Wild Eyes

Star singer, Skylar Stone, is fed up with all of the people who have been controlling her life since she was a kid, so she escapes to Rose Hill where she is going to work with Ford Grant at his Rose Hill Records studio. West Belmont is a fan and is captivated by Skylar who comes to live on his ranch. She finds peace in Rose Hill with West and his two adorable children as well as the residents of the small town, but she doesn't know how long she can continue hiding from her selfish parents.

Wild Eyes does a good job of continuing the Rose Hill series and even includes a peak into the next book. West and Skylar are likable, but West's children and Skylar's pet parrot are the real stars as they add something unique to a story that is pretty show more standard. Even though they are the main antagonists, the perspective of Skylar's parents is never really developed because everything comes from her point of view. Overall, though, Wild Eyes is a solid romance with engaging banter and realistic dialogue. show less

Thank you to Must Love Audio for an advance copy of the audio and ebooks. The narration was as usual incredible. Teddy Hamilton and Savannah Peachwood always put on a good show and I knew walking in this would be good.

The book opens up on a completely exasperated West shielding Skylar’s body from a bear that she’s trying to take a photo with like she’s a clueless visitor to a national park. The baby bears did make a compelling case but meeting the love of your life while a giant bear breathes on you is gonna be a no from me, dawg.

At one point, West tosses her phone into the water because the headlines on it upset her. He reflects on his actions and starts making moves to fix it without being called out on it which I appreciated. show more It wasn’t her job to point out that what he did crossed a bunch of lines so I appreciated that he took initiative.

My favorite side plot of the book was the parrot. I didn’t expect to tear up over a foul mouthed parrot (Non-spoiler in case you’re worried! she is never in danger!) My other favorite was that West’s son Oliver has selective mutism and warmed up to Skyler immediately. Be still my heart.

West and Skylar were lovely together and I really enjoyed this book. show less

This is the 2nd book in the Rose Hill series. I didn't read them in order, and reading them out of sequence isn't an issue. They do mention characters from the other books in passing, and since I already read those books, the names were familiar. However, each book stands alone.This one centers on Sky, a country singer, who was controlled by her father, and not in a positive way. She was looking for an escape and went to Rose Hill to record a new record. She meets West who is a single dad / horse farmer. Their attraction is instant, but they begin as friends. All good except I wasn't a fan of some of the action—I thought some of it was demeaning to women. Glad I finished the series. I think they are for a much younger demographic.

Another win for Elsie Silver! ❤️

At first i didn't like Skylar, I thought she was just another annoying "famous" character but after learning about her past i saw her in a different light. She became a great character who grew a back bone. Elsie sure knows how to write a sexy single dad, because Weston Belmont🥵

Can't wait for book 3.

Audiobook: 5 ⭐️
Story: 3 ⭐️

I listened to the audiobook for this one because I realized it was narrated by two heavy hitters in the audio world: Teddy Hamilton and Savannah Peachwood. And boy am I glad I did.
The story itself wouldn't have gripped me. It's very standard romance-coded, but the audio performances made it for me. There is a portion of the book where the main character writes a song, and they actually sang it in the audiobook, and it was lovely, I fucking cried!!!

But, I have also learned something that I will teach you now! (since you are reading this far you might as well)

There are two different styles of narration: Dual and Duet.
Dual - Each narrator reads their respective chapter. Meaning, that if there is an MC show more chapter and the love interest also has lines, the MC will also read out those lines.
Duet - Each narrator reads their chapters BUT if there are lines by the love interest, these are read by the other narrator. Basically, the book is read in tandem.

So, with this in mind, I am on a quest to find nice DUET-narrated books because I do admit that, at times, it does get a bit cringe when the female narrator has to deepen her voice to read male lines.

I will listen to more audiobooks from now on because it is infinitely better than listening to awful and unnecessary long YouTube videos about the state of the world that make me want to crawl into a ball and sob for the rest of the day yayyyyyyyyyyy

Thanks for reading this far ihih show less

Always love Elsie Silver books and this one didn't disappoint. Enjoyed the two main characters and the callbacks to the first book in the series. Elsie Silver does a great job in series building one book off of another but they can also be read as stand alones.

Elsie Silver does it again. Wild Eyes instantly shot up to become one of my top reads. I loved West's story, I loved Skylar's story and enjoyed watching her find herself and her voice. Their romance was so good, the spice was spicing, and somehow Elsie Silver made me cry so much through this. I love love love this.