Ranger by Dr. Rebecca Sharp

Summary of Ranger:

Sydney Ward woke up on the wrong side of life—that’s what it feels like when cancel culture claims another victim.

After her relationship implodes and tanks her career as a bestselling romance novelist, Sydney decides to start a whole new chapter in the last place that any kind of romance—literal or figurative—could find her: Wisdom, Wyoming: a town with two stoplights, one main street, and zero book boyfriends.

Sydney was prepared to rebuild her life. She was prepared to forget all about sexy firefighters, broody billionaires, and dreams of her own happy ending. She was not prepared for her incredibly intelligent and endearingly awkward landlord—or the way he makes her feel things she’s only ever written about.

Ranger Reynolds lives by his own rules. While his exceptional IQ makes him an asset to Reynolds Protective, Ranger knows he’s too smart for his own good—and too smart to find love like the rest of his brothers. So, he ignores the pull he feels for the woman renting his garage apartment and sticks to facts instead.

When the press show up looking for a story on Sydney, they bring a dangerous plot twist. They’re out for blood, and they aren’t the only ones with Sydney in their sights. Ranger is determined to help. So, when Sydney approaches him proposing a very convenient kind of protection, Ranger agrees. Because what other reason would he have to get married?

Length:

356 Pages

Reading Speed:

5 hours and 30 minutes

My Opinion of Ranger:

If you have been following this page, you know that I rarely rate a book over 5 stars. That should be enough for you to add it to your TBR. But read the rest of the review to make this book your next read.

Writing Style:

Let’s start with what I noticed most as someone who reviews books every week. The author, Dr. Rebecca Sharp, has the most perfect writing style I have ever read. She has mastered the show-don’t-tell trick that most authors are either too lazy or too incapable of implementing.

The way she stretched out some book scenes where the romance is at its peak, gives you a sense of being in the room itself. In a none-creepy way. She also compacts the scenes where there is danger to give us the impression that it is fast-paced. It gets our hearts racing, our eyes skipping over the words as fast as possible to make sure our beloved characters are okay.

Some romance scenes even had me giggling and kicking my feet. That reason alone is more than enough to place this book at a 5 star.

Main Male Character:

If you haven’t read the dedication, here it is:

To Dr. Spencer Reid, Criminal Minds did you dirty, Pretty Boy. You deserve a happy ending, so this one’s for you.

You don’t know me, but here is some context. I got married at 21 to the absolute love of my life. We celebrated our first-anniversary last month. I cannot be happier.

Had I watched season 15 of Criminal Minds before the wedding, I would not have gotten married.

I apparently have one type of man and that is Genius who looks like a badass but starts talking statistical gibberish at any given chance.

You don’t need to watch Criminal Minds or to read the three books that come before this one. If you have the same type as me, go read this book right now.

His character fits into this plot so perfectly. Every action, every word is exactly what I would imagine him doing in such a situation. An author rarely fits the plot to the main character. Usually, the main character does something that you would ever expect them to do, simply so it would fit the plot.

Main Female Character:

Now, I am not a fan of making one of the leads an author. Usually it has nothing to do with the plot and it feels like lazy writing to me. This time, the plot revolved around the main female’s books and her writing. This is the one time I will excuse and actually enjoy there being an author in the books.

She has a personality. Ladies and gentleman, we finally have a female character that doesn’t have one quality featured on every page. She listens when people tell her how to protect herself. She encourage Spenc- I’m sorry, Ranger, to defend himself in front of his brothers while acknowledging that their protectiveness comes out of love. She makes the first move. She doesn’t doubt herself, yet she isn’t arrogant.

I can go on. But this is a healthy, realistic female character and I love her. I absolutely love her.

Plot:

Incredible. It is the perfect Plot-to-romance ratio. Truly, truly incredible. It had just enough plot to follow along, to care about what might happen next, what the mystery is. But the romance was there. It was definitely there, not overshadowing the plot, but building on it. There were instances where the romance was put on pause because of a dangerous situation. Perfect. It was realistic, because we would put our health before the possibility of falling in love, yet still romantically dreamy. It still had that unreal-ism that comes with romance books, including the instant attraction, that special something in their counterpart, the irresistible pull.

Recommendation for Ranger:

Obviously, anyone obsessed with Spencer Reid from Criminal Mind should read this. Even if you aren’t, this man is not a book boyfriend, he is a book husband. Run and get this book, now!