I was given this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I really enjoyed this read! The cover was giving me Dolly Parton and the premise was giving me Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I was invested in the story of Decklee and Mickenlee Hooper and even as a non-country music fan, I was drawn into the lyrics and the history and the scavenger hunt mystery and wishing the music was somewhere real for me to listen to. The one takeaway I’ll give, which was actually my similar feedback for Taylor Jenkins Reid’s work is that I was more invested in who the MC was writing/learning about than the MC themselves. I wasn’t invested in Kendall at all unfortunately and I don’t know why. She was likeable and relatable, but I wasn’t rooting for her or her road-tripping Beau. I wish they were peeled back and this was entirely about Mickenlee and Decklee from start to end