just couldn't give it a 5 stars :( -sorry
We have the grumpy x sunshine troup within an adventure of a reality show
Natalie and Finn are on a reality show and end up getting paired up.
I loved Natalie and how she was so friendly and outgoing trying to make the best of everything. She was very relatable.
Then we have Finn, who ohmygosh I wanted to slap at one point bc he was being so rude. Thank goodness for character development.
Maybe the reason I couldn't get into this book as much as I should have is bc it was based on reality TV and I am not really a fan of it.
This book def has some heavy topics in it, just a heads up.
I think it is worth a read.

I really enjoyed this one. I loved Finn, and I was quick to judge Natalie as well (I mean, makeup while hiking... come on girlie!). It was a fun story to follow as well as these characters and seeing them develop!

Cute read, reality show type of book, rom-com with cute young adult aspects, slow build relationship and mental health aspects

This one was really cute overall a good read and perfect for a beach day or relaxing. If you’re a fan of rom-com I HIGHLY recommend and the characters are likable. I found myself laughing out loud at some parts.

My first impression of Natalie is she’s over the top, excessive, and a bit obnoxious. But as you get to understand and know why she is the way she is, as for Finn he’s a cutie. Shy and quiet until you meet him and his dad jokes.

I’ll be checking out more books by this author in the future

Oh my gosh!! I loved this book!!! An amazing YA Sweet Romance! I'll definitely be recommending it to people!💜💜

I thoroughly enjoyed this story! Like Fin, I definitely judged Natalie at first, with the makeup while hiking, etc but the story was so fun, and had good depth to it. I found myself not wanting to put the book down, and read most of it in one sitting.

This book was a sweet and fun read! This is more geared toward teens which I didn't realize, but had some of my favorite tropes! Grumpy x sunshine and opposites attract. The author was able to portay a sweet little love story that's the perfect pallet cleanser for in between books! A super easy read and a fun one!

Look, I think Kaitlyn Hill's brand of cute and funny romcoms are just exactly my speed, alright? I loved Love From Scratch — and some of the important conversations brought up within about harassment within the workplace and being an online persona dealing with hate / parasocial relationships — and this book followed that same sort of path.

Please appreciate that unintentional-at-first-but-I'm-keeping-it pun.

Anyway! This time our backdrop is a survivor type reality show, but we also get a lovely look on how grief can sneak up on you when you least expect it. How it's an important part of you that is okay to share with people close to you. How anxiety doesn't have to completely control your life and make you weak. And I know maybe that sounds heavy for a romance book, but I promise that it didn't feel that way while reading it. Did I get a bit misty-eyed when Natalie would talk about her grandmother or Finn about his dad? Sure. But they were always in the context of looking back fondly on these memories full of love, so the context wasn't really sad. I promise, this book doesn't come off feeling overly sad (and I've been super sensitive to that stuff since losing my grandfather and have tried my hardest to avoid books with heavy topics, so take my words with a little weight, at least!).

The daily challenges for the reality show aspect of this were super fun to read about as well. I loved watching Natalie get to be in her element with horseback riding, or Finn acing the trivia challenge, or Natalie helping a "rival" contestant with a challenge that she was scared of to pay back that team helping her previously — and seeing beautiful friendships bloom out of that. The adventures were both entertaining and heartwarming so many times!

Kaitlyn Hill really does just have a special touch when it comes to feel-good romcoms, and I'm always going to be on the lookout for her books in the future. (Plus, cool to see that this one tied back into Love From Scratch in the tiniest way too! I haven't read Not Here To Stay Friends yet, though I have it downloaded and hope to get to it soon, but curious to see if that ties in to either of these as well! Love when authors make their own tiny 'cinematic universes', if you will.)

This was a super fun rom-com set on the Appalachian Trail and as part of a reality show for college co-eds that totally fit the vibe of the Amazing Race. This was fun and had a lot of depth as it delete with anxiety and grief in a well done way. I really enjoyed this one! Thank you netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

3.5 stars- This was a fun, no-spice grumpy-sunshine romance. I initially wasn’t sure about the main character, but she quickly grew on me. I would have probably preferred the main characters to be just a handful of years older, but considering the plot, I understood why they were only 19. The level of “spice” felt very appropriate for the age of the characters. The plot was fun, funny and a little suspenseful at times and I appreciated how the main character’s mental health was discussed. I enjoyed that although this was a standalone book, it did have characters from the author’s first book. I would definitely be interested in reading books featuring some of the side characters.
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House- Delacorte for providing me access to this eARC for my honest opinion!

After not like the author's first two books I wanted to give this one a try. And for me it was a half way through DNF. I liked the premise of this one. Hiking the Appalachian trail and a rom com to boot. However I didn't like the heroine. I mean I don't care if your on a reality TV show for hiking you don't wear of a full face of make on, and you don't waste precious space in a hiking backpack with a full make up bag.

