The Wild One by Daisy Jane
Wrench Kings #1
Audio Release: March 6, 2024
Narrators: Jason Clarke & Daisy Jane
Why you will love this book:
🔥Single Mom
🔥Love After Divorce
🔥Found Family
🔥Grief/Loss
🔥Secret Identity/Secret Millionaire
🔥Reverse Age Gap
🔥Small Town
🔥Blue Collar Hero
🔥Post Partum Body Worship
🔥Breeding
🔥Lactation
ABOUT THE STORY:
Rock bottom isn’t the end, it’s the beginning.
On his deathbed, Beau’s father reveals a life-changing secret. One big enough to send him into a tailspin of boozing and denial for a year.
When Beck, a single mom new to town, shows up at his automotive shop, he isn’t expecting to meet the woman who will tear him from depression and turn his life around.
And she doesn’t expect to catch the eye of a man ten years younger than her. What would he want with a single mom with a baby?
Each of them holds their own pain, both fight to understand and release their past, and together the two of them discover the truth about love and family.
Author’s Note: Please visit the reading guide on the author’s website for all content warnings and other information. For Adult Readers.
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The Wild One by Daisy Jane
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
🎧🎧AUDIO REVIEW🎧🎧
I feel like a broken record when it comes to audiobooks that are over 8 or 9 hours, but it just needs to be said. Twelve+ hours is a looooooong time, and it becomes even longer when the plot is superficial. So, while I liked this story, it also equal parts frustrated me. I want to say this is a me thing and completely subjective, but is it? Anyone that has read the story has to know that Beck’s overall behavior was very repetitive and not in the best interest of anyone moving forward in a romantic relationship. And you must know that using sex as a means to mask of color over your relationship issues is not healthy and ultimately will not work in sustaining a relationship. Now that I type this, maybe it is me that thinks these things and not the general public *shrug* LOL Well, me or not me, it was really difficult to root for this couple. Half the time I didn’t even respect them … Beck for doing it and Beau for taking it. That is basically how I got to a 3 STAR rating.
Now, let’s talk about other parts of this book that were a highlight for me. These are the things that kept me listening for 12+ hours :)
✔️Exceptional job showcasing small-town shenanigans and the family of choice that surrounds the story and well done on the introduction of said characters without just throwing them in but giving us a clear picture of who they were, all while not distracting from the main focus of the story, Beau & Beck, and Jett. They really enhanced my overall enjoyment of this story and I’m looking forward to getting to their stories soon!
✔️Beau’s growth from the man showcased at the very beginning of the story to the man who would do anything and everything to make Beck happy and see herself as the woman he saw her as was realistic and fleshed out perfectly. His character I very much rooted for even though he did keep allowing Beck to … sigh … she was a lot LOL The relationship/bond that grew between him and Jett was very endearing and a complete #swoonfest in my opinion.
✔️I know that I’ve already mentioned the plot coming across as superficial and repetitive, but I’d like to point out that there were many instances where I felt that the author actually did this on purpose LOL and not because she was trying to drag the story. Beck’s personality was one of self-deprecation and self-sabotage and those two mindsets aren’t ones that can be fixed with a snap of a finger. Meeting a good man who treats who right doesn’t just snap a person out of this mental state. It takes treating that person *right* over and over again and in the meantime, that good man has to have the patience of a saint and keep coming back over and over again. Hence, the whole rinse / repeat of the plot. So, while it is a factual statement that I was frustrated as a reader, the story itself justified itself many times over. Are you confused yet? It very much confused me at times but it is what it is. LOL Do with that information what you will :)
✔️ Narration by Jason Clarke and the author, Daisy Jones, was music to my ears! I almost always enjoy Jason and it was good to get acquainted with not just a new-to-me-author, but narrator as well. Their voices intermixed really well together and brought the story to life for me in a way where it was enhanced.
Last, but not least, I have a small sidenote… Don’t downplay a fever of 105 on a child that is less than 1 year of age. It just makes you look completely ridiculous and make me #twitchy!
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