I absolutely loved this book! The two main characters were fantastic but so were all of the supporting characters. The ADHD rep was so spot on (in my opinion) and the romance was swoony. Can't wait to have a copy on my shelves!

First off, thank you so much to NetGalley and St Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review! I would have loved to enjoy this novel, but unfortunately I DNFed it at 40%.

I really liked the beginning of the novel, but the more it progressed, the more difficult it was for me to get into the story and continue it. Most of the time I had difficulty following and understanding who we were with in the chapter.

Despite a promising start, after wanting to abandon this book, I finally decided that there were too many novels patiently waiting for me in my library to continue. After all, reading is a pleasure and not an obligation :)

I was given early access on Netgalley in exchange for my honest review, thank you!
this is a MXM romance
opposites atract
forced proximity
a very cute pup, i loved Gus omg
lots of banter

there is an aspect of comedy in there since he literary falls from the ceiling into his neighbor's bed and can't help making a joke about the "it's raining men, halleluiah! " Which was pretty hilarious to be honest.
they seem to hate/dislike each other for some reason and are not forced to live together since their places are a mess due to structural damages to both of their apartments. i love the forced proximity.
its definitely steamy at parts but not too graphic i would say.
while it takes them a while to get together once they are together its cute and i love how supportive they were from each other and how they had no problem standing up to whoever might come and disrespect they partner.

now on to the negative aspects.
it took me more than a month to finish it, while i did have some stuff going on, there was definitely time to read but no appeal to do so. the story at the beginning dragged. it was concentrated too much on how they couldn't stand each other with not much context of why.

it might be petty and also based on this being an ARC, and unedited version but it is not indicated whos POVs it is. makes it confusiung to keep track of

the characters name are Dylan and Dereck to this added to the prev. issue.

This book isn’t for me. I don’t have any major gripes about it, yet it also doesn’t have anything too enticing. I think the premise is original and fun. I also enjoyed how two Dylan and Derek knew each other before they officially “met”. I wish that there had been more of an introduction of the two characters before Dylan fell into the story. I didn’t feel a spark between Dylan and Derek and that may be due to the writing style.

This review will be posted on my Instagram on September 11, 2024.

Enemies to lovers with a healthy dose of catastrophe and banter, this was so, so much fun! Watching these two fight the inevitable was such a treat.

This was sweet. I remember liking her first novel Fly With Me, but being annoyed that only one scene was on a plane. 😂 There is a fair amount of falling in this though! Opening scene is Dylan falling into Derek apartment. I really loved Derek and Dylan, but the book had some pacing issues and maybe one too many side characters? Thanks to @netgalley for the ARC.

I really enjoyed this one! Great hook at the start, Dylan has a flood in his apartment, causing the floor to collapse in the middle of the night. He falls through the floor and lands on top of this hot neighbour (in bed). This does not help their mutual loathing. Dylan ends up offering to make all the necessary repairs, so him and Derek spend a lot of time together. This was a friends to enemies novel, with excellent banter, spice and a lot of heart.

Thank you to St Martins Press and Netgalley for providing me with an arc of this book to read and review.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I enjoyed this book and think you will to.

Words can't capture how much I enjoyed "Fall for Him." It was everything I wanted in a romance novel. The book captured that feeling of delight you get from reading a really good book.

We meet Derek and Dylan when Dylan's floor cracks leaving him dropping through and landing right in Derek's bed. This leaves the two with an utter mess of repairs, and how lucky is it that Dylan understands how to do these repairs and get them done meaning Derek has no choice but to move in with him? The set up was done amazingly! 

I loved getting to know these characters, the author did an amazing job capturing how ADHD can look and how those around us might respond to it. I loved seeing this explored and ways you can support your partner who has ADHD. I also loved that this book really captured what its like to live your life with the grief of losing a parent in childhood and how that may echo in how you see the world and engage in your relationships. 

I came for the trope and stayed for the beautiful execution and exploration of complex characters and falling in love. I absolutely recommend you pick up this book! Thank you to the publisher for providing an advance copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I will rate this book as soon as SMP responds to the demands of the Readers for Accountability strike.

I requested and received an eARC of Fall For Him by Andie Burke. Not going to lie, I was definitely drawn to his title because of the cover (those shorts, honey!) I haven’t read Burke’s previous book Fly With Me so all of these characters were new to me. This can definitely be read as a standalone, because Burke provides ample detail, but I almost wish I had for more context (plus Olive and Stella seem fun!) This story follows Dylan Gallagher who has a contentious relationship with his hot downstairs neighbor, Derek Chang. It’s just Dylan’s luck that when he crashes through his apartment’s floor (literally) he lands right on Derek’s bed. With limited finances, Derek agrees to share space with Dylan while the latter tackles the renovation work, bringing the men into closer proximity in a classic enemies-to-lovers scenario.

