{"id":19184,"date":"2020-01-29T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=19184"},"modified":"2020-01-28T15:48:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T23:48:38","slug":"heartland-by-sarina-bowen-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/heartland-by-sarina-bowen-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartland by Sarina Bowen | Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chastity Gets Out of the Friend Zone in Sarina Bowen’s Latest Friends-to-Lovers Romance<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

ARC provided by the author for review<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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HEARTLAND<\/a> by Sarina Bowen takes us back to Vermont to catch up with Dylan Shipley and his neighbor Chastity, who we first met in Keepsake (True North #3). Both are in college at the University of Vermont, so yes, this friends-to-lovers story is New Adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dylan is in Burlington having the full-on college experience, partying and avoiding commitment like it\u2019s his job. He’s tutoring Chastity in algebra and dating her roommate Kaitlyn. In other hands, Dylan might just be a typical college dude. But between his insecurities about always falling short of his brother’s expectations, his charm and cinnamon roll tendencies, everything balances out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chastity is getting her bearings in college, after living an extremely sheltered life and escaping a cult in Wyoming. (Hey, if you can go with cults in romantic suspense, you can go with it in contemporary).\u00a0What\u2019s actually weirder than her history is she doesn\u2019t have a cell phone. Anyway, Chastity\u2019s been crushing on Dylan forever, but he\u2019s kept her in the friend zone, believing he\u2019s not a relationship guy. And if things went bad, the ripples would affect far more than their friendship.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heartland is a sweet, sexy, angsty, straight up sizzler.<\/strong> I’ve started to age out of New Adult (getting old, I guess!), but this one pulled me in and wouldn’t let go. More than once I found myself thinking, where was Dylan Shipley when I<\/em> was in college?! Damn. But it’s not just the hot farm boy factor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first glance Chastity looks like the typical sheltered virgin heroine, but if you’ve read Sarina Bowen, you know that’s not her style. Chastity evolves over the course of the story. Through her relationship with Dylan, she finds her voice, not just sexually, but in the world and with her found family. For his part, Dylan discovers he doesn\u2019t want to be the guy no one can rely on, who gets by on \u201cjust enough.\u201d Yay for legit character growth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As college often does, it has a fair bit of roommate drama. And honestly, I hope Kaitlyn never pops up again. But there are some indicators that\u2019s probably NOT going to be the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dylan and Chastity make periodic trips back to the farm(s) to work on a joint project, but there\u2019s not as much Shipley family in Heartland. (Something I always look forward to in True North books). Dylan and his brother Griff continue to be at odds as Griff tries to plan for the future of the farm and Dylan\u2019s role in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, it\u2019s a satisfying installment in the True North series, particularly if you\u2019re already invested in the Shipley family! But if college-aged MCs are a little too young for you, maybe wait til the next one.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 stars <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out my previous reviews in the True North series, <\/strong>Speakeasy<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>Fireworks<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get Heartland by Sarina Bowen on <\/strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a> | <\/strong>Apple Books<\/strong><\/a> |<\/strong>Kobo<\/strong><\/a> | <\/strong>Nook<\/strong><\/a> |<\/strong>Audio<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

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