Natalie Hart desperately needs money to pay her college tuition, so the theatre major submits her name for the reality TV series Wild Adventures. When she gets selected for the show, her need to win might be thwarted by her surly partner Finn. Natalie keeps up with her skincare routine and applies makeup dutifully every morning before filming begins, much to Finn's chagrin.

Finn is the target demographic for a show like this, and camping novice Natalie frustrates him to no end. But they begin to connect after discovering that they both packed the same non-essential item -- a Kindle. Sharing reading recommendations proves to be a great bonding experience for the partners, and their successes in the competition bring them closer together.

Their forced proximity and the high stakes competition is a baptism by fire for their bodies and their emotions. Recommended for readers of contemporary romance, especially the premise of hiking the Appalachian Trail is intriguing to said reader.

Representation: single parent with disability

Really cute story and I love the Survivor/Reality TV angle. I love the FMC, she's very vibrant and likable as a character and I was rooting her right from the start. I also liked that she understood how to play the game and played to the camera. It gives the book a feeling of breaking the 4th wall, similarly to the latest season of the Kardashians where they share a lot more about the behind the scenes of filming a show, which I find fascinating.

The only hangup for me was that I never quite understood why the MMC didn't like the FMC and was so cold and rude to her. I feel like having more info about him or getting his perspective for a chapter here and there would've helped round out his character. Without that, it made it difficult to believe that they could turn things around so much for that happy ending. And, because he's so quiet and standoffish, it doesn't give the reader any opportunity to connect with him.

The cover of this book is great. The story line failed to hook me though. It was slow and I didn't feel like there was enough tension. The characters are nice and it probably would have been a great movie or tv series, however, reading it was a little rough and I almost dnf unfortunately

Thanks to NetGalley for the eARC! I'd give it 3.5 stars. The romance between Finn and Natalie had its strengths, particularly with a well-written, believable reality TV setting and engaging outdoor challenges. Natalie’s humor and Finn’s positive character development were highlights and the diverse cast was realistic and likable.

However, the abrupt transition from dislike to romance felt unconvincing, and Finn sometimes seemed unrealistically perfect. Despite these issues, the story was cute and clean in terms of the overall storyline, language, and romance.

I was very bored with this book. I feel like the aspect of them outdoors on this game show was a very unique storyline that I enjoyed. I 120% believe that if you want to do the grumpy/sunshine trope then you HAVE to have dual POV or else it makes the MMC just look insufferable and a jerk. I could not come around to liking him because he was too grumpy. Natalie was also a mess and very annoying to me. I did not care for her character at all. Finn and Natalie really lacked the depth for me to really root for the both of them. I feel like the cover of this book is very cute but the contents in it definitely need some work.

3.5 Stars

This was such a fun and sweet romance. I loved that Natalie and Finn were partners on a reality TV outdoor adventure show. I enjoyed the competitiveness of Natalie and how she was unapologetically herself. Initially Finn was quiet and grumpy but by the end he came out of his shell and was the sweetest. Their relationship was realistic and gradual but I was rooting for their relationship and for them to win the competition. If you’re looking you a light hearted romance with a little bit of adventure, check this one out.

I am pretty sure this was my first book by this author. I loved the cover and the blurb definitely made me want to pick this one up!

The book is told from one point-of-view and it comes from Natalie Hart. She has made it onto a reality show all about outdoors survival. She really isn’t that type of girl either and the contestants are ruthless when it comes to who they team up with and who they will be friends with. Some were just rude from the get-go and I didn’t understand why, but I guess that is what happens during a competition.

Natalie was a good character. She did her best to win people over, like Finn, and wanted the world to see her for who she was. I liked her little bits with the camera and recording herself. The relationship between her and Finn was fine, but I feel like the enemies-to-lovers was pushed too much. I also didn’t feel the sparks between them, but at least there was cute moments between them!

One of my favorite parts of the book was the setting. I don’t live too far from the Smokey Mountains and it was cool to imagine it all happening.

Overall, this was a good book. I enjoyed the setting and seeing what would happen next with the reality show!

This book was cute but felt a bit too young and immature for me - definitely more of a YA novel. I liked Natalie for the most part but her dialogue tended to get a bit annoying for me. I also felt like there was a complete black and white switch in Finn pretty quick which I wish was given more time to develop. I really liked the premise of the book but it didn’t come through for me like I hoped it would.

This was a cute coming of age romance! A great anxiety rep as well as processing grief! The adventure in this book is also a great, think amazing race for college kids!

This was a cute YA contemporary romance! I’m a big fan of the tv show, Amazing Race! I’m also a big fan of hiking and the Great Smokey Mountains! So, this really was the perfect book for me.

I loved all of the different competitions. It was a little repetitive at times, but didn’t take away from my overall enjoyment. I enjoyed all of the nature references. I really felt like I was there in the woods. The bear made it even more real.