Grumpy sunshine teen romance is all you need to know for this story.
After Natalie has lost her scholarship and refuses to become a burden to her parents she decides to try out for a popular reality show, Wild Adventures. It this something she's done before, no.... but is that stopping her for trying to win the $100,000. Well one thing might stop her, her randomly chosen broody grumpy partner, Finn. Finn might see Natalie as a new good city influencer girl but that doesn't stop Natalie from proving to him that she can do this, with or without him.

This was a cute story! Natalie is a very perky, high spirited girl. She is well versed on herself and how she presents herself. She feels bad that she lost her scholarship and is trying anything to prevent her parents from paying it. She was funny and really was able to show a different side of her.

Finn is definitely a grumpy. He has high hopes of losing this especially with Natalie at his side but after a couple days and challenges they were able to open up to each other. He showed a different side of him off camera that it was nice when him and natalie had their moments. I'm glad Finn was able to express why he was trying to earn the money. I think it becomes more hopeful to winner for them both after that. They really are opposites but compliment each other really well.

YA Romance recommendation time!! I absolutely love @thekaitlynhill book series set in the reality tv world. The 3 books are stand alone romances and all so fun!

Wild About You is the most recent release which follows Finn and Natalie as they are teamed up to compete on a reality show along the Appalachian Trail. I enjoyed the enemies to lovers trope and appreciated the way in which they were each dealing with grief in their own way.

Large-than-life Natalie is swimming in student loans —the solution—sign up for a reality TV show to hike the Appalachian trail and win the prize money. Except, Natalie hasn’t hiked before and her backpack is more makeup than practical necessities. When she's partnered with a broody grump, Finn, the prize money she so badly needs seems more unobtainable than ever.

A few tough challenges, moments of friction, and some tent sharing later, a bond begins to grow and something much more than fire kindling sparks between the pair.

This is a fast-paced read filled with Appalachian beauty and tension as the college-aged couples compete to survive and win challenges that allow them to progress to the next round. Natalie's anxiety disorder was realistically portrayed and the characters were distinct and well written.

Highly recommend this fun, sweet read!

Thank you to @netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Wild About You by Kaitlyn Hill is a young adult contemporary romance novel with a side of adventure to it. The story in Wild About You is one that involves the old opposites attract and a grumpy/sunshine romance. If you're looking for a sweet YA book about camping, falling in love, forced proximity, and grumpy/sunshine, this is a good choice for you. I am a huge fan of YA novels, and this one dealt with some heavy topics, like grief and anxiety, all while having humorous moments.

This was a story that definitely grew on me as I continued reading. Initially, I was turned off by his rudeness, which came with instantaneous judging on his part. While I don't relate to Natalie's need for make-up and "looking good" (I'm more of a comfort gal), I do relate to her desire to want to be friends with everyone, especially a teammate you have to work with. I also loved the special relationship she had with her grandmother, and her need to be validated for choosing a path that may have been considered impractical.

I also really liked how the author dealt with Natalie's anxiety/panic attacks as well as the trauma from her loss of what was her only cheerleader in what she wanted to do with her life. I enjoyed the tropes of found family, one bed/room/tent, grumpy vs. smiley (even with her anxiety, she was clearly the sunshine of the two), and as I said, I thought the author did a good job of representing what anxiety might look like in someone's life. As Natalie and the rest of us started learning more about Finn, I realized that while her way of dealing with anxiety and grief was to put on a happy face, his way of dealing with grief was to close himself off, both normal ways of dealing with grief. Because the fact is, there is no right way of dealing with grief.

In the end, this was a feelgood romance with the expected HEA with some complexity to it. I enjoyed it a lot more than I was expecting and would recommend this for a summer beach read.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I absolutely adored this book. As a fan of Kaitlyn Hill’s previous books I was excited to see this fresh new take on her reality television books. As someone who is not in the least an outdoorsy type I could definitely relate to our fmc. I love the dislike to like trope as our main characters had some ground to go both in their relationship and on the course. This had everything I wanted and more. And I adored the competition pieces and the rewards for different challenges. It was giving survivor meets the amazing races vibes! Overall a fantastic read.

This is the first book I have read by Kaitlyn Hill, and it will not be the last. It was funny, romantic, competitive, and reflective. I love the outdoors and hiking at least a part of the trail would fulfill a bucket list item for me. Both Finn and Natalie has different reasons for being in the Wild Adventures reality show. They come from different backgrounds, grew up knowing different kinds of love. Even with the differences, what happens on the trail, does not necessarily stay on the trail, especially when everyone is watching. This book will go into my high school class library. Truly enjoyed this book.