livethroughbooksblog 's review for:

An Unexpected Everything by Carrie Ann Ryan

5.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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 Isabella has to let her family take care of her for once after spending her life being their caregiver. So she's let them bring her to the small town of Cage Lake, where her newly discovered siblings live and practically own the town. She surely was not expecting to see the man who broke her heart years ago. The man who spent a summer making her fall in love him, only to leave her with a short note. Yeah, that man. But though Weston broke her heart, he never left it, and all those feelings are coming alive again after being in such close proximity. A second chance is on the horizon, if her past doesn't ruin it, and if they can get past the heartbreak they were left with before.

Weston never forgot Isabella, always regretted the way he had to leave her, without a reason given for his departure. But now she's here in his small town, and he sees his chance for forgiveness, and if she lets him, to have it all. If he can protect her from her past, and show her that he can be trusted with her heart again, that second chance can be theirs.

I love that Isabella finally let her family care for her, protect her. She was always their caregiver, and now was the time to let them return all that love. Thank God she did, because it brought her back to Weston. And what a man to come back to - he's so caring, so sweet, and just begging her to see how much they could have with each other if she'd forgive him and open her heart back up to him. Carrie's stories always get me in the heart, but Isabella and Weston are somehow even more heartfelt and heart-tugging than is her usual. I fell so hard for them as I was reading, I think they just may be my favorite couple of hers yet.