A kind boy. A grief-stricken girl. A chance for love neither expected… they’ve got left.
My parents stated in their will that they want Beck to look after us on his farm.
But why?
We haven’t seen him in years.
Now two orphaned families are supposed to squish into his crusty old farmhouse in the middle of nowhere?
Five grieving teenagers. This isn’t going to work.
But I’ll go. Just for a couple of weeks.
That’s what Mum and Dad would want me to do.
What I don’t expect is for Tane to still be living on the farm.
He’s grown up now.
He’s gorgeous.
I don’t have room in my life for this kind of attraction, this pull of desire.
But his kind eyes and big heart are going to make it impossible for me to resist him.
He told me this land can heal my pain… if only I’ll stay.
City Girl vs. Country Boy is the first book in the Forever Love sweet YA contemporary romance series. If you like powerful attractions, emotional twists and turns, and heart-wrenching family drama, then you’ll adore Jordan Ford’s touching novel.
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Other books in the series
City Girl vs Country Boy (already released)
Shy Girl vs Popular Boys (releasing in November)
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City Girl vs Country Boy was SO good!! I loved all of the characters, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for each of them.
This is the beginning of another fantastic Jordan Ford’s series.
When a traffic accident leaves Harper, Willow, Oscar, Stacey and Bianca orphaned, they are sent to live with Becket Connell, a man their fathers called brother, in the New Zealand countryside.
As they try to adjust to the new reality of their lives, Tane, who has decided to continue living with Beckett after his mother’s betrayal, also needs to adapt to the new reality.
Harper wants to stick to her plans, but things don’t go exactly as expected, while Stacey and Bianca need to work so their relationship doesn’t collapse. Oscar must learn to deal with his frustrations, and Willow must learn to express herself again.
Over time they will adjust to their new life, but when it comes the time for Harper and her brothers leave for their old home, they will have a difficult decision to make.
I loved the story, the characters and everything they faced in their relationships and their personal pursuit. I’m anxious to know what will happen to these characters.
I highly recommend reading.
City Girl vs Country Boy is the first installment in Jordan Ford’s brand new series, Forever Love and this phenomenally talented author delivers an emotionally captivating tale that will pull on all of your heartstrings. Trust me when I tell you that tissues are a MUST while reading this story…seriously keep a box or two close by.
This story was beautifully heartbreaking and gave a sense of hope that things would get better as time went on. Harper and Tane were an adorable couple and I adored the sweet moments they shared with one another. These two seemed like a match and I really enjoyed the slow build up towards their relationship, even if the chemistry between them was unmistakable. Their story might be a little light on the romance, but it was the perfect introduction into this new series that teaches us somethings, like looking back at the good memories and forgetting the pain surrounding loss.
I am definitely looking forward to getting my hands on the next book in the Forever Love series. I have no doubt that Broken Girl vs. Fix-It Boy will only add to my excitement for this series!
Jordan always writes such great books. This one is full of emotion. Right off the bat you are hit with a very tragic moment. From there you are taken on a journey that will lead you on a path of adventure, heart ache and dealing with losing the people you love the most. Harper is the oldest in the group she is the one that deals with everything and tries the hardest to make everything work. She has her sister Willow and brother Ozzy who both aren’t handling things well at all. Then there is Stacey and Bianca who are twins. These two end up fighting and losing each other but can Uncle Beck who they all end up living with save them all? This was a well written enjoyable storyline of loss, surviving and family. I loved it from beginning to end and cant wait to read the next one in the series. My favorite character would have to be Harper. No matter how hard she tries to stick to the plan she has something ends up derailing it. Then Tran walks into her life and changes things even more. But will it be for the better? She is a strong person who takes on everyone else grief so she doesn’t have to deal with her own. She is strong and stubborn. Just a character you can easily enjoy reading about. I feel that this is going to be a great series.
