Hey ForeverBookers,
How are you! I hope you’re well!
I’ve just finished “Wildfire” by Hannah Grace and I surprisingly really enjoyed it. I’d heard negative reviews but it worked for a readathon prompt so I read it and now I’m really glad I did!
“Wildfire” tells the story of Aurora and Russ. They meet at a frat party at the end of the school year and they flirt and more. Then when the summer begins they find themselves working at the same camp—a camp that forbids any fraternisation between staff members! How do they deal with this? Can they stay apart from one another? I’ll let you read and see for yourself but it’s goooood!
They are addiction issues brought into the plot of “Wildfire.” Russ’s dad who’s a very minor character has a gambling addiction.
I read “Wildfire” for 2 readathons. They were:
Reading Rivalry - Nobody’s Perfect - Russ doesn’t think he’s good enough for anyone. He considers himself at the bottom. Can Aurora make him see that he is good enough? And how does she do this?
Read The Rainbow - PINK - I read “Majesty” by Katharine McGee for this too but “Wildfire” is more pink so I’ll use this for that prompt too.
Spoilers Below…
“You can touch me.” she whispers, her eyes dark.
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson…
My hands grip her hips as she continues to move, my thumb gently grazing an exposed sliver of skin between the band of a skirt and her top. Her hands sink into my hair, breasts pressing against my chest as her face gets closer to mine.
And then the timer blasts and I want to commit a murder for the first time in my life.”
When our two main characters, Aurora and Russ are dared to lap dance at a fraternity party at the end of the year at college we see sparks fly between them. Aurora isn’t scared to let Russ touch her. Russ doesn’t want to scare her off so starts reciting American presidents in his head so he doesn’t get carried away. He thinks she’s beautiful and way above him! Can he learn to accept that he’s as good as he believes she is over the course of the rest of the book? Or do his abusive family problems hold him back? I’ll let you read for yourself but it’s a good story with lots of meaning behind it, I feel.
“You’re impossible.” he chuckles. His hand reaches out slowly, cautiously, tucking my hair behind my ear, hovering a little longer than necessary. “My secret is I don’t really like parties, but I’m glad I came to this one I met you. And when I couldn’t find you, I was sad when I thought you left.”
Most of the plot of “Wildfire” takes place at “Honey Acres Sleepaway Camp.” But this happens before Russ and Aurora start work at the camp. This happens after the fraternity party. Russ is a worrier. Aurora is the kind of girl that doesn’t care if she gets in a bit of trouble, as long as she has fun!
When at the camp, there were a few parts I really enjoyed. The bit that I mostly loved was a date set up by Aurora for Russ, as well as the sexy chapters. She takes him to this lake a little way away from the camp. They can just be themselves there, in their own little bubble. The sexy chapters were quite few and far between, which I didn’t mind because the characters were getting to know each other, rather than just jumping into bed together!
“I want everything about you, Aurora.” My nose is next. “I want your smiles.” Then my jaw. “Your laughs.” My collarbone. “I want the way you ramble when you’re nervous.” The top of my breast. “I want your big reactions and your little ones.” The center of my stomach. “I want to watch you get frustrated at origami but carry on anyway because it makes you so happy.” My naval. “I want to protect you from possums and sharks and, sometimes, when you need it, yourself.” Finally, my hip bone. “And I want you because you’re worth it, sweetheart. And you make me feel good too.”
This is basically Russ’s declaration of love to Aurora—him listing off the things he loves about her. This was incredibly sweet, I thought.
“You’re so deep. I can feel you everywhere.”
“You take it so well, sweetheart. You’re such a good girl.”
Praise is key to getting this woman off, and soon as “good”and “girl” come out of my mouth, it’s only a matter of time.” Another part I loved was when Russ calls Aurora “good girl” for the first time. “The praise makes the sex better and I’m not embarrassed to admit that.”
I love me some praise kink in books and I wasn’t expecting it in Wildfire, but I was glad to see it!
Other notable parts of the book were the friendships that both Russ and Aurora made, with the kids as well as the other adults. For example, Xander, one of the other workers becomes a good friend to Russ. He becomes suspicious a few times of Aurora and Russell but doesn’t say anything to out them.
“I’m sorry for being so untidy.” She offers a coy smile. “I have a habit of
leaving a path of destruction in my wake, both literally and metaphorically.”
“Like a wildfire.”
She nods, bringing her knees to her chest and wrapping her arms around them. “I don’t mean to be.”
My fingers trail patterns on either side of her ankles, while she rests her chin on her knees. “This is the bit where you tell me something about you so I don’t feel awkward for being the only one sharing.” I’m only half
joking, but she smiles. “That’s how this works, right? A secret for a secret.”
This is the mention of the title in the text of the book. Russ calls Aurora a “wildfire.” She’s unpredictable but Russ likes that about her.
“I love this,” I whisper against
her mouth.
“Making out?” I guide her leg over mine until she’s straddling my hips.
Her hands pull the duvet around her shoulders, then link around my neck, cocooning us. My hands slip beneath her sweatshirt, tracing my fingers along her spine with one hand, manoeuvring her flush to me with the other.
“Having you to myself.”
Aurora brushes her nose against me, lightly pressing kisses against various points of my face. The corner of my mouth, my temple, the tip of my nose. “Considering how many times a day you remind the kids to share, it’s pretty funny you’re so bad at it.”
She rests her forehead against mine and my arms wrap around her waist, holding her tight. “I’ll happily share everything but you.”This was a cute moment.
Overall, then I think you can tell that I really enjoyed “Wildfire.” It was a cute and easy story filled with love and friendships as well as acceptance. I look forward to reading Daydream sometime soon.
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