A review by amandareads666
Fumbled Into Love by Nicole Cubba

4.0

I wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy this book when I started it, to be honest. However, as I began reading, I had a great time with it. It was funnier than I thought it would be. I’ve noticed with a lot of books in this style, the humor can be cringey, but this one had a lot of legitimately funny moments. It’s a “series” in the standalone, same-universe kind of way. I plan to go back and read the first two.

Starting each chapter with a song quote was a fun touch, although I admit I didn’t know half the songs. Still, chapter one starting with My Own Worst Enemy was a great choice.

While this is a two-POV book, I felt like it belonged more to Deon than Nat, and I really enjoyed that. It was also a nice change to have the MMC be the one with trauma and dealing with things—we love a man in therapy ✨ instead of it always being the FMC.

It was a big slow burn—and I mean sloooow burn—but I think it was worth it. When we finally (I’m impatient, okay?!) got the spicy scenes, they were chef’s kiss MUAH. However, after a while, I felt like the slow burn started to drag. The “playing house” part got boring, and their inability to just express their true emotions wore thin.

I’m glad it ended when and how it did. Everything was wrapped up nicely. Annnnd the epilogue didn’t include the pregnancy trope (which I despise), so that made me very happy.

Thank you Nicole for the arc!