Finding You, the third book in the Words We Never Said series by EM Lindsey is the perfect type of beautiful. Amazing diversity, sweet romance, and a whole bunch of family drama turns into a book you must read in one sitting.
From the blurb:
For Dallas, the question he asked is simple. He’s an open-minded guy, after all, so why wouldn't it be fine for him to play house with the kind and objectively good looking pilot he met on his flight home?
For Dallas’s friends, his eagerness to say yes might be confirming something they’ve suspected about him for a long while now.
For Kylen, the pilot, it means getting his family off his back and getting a break from them trying to help him find a “nice girl” to settle down with. It helps that Dallas is also hotter than the sun, and kinder than any man he’s ever met before. Kylen can fake it—even if his tender heart might want something he knows isn’t for him.
The only real complication is the fact that Dallas is his daughter’s kindergarten teacher. Oh, and that he’s also a single dad. And whenever he and Dallas fake kiss, Kylen can’t help but notice that it feels very, very real. He doesn’t want to get his hopes up, but when Dallas touches him the way he does—when he looks into Kylen’s eyes like there’s no other man in the world besides him—he can’t help but let himself fall just a little bit more.
All he can hope for now is that when he lands, Dallas will be there with his arms wide open.
Finding You is the third book of the single dad series, Words We Never Said. This book is a high heat, fake-dating, grey-romantic awakening between a pilot trying to escape his family’s match-making attempts, and a recently divorced kindergarten teacher just trying to get by without his sleep deprivation getting him fired. Come for the fake boyfriend antics, stay for the swoony romance, and breathe a sigh of relief when not one, but two men realize there are better things to have up their you know what besides their heads.
Molly Otto's review:
As always, EM Lindsey is one of the most-rounded authors for diversity rep. In this book, we have not only Dallas and his questions about sexuality, but we also get a peek at children who are living their best nuerospicy lives.
Both Dallas and Kylen have a lot of family things going on, just in different ways. It was nice to see the different types of parenting situations that could come up when you're a single dad. This entire series has been one of the best and most authentic for single dads as the author doesn't shy away from the realities of what it means to be a parent.
Between Dallas and Kylen and their multiple issues, it was a very lower angst book, and the romance between them was really sweet and beautiful. A great way to show how you can be both a father and find the love you deserve.
Angel's review:
I've said it before, I'll say it again, I love this author's writing. The way they tell a story, and create a whole world is just mind-blowing. When they write a character who isn't 'normal' by society's standards; (whether that be because they're blind, deaf, Ace, or because they have other medical issues that prevent them from participating in certain things), they make sure to take the time to research what they are about to write about so it's as realistic and truthful as possible. That's something that I have always adored about E.M.'s writing. While yes, these books are fictional, I can relate to a lot of the characters they have created because of how realistic and relatable they are. When I read one of E.M.'s books, I'm completely immersed into the world that they've created, I'm going on a journey with the characters they've developed, I get to connect with the characters, and I'm completely focused on what's going to happen next in the story.
Sweet, sweet, Dallas. He makes my heart hurt, in a good way! He's spent his life thinking something is wrong with him, and people telling him there's something wrong with him, all because he doesn't like to have steamy experiences all the time. He'd rather just kiss, or cuddle, or to simply coexist with someone, rather than having to engage in steamy moments. Dallas discovers a lot about himself throughout this story, and the journey he goes on, while painful, is worth it in the end.
As someone who was unfamiliar with the term Greysexual, I learned a lot while reading this story. As Dallas was going through the journey of discovering something new about himself, I was going on a journey right alongside him. Something I want to point out is how the author gave Dallas time to think the Greysexual term over to see if it fit with how he feels and how he felt about discovering something new about himself, but there was no big freak out, which I loved! No big scene where he's in denial, or refusing to listen to anyone... He takes his time to research, to learn, and then he discusses it with his closest friends. (LOVED THAT!)
Onto Kylen, what a sweetheart he is. Both of these men are so sweet, and I'm so happy these two figured things out and found a way to be with each other. Kylen is always the one helping out with his family is something goes wrong, but when he needs help none of them come to his aid. The only thing they do is judge him and make him feel badly about himself.
I sympathized a lot with Kylen, my extended family is... Very similar to Kylen's so I can understand how much their actions and words can hurt. I disliked all of Kylen's family, each of their characters were awful. ((they behaved awfully, not that they were written badly.)) When Kylen gave them one more chance to apologize and make amends, and instead they dug in more, my heart broke for him. It's hard to cut people out who are supposed to be family, but sometimes it's what's best. And in Kylen's case, they had to go. Flora's so cute, she's a spitfire who loves Dallas and her dad.
The relationship between Dallas and Kylen developed so naturally and smoothly, you don't even really notice how much of the story has gone by until you take a break. I enjoyed that they got to know each other slowly, I LOVED that Dallas put his cards on the table and Kylen respected them. The scenes where Kylen was reassuring Dallas about them being together made me swoon a bit. Where can this (somewhere on the ace spectrum) girlie find me a Kylen? Or a Dallas?
The single dad's friend circle is as incredible as it was in the previous books, I adore those characters so much and I'm ecstatic they showed up in this one. There are so many characters I hope get their own story, I'll have to keep my fingers crossed!! One in particular I'm curious about is Adele, I need him to have his own story! And possibly for both Luke, and Gage to have their own stories as well.
Overall another terrific book! I'm excited for what's next!
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