Wilde Fire: A Forever Wilde Novel

Once again Lucy Lennox delivers in a majorly fantastic way. Wilde Fire is the third book in the Forever Wilde series, so at this point you should already be familiar with the amazingness that is a Lucy Lennox book, but if somehow you have not yet had the pleasure, then you absolutely can start right here and have yourself a wonderful time falling in love with her men and her writing. I do always recommend starting at the beginning of a series because you just get so much more out of it that way, but if you're really wanting to start here then I know you're still going to have a good time and you're going to end up going back to the beginning at some point anyhow :) Her men, I mean her stories, are just that lovable and that good. One of the many things I love about Lucy Lennox is that her writing is consistently good. She writes fast and she's put out a lot of stories in just a bit over a year, but they are always top notch, well written, true quality stories. I have laughed and fallen in love with each new book and each new couple. And not just the couple as a couple, but I fall in love with the individual MCs for themselves. They all have their quirks, and endearing qualities and are just upright, lovable, witty, smart, fun, fantastic men. And along with the consistently good writing is the fact that each story is its own. They're not just cookie cutter cut outs of each other but with different names of the MCs. They are each new and fresh and unique unto themselves. After twelve plus novels I have never felt like I've read the same story twice. Except for when I am in fact reading a story for the second/third/fourth etc time. Although each story contains the elements needed to push my five star requiring buttons, they each have a different feel. Some are more steadily just fun and happy. Others have a bit more angst and heart squeezing feels. But they all always have an overall good feeling, with laughs, fun times, sweet moments, and daydream fueling sexy times. Wilde Fire is a perfect third book in this second series. It's a little "older", a little deeper, a bit more angst and struggle to get settled and enjoying their HEA. I just loved this so much and I'm very eagerly looking forward to the next story in the series. Or really just anything else that Lucy Lennox writes! Would I re-read? A big YES. Did I fall in love? My heart is so big and full because she just keeps giving me more men to fit in there :) Was it worth the money? Definitely. Despite already having a free copy to read and review if I wanted to I still paid full price to "own" the story. It must be on my "bookshelf".

*Slight spoilers in this review. Read with caution if you don't want anything spoiled. I liked the first book in this series. Since it was the first, there was a lot of people to meet, a family to explain and a town to build. I think first books are easy to forgive if they're not perfect. But I liked it. And then the second book came along and blew me away. I loved it. Felix stole my heart, and I couldn't put that book down. Then this book came up. A firefighter and a sheriff? With a shared history? Yes please! So I went into this expecting to love it, and I didn't. I guess it just felt too fluffy and easy to me. I think it needed to be darker, grittier. The reunion was super easy. Forgiveness came almost instantly and that was that. No push or pull. No angst. No anger at how things were left. No frustration at the missed time. No worries that they had both lived completely different lives and were no longer the same people. They just slipped right back to where they had been as teenagers. Then there was Walker's family. What happened with his brother, sister-in-law, and his parents? Did they accept him? Did they lose him and their niece/granddaughter? To me, they seemed like pretty awful people. But that story line just sort of petered out until it was forgotten. Now, I understand that forcing genders to adhere to certain stereotypes is crap. It is not on and I like that Lennox doesn't conform to those silly standards. BUT having said that, I don't like reading about men that cry a lot. And in this book, we get TWO men that cry a lot. That's on me, though. Although in my pitiful defense, I don't overly like reading about women that cry a lot either. Moving on... now, the fires brought some much needed excitement to this story, but even that felt like a cop out by the end. What was the point? To showcase how stupid a firefighter would have to be to give up his career and what he loves to do, just so a kid could go free? To me that sounds completely irresponsible. What happens when he lit his next fire and killed someone? Oh, wait, you mean he PROMISED not to do that again? I guess kids don't lie in this world. Assuming Otto isn't that gullible, it seems a firefighter would know how important that kid get the help he needed immediately BEFORE he killed someone, and then screwed up his life a hell of a lot worse when he went down for a murder, and not just torching some unattended places. I had problems with this book. And it is only because I hold Lennox up to such a high standard (as well as having the previous book be incredible) that she is lumped with this review. But when my favourite part of the book involves their banter while they tried to figure out a name for their cat, and then what they decided on, I'm not sure that reflects well on the book. It was hot, it was sexy, it was nice to see the other Wilde members and it was well written. It just wasn't the amazing book I expected. It was easy, neat and tidy, and barely had my heart speeding up at all. I was able to put this down easily. I still recommend it for fans of this series, and for m/m romance fans looking for something light and easy. It would make a great beach read, or an afternoon curled up on the couch. Or, you know, just stare at that amazing cover for a few hours! *fans self* Hoping I connect to the next book better!

