One Day to Fall

This was a beautiful book that had me happy reading throughout. Yes, there were emotional points and it dealt with grief, acceptance of oneself, and some family drama. But it still had me smiling because who doesn't love two grumps falling in love over one day? Sophia is a grumpy, sarcastic, blunt woman who has been dragged to the hospital as her eldest sister has gone into labour and there is some resentment there both to her eldest sister, but also her mom and younger sister which eventually leads to her doing a runner. But not before bumping into a grumpy guy outside the cafeteria and sparring with him some. You just know that pair will bump into each other again. The grumpy guy? Well, that's Parker... except he was nowhere near as much of a grump as Sophia was. He was a soft marshmallow totally in touch with his emotions and who is annoyed some rude woman got the upper hand in a conversation. So when he's leaving the hospital dealing with some news about his mother and avoiding his father who should happen to climb into his car but Sophia (I will say she's not randomly getting in the car with a stranger, he works for a car company. But funny side story, my nan once got into a car with a stranger thinking it was someone she knew and they drove her all the way home from the shops. She had very poor eyesight but how nice that random stranger did that for her!). Anyway, wonderful antics ensue from that meet cute and I was there for all of them. Sophia was just so good. I didn't realise I wanted some grumpy heroines in my life until I was reading this. Women are not all sunshine and rainbows, why do men always get the corner of the grumpy market? And I loved that it was not her changing for a man but instead Parker loved her for her bluntness and occasional sharpness and that he would have her no other way. I admit, romances taking place over one day always have me wary. How can the couple possibly develop enough of a connection for us as readers to believe they will make it through? I don't know how Therese Beharrie does it but she pulls the romance off flawlessly. It never felt rushed and considering both of these characters were convinced they weren't ready for any relationship I was there convinced they were perfect for each other even when they weren't so certain of it. Their connection just was there and it worked and they helped one another reach some life realisations and they weren't always happy about it. I was a little late to reading this one, I had an arc for a while but I was so glad I read it when I did. I got to fly through it in a single day and I think that helped me fall head over heels right along with these characters. I was invested in their lives and now I'm eager to go back and read the first in this series because how did I miss that one?!