Samantha (bookgramsaga reviews)'s Reviews > Irresistibly Wild

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''You can only hope to survive her''

Safety warnings:
- H 31 / h 23
- No cheating
- No OW drama
- Ex-bf causes issues
- Mention of cheating (ex bf)
- Loss of loved ones
- Single dad
- Professor x student
- HEA

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Yes, I skipped the first two books. I don't know if I will read them anytime soon, but I wanted to get to this story the most. Single dad plus professor x student trope mixed with fake engagement is great when it is done right, and it was!

I was at first shocked to see there was NO mention of his kid in the beginning only to realize this isn't because he is actually a father until sadly his brother and his sister-in-law pass away tragically and he takes over as the guardian for his 6-year-old niece, whom he loves and adores and cannot fathom not having in his life.

Callan and Layla meet at a random evening and have a one-night stand and that was all this was supposed to be until she walks into his classroom after he is taking a temporary position. Callan is an emergency doctor and that is what Layla is also studying to become so things are already really complicated. These two need to be professional as she also (poor Callan) is working at the hospital emergency room he is in.

At first you just have them trying to figure out their little dilemma but quickly things take a horrible turn when Callan loses his brother and takes Katy under his wing but sadly Katy's maternal grandparents who are only after the life insurance policy connected to Katy want her and will play dirty to get her. Callan is desperate and asks Layla to be his fake fiancée and move in with him and after a hot minute she agrees.

NOW NOW

I knew this would be angsty and it delivered.

I have to say that I liked Callan a lot more than Layla, now there was nothing wrong with her per say but I just enjoyed reading about him and his chapters more. His love for his niece and how far he will go for her was admirable and I wish everyone was like that for children in need.

He fell in love with Layla quickly and he was contemplating never saying anything since she didn't want to be in love after the fiasco with her ex, but he blurts it out.

Callan was not afraid to be vulnerable and show his weakness to others. It was a breath of fresh air for me. He knew what he wanted in life and what he wanted was his niece to be with him forever and Layla by his side.

Sadly, they have a long fake engagement to play out for the court before everything is official and the lady who is in charge of their file is a BITCH and I knew I smelled something fishy with her cause whenever they showed her how great Katy was with them and how her grandparents couldn't even be bothered to come to the funeral let alone ever call Katy (they were distant and never had a scene where we see them btw) she seemed to not give a shit and tried to find every small thing wrong with Callan.

She was dirty. She was promised money from the grandparents to get the kid and that's why she acted that way, thank fuck it was found out about before Katy was sent to live with them! That scene where she attempts to bolt was too funny.

I think my main issue was that it did not need to be this long of a book? It could have been 50-70 pages less and still worked for me.

There were also a lot of references about Layla's older sister and husband who have their own book that I never read so I was a bit lost around those parts but that is all my fault lol