Loved it! Great (and) pure fun. ( )

Tags:
Cinnamon roll hero
Romantic comedy
Humor
Verbal abuse
Age gap
Abusive relationships
Family expectations
Opposites attract
Family legacy

I understand now the hype of this book in BookTok, but I know people will hate me when I say I almost wished the two main characters didn’t end up together in the end. I felt Daniel was too good for Alexis. Here me out first. I am not downplaying the life traumas that Alexis faced her whole life, but I also don’t think that gives her the right to play with two men’s feelings. Granted, one was an a--, but the other was a cinnamon roll hero. I still enjoyed this book very much. There was a lot of humor, and the storyline was engaging. I was very animated while listening to this in my car and I'm pretty sure the other drivers were staring at me. Overall, this may not be my favorite, but I still think it's worth reading. ( )

Alexis swerves to avoid a raccoon and her car goes into a ditch. A handsome stranger, Daniel, pulls her car out. She later sees him at a lodge, and helps him win a bet. One thing leads to another and they become involved. But Alexis is a surgeon and is expected to follow in her father's footsteps of head of surgery. Daniel is 10 years younger, a laid back carpenter, and trying to earn money to save his legacy. They are mismatched in careers, but matched in love.
Alexis can't decide if she wants to give love a chance or honor her father's dream of her becoming head of surgery, and returning to be with her ex who was verbally and mentally abusive.
Can she give up her world to be part of his?
Cute romance, but I preferred the 2nd and 3rd novels in this series. ( )

I'm not crying you are 😭😭, This is so hard to even begin to unload the emotions this book made me feel. But let me try...

Alexis- female main character and Daniel male main character, both worlds apart. Alexis, from the rich world, a doctor rising in her ranks and 10 years older. Daniel, a carpenter and from a small town, tattooed and sweet all around.
I can't even begin to express how this man crushed my soul 🤫please don't tell my husband, but I would've wrapped this man in my arms and never let him go.😂😂

I had such a good time reading this book that I legit could not put it down, I am unfortunately not that fast of a reader so I started it yesterday afternoon and finished it today.
I found myself reading lines to my husband that had me in freaking in tears from laughing so hard.

“I refuse to have sex with someone who doesn’t have a headboard. I’m not that desperate—yet. My vagina has officially been closed for so long I’m afraid a Spirit Halloween is going to move in.”

“Just keep her laughing,” Doug said. “When a woman laughs, her eyes are closed more. She won’t notice how ugly you are.”

I can't relate to Alexis in the rich department but what she goes through with her ex and her father, I can relate 10 folds. It pulled at my heart strings and pissed me off that I found myself yelling, I mean straight up cursing at these asshats characters. I might need to reach out to my therapist again but hey it's okay, I'm okay 😂. I can't dive in too much without full on spoiling the book for anyone but please read the book. I didn't find it triggering around it's trauma areas but the book does have some scenes of ⚠️ mental abuse and a couple of physical abuse⚠️. Personally I was not triggered because I don't easily do however I understand some people do and it's okay just do the research on the book but I promise this book is so worth reading.

I laughed, I cried and I mean straight up sobbed 😢😢, my heart broke and healed but oh man it was just so worth it.

“I'd give up my life here to be where she was if she'd have me. I'd give up my house and this town and all the people in it. If she was at the hospital eighty hours a week, I could be there when she left and be there when she came home. Make her breakfast, take her lunch, take her dinner. I could pick up the slack. She wouldn't have to do anything, it could be all me this time -I'd go to her. It didn't have to end.”- Daniel, like who doesn't want someone to love them this deep, he legit broke my heart.

If you can get anything from my ramblings above it's read it. It was just freaking amazing. ( )

I didn't like this. The woman who is the main character was so beaten down and so over-privileged. Obviously the book is supposed to be about her changing, but there was no sign of the actual hard work and reflection it would take. I only read about 1/3 of it.