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Author: Danica Nava

Narrator: Kyla Garcia

Pop singer and former Disney star Avery Fox stepped on major poo. After posing with a feather warbonnet and hardly any clothes on for a magazine cover, she basically got cancelled overnight. ‘Ms Fake Pocahontas’ is the nicest thing they called her. The idea of the shoot was to make a statement: a successful Native American singer. Well, that did NOT go well. Worried about her image and the threats that Avery has been receiving, her mother ships her to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma to stay with her estranged grandmother, Lottie. 

After getting mugged on the bus (yes, bus!) her mom put her in, she’s ‘welcomed’ at the station by Lucas Iron Eyes, one of her grandmother’s ranch hands who doesn’t even try to hide how disgusted he was by her behavior. Plus, he hates her music! 

Lucas has lived on the ranch since he was sixteen. Now, he can’t believe he’s tasked with babysitting this pop princess and teaching her not only how to work on the ranch but also about her heritage. Avery clearly doesn’t belong there, but they strike a deal – she’ll help him save the ranch and make into a rehab facility and he’ll teach her how to really be truthful to her roots. They shouldn’t develop feelings.  Well, that also didn’t work! 

Narrated solo by Kayla Garcia, this one was refreshing. I completely understood Avery. It’s hard to deal with an identity that has been taken away from you. Hardly anyone believes me when I tell them I am 1/5 Native South American. However, even though my genes carry my heritage, the ties to my roots have been cut by the ancestors responsible for the 4/5 who wanted to erase it. I am telling you, it’s weird. I love the representation, especially in a popstar/ cowboy romance with Native American MCs. As for Kyla’s performance, what’s to say other than it’s perfection – as always. 

It’s funny, slow burny, swoony and a little spicy with a Hollywood ending to die for! 

Content notes: loss of family members, addiction, child abandonment, toxic relationships with family members, use of the term “savage”. The term Indian is used within the community.