Harper is a city girl, she has a plan and she is sticking to it, and at eighteen years old she believes she has it all figured out. Her parents are on vacation when a tragic accident takes their lives and the lives of her parents closest friends. Harper, her siblings, Willow and Oscar, as well as their “cousins”, Stacey and Bianca are suddenly orphans. Beckett Connell, a man their father’s called brother, is their guardian. They all remember him from when they were much younger, so Uncle Beck is not a stranger to them, but he lives on a farm far from the city where they grew up. While Beck has a large home, these city kids will have to make some adjustments to living on a farm in the middle of nowhere, and to Tane, a young man Beck considers his son.
Harper and Tane are quickly attracted to each other, but Harper has a plan and se is determined to stay the course with no deviations . While Tane is slightly younger than Harper, he is very mature for his age and he will realize that he will have to let Harper set the pace of their relationship. These are all beautifully well written, compelling, and unique characters that will have you crying with them over their loss, but will also give you some laughs. This book begins with a tragedy, and follows the lives of all of the people that are affected by a senseless accident. Laughter and tears, it has a little romance, I think it is probably very accurate narration of the reactions of the youngsters to their loss, and their new lives. Fantastic book, I loved it!
A terrible accident. Five kids without family. Life will never be the same. A pact of forever love will be the answer. Beck, lost his wife and twins and in his grief he also lost his two best friends. But now he has to face the pact they made as a teen and take care of their families and Tane, his step son. An amazing story about live, love not matter what and forgiveness. You will laugh, cry and feel all the raw emotions the characters go trough and will beg Jordan Ford to write the second book ASAP.
City Girl VS Country Boy is a ya contemporary romance set in New Zealand, told in multi pov and the first novel in this series ends with a sort of cliffy as the lovestory continues into book two. I love the writing style and how this innovative novel is scripted. The wording includes New Zealand lingo creating a realistic effect. The narrative is swirling with unexpected twists. Character’s are compelling with complex personalities. A beautiful deep seeded novel that is exceptional with heart-rending moments. Absolutely love this new series.
Looking forward to reading the next novel in The Forever Love Series.
This series is going to be a winner for me, the first one had me glued to my kindle. A tragedy changed the lives of these young teens, would it hold them together or tear them apart? Harper had Uni plans, life plans not mothering plans yet. Will she find love instead, her heart is already broken? I was holding back the tears reading this book. A fantastic read, can’t wait for the rest of the series.
City Girl vs Country Boy is the first book in the Forever Love series, and we start with tragedy. Harper speaks to her mum only half an hour or so before they have a head on collision that changes the lives of so many.
Written mainly from Harper and Tane’s point of view, but also with some from Stacey, this book was a delight to read, whilst also being very emotional. Harper is trying so hard to hold it together for everyone else, and yet is in desperate need herself. Tane can see the struggles she is having, and tries to help out in whatever way he can.
As for Stacey and Bianca, I can’t wait for their book(s). I have no idea if they will be intertwined or separate, but either way… Stacey is dealing with her loss in the only way she knows how, the same as Bianca. Unfortunately, this is in two very different ways, and so their love for each other gets lost in the mix. I really hope they sort it out, and I want to Stacey to be happy. I just can’t see it happening without some painful self-realisations. As for Bianca, she deserves someone who puts her first, and hopefully we’ve got a hint over just whom that might be.
Excellently written as expected, with no editing or grammatical errors that disrupted my reading. This was a gripping book that will definitely leave you wanting more. Highly recommended by me.
* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
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Wow what a read! This one was both heartwarming and heartbreaking. I’ve been excited about this series since the author first mentioned the concept and now that it’s finally here I was so excited and also a bit afraid it wouldn’t live up to the expectations in my head. But it did, it was such a great read.
City Girl vs Country Boy follows the story of a group of teenagers. It’s quite the unique set-up. There are three families and when the parents of two of those families die all the kids end up at the same place, at the house of the only parent of those families that still lives, Beck. Beck has had his own troubles and is already taking care of Tane (not his biological son) and now has Harper and her two siblings from one of those families and Stacey and her twin Bianca from the other family to take care of too. This book has the point of views of Harper, Tane and Stacey. Harper and Tane are each others love interests and then there’s Stacey’s point of view too, so you basically have a point of view of each of those three families. I really liked the multiple point of views.
