A review by audiobooks_sweettea
Derek by DJ Krimmer

5.0

Perfection! That's the best way to describe π‘«π’†π’“π’†π’Œ by the superbly talented 𝙳𝙹 π™Ίπš›πš’πš–πš–πšŽπš›. From the moment I read book 1, 𝑭𝒐𝒙, I had I feeling I was gonna fall head over heels for each and every character. I was right! She does the best with disability reps! 

Derek stole my heart from the start. He is a big grump, left broken with trust issues after his ex wife cheated on him with his best friend. Working at Hel's Ink seems to be his only solace. That is, until he meets Indiana. When he does.....he's a softie for only her! 

I adored Indy. My mama heart wanted to squeeze her so many times!!! I loved her strength despite her weaknesses! I can't imagine all she went through, battling a darkness inside and still crushing on the grump that was Big Daddy D! 

Derek & Indy are the perfection that is grumpy/shine tropes. She was the singsong sunshine to his emotional grump, and watching them together was absolutely a delight! I adored how Derek was with Indy, helping her, being patient with her disability. These two battled so much internally and my heart squeezed so many times as they brought out the best in each other! 

π½π‘œπ‘’ π΄π‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘’π‘› narrations for Derek completely and utterly destroyed my heart in the best way possible. The way he gave his whole self to the emotional moments for Derek....no one does raw emotions better than π½π‘œπ‘’! π‘€π‘œπ‘™π‘™π‘–π‘’ π‘†π‘‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘˜'𝑠 beautiful, melodic voice was a perfect match to π½π‘œπ‘’'𝑠! She nailed bringing Indiana to life and I loved every minute of listening to her! 

I will tell you this: run, don't walk, and grab up the 𝗛𝗲𝗹'π˜€ π—œπ—»π—Έ π˜€π—²π—Ώπ—Άπ—²π˜€, but especially this one. You will absolutely devour and fall in love with them! Derek is mine, just FYI πŸ˜‰.