Unexpectedly Falling – Alexandra Hale

4 stars

JENSEN KADE, YOU ABSOLUTE DOG!

Honestly, this man just shot all my expectations for a book boyfriend to hell. Y’all are gonna hafta work a lot harder now if you want to beat him. He might even be replacing JD Robb’s Roarke as my ideal man (though that can be our little secret).

His whole ‘nice until I don’t want to be’ persona melted me into a puddle! He can’t be adorable, charming, AND sexy….that’s not fair! I loved how much he stepped up with Remi, and I feel like I really got to know him in a way I don’t usually with single dads in romance. He had so much depth and charisma and heart; I wasn’t expecting to fall so hard and so fast for him…

And Nessa! She’s an incredible woman, and I’m so glad that I can welcome her into my life. I empathised with her on so many different levels and felt like I understood her so much more than I expected. She’s so strong and brilliant, and Alexandra wrote her struggles so beautifully. Nessa will stick with me for a very long time.

There were a couple things that didn’t jive as well with me, though. For being the catalyst of everything, I don’t really know what Maria did. She seemed more like a non-entity than the major catalyst for the plot. There was also a moment toward the end where something really big and inspiring was happening that I felt got a little pushed aside because of a different moment. I get that the scene was meant to be this big ideal scenario, but I wished it would’ve happened later as I felt like it took away from something really amazing.

Jensen and Nessa were so much fun to read, and Alexandra gave me a take on the single dad trope that I’ve never read before. It was unique and emotional, and I’m so happy to have taken a chance and read such a wonderfully done book!