Review: You'll end up wanting your own Wilde brothers experience by the end of the book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
I was given a copy of “Wilde Riders” by Savannah Young in exchange for an honest review.  I also agreed to participate in a book tour with Booksniffer Review Tours ([...])*****Cooper Wilde has been called back to his hometown of Old Town, N.J., by his older brother Jake.  Since the death of their parents, his brother has taken over the family bar, Haymakers.  Jake had taken out a loan with H&C; Bank and now they are sending in a fraud investigator to check into the possibilities of misappropriation of funds and failure to repay the loan.Cooper left Old Town and never looked back.  He went on to attend an Ivy League college and became employed on Wall Street.  He has the perfect plan in place for how his life is going to play out.  He was going to make his million before he turned thirty.  He has his ideal lower Manhattan apartment.  He drives a new BMW 6-series convertible.  His life nothing compared to what it was when he was part of the Wilde Riders singing for money and trying to find the next gig.Riley Smith has been working her tail off to get to this point in her life.  She is the fraud investigator for H&C; Bank.  She has everything in life that she could possibly want, except a man.  She has set her standards pretty high on the type of men she doesn’t want to date anymore.  “The Wall Street wannabes and the only things they talk about are their 6-series BMW’s and the first million they’re going to make before they turn thirty.”  She has forced herself into a dry spell due to her decision of men.  It’s been 6 months since she’s even been with a man.  Her future of finding Mr. Right is looking a little bleak.Her job assignment is taking her to Old Town.  Since her conversation with Jake Wilde, she has set in her mind that she will be dealing with good old country boy that reminds her of Clint Eastwood.  However, upon her arrival at Haymakers, it’s her meeting with his brother Cooper Wilde that spins her world into one crazy and “Wilde” weekend.After the meeting with the Wilde brothers, Riley is leaving the parking lot of Haymakers, when she runs right into a truck.  (By chance it’s Tucker Wilde’s, another brother.) Her car being towed off to be fixed, she has no way back to the city, it appears she will be staying the night in Old Town.With Cooper taking notice that Riley is stressed and worried about her car, he offers to buy her a drink to help calm her down.  It’s over a Jack and Coke the Riley starts to spill out her thoughts on the men from the city.  From the conversation, Cooper realizes that the person he is in NYC isn’t the kind of man who Riley is interested in.  Taking a leap of faith, he decides that he will just let leave this portion of his life out of the story until he sees where things are headed with Riley.After a few drinks, things start to become heated between Riley and Cooper.  Flirtation and sexual tension start to grow to the point that both aren’t sure where things could lead.  With inner conflicts going on between the two, it leads you to wonder if they are ever going to do anything.  It’s a touch of a hand, a hint of sparkle in the eye, and of course the alcohol that sets these two up for an action packed weekend.*****“Wilde Riders” takes on a different style of storytelling.  Instead of being from the point of view of just one character or allowing us to take on the voyeuristic abilities to see into their lives; we get the story told from the eyes of Cooper Wilde and Riley Smith.  You’ll find yourself flip-flopping back and forth between the two, but the author does a great job at keeping her readers from being confused.I did find that the characters were self-centered.  This irritated me off and on throughout the story.  We all have encountered people like this in our own lives and you just want to tell them to get over their selves.  Other than that small little annoyance, I enjoyed the book.I will admit that what caught my eye about the book was the man on the cover.  I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but in this case, I did.  Actually there was no judging.  It was more of, yes I shall read this book because of this sexy man.The sex scenes in the story weren’t explicit, so I didn’t feel as if I was reading some kind of dirty book.  They sex was handled tastefully, but leaving you wanting to know more.  I’ve read a couple of books in the past that just were so focused on the sex that it might as well had been porn.  With this book, that wasn’t the case.  Yes, there was a lot of sex, but it wasn’t graphic by any means.I’m glad I decided to participate in the book tour with “Wilde Riders.”  This book was exactly what I needed as a break from the longer and more in-depth books that I had been reading lately.  It was the little breath of fresh air that I needed.