I like that Burke threw so many ingredients into her romance pot to brew this story! While Dylan deals with accepting his ADHD diagnosis and how that affects his actions and how others perceive him, Derek deals with grief and the difficult idea that our perception of the bereaved (or anyone, honestly) doesn’t always necessarily offer the full picture. This nuance in characterization allowed me to sympathize with the protagonists (without the added understanding of his grief, Derek comes across as an asshole for a good chunk of the story) while also allowing me to root for their character development throughout their journey. Enemies-to-lovers isn’t necessarily my favorite trope, but I really enjoyed the heated banter between Derek and Dylan. Although the characters are dealing with heavy things personally, Burke lightens the story with great moments of humor, most particularly in the form of the absolutely ridiculous (and occasionally frustrating) Parakeet Karen.

I also liked that the story was able to rehabilitate my former feelings toward Derek! Once the story opened up his history for the reader, he was a much more enjoyable character. The book features a great supporting cast and very interesting family dynamics that added to the overall charm. Although the story had a couple of rough patches and the transition from enemies to lovers was perhaps a little too seamless despite pretty solid pacing, I really enjoyed reading it. I was an absolute sucker for the final quarter of the novel, there may have been a few tears involved. I look forward to reading more from this author!

If the universe could drop a hottie through my ceiling and into my bed, that'd be great!

In the enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy, Fall for Him, we meet Dylan, a mid-thirties tech genius who also happens to know his way around a construction site. When Dylan falls through the flooring of his apartment and lands in the bed of his downstairs neighbor, Derek, the two quickly agree to live in confined quarters while Dylan takes the responsibility of the repairs upon himself. Derek, a mid-thirties ER nurse with a penchant for feeling the need to "save" everybody he cares for, has despised Dylan since the days he laid eyes on him. In this forced proximity, the two slowly start to fall for one another.

This had me hooked right from the start! Both MCs are quite enjoyable. Dylan's ADHD and insecurities are written so beautifully and raw that I know many will connect with his thoughts and emotions - I know I did! Derek proves that he's not just a hot body but has a heart of gold underneath his skin. The side characters add so much warmth. Joni and Felicity are the wise friend/sister when our MCs are too in their own head to communicate effectively to one another. Fall for Him is just simply adorable. This is the kind of romance you find yourself saying "only in the movies/books" but are still hopeful you find some day.

I need this to be adapted IMMEDIATELY! This is the RomCom I want to see when I need a cheesy, gay love story in my life! If I can't watch it, then at least I can read it. This worked for me in all of the ways you want a RomCom to work. Do yourself a favor and don't miss this one!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the digital ARC!

Spice: 2/5
Overall: 5/5

I am so, so conflicted about this one! Fall for Him has a lot of things I adore in a book: forced proximity romance, a hefty dose of humor, and authentic neurodivergent rep. The opening chapter of Dylan literally falling through the ceiling into his love interest Derek's bedroom had me hooked, and I had such high hopes. But the more I read, the more I wished I could have fallen as head-over-heels with the rest of the story as I did with the opening.

But first...the good:
-Dylan's ADHD is depicted so beautifully. I love how Dylan is a smart, capable computer programmer who hyperfocuses a week of work into a few hours, but forgets to turn the kitchen sink off while preparing his sou vide. There aren't enough words to describe how seen I felt while reading Dylan's POV. Between Dylan from Fall for Him and Opal from Mazie Edding's Late Bloomer, St. Martin's Press authors are knocking it out of the park with neuordivergent rep! Keep it coming!!
-Derek's grief at losing both his father and his crush/kinda ex was also beautifully done. I love how him working through his trauma together with Dylan was so centered in the plot, and I felt Burke balanced the heavier moments very well with lighter ones
-I found that Derek's POV sheds important light on the challenges that healthcare workers faced during the pandemic and continue to face. I hadn't expected to find this in a romcom, but I really am glad Burke included it
-Dylan's tangled relationships with his family are depicted really well. There are some really honest, well-explored conversations here about how your relationship with family changes as everyone grows older, and yet old wounds still remain

Now, the things I didn't love:
-Dylan and Derek felt interchangeable to me until about the 50% mark. I didn't expect to have a tough time with the similar names, but it was more that their individual POVs did not feel drastically different -- the humor is similar and their ways of responding to conflict are similar, even though the characters themselves are obviously not the same
-I struggled with the side characters. It feels like we're supposed to know them right off the bat, and I get the sense that many were introduced in Fly With Me. Having not read Fly With Me first, I felt very lost, as we're dropped into these relationships very abruptly
-The romance doesn't hit as hard as I was hoping it would. I'm perfectly fine with a romance not being a slowburn and/or characters getting intimate rather quickly, but it's more that they were calling each other "babe" out of nowhere. I felt like there was some off the page development that we weren't shown

I think this book has a lot of promise, and I definitely will pick up another of Andie Burke's books. I'm hoping that a lot of the issues I had are due to it being an ARC (the "babe" thing in particular feels like an easy fix!), but I am still glad I got the chance to read it!

Many thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Andie Burke for giving me this e-ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Andie Burke's second novel does not disappoint.

Related to her first book (though not a direct sequel and therefore easily read as a standalone), this time Derek, Olive's best friend, gets a chance at love. And that chance literally falls through his ceiling and into his bed. Yes, each and every Raining Men reference is warranted and wanted.

