Title: Falling for Alaska

Author: Belle Calhoune

Year: 2024

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Queer shit: None of note

Vibe Check: Slow paced inheritance drama with found family and learning to heal together

Pile of Opinions:

This book kicked off as possibly the thirstiest thing I have ever read all while not being a spicy book? It was cute and cheesy and low stakes. It was like a sweet Hallmark movie except the leads kept eye-banging each other in almost every scene. True, female MC, works at a tavern that is owned by her dear friend Hattie and that True hopes to own someday. Xavier, male MC, is a has-been football player who is recovering from his career-ending injuries. He also happens to be Hattie’s oldest grandson who, along with his brothers, was summoned to the small town in Alaska they were born in. Hattie has a terminal illness and she wants her grandsons to learn her cider business so they can take it over. True doesn’t know what is the agreement with Hattie and her grandsons for business takeover, Hattie’s son Red bailed on the boys when they were little and is the reason they moved away, and every one of them has to play nice and work together while the future of Hattie’s businesses unfold. This is a good book if you like slow plot, flirtatious interactions, respectful dating with (lightly) dirty internal monologue, and family (found and blood) drama.