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Fall Into You
by Dylan Morrison
Thanks to Dylan Morrison, Storm Publishing, and NetGalley for the ARC! My review is my own.
This book was delightful and I absolutely tore through it. It's got more angst in it than I would ordinarily expect from something billed as a rom-com, but that angst is well-portrayed and thoughtfully handled.
"Will can almost feel the man that he was supposed to be hovering behind him, breath harsh against the back of his neck, waiting with dwindling patience for Will to turn around and face him."
Will spent the first 18 years of his life being constantly reminded that he's a disappointing failure to live up to the manly family legacy and take over the family farm. He walks away vowing never to return... but he has to, when it turns out that his father never changed his will and Will has inherited the farm. He goes back to his hometown to sell the farm to a developer. There he meets Casey, the farm manager, who is everything Will was supposed to have been but isn't: tall, burly, sociable, a business success, and beloved by the entire town - including Will's late father. Casey's living in Will's childhood home and running his family's business. Instant animosity ensues. When a natural disaster strands Will at the farm, he's forced to come to terms with his past, his present life, and his growing feelings for Casey.
Note #1: There is definitely some handwaving that you have to overlook here. Our setting is a delightfully atypical tiny Ohio town where, apparently, the only homophobic residents were Will's now-deceased parents and the town is economically thriving with new businesses on Main Street and lots of young people. Also, Will's improbable trajectory from "leaving home with nothing" to "becoming a successful academic researcher" is glossed over as something that was hard for a few years but manageable. But if you're willing to let fantasy be fantasy, this is a lovely book.
Note #2: Spicy as apple juice. Thoroughly closed-door.
This book was delightful and I absolutely tore through it. It's got more angst in it than I would ordinarily expect from something billed as a rom-com, but that angst is well-portrayed and thoughtfully handled.
"Will can almost feel the man that he was supposed to be hovering behind him, breath harsh against the back of his neck, waiting with dwindling patience for Will to turn around and face him."
Will spent the first 18 years of his life being constantly reminded that he's a disappointing failure to live up to the manly family legacy and take over the family farm. He walks away vowing never to return... but he has to, when it turns out that his father never changed his will and Will has inherited the farm. He goes back to his hometown to sell the farm to a developer. There he meets Casey, the farm manager, who is everything Will was supposed to have been but isn't: tall, burly, sociable, a business success, and beloved by the entire town - including Will's late father. Casey's living in Will's childhood home and running his family's business. Instant animosity ensues. When a natural disaster strands Will at the farm, he's forced to come to terms with his past, his present life, and his growing feelings for Casey.
Note #1: There is definitely some handwaving that you have to overlook here. Our setting is a delightfully atypical tiny Ohio town where, apparently, the only homophobic residents were Will's now-deceased parents and the town is economically thriving with new businesses on Main Street and lots of young people. Also, Will's improbable trajectory from "leaving home with nothing" to "becoming a successful academic researcher" is glossed over as something that was hard for a few years but manageable. But if you're willing to let fantasy be fantasy, this is a lovely book.
Note #2: Spicy as apple juice. Thoroughly closed-door.