This book was quite the emotional ride and quite sad at times, but there’s also this hopefully tone and I want to see all these character get a good life after all they’ve been gone through. Their lives all get uprooted. And they’re all trying to deal with that and somehow continue with their life and find a new place. It’s sad to have these 5 teens who all lost their parents. And then Tane who lives with Beck and now suddenly has to get used to 5 orphaned girls living there too, one of which he’s attracted to.
I liked reading about all of the characters, while we only get the point of view of three of them, we see quite a bit of the others too. They all have their own personality and was easy to remember who was who. They don’t always make the best decisions, but it all felt very realistic with how they all struggle.
At times this book doesn’t really feel like a romance yet, although the set-up for Harper and Tane’s romance takes place, I don’t think it fully blossoms until later in the series. I do like the set-up for their romance, the mutual attraction they have and with the inconvenient timing and Harper having a plan it takes a while for them to even acknowledge the attraction. There is some flirting and some sweet scenes later in the book. They do seem good for each other and I am curious to see how things will develop.
Harper has to take care of her younger siblings, I liked how she took care of them and genuinely seem to care, but it also felt very much like a way for her not to deal or think about what happened by staying busy. She has all these burdens on her shoulders now and she’s struggling and then late at the book when she finally does show some cracks and Tane is there for her, that was great. She also struggles with the plans she made and how she wants to stick with them, but at the same time everything is different now. And the scene at the end where Beck has this talk with all of them, almost had me in tears. It’s so sad to have all these regrets and all these families torn apart.
And while there is quite a bit of sadness and struggles, that’s not all that the books about. It was quite the addictive read. I wanted to read more about these characters, see how they were doing and how they were dealing. And also how they’re making a new home here. This book also shows very strongly how different people deal in different ways with grief. From Willow who turned mute, Oscar who got lost in his computer. Stacey who acted like nothing was wrong, Bianca who struggled and then Harper who tried to keep it all together. And even Beck who tries to be strong for them all and he seemed like a great parent, but he also wasn’t perfect, which made him more realistic. And he had lost two of his best friends. Tane has his own struggles with his mom leaving and he isn’t sure how to handle their relationship now.
One of the things I dislike was the focus on the temporary nature of the whole thing, for some reason those things always trouble me a bit. I wish Harper and her siblings would stay at the house with Beck instead of being set on going back to their home and for a long while I wasn’t sure what would actually happen. That tension or uncertainty made me feel uneasy a bit as I didn’t want her to leave, but in the end I liked how things ended up at the end of this book and in a way that made sense for the characters.
I loved the farm setting and the New Zealand setting. There is something quite idyllic about the farm and how the author brings it alive with all these descriptions. It seemed like a wonderful place. I haven’t read many books set in New Zealand yet, so it was fun to have this book take place there. Although most of the book takes place at the farm, there were still these little things that made the New Zealand setting be felt too.
To summarize: This book was sad and hopefully, heartbreaking and heartwarming. I had a great time reading it and I just wanted to keep reading and see how the characters were doing. The three different point of views really worked here. It was fun to have the romance between between Harper and Tane and then Stacey’s point of view which showed more of that family and how she was dealing. It almost doesn’t quite feel like a romance yet as this is very much the set-up still, but I liked the few sweet scenes between Tane and Harper, they seemed like a good match for one another. Stacey also has a bit of her own romance going on. I liked following these characters and felt so bad for how their lives changes and seeing how they dealt with the grief. I did like seeing them slowly find a bit of their place here. They are all interesting characters to read about and I liked how we got a good feel for all of them, even the ones whose point of view we don’t get. The farm made for a great setting and it sounded like a great place. I also liked that the book takes place at new Zealand. All in all this was an awesome start of this new series and I am looking forward to see how things develop over the course of the series.