Title: The Savage Wild
Author: Roxie Noir
Rating Out of 5: 5 (I will read this again and again and again)
My Bookshelves: Contemporary romance, Survivalist romance
Pace: Fast
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2018

I read this survivalist romance from cover to cover, pretty much in one sitting. Partly because it was just a bad night, but mostly because this was just an all round amazing story. Honestly,  not only did I want to know all about Imogen and Wilder getting together and forgiving the past, but also, I wanted to know that they actually survived. And what happened in the past – because that isn’t entirely clear from the beginning.

The Savage Wild was my first ever survival romance, it was fairly intense and the whole survival thing made it impossible to put down. I’ve never experienced much of the snow, which  made this doubly fascinating. Whilst logically I can think of some of the dangers, there were a few that I hadn’t thought of. And it was nice to know the different ways in which one could survive such a thing. I don’t ever plan to test that, particularly as Imogen and Wilder ended up there due to a plane crash, but still…

Imogen’s work and experience as a biologist is incredibly familiar. I did similar long-term field trips myself when I was studying. They’re not glorious, they’re not necessarily even clean, but they are a lot of fun. In amongst all of the insanity and unique experiences of being stuck at a remote research station with your peers. Plus, she perfectly captures the single-mindedness of researchers.

To start with Wilder was really cruel, particularly when you find out just why their past so negatively influences Imogen. I actually could understand Imogen’s hatred – there was no misunderstanding there. She was entirely justified. I actually wasn’t sure how I’d be able to begin to accept and like him if I’m being honest. But somehow Noir managed to convince me that I actually did want him to have his happily ever after, and I ended up forgiving him too.

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