Love in the Wild: A Tarzan Retelling

3.5 stars
the story was interesting, obviously, it was based on a already established premise: the story of Tarzan. I liked the characters and the writing held my attention for most of the story. I'd say it's worth the read if the premise sounds interesting to you and you don't mind some, kind of plausible, insta-love.
However there were a few things that really pulled me out of the story and lowered the stars for me:

•Thorne's speech goes from caveman to surprisingly eloquent in like two pages and then would switch back. Also if Bwanbale taught him swahili and helped him better his english why wouldn't he have taught him to use first person pronouns? especially when that's one of the first and easiest things one learns when studying languages.•To me, the mystical nature of the jungle, and Thorne's ability to know exactly what the animals are 'saying', felt weird in an otherwise contemporary non-magical world•Why didn't Eden's parents play into this story beyond one phone call with her mom? For a story with such a heavy emphasis on family and found family, you'd think Thorne meeting her seemingly loving family would/could be a touching moment.