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Accepting the Fall by Meg Harding
5.0
I was sent this book as an advanced copy for reviewing purposes, but all opinions are my own.
I loved this second-chance romance so much, without realizing it I even finished it within one single day (more like single evening) and that never happens because I'm a very slow reader.
The story is about Cole, a gay kindergarten teacher, and Zander, a Black bisexual firefighter whose daughter is in Cole's class. Cole and Zander both grew up on military bases and they meet each other again after almost two decades of having had a relationship that ended abruptly as teens.
It's hard to find anything I didn't like about this book, to be honest.
I loved the single-parent aspect, and how Zander didn't really know what to do with a little kid (he only had her for a few months because her mom dropped her on his doorstep and disappeared) but how he loved her so much and always wanted to do what was best for her. He is working as a firefighter and his job makes him a little absent from his daughter's life at first but he learns to do things with her and how to be a great dad. I also loved that this wasn't a story about him coming out and that his colleagues and friends knew about him being bisexual and nobody had a problem with it.
Cole was a sweetheart and he loves the kids he's teaching and seeing him with all his pets and farm animals had me so soft. He is also in an established relationship at the beginning of the book, which is something that initially I didn't like because I never know where a story might go from there. Fortunately there was no cheating and instead we were given enough time (I believe in the book a few months passed) to see why his current boyfriend wasn't good for him. It's not that he was a bad guy or anything (I also hate when someone is in an abusive relationship and finds a new partner, because I'm never sure that they love the new partner or if they're really just looking for something better). In fact, the guy was great on paper, but just not what Cole needed in his life.
Once things with Cole's ex ended, the romance took up from there. Cole and Zander's dates were so adorable and once they started dating there was no real obstacle to their romance. Most of the conflict was from their time together when they were teens, and I loved seeing snippets from the past to understand what had gone right and what had gone wrong.
I also liked the focus on Savanah's mental health and trauma of her mom leaving her and how she interacted with the world (mostly Zander and Cole, but also the other kids) because of it. I just wanted to hug her and make sure she was okay and I cried with that epilogue because yes, she turns out okay and loved.
So, I can't recommend this book enough if you want to read a cute second-chance romance with a single parent trope and an out and proud bisexual Black man.
TW: mentions of past homophobia, past break up, car accident, hospitals, child abandonment
I loved this second-chance romance so much, without realizing it I even finished it within one single day (more like single evening) and that never happens because I'm a very slow reader.
The story is about Cole, a gay kindergarten teacher, and Zander, a Black bisexual firefighter whose daughter is in Cole's class. Cole and Zander both grew up on military bases and they meet each other again after almost two decades of having had a relationship that ended abruptly as teens.
It's hard to find anything I didn't like about this book, to be honest.
I loved the single-parent aspect, and how Zander didn't really know what to do with a little kid (he only had her for a few months because her mom dropped her on his doorstep and disappeared) but how he loved her so much and always wanted to do what was best for her. He is working as a firefighter and his job makes him a little absent from his daughter's life at first but he learns to do things with her and how to be a great dad. I also loved that this wasn't a story about him coming out and that his colleagues and friends knew about him being bisexual and nobody had a problem with it.
Cole was a sweetheart and he loves the kids he's teaching and seeing him with all his pets and farm animals had me so soft. He is also in an established relationship at the beginning of the book, which is something that initially I didn't like because I never know where a story might go from there. Fortunately there was no cheating and instead we were given enough time (I believe in the book a few months passed) to see why his current boyfriend wasn't good for him. It's not that he was a bad guy or anything (I also hate when someone is in an abusive relationship and finds a new partner, because I'm never sure that they love the new partner or if they're really just looking for something better). In fact, the guy was great on paper, but just not what Cole needed in his life.
Once things with Cole's ex ended, the romance took up from there. Cole and Zander's dates were so adorable and once they started dating there was no real obstacle to their romance. Most of the conflict was from their time together when they were teens, and I loved seeing snippets from the past to understand what had gone right and what had gone wrong.
I also liked the focus on Savanah's mental health and trauma of her mom leaving her and how she interacted with the world (mostly Zander and Cole, but also the other kids) because of it. I just wanted to hug her and make sure she was okay and I cried with that epilogue because yes, she turns out okay and loved.
So, I can't recommend this book enough if you want to read a cute second-chance romance with a single parent trope and an out and proud bisexual Black man.
TW: mentions of past homophobia, past break up, car accident, hospitals, child abandonment