Finn and Natalia were two very complicated people, but I enjoyed how they worked together. There is a fair about of assumptions being made and miscommunication between the two, but they are young so it makes sense. The way they came together in the end was especially sweet.

Read if you like:
💕 Grumpy/Sunshine
💕 Anxiety Rep
💕 Reality Shows
💕 Outdoor Settings

This book was really cute and the wilderness setting was honestly done really well.

I wish I would've liked it more but the thing that its keeping me from giving it a higher rating is that I didn't fall super in love with the characters. Other than that the book was well done but it just wasn't my cup of tea.

Please do not let my review deter you from reading this book. There are a lot of people that will love this book but it just didn't click with me

Thank you netgalley for giving me the opportunity to review this book!!

this was my first read by Kaitlyn and it most definitely will not be my last…as I’m kind of obsessed now 🤭 im a sucker for YA romance because they’re typically fun and lovey-dovey, if you will, and this one delivered for me!!

i really admire the fact that there were both an anxiety and grief rep, as both hit close to home in a good way 💓 Natalie and Finn were so funny and great together; this was a cute read overall!

Cute, YA romance. I enjoyed it, but I found Natalie annoying as can be at the beginning. She gets more tolerable, but ultimately doesn’t all the way redeem herself. I wish it had been a dual perspective book, as I’d have liked to get Finn’s perspective on all the situations.

This was an OK read for me.

Sweet Teen/YA about Natalie and Finn who meet and are paired as partners on a reality show to win college scholarships and filmed along the Appalachian Trail. She’s a definite extrovert (annoying for me at times) with some anxiety and family issues. He’s a bit subdued and dealing with a tragic loss in his life. Along the trail they learn there’s more to the other than originally thought, and they learn how to survive as partners. And I would also add that I was happy to see Natalie’s character mature a little more along the way.

Cute with a few deeper moments.

My thanks to the author, NetGalley and Random House Children’s/Delacorte Romance for providing the free early arc of Wild About You for review. The opinions are strictly my own.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫{4.5}
🫑{0.5}

This was seriously ᔕᗝ ᗪᗩᑎǤ ᑕᑌ丅ᗴ!!! YA romances don’t always do it for me anymore, but I thought this was executed so well. It had me giggling from their banter and tearing up from the swoony moments! And the puns! I just love a good, bad pun, and one section of this book had me 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 🤣 And the anxiety and mental health rep!!! I’ll never tire of seeing it depicted well in books 👏🏻👏🏻

This one follows Natalie and Finn as they embark upon a reality TV show that entails them competing against other college students and completed challenges as they backpack the Appalachian Trail with the prize of a 100K scholarship on the line! They naturally get paired up and get off to quite the rocky start as teammates, and of course are given only one tent 🙃 their progression as both partners and individually as they overcame obstacles both externally and within themselves was beautiful 🥹 and there is a LETTER at one point 🫠🫠 Team #finnatalie for life 🏕️

𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
🌲opposites attract
🏕️reality shows
🌲YA romance (closed door)
🏕️grumpy x sunshine
🌲forced proximity
🏕️only one tent
🌲anxiety//mental health rep
🏕️grief and healing rep

𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:

“𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴.”

“𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘺.”

“𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰! 𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦,” 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴. “𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦.”

*𝙦𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙨*

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢, 𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗’𝚜 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝙰𝚁𝙲 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠! 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 😊

Wild About You is a fun grumpy/sunshine young adult book. Somehow Kaitlyn Hill makes hiking and camping on the AT seem both fun and romantic. I like the way anxiety issues and loss are addressed. I can see myself gifting this book to some of the young adults in my life.
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Children's for my review copy of this book.

As an adult, I hesitate to pick up a YA romance. Sure, I loved them back in the day but now that I'm older with teens of my own, I want to be careful in how publishers fuel that fantasy of spice and romance.

This one was adorable and I really enjoyed the writing. The 3rd act element where we have to have something for our folks to overcome in their relationship felt weak to me, but this was solid storytelling overall, funny, romantic and educational.

Kaitlyn Hill is a new author for me and I'd gladly pick up another from her.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children’s for this earc

This was a nice summer beach read YA rom com full of laughter, cuteness, friendship and romance.

I didn’t love it or hated it. It did exactly what I expected from it. The grumpy/sunshine relationship is always a winner. If you’re into hiking, you’ll definitely like this one.

Pick it up for your next vacation

Cute young adult romance with adventure. I enjoyed the story. Thank you to the author and the publisher for the book. All options are my own

Unfortunately, this book didn't work for me. I wanted to give it a chance because I live in TN only 45 minutes for Cades Cove. It's my hometown area and I love the Smokies. I am not a hiker nor am I into reality TV, so perhaps I should've known this wouldn't work for me ahead of time. I wanted to venture outside my wheelhouse and see if I would like it given I know the area. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC. I will still highly recommend it to my family and friends. I'm in the minority of people in my circle who doesn't like reality TV, hiking, or outdoor related activities, so this will most likely appeal to them.