The story I've been waiting for ever since the beginning of this series! Fallon and Gage weren't what I was expecting, but gosh, they were beautiful!
From the Catching You blurb:
“Do you think I could make a real living out of punching people’s exes? Hear me out…what if they really, really deserved it?”
Gage supposes it’s a fair question, even if he doesn’t mean it. Granted, the pain and trauma he’s been living with for the past year has changed him, but that’s not the kind of person he wants to be.
And that much is obvious when Gage pragmatically doesn’t ice out his new neighbor who also happens to be the guy that ghosted him for three months after their one night together.
But Gage can’t really blame Fallon for going silent. He’s dealing with as much as Gage is. In fact, as Gage comes to learn, Fallon has a lot more on his plate than a crappy ex. He’s about to become a dad, and he’s doing it completely alone.
Gage can’t seem to help himself when he offers to step in and help. And it’s not just the fact that he’s a firefighter trained to play hero. There’s something about Fallon that Gage can’t get enough of. Something that doesn’t just make him want to keep running after the other man.
He also wants to catch him.
To love him.
To be loved back.
And to turn their chaotic lives into something like a happily ever after.
Catching You is the eighth and final book of the single dads series, Words We Never Said. It’s a friends with benefits romance that contains a firefighter in pain trying to find his way again, a nerdy photographer who has no idea what to do when his life is turned upside down, punching people who deserve it, naming cockroaches after your exes and feeding them to zoo chameleons, building a family, accidentally falling in love, and a feet-kicking, toe-curling happily ever after.
Angels' review:
Ever since the first book in this series released I have been wanting Gage's story. At first it was hinted at that he might end up with Lucas, but then we learned things wouldn't have worked out between them. We got to see Lucas get his happily ever after with Frankie, and now we finally got to see Gage get his happily ever after.
Gage and Fallon aren't a couple I was expecting to end up together, but wow, they make a great team. Both men have been through a lot, have seen there fair share of trauma, have dealt with the ups and downs life has thrown at them, but they've both come out on the other side different, but stronger. Especially after they meet each other and let one another in they become stronger and more unified together, which I loved seeing.
I absolutely adore EM's ability to write such relatable and realistic characters, they are 'messy', and I think some might say broken, but they are so much more beautiful and relatable because of those things. I thought the pacing was as fantastic as always, the story and the characters immediately immersed me back into the world of Single Dad's finding their people. The romance between Gage and Fallon was so good! You could feel the connection those two had with one another, I think some might feel as if their relationship progressed too quickly. But I don't think so, I think their relationship happened exactly as it was supposed to.
I thought EM did a really great job with writing Fallon's character, and I thought the way in which they wrote about Fallon's pregnancy was in a respectful way and well written. I loved seeing past characters making appearances one more. I also really loved how Lucas and Gage were still there for each other and continued to be each other's rocks even though their relationship has shifted some after they both found their partners.
This book was very bittersweet for me, as much as I loved this book, and this incredible series, I am so sad that this series is now over. This series, these characters, were absolutely magical and were filled with hope, found family, and love. Please read this amazing book, better yet, read this whole series. It'll be worth it!
GreenwingReads review:
When I first learned that EM decided to add Lucas and Gage's stories to this series, I was ecstatic. These are the oldest kids of the single dads and I felt like we sort of get to see them grow up in the first 6 books of the series. Seeing how they interacted with the littles in the other books, I was excited to see them become dads too.
I've seen other reviews that commented on being disappointed that Lucas and Gage didn't end up together. Personally, I am glad they didn't. A core theme of the other books was the strong friendship between the dads. Being the next generation (and not dads), Lucas and Gage didn't have that support system outside each other. I think EM made the best choice to have these two be best friends. I saw them called platonic soulmates somewhere and I think that's perfect.
We get a lot of information and hints at how Gage's story will play out in Lucas's book, so I was pretty well-prepared, but as always I appreciate how well EM handles delicate topics and themes (check your triggers before reading). Watching Gage and Fallon support each other and fall in love was so sweet. It didn't feel like a jump-off-the-cliff kind of falling in love, but more like a steady slide into the inevitable. I enjoyed it immensely.
As a whole, this series really encapsulates some of what I think is EM's best writing. I'm sad to see the series come to an end and I'll definitely be re-reading.
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