Derek Chang is a simple kind of guy. He's a loyal friend, devoted son and brother, and a hard working ED nurse. He's a fixer, and loves to put his time and energy to help out everyone in his life who needs it. Unless, that is, if the person is his freeloading, heartbreaking jerk of an upstairs neighbor.

Dylan Gallagher might not have everything together (or, most things), but he does his best. Moving into his sick uncle's apartment with the plan to renovate, Dylan finds there's more to repair when the kitchen floor falls out from under him. Of course he lands in the apartment of his asshole (albeit undeniably hot) neighbor. He never understood why Derek seemed to hate him so much, but the last thing he wants to do is help the man fix up BOTH of their homes.

Forced to work together for repairs and to avoid their nosey HOA president, Derek and Dylan find that their close proximity helps to reveal who the other is, lifting the ‘enemy’ veil.

I think I loved this more than the first. Maybe it's the fact that Dylan's ADHD is so relatable to my own. Or maybe it's the larger cast of characters, including both of the boys’ siblings (especially Dylan's tatted, bisexual, outspoken, ginger sister Felicity– we all need one in our lives). Either way, this is another excellent queer love story by this queer author.

Andie Burke, a nurse herself, once again captures the reality of the medical profession– the abuse, exhaustion, and overwhelming need to help. She also perfectly encapsulates the difficulty of living with ADHD, and the common biases those of us suffering with it encounter.

I will absolutely read this book again, and suggest it to anyone who loves romance, enemies-to-lovers, is or loves a nurse, and has or loves someone with ADHD.

4.5 stars. I absolutely loved this enemies-to-lovers rom-com that truly delivers on the comedy, making me laugh out loud multiple times. The story kicks off with Dylan literally falling through the ceiling into the bed of his downstairs neighbor, Dylan—a meet-cute mixed with disaster. Circumstances in the romance novel ultimately force them to cohabitate as they try to hide apartment repairs and a dog from their nosy neighbor. What could possibly go wrong?

The banter was top-notch and even brought me to tears by the end. I loved how this slow-burn romance unfolded and all the great side characters. I read the entire book in just a couple of sittings while on vacation, which was perfect. I can't wait to go back and read this author's debut and look forward to many future books!

Thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book had me hooked from the first chapter! Once I started reading I couldn’t put it down and finished it a day and a half 🤣It’s a perfect slowburn, queer, enemies-to-lovers story 😍❤️‍🩹 Dylan and Derek both experience such growth throughout this novel and I was rooting for their happy ending. I really went through a roller coaster of emotions while I was reading this touching, heartwarming, and hilarious book!

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Thank you to Andie Burke, St. Marin’s Press, and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!! 🥰

This book was so-so for me. I don't think this is part of a series, but I did get the impression that Olive and Stella have their own book. I found the reason for why they started as enemies to be contrived and was so petty. Then we got so many parts of this story that seemed to be relevant but then they don't get any sort of resolution or explanation in the end. It felt like he author was told to cut out several chapters from the end of the book since things felt wrapped up very quickly within the last few chapters. I also think Derek needed therapy very desperately. I don't know if Dylan every said that he went to therapy but Derek certainly needs it, yet we never got any explanation as to how he plans to address the things that he realized are serious issues he needs to confront. The only thing that brought this book from 2 to 3 stars for me is that the chapters were delightfully short and helped me speed through this book. It wasn't a great book, but I liked the idea for it.

We had the chance to read Fly With Me as an arc, which we loved, and was so excited to see her new book “Fall for Him” being release! This was such a fun, flirty, and sweet m/m romance 🥰 I feel that Andie is really coming into her own as an author and I can’t wait to see what she releases next!

I pushed through this one because it sounded good when I read the sypnosis, and I love the enemies-to-lovers trope, but it just fell short for me.

The plot was basically non-existant, with nothing much happening to move the story forward, and some very heavy themes I was not expecting either; lots of focus on grief and the death of a parent.

I did enjoy the ADHD representation and Felicity's character, but the other side characters were too numerous and not fleshed-out, like they were props to make a conflict happen.

Wasn't the right book for me, unfortunately.

Thank you to Netgalley and St-Martin's Publishing Group for a copy in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own.

3.5 ⭐️
The story kicks off with Dylan's misadventure: a renovation mishap that lands him directly into Derek's bedroom after a floor-collapse caused by a forgotten kitchen faucet. Because of this Dylan offers Derek a place to stay while he fixes his bedroom.
This quirky setup promises a blend of enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, and hurt/comfort tropes—a trifecta that I usually love.
However, despite this, "Fall for Him" struggles to maintain momentum. The story went at such a a slow pace that it made it challenging for me to remain engaged. While some moments were funny and heartwarming, others were just boring fluff, leaving my overall reading experience uneven.
I did love Dylan's portrayal as a protagonist navigating life with ADHD. It added depth and authenticity to his struggles and interactions. His dynamic with Derek, rooted in initial animosity but evolving into something more, attempts to build upon classic romantic tropes. Yet, these dynamics often feel overshadowed by the narrative's pacing issues.
Overall , "Fall for Him" offered a promising story arc with relatable characters and an appealing blend of romantic tropes.