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Book Review
Jun. 16th, 2025 08:08 pmQuiver
by Rachel Spangler
This sapphic romance has both the second chance and enemies to lovers tropes. Kylie Manchester is a good actress with a waning career. After grossly exaggerating her skill with mounted archery at an audition, she returns to her rural Vermont hometown in the hopes that her ex Fletcher will train her to the level necessary to get the role. Fletcher is a world-class mounted archer and now runs a school for horse archery. Kylie and Fletcher were deeply in love throughout their youth, but they had a very painful breakup when they were in their early 20s. Twelve years have not healed the wounds, but Fletcher reluctantly agrees to train Kylie. Tensions flare and boil over, leading them both to realize that they must resolve the past in order to work together.
I very much enjoyed this one. The character growth, both as individuals and as a pair, was really good and so well done. I love that their new relationship grew in fits and starts - the bumpiness and hurt was very real and poignant, even if occasionally frustrating. I could have wished for a little more swoony emotion, but that's a small quibble given how well-drawn the characters and their development was. Plus, mounted archery is just really cool and badass.
by Rachel Spangler
This sapphic romance has both the second chance and enemies to lovers tropes. Kylie Manchester is a good actress with a waning career. After grossly exaggerating her skill with mounted archery at an audition, she returns to her rural Vermont hometown in the hopes that her ex Fletcher will train her to the level necessary to get the role. Fletcher is a world-class mounted archer and now runs a school for horse archery. Kylie and Fletcher were deeply in love throughout their youth, but they had a very painful breakup when they were in their early 20s. Twelve years have not healed the wounds, but Fletcher reluctantly agrees to train Kylie. Tensions flare and boil over, leading them both to realize that they must resolve the past in order to work together.
I very much enjoyed this one. The character growth, both as individuals and as a pair, was really good and so well done. I love that their new relationship grew in fits and starts - the bumpiness and hurt was very real and poignant, even if occasionally frustrating. I could have wished for a little more swoony emotion, but that's a small quibble given how well-drawn the characters and their development was. Plus, mounted archery is just really cool and badass.
