Review: Sawyer by Katy Regnery (The Stewarts of Skagway #4)

Note: An advance reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author via Grey's Promotions.

Sawyer is book four in Katy Regnery's The Stewarts of Skagway series, which is set in the small Alaskan town of Dyea and city of Skagway. At twenty-two, Sawyer Stewart is the second youngest among the siblings, and happily partakes in the family business. He doesn't have all the much to complain about; he lives a good life, has a family who loves him and whom he loves, and is part of a community that supports one another. Crossing paths with Ivy Caswell, however, serves as a reminder of what he lost, not that he had much say in the events that followed a summer he hoped would lead to more. From friends, they became lovers after she had broken things off with her cheating ex. That summer meant the world to him, but when Ivy upped and disappeared and proceeded to ghost him, only to learn that she had gone back to her boyfriend, Sawyer was hurt and angry. More than a year later, she's back in Skagway to help care for her ailing aunt, and with them spending time together on a stage adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, maybe it'll provide some closure or a rekindling of a love once stalled.

In the first few pages of this book, I found myself not having that high of an opinion of Ivy, especially given how she decided to end things with Sawyer. There were bits and pieces of her that reminded me of Catherine Earnshaw, the female main character from Wuthering Heights and who I have mixed feelings towards. Now, Sawyer was no Heathcliff, and there were no deaths in this fourth Stewarts of Skagway installment. As expected, this ends happily, and I did grow to have a better understanding of Ivy, thus leading a more informed appreciation of her motivations and character development. Sawyer was a young man whose heart was all about family, community, and Ivy, and I admired his patience and perseverance. Aside from the second chance romance, which I very much enjoyed, Ivy finding herself and what gave her true purpose was probably my favorite thing about the book. I also think there was a resolution to her relationship with her father, and it's a reminder that peace of mind is just as important as happiness. Sawyer turned out to be the balm to my soul that I didn't know I needed and gets five stars.

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Read my reviews for the Stewarts of Skagway series:

Tanner (book one) - five stars - My Review

Harper (book two) - four stars - My Review

Hunter (book three) - 4.5 stars - My Review

Sawyer (book four) - five stars - My Review (posted above)

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Release Date: 15 August 2024

Date Read: 09 August 2024

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