ARC Review: Adversity by Ren Browne

 

Thank you to Luna Literary for an ARC of this book. 

Adversity follows Cora, a woman on her own in the wild west after witnessing the death of her father and after running away from her mother and her younger sisters. She is truly down on her luck as she tries to make things work on her own. In a small town they are visiting, she meets Aiden and Cypress - two outlaws that are just passing through and after almost getting hurt, they take Cora with them. The three run into loads of trouble as Cora falls for both men and both men fall for her. 

I don't read a lot of westerns so I don't have much to compare it to but I loved how rugged things were. From the way they dressed to the way they travelled to the situations they ended up in, it perfectly encompassed the wild west and how things used to be out there. I liked Cora, she goes through a lot and it was nice to see her growing as a person, becoming more comfortable in her skin and able to handle more things. Aiden and Cypress had me grinning at my kindle, I love morally grey MMCs and they both delivered that so well.

My main issue with this book is that I felt like I had missed something. In the POV chapters of Aiden and Cypress, they talk a lot about knowing Cora belongs with them and how they can't lose her so I was truly expecting there to be a big reveal involving a history with her but there wasn't one. 

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Synopsis:

A gunslinger. A gambler. And the girl they stole.

After the murder of her father, Cora runs away into the unforgiving Old West, determined to hunt down those responsible. But a suspicious small town in the Arizona Territory offers little mercy to a young woman alone.

In a twist of fate, she’s rescued by Aiden and Cypress—two outlaws as enigmatic as they are deadly. Their bond forged by trust, loyalty, and temptation that simmers just beneath the surface. As they help Cora navigate the untamed world they call home, she soon finds they have far more to teach her than just simple survival.

With trouble on their heels and her heart pulled in unexpected directions, Cora must choose between returning to the perceived safety of what she knows or finding an entirely new place in the dangerous life they already share.

Adversity is a fast-paced, frontier romance where justice comes at a cost—and love doesn’t always come in pairs.