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The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
4.0

**Reviewed from an ARC received from Netgalley for an honest review.

Don Tillman, now married to the most beautiful woman in the world and living in NYC, returns in this mad caper of a novel revolving around the couple's unplanned pregnancy. Naturally, Don does not take the news of his impending fatherhood well, and a series of misunderstandings all caused by Don's best intentions lead to the threat of losing Rosie forever.

I thoroughly enjoyed being back in Don's hyper-literal and hyper-logical mind, but I still enjoyed the first book far more. Rosie's character is more or less absent as Don runs wild trying to learn about pregnancy, child-rearing, and fatherhood, and I missed her. I also found the ending a bit too neatly wrapped up, but hey, this is a mostly lighthearted tale and that is OK. Still highly recommend.