A book where two people determined to have a child the practical way find love...picking up this book was a no brainer! I love the premise and any book with love and babies is a book I’m ready to jump of board to!
Firstly, P Dangelico is an author I’ve recently read and loved! She does slow burn with a humorous twist similar to Mariana Zapata. I have to say slow burn is a genre I am falling more in love with everyday and this story didn’t disappoint.
Stella is a fierce financial analyst who doesn’t need a man(do you sister!) but a complex character with vulnerabilities around money and security that I found so relatable. The fact that she had an older twin brother Alex who she shared a twin connection with was super cute and discovering her brother was a man in military uniform certainly didn’t hurt either! Stella was practical in a way I can relate to but also human; I loved how Dane described her ugly red glasses which she needs to see!
Speaking of Dane. A funnier, more considerate male lead I haven’t read in a while! He was so witty he had me chuckling along as I read and that made me fall for him so hard (because what I want more than anything in a partner is to laugh!) I also loved how unexpected he was. Sure he was a retired football player but he also had brains and that more than anything set him apart. When football players are portrayed as airheads I can’t fall in line with that imagery so thank you P Dangelico for breaking the mold!
Stella and Dane both so desperately wanted a baby and that was the sweetest thing not to mention the thing drawing them together! The character of the baby wasn’t as big as I thought it could have been though. I would have loved more moments between Stella, Dane and the baby but that’s just my gluttony for cute family scenes talking!
I loved the parents in this book! Stella’s mom and Dane’s dad were such wonderful additions to the tale not to mention hilarious in their own ways! Stella’s mom was also fierce and you could see where her daughter got that characteristic from. Dane’s dad was sweet and that character trait was well evidenced in Dane!
As far as angst goes there was a bit but not too much. This book was high on humour and low on angst. As a drama lover that got to me but I was soon giggling at quotes by Dane so didn’t have too much time to dwell on it.
Lastly, I would highly recommend reading Wrecking Ball and Sledgehammer by P Dangelico to get a heads up on the characters mentioned throughout the book. There are quite a few references to characters introduced in those two novels. When reading Babymaker I had to try and remember who was who in the zoo from reading Wrecking. Ball and knowing the other characters was worth it because I enjoyed hearing from them and about them more!
I gave this book a high rating of: 4 stars!
I can’t wait for more in the series!
TK MAJ
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