Hey ForeverBookers,
How are you all today? I hope you’re good!
I’ve just finished reading “In The Weeds” by B.K. Borrison and I really enjoyed it. I read the first in the Lovelight Farms series, “Lovelight Farms” last year, and I liked it. I definitely preferred “In The Weeds,”though.
We start with Beckett, the MMC of the story who’s working at Lovelight Farm as he was in “Lovelight Farms.” In the first chapter, it’s a little bit of a flashback to when he and Evelyn, the FMC, slept together during the time frame of book 1, the prequel of “In The Weeds.” The MMC and FMC are different in each book in this series. We follow a different romance in each. “In The Weeds” is basically the love story of Beckett and Evie, the social media girl in “Lovelight Farms.” Can they be together?
I read “In The Weeds” for a readathon, which was:
Reading Rivalry - This Is The Life - A book you just can’t let go - I really enjoyed this. That’s why it fills this slot!
There’s a sex scene in “In The Weeds,” after the prologue. I normally eat up intimate scenes but I didn’t mind the slowburn in this as much as most books I read with it. I think that’s because I liked Beckett and Evie as individuals as well as together. They could stand on their own as characters, which without any magical/paranormal aspect to the plot is hard to do. Theres another sex scene later in the book, too!
Spoilers Below…
“Two damn nights together, and I officially don’t even recognise myself. Evie is like a tide rolling in and clipping me at my ankles. A low, forceful tug. A blissful inevitability.
I dragged my thumb over the scar again, slower this time, and her nose takes into my shoulder.
“I don’t usually do this sort of thing.”
Beckett fell for Evie on their first time back in August, so even before the real events of “Lovelight Farms,” which takes place in the winter. He’s a quiet character that just dots about in “Lovelight Farms.” He never causes any issue. I actually thought his romance would be boring because he’s a pretty run-of-the-mill character, nothing special. After the prequel, Beckett is looking for something. He just doesn’t know what. He found a litter of cats in “Lovelight Farms,” whom he adopts as well as a duck in “In The Weeds.”
When Evelyn quits her job as the social media expert, she turns up at Lovelight Farms looking for Beckett. He’s shocked to see her at first. As they get reacquainted however sparks fly between them.
“I’m used to having her here now—I like it even. I like hearing her move around on the other side of the house in the middle of the night, a muffled curse under her breath when she runs into something in the dark. I like listening to her talk to the cats, arguments with Prancer about who has a right to the big fluffy scarf she loops around her neck. I like her shoes in the hallway and her bag on one of the hooks up by the door. Her tube of lipstick on the kitchen counter and her hair ties forgotten on the edge of the sink.”
Beckett goes over the things he likes about Evelyn and about how he’s used to having her in his space. This was the moment the story changed for me. Before this point it was all hysteria. He wanted Evie to stay, he wanted a life with her. The rest of the story is about him going for that goal, and keeping her. Can he achieve it? What sacrifices does he need to make for this to happen? Does Evie want this too? I’ll let you read for yourself, but I enjoyed this second half of the plot a lot more than the first, when there was an actual goal in place.
Overall then, I highly enjoyed “In The Weeds.” It was fun, quick romp of a novel that kept me engaged throughout. I was always on tenterhooks wondering if the romance between Evie and Beckett would work, or if it would all fall apart in a shambles.
Stand by for my next review, coming soon…
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