Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

Olan Stone is a complete dork. A dashing dork. I’m doomed.

I read book 2 in this series first and I absolutely loved that one. Full five stars and stuff. Unfortunately I don’t feel the same way about this one. I like this author’s writing a lot and there’s tons of funny, sweet and hot moments. Sadly, this was a case of me not really loving the main characters together. The book didn’t really feel like a romance book for a long time, more like it was just Marvin’s story and the love story was a side plot. When the romance really kicked in, I felt like their respective issues made them incompatible, and once I saw that I struggled with envisioning their HEA.

I get annoyed with characters very easily and struggle with letting that go, so might very well be a me-issue only. Just one of those where it didn’t do much for me, I’m afraid. I hate to say it but it was boring.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Teacher/student’s dad
BIPOC character
Interracial relationship
Jewish MC
Single dad
Cat dad
Romcom
Neurodivergent MC (ADHD)
Wealthy MC
Past trauma
Sexual awakening
Nerd MC

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Recovering alcoholic MC (1 year sober)
Cheated on by ex fiancé (past)
Explicit sexual content
Alcoholic parent (past, some details of trauma)
Mentions of past food insecurity
Mentions of vomiting
Brief mentions of fertility issues (side character)
Mentions of miscarriage (past, side character, few details)
Minor injury - child (side character, bloody)
Mentions of MC being abandoned as a child
Fear of abandonment
Brief miscarriage scare (SC, nothing bad happens, present time)

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: Yes
POV: 1st person, single
Genre: Contemporary romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
Main characters’ age: 29 and 34
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 318
Happy ending: Yes


“When I grow up, I want to marry a taco.” For the record, me too, kid, me too.

A whole night’s sleep? Why rest when my mind can ping-pong about multiple topics and increase my bubbling anxiety simultaneously?

I have this problem where I vacillate between wanting a healthy, loving relationship and wanting to become a professional hermit.






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