Book Review: Wandering Wild by Lynette Noni
Title: Wandering Wild
Release Date: 29th April 2025
Publisher: Penguin
RRP: $27.99
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Synopsis:
A GIRL HAUNTED BY TRAGEDY.
A BOY SEEKING REDEMPTION.
A WILDERNESS AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS DEADLY.
Zander Rune was the darling of Hollywood until he fell from glory and was labelled a problematic bad boy. His public image needs fixing—fast—or he’ll lose the role of a lifetime, and all his dreams with it.
Charlie Hart is a regular teenage girl who despises everything Zander represents. But thanks to her scheming best friend and an ill-timed social media competition, Charlie finds herself pretending to be Zander’s biggest fan on a four-day reality TV adventure led by renowned survivalist Rykon Hawke.
When their trip goes horribly wrong, Charlie and Zander are left stranded in the wilderness. No Rykon, no film crew, no rescue. The only way they’ll survive is if they trust each other. But in order to do so, both will have to let go of the ghosts of their pasts, and just maybe find themselves—and one another—in the process.
Review:
there is something SO satisfying about lynette noni’s writing?! i had so many questions throughout the book and she wraps the story up in such a wholesome, tender, and memorable way 🤍 a romance set in the aussie wilderness is unconventional in my books, but if anyone can pull it off, it’s lynette noni for sure :’) the stakes were HIGH, and through all the tension we see the characters grow into the best versions of themselves 🫶🏼 nevermind that the moments between zander and charlie made me giggle and squeal in excitement, i loved seeing the ice in charlie slowly melting and my trust in zander gradually growing. i loved that the author really took her time to flesh out these characters so we readers get attached to them 🥹 my tabs had a lot to do with the intense slow burn and tension between zander and charlie — it’s incredible how much (slow, yet obvious) growth we see in these two. 🥺 i had the BEST time reading this. thank you to the incredible team at penguin for sending over an ARC of this book :)
