From the slow-burn romance between Calla and Jonah to Calla and Wren rebuilding their father-daughter relationship to Calla’s journey of personal growth, the book has enough going on to give it a sense of depth and prevent it from ever feeling superficial or dull. Of course, Tucker’s writing style would mean nothing if it weren’t complemented by a well-crafted plot, which fortunately for us, The Simple Wild has. You feel Calla’s highs and lows, and if you’re anything like me, you’ll find yourself routinely laughing while reading this book. She is also skilled in conveying emotions and humor. Her use of a first-person narrative and the present tense creates an immersive reading experience in which you feel as though you are experiencing everything firsthand. Its enjoyability is in large part due to K.A. It hooks you from page one and retains your attention until the very last word.
You know that type of book that is so good that you constantly find yourself trying to sneak away to read it? That’s The Simple Wild. After all, her time in Alaska has an end date, and Jonah, much like her father, will never leave Alaska.
As Calla spends more time with him, she finds her disdain toward him replaced with a growing sense of attraction, but she is hesitant to act on those feelings. And then there’s Jonah, a bush pilot who seems keen on making her time in Alaska miserable…or at least, that’s what it feels like at first. From the lack of many conveniences to the overabundance of mosquitoes, she is completely unprepared for what awaits her in Alaska. In spite of her reservations about going to the place that her mother has routinely described as a “barren wasteland,” Calla does not want to pass up what might be her last opportunity to salvage her relationship with her estranged father, so she agrees to go. That is, until one night when she receives a call from a woman named Agnes telling her that her father is sick and she should come to Alaska to see him in case the worst should come to pass. Over the next twenty-four years, Calla never saw her father, and after a fallout with him when she was in middle school, she stopped hearing from him too. When Calla Fletcher was only two years old, her mother moved the two of them from a remote Alaskan town to Toronto, leaving behind Calla’s father, Wren, in the process.
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