Wildfire
By Hannah Grace
I began this book a few weeks ago, right as I started the process of buying my first house. Silly me thought that I could have shared the attention needed from me from being a first time homebuyer with literally anything else. Needless to say, I read only a few chapters and didn’t pick Wildfire back up until about two days ago.
Here is the breakdown of how quickly I consumed Hannah Grace’s words after picking up Wildfire for the second time:
48 hours in two days - 16 hours of sleep = 32 hours of being awake
32 hours of being awake - 16 hours of work = 16 hours of not sleeping and working
400 pages/ 16 hours of not sleeping or working = 25 pages being read every hour
I would factor in eating and other things that take up time during my day, but if I’m being honest, those things didn’t prevent me from reading this book.
Book blurb: Maple Hills students Russ Callaghan and Aurora Roberts cross paths at a party celebrating the end of the academic year, where a drinking game results in them having a passionate one-night stand. Never one to overstay her welcome (or expect much from a man), Aurora slips away before Russ even has the chance to ask for her full name.
Imagine their surprise when they bump into each other on the first day of the summer camp where they are both counselors, hoping to escape their complicated home lives by spending the summer working. Russ hopes if he gets far enough away from Maple Hills, he can avoid dealing with the repercussions of his father’s gambling addiction, while Aurora is tired of craving attention from everyone around her, and wants to go back to the last place she truly felt at home.
Russ knows breaking the camp’s strict “no staff fraternizing” rule will have him heading back to Maple Hills before the summer is over, but unfortunately for him, Aurora has never been very good at caring about the rules. Will the two learn to peacefully coexist? Or did their one night together start a fire they can’t put out?
Review: Wildfire has a dual perspective narration, and is set to take place in a timeline after Hannah Grace’s Icebreaker. We even see Stassie and Nate throughout the book! No, this isn’t a spoiler because they’re both in the first chapter.
I’m sure based on my highly advanced mathematical breakdown, you’re able to deduce that I highly enjoyed reading Wildfire. I loved getting to see both characters uniquely fall for each other, and see how Russ and Aurora each interpret the same interaction. Both characters struggle with how they view their own self worth, and throughout the book we can see Russ and Aurora discover the love they have for themselves, as well as each other. Wildfire emphasizes the value and importance of the family you find and make for yourself, and encourages those relationships to be the ones you build your life around.
Soon, I’ll be unpacking moving boxes in to my new home, and when I start to shelve the many books I own. When I get to that little pink book, I will reminisce on the smiles and tears I shared with the characters of Wildfire.
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