Heartless

Love love love omg I love Willa and I loooove Cade bro. And together they are perfect. Willa getting preggas was probably the best thing to happen I swearrrr. This probaby wasn't one of my favourites again, but it was so enjoyable and I loved it and I liked all the characters and I love luke so so much he's such an adorable kid. I love the dialogue of this book, I love the plot of this book, but the age gaps a little bit icky for me, I'll just pretend they are similar ages. Still, it was such kind of emotional to read to be honest, but I wanted more from Willa, there's rarely any background about her, no development no nothing, and it's a little bit foggy around Cade and his ex-wife, there's nothing really up with him about that, he seems a bit lukewarm about it and I just think it'd be better if it was veyr emotional.

I was absolutely adamant about not reading this book because it's got a big age-gap and I HATE age-gap in books, but boy am I glad I read it! It was absolutely wonderful throughout -- I genuinely enjoyed it from the very start.

Cade and Willa's relationship was so well-written. I loved the way they communicated and the way Cade showed Willa he cared, even when he couldn't say it out loud. The notes he'd leave her!! An acts of service man for sure. Willa was also a really cool character and I loved getting to know her better and see her develop throughout as she figured out what she wanted.

One thing I adore about Elsie Silvers' writing is the dual perspective. I am a sucker for seeing everything from both POVs and this was the same case as ever. Seeing Cade fall in love with Willa, and the way she was with Luke, was the sweetest thing ever.

Speaking of Luke. I absolutely adored that kid. I usually don't love kids in books but he was so fun and sweet and endearing that you can't help fall in love with him. Elsie Silvers just casually wrote the cutest kid I've ever read. Reading about the way Cade sees his son, and the way Luke sees his dad, was so heartwarming. But nothing beat seeing Luke and Willa's relationship go from her just being the nanny to him asking if he can call her his mum! I could've cried reading that bit. Luke was by far my favourite character and he just added so much warmth to the story.

Another excellent Elsie Silvers read and I'm so so glad I bit the bullet on the age-gap trope and read this anyways. I still don't like age-gap and probably won't read another one, but I just loved this story. The whole Chestnut Springs universe is just insane and I wish wish wish I could go there.

I took way too long to read so the attachment was lost. Did not love the third act pregnancy trope but it some ways it fit into the story well, always better than a third act breakup. Love love love Luke hello baby fever much. Would've loved the book more if random rodeo horse content that was not very well explained was excluded. Loved the romance, made me giggle and swoon and blush. Cant wait to read the rest of the series.