On The Mountain by Riley Hart

Book Review

5 stars 🍩

This is one of those books that is going to stick with me for a very long time. If you have read Riley Hart before, you know she is an amazing writer, but this book takes that into the next level.

She handles delicate topics of mental health awareness with such poise that you feel the emotions, but they aren't used just to make the book better. These men need each other in a way so deep and primal that once they truly connect their is no turning back for either. They both have mental health issues, but they both accept them as they are and do work through them together, slowly but surely.

OK, so the content warning page can be scary, but the topics are handled in a way you are eased into them and see how they have affected how the characters became they way they are. As I said the mental health awareness was handled masterfully, and I so happy to have read this beautiful story.

Book overview

One feels he’s not worthy of love. The other fears he doesn’t know how. But the sizzling chemistry between them has both tempted to explore the unknown.

Cyrus

I was intrigued by Crow at first glance. Who wouldn’t be? He’s a mountain of a man, who was raised in a cult and now lives secluded in the wilderness. But the draw I feel to him goes beyond mild interest. When his intense gaze falls my way, it feels like he can see into my soul, to my deepest yearnings and desires.

I took a bold chance venturing to his mountain uninvited. But I can’t help myself. Despite Crow’s dangerous facade, I feel at home when I’m near him. I’ve never felt wanted or needed…until the mountain man took me in his arms.

Crow

The mountain is my home, the only place that truly suits me. I reveled in my solitude…until Cyrus showed up looking as lonely as I felt. The warmth in his gaze made me welcome someone into my home and my heart when I never have before.

The way he smells. The way he feels. I come apart with his every touch. The past haunts us both. Yet when we’re together, the weight of it is manageable. Cyrus is mine, and I don’t ever want to let him go. Still, I fear that eventually he’ll want to leave the mountain, and for the first time in my life, I don’t want to be alone.

On the Mountain deals with depictions of mental illness, past substance abuse, an MC who was raised in a cult, childhood abuse/neglect and trauma. For a full list of warnings, please use the look-inside feature to read the content warning at the beginning of the book.

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