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A review by echoesoutloud
His Fresh Start Cowboy by A.M. Arthur
4.0
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
His Fresh Start Cowboy is a really sweet and emotional romance!
Hugo Turner left his hometown in Daisy, Texas when he was eighteen and he's never looked back. Nine years later, he's happily working at a ranch in California, but he's restless. So, on a whim he applies for a job back home and two weeks later he's back in Texas working for his former crush, Brand Woods.
Brand Woods has been hiding a part of himself for years. After a scorching kiss with his brother's best friend, he finally accepts who he is but still hides it from everyone around him. When Hugo finds his way back home, Brand isn't sure what to do. All the feelings he's hidden for the man return with a vengeance, but he's not willing to risk his family or their ranch and take a chance on the one man he's always cared about.
This book was more emotional than I expected it to be. Going in, I was expecting a brother's best friend romance, with a heavy emphasis on the romance. And while this was just that, it also had a lot more going for it. Hugo's relationship with his family is tense and strenuous, and his trauma kept him away from his home state for almost a decade. Getting to see him working through that was intense but a major part of his journey.
Similarly, Brand's fears and worries about how being who he is might affect his family's livelihood, controls him. He's afraid to take a chance on the things he wants, and Hugo's return only emphasizes all of that. Both by themselves and together, they have to work through their personal struggles before they're able to fight for each other and what they could be.
It was a lot of back and forth, where they had to figure out what it is that they truly wanted, not just with each other, but in life. What I really loved about them was that even when they were drowning in their own problems, when they saw the other person struggling, they dropped everything to be there for them. That really strengthened their relationship for me and showed how much they cared.
This book had a lot of hurt/comfort themes, which definitely made things better. It also sets things up for future stories. It was a great intro to a new world and I'm looking forward to what comes next in the Woods Ranch and its town of Weston, Texas.
I definitely enjoyed this book, and I would recommend it if you're looking for an M/M cowboy romance that is as sweet as it is serious and has some major feels involved!
* I received an ARC of this book through Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion. *
His Fresh Start Cowboy is a really sweet and emotional romance!
Hugo Turner left his hometown in Daisy, Texas when he was eighteen and he's never looked back. Nine years later, he's happily working at a ranch in California, but he's restless. So, on a whim he applies for a job back home and two weeks later he's back in Texas working for his former crush, Brand Woods.
Brand Woods has been hiding a part of himself for years. After a scorching kiss with his brother's best friend, he finally accepts who he is but still hides it from everyone around him. When Hugo finds his way back home, Brand isn't sure what to do. All the feelings he's hidden for the man return with a vengeance, but he's not willing to risk his family or their ranch and take a chance on the one man he's always cared about.
This book was more emotional than I expected it to be. Going in, I was expecting a brother's best friend romance, with a heavy emphasis on the romance. And while this was just that, it also had a lot more going for it. Hugo's relationship with his family is tense and strenuous, and his trauma kept him away from his home state for almost a decade. Getting to see him working through that was intense but a major part of his journey.
Similarly, Brand's fears and worries about how being who he is might affect his family's livelihood, controls him. He's afraid to take a chance on the things he wants, and Hugo's return only emphasizes all of that. Both by themselves and together, they have to work through their personal struggles before they're able to fight for each other and what they could be.
It was a lot of back and forth, where they had to figure out what it is that they truly wanted, not just with each other, but in life. What I really loved about them was that even when they were drowning in their own problems, when they saw the other person struggling, they dropped everything to be there for them. That really strengthened their relationship for me and showed how much they cared.
This book had a lot of hurt/comfort themes, which definitely made things better. It also sets things up for future stories. It was a great intro to a new world and I'm looking forward to what comes next in the Woods Ranch and its town of Weston, Texas.
I definitely enjoyed this book, and I would recommend it if you're looking for an M/M cowboy romance that is as sweet as it is serious and has some major feels involved!
* I received an ARC of this book through Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion. *