Retreat by Jay Crownover Review

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Synopsis

Every once in a while, you need to get away from it all.

 

I was a woman on the edge, shaken and shattered after a breakup that felt like it tore my entire world apart.
My best friend, sick of watching me drown in misery and melancholy, harassed me until I agreed to go with her on a week-long wilderness retreat.

She promised days spent bonding and getting in touch with our inner bad-asses. It was supposed to be all about the two of us roughing it and making do with the bare minimum. She assured me we were going to be pushed to our limits in ways that were unimaginable. Neither one of us could have ever guessed just how right she was.

Nowhere in the glossy brochure did it say anything about the fact I was going to have to battle the insufferable but deliciously rugged and sexy trail guide instead of the elements. The brochure also forgot to mention the part that warned when you left civilization behind, there was no place to pack your inhibitions and fears.

I was told that I would be facing a week where the only thing I should expect was the unexpected. However, no one mentioned that I was going to have to fight for my lifeā€¦and my heart as soon as I ventured into the unknown.

I was a pro at hiding from my feelings but when it came time to face a real threat, one that could change everything, I learned I was more of a no surrender, no retreat kind of girl.

Retreat is a standalone novel, the first in the Getaway series which centers on the hardheaded and brokenhearted Warner brothers and the women that dare to love them.
These boys are very good at putting the wild in wilderness.

Review

Fast paced and action packed, Retreat was very different from Jay Crownovers previous novels. She took a chance on a new type of book and I applaud her for that. I love me a sexy cowboy and Cy was oh so sexy. Retreat was exciting and fun. Filled with steamy moments and heart stopping action.

“Destroyed, Sunshine. This is what it feels like to be destroyed.”

There hasn’t been a Jay Crownover book I haven’t enjoyed and Retreat was no different. I will say the second half of this book was better for me than the beginning but that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy the beginning. Leo is snarky and strong willed and Cy is broody and unwilling to put up with her city girl antics. The two of them facing off was the highlight of the beginning of the book for me.

‘If this was what falling felt like, I couldn’t wait to do it again.’

Retreat read like an old school Romantic Suspense just like Jay promised and I was constantly eager to see what would happen next. The one thing I would say is that I wish there was more dialogue throughout the whole novel. It’s not that there wasn’t any but I personally would have loved more. Still I loved this sexy cowboy and the adventure he and his little lion found themselves on. Now, I desperately need the next book in this series because the angst for that one is already built up so high and I cannot wait!

~miranda