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A review by alextweetsbooks
Accepting the Fall by Meg Harding
4.0
This was the second ‘second-chance’ trope book I read…In a row. But it was very different from the first one. Since this one features a teacher, I almost had to like it. And the images of adorable kids.
Cole, a kindergarten teacher has probably had to have dealt with numerous children. But after this particular children comes and causes problems, his past will catch up with him. He is in a committed, if a little boring relationship, but Savannah’s father comes around and might wreck it all.
Zander has had his daughter dumped on him by her unnamed mother. Having been raised by an abusive father in the military, who also had those preconceived notions about what boys are supposed to be like, Zander has loads of problems dealing with his daughter. It gets worse considering the trauma Savannah has been through.
I like how Cole and Zander eventually reconnect and re-establish relationship. They have a lot of catching up to do, obviously, but they go slow-ish and do not jump into it too much. I also liked how Cole’s mother defended him and was suspicious of Zander, still remembering how he broke her son’s heart.
Another huge plus of the book have been the animals. Cole has a big estate and a variety of animals. He helps shelters and wants to foster animals, but gets too attached to them to let them leave again, so he has a lot of them.
The minus thing, why the book was knocked to 3.5 stars instead of 5? The ending felt a bit, what I say Harry-Potter-ish. We leave the family when Savannah is still about 5 years old and suddenly, it’s 13 years later. It was a bit of a meeh moment for me and I’m not really fond of those kinds of endings.
Cole, a kindergarten teacher has probably had to have dealt with numerous children. But after this particular children comes and causes problems, his past will catch up with him. He is in a committed, if a little boring relationship, but Savannah’s father comes around and might wreck it all.
Zander has had his daughter dumped on him by her unnamed mother. Having been raised by an abusive father in the military, who also had those preconceived notions about what boys are supposed to be like, Zander has loads of problems dealing with his daughter. It gets worse considering the trauma Savannah has been through.
I like how Cole and Zander eventually reconnect and re-establish relationship. They have a lot of catching up to do, obviously, but they go slow-ish and do not jump into it too much. I also liked how Cole’s mother defended him and was suspicious of Zander, still remembering how he broke her son’s heart.
Another huge plus of the book have been the animals. Cole has a big estate and a variety of animals. He helps shelters and wants to foster animals, but gets too attached to them to let them leave again, so he has a lot of them.
The minus thing, why the book was knocked to 3.5 stars instead of 5? The ending felt a bit, what I say Harry-Potter-ish. We leave the family when Savannah is still about 5 years old and suddenly, it’s 13 years later. It was a bit of a meeh moment for me and I’m not really fond of those kinds of endings.