In Her Boots by KJ Dell'Antonia

Theodene Allen

Jul 3

So excited to review In Her Boots by Kj Dell'Antonia! Sometimes I get so wrapped up in a story that I forget that it's no my real life. This story in particular left me wishing I at least lived in the same town on a farm like Pioneer Hill!

Maggie Strong is the pseudo-personality created for social media. While it's not exactly who Rhett is in reality, it's a very close similarity to her real life. She's a doer, a farmer, a learned mechanic, and enjoys working hard. Her high school roomie and best friend Jasmine is her partner in crime and they edge each other on.

Rhett was approached on the Maggie Strong social media to put her ideas into a book. The book became amazingly popular and is asked for television and radio interviews. Just one problem: Maggie Strong is anonymous. How do you go on live television if you're not supposed to have a face?

Her publicist encourages Rhett to take in this live interview. Rhett goes along with Jasmine, but they agree that Jas will go on stage because Rhett hears her mother backstage. She can't face her strict and judgmental mother on live television! Only, it's a disaster when Rhett's mother leans on the flimsy table and it flips over on her, becoming the laughingstock of social media memes.

Rhett is heading to her grandmothers farm after Bee passed away. It's not all she expected. It's falling apart and her mother wants to sell it. Rhett always thought she would take over the farm and didn't expect her late father's will to split it between her and her mother. And her mother wants to sell it to the college she's President at in order to build and expand the school.

In an attempt to keep the farm for herself, Rhett decides she'll open the old farm stand. It's great timing as tourists will be coming around and the college is ending its school year and will soon have graduation. Jas shows up after fighting with her husband and does some amazing baking. The two do their thing and it makes the farm stand an amazing stop for the community and for visitors alike!

At least, until it caught on fire. Now what?! What will Rhett do? How can she get a mortgage for half a farm that has fire damage? Will her mother still sell the property? what about the success of the farm stand? So many things!

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for access to this book! I give it 5 out of 5 tiaras because I was so caught up in time I didn't want it to end! It's always hard to leave amazing characters that feel like long lost friends!

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