Review: 15 Things (plus one for good measure) about Unfixable
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2014
Five Facts (and a couple of opinions) About Unfixable1. This book is Tessa’s foray into the world of New Adult Romance. . . . . and she totally made it her bitch.  Since she recently penned a deal with HarperCollins for a three-book NA series, we’ll look at this as a sign of fabulous things to come.2.  If you’ve read the Line of Duty Series (and if you haven’t, really?  Doesn’t anyone listen to me?  Two words—Derek Tyler) you’ve met Unfixable’s heroine.  Willa Peet is little sister to Ginger, the female lead from Protecting What’s His.3. This is the first Tessa Bailey book written in first-person POV and entirely from the heroine’s perspective.  She gives us a snippet of the hero’s perspective in the epilogue, but this book is all Willa.4. Shane is Tessa’s first hero who doesn’t play with handcuffs for a living—but I’d be willing to bet that Willa would be all over letting him experiment with them.  Really, this boy is skilled.5. This book wasn’t published under the Entangled Brazen banner; it is new adult, so it was published under the Entangled Embrace banner.  What a thoroughly Brazen (big B and little b here, wink wink) author writing under the Embrace banner means for the reader is that you get all of the steam Tessa’s famous for plus a depth I always knew she was capable of.  Tessa really gets in to Willa’s head in this book and it’s a beautiful, complicated place to be.Five (rather profound) Things I Took Away from Unfixable1. I don’t care what Sheryl Crow says, the first cut is rarely the deepest.  Real, true love generally doesn’t happen the first time out of the gate and losing it will feel like a paper cut once you experience the real thing.2. One of the toughest lessons for a woman to learn is the horror of losing herself.  It sucks even worse when you realize you lost yourself in a man.3. Even though we’re rarely aware of it, the things that we love the most about others are generally the things we feel are lacking in ourselves.4. Crazy is relative.  We all have our coping mechanisms.  Eccentricity is just one of them.5. Love is rarely convenient.  Or neat.  Or tidy.  Especially when it’s right.Five (Shane) Quotes from Unfixable1. Insert any quote where he called Willa GIRL.  Yeah, I’d normally slap the taste out of a man’s mouth for calling me girl (I did birth a baby, thankyouverymuch), but if he did it with an Irish accent following a string of dirty talk, I’d have better use for those particular parts.2. “At least give me my victory, Willa.  Tell me I can have you.”3. “God, the thought of getting on a plane without you, babe. . . .  I can’t breathe for thinking about it.”4. “You won’t regret it a day in your life.  I won’t let you.  Do you hear me?”5. “You’re smiling up at me like I’m some kind of hero for bringing you home.  Dammit, Willa.  I should have had you here months ago.”And last but certainly not least…..One (ish) Last Thing About UnfixableThis book is, hands down, the best book Tessa has ever written.Do I love Shane like I love Derek?  Nope—but, other than Matt, no one has come close to unseating the lieutenant.Unfixable does, however, mark the first time I’ve loved Tessa’s heroine more than her hero.  From the chick who’s all about the heroines, I think that’s saying something.- See more at: [...]