SPOILER. Tra i tre della serie, fino ad ora, questo è quello che mi è piaciuto meno. I protagonisti hanno già un trascorso importante quindi , quando la storia comincia, sono già innamorati e manca tutta la parte dell'incontro e dell'innamoramento che rende questo genere così interessante. Il resto del racconto sembra un lungo tentativo di trovare dei diversivi per arrivare fino alla fine senza addormentarsi. Dialoghi e situazioni a volte al limite dell'assurdo e un finale scontato e blando completano il deludente quadro. Per il prossimo titolo aspetterò che sia in offerta.

Good and sad story, in a pleasant environment, I really enjoy the reading although to "fleur bleue" especially when the guys are well built

The front cover got 5* all on its own. Its brilliant. But didn't really depict what the story was about - only a couple of mentions about fighting fires. As I hadn't read any of the previous books in this series (this was the first) I was surprised as I hadn't expected M/M either. I loved the way the story depicted the dilemma's of GAY men - their strengths, uncertainty, plus living in a small town, not easy anywhere, let alone Texas I would think. Glad though that the author took it all to the next level, by giving a large GAY support group of family members. I have now read bks 2 and 1, and love the series. Plenty of humor and wit and really saucy banter between all the men. Loved it. Keep going back to the front cover on this book....Its so artistic, and HOT and I am drooling.....

I've already read this book 5 times, so I don't really nerd to say How much I love, and this story only isn't my favorite on the Wilde Series, because there is the story of Doc and Weston (Grandpa). Really love and hope Lucy will bring us more Wildes in the future

I'm loving this series! The characters are amazing, and the storylines flow well, are interesting and fun. I can't help but love the Wilde clan and their antics. The book was told once again from alternating POVs - this time we get to meet Otto Wilde and Seth Walker. Friends from a young age that developed into more in their teens, they thought they'd always be together. But then Seth's family moved away, breaking both their hearts - especially when right before they are about to head off to College together, Seth breaks up with Otto with no real explanation as to why. Fast forward 10 years, Otto returns home from the Navy with his brother Saint, and finds that Seth has moved back to town. But their reunion is marred by the fact that Seth is married - to a woman - and they have a child. Otto is suitably devastated that his soul mate is once again out of reach despite being so close. Fortunately for Otto, things are not all that they seem, and when Seth finally gets a chance to explain, everything starts to fall into place, dating back to when Seth cut off contact the decade earlier. The fun doesn't end there though, as a series of arsons occur in the town that has never experienced anything like it before - and somehow Otto is implicated and becomes the prime suspect! Now he has to clear his name, but as he closes in on the real suspect, he is torn when he realises that clearing his name would have a detrimental impact on Seth, and he can't bring himself to do that. This book had a more serious undertone than the previous books, but still had the trademark humour woven throughout. I loved that we still got to see Nico and West, and heard about how Felix was doing even though he was off in Monaco with Lio. During the Epilogue we get a glimpse the mess Hudson has found himself in, and with the next book focused on him I can't wait to read it next. I'm hooked on the Wildes! Definitely a series I would recommend.