Dino Queen's Reviews > Wild Things

the dedication: For everyone I’ve ever had a crush on. Thanks for all the material.
the cover: I love a cute cartoon cover- and the chickens!
FMC: El- the shy, timid, keep-your-head-down friend of the group who doesn’t like to take risks… until her forever crush challenges her to a challenge of doing 1 crazy thing a month for the year to bring her out of her shell. I LOVED that at the end of the book we got to read her journal entries 🥰
FMC: Ray- the spunky friend who is effortlessly cool and loves taking risks. She’s all-in when her friends group decides they want to buy a plot of land and start a little gay commune together and live off the land. She takes on a lot of the DIY around the house while seemingly oblivious to El pining after her all along the way.
POV: 1st person, single POV
HEA: yes
spice: mildy steamy. Some flirting and touching but a closed door mostly clean romance
TWs: absent/uninterested parents, cheating (not between MCs),
standalone: yes
final thoughts: I need to buy a commune with my closest friends and live out this fantasy!!! SO CUTE and amazing, loveable side characters

read this book if you love
🌈 LGBT+ representation
🏝️ forced proximity (homeowners in a farming town)
💞 friends-to-lovers
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 great side characters
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 found family
💼 workplace romance (kind of- there are a few workplace scenes but not the main location)