thank you netgalley for the e-arc. i loved andie's first book and couldn't wait to get this one. i think her writing and storytelling got even better since the last book. i really appreciate andie integrating mental health and other common struggles into her writing without making it a trope. she makes her characters real people.

This was a fun queer rom com with forced proximity! I was immediately intrigued by the plot. Enemies to lovers, temporary roommates. But I liked that there are also some serious topics (including grief) covered and mental health rep. I enjoyed the writing and the banter. Found myself laughing out loud here and there.

✨ Review ✨ Fall for Him by Andie Burke, Narrated by Kyle Omori; Liam DiCosimo

Thanks to Macmillan Audio, St. Martin's Griffin and #netgalley for the gifted advanced copy/ies of this book!

This is my first by Burke, and I found myself giggling my way through it.

It starts literally by raining men, when Dylan, after a water leak, falls through the ceiling on top of Derek, sleeping in his bed on the apartment floor below. Dylan's living in his uncle's apartment while he renovates it, and the ceiling debacle reveals layers of shoddy work in Derek's own unit. As the two stay together in Dylan's unit while hiding Derek and his dog from the absurdly nosy HOA Karen living there as well, they start to learn more about each other.

This story has
⭕️ hot ER nurses (Derek)
⭕️ ADHD representation (Dylan)
⭕️ lots of found family and real family all around, full of drama
⭕️ so many silly details that will make you laugh

The story is sweet and funny and really was a lot of fun to read!

🎧 I enjoyed the audio narration a lot and found the narrators to really exemplify the character they were voicing. The audio also amplified some of the hilarity that filled the book, as well as the more serious topics within.

Note: While this does reference back to the first book with some regularity, I felt like I was able to understand and appreciate it without having read her previous book.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Genre: contemporary m/m romance
Length: 10 hours 55 minutes
Pub Date: Sep 03 2024

A MM Romance with the most delicious meet-cute I will forever remember whenever I hear the song 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘦𝘯.

I fell into this book and didn’t want it to end. If you are looking for a spicy story that has a fast paced plot with all the feels and great character arcs with lots of surprises you might enjoy this book.

An unexpected home renovation, a VERY nosy neighbor, a loveable goofy Great Dane named Gus, secrets, assumptions, and family expectations.

Derek and Dylan must work together to avoid their VERY nosy neighbor from discovering what happened so they hatch a plan. It’s a race against the clock as they find a solution and work together while overcoming their biggest obstacle, how they 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 feel.

This book also has plenty of spicy moments, lots of banter, and other loveable characters that maybe we will meet in a future book.

𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦: I've posted on my Instagram page for those who do not wish to read spoilers.

This was the first book by Andie Burke I’ve read...and it won’t be the last.

All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I always love a story that can explore hard topics and still has levity. This story deals with grief and has excellent ADHD representation while also having two adult men trying to hide a great dane from a nosy neighbor and people meeting by falling through ceilings.

I really liked Dylan and Derek as a couple. I liked that Derek stood up for Dylan and made sure he was cared for. I also really liked watching them be reluctant roommates who both spoiled Gus (the Great Dane) but didn't spend much time together at first.

If you like mental health representation in romance this is a great pick! I recommend reading Fly With Me first as they do connect and you'll get a lot of insight into Derek.

This book really did the whole enemies to lovers trope really well. The chemistry between Derek and Dylan was incredible due to the fine descriptions of the men. Derek seemed like an Asian Meathead god, while Dylan was this beautiful Clark Kent type. I can definitely get behind these two getting behind each other! On a more serious note, the treatment of Dylan's ADHD and Derek's caretaker-ness really drove a lot of empathy for the characters and I really related to them. The humour was also quite evident in the cheesy banter between the two, and the sassy BFFs. They were a delight! Anyway, I think she crammed a lot of stuff into the book, just like that monstrosity of a dog but I loved it! Too many D's for the win! Kay.

Steam: 🔥🔥
Heart Flutters: ❤️❤️

This was cute! I enjoyed it more than Fly with Me, but it was fun to see the characters pop in from the first book. I did feel like if I hadn’t read the first one and known about Jake from Olive’s perspective that I wouldn’t have appreciated Derek’s relationship with him as much. I thought grief was portrayed well in this book, as well as the neurodivergent rep. Dylan and Derek really balanced each other out and that was nice to see. I also enjoyed the wide array of family dynamics in this book. Overall would recommend! Bonus points for the Jonathan Groff mention.

Overall rating: 5/5 stars

You have to love the trope of forced proximity and enemies to lovers. This is a golden star moment when you take, literal, forced proximity (falling threw a ceiling) and enemies to lovers (over a long time crush mishap) and shove it into a book that deals with mental health, overcoming grief and accepting change. Andie Burke did all this in Fall for Him. Derek and Dylan felt like real life people dealing with their own muddy pasts. I especially liked that they were not perfect in how they dealt with them either it was messy, raw and completely human. Their love for one another is one I will soon not forget. How they get to their perfect rom com ending with worth a read. This one is gonna be loved so fiercely.

This was such a cute read! I loved the premise, and thought the main characters had great banter and chemistry. However, I did feel like their relationship could have used a little more development overall—I wished the jump from enemies to lovers had been drawn out a bit more. This could have also just been my personal experience, but I also found the POVs a little confusing to stay on top of sometimes. Maybe because the story was told in third person or because the two MCs have slightly similar names, but it was somewhat tough to follow initially. Still, I thought FALL FOR HIM had a lot of potential, and I do think it will still be super popular with a lot of readers! Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC.

Did I have this as being published September 10th in my calendar ? Yes. Was I shocked to see it in stores before then? Yes again. Was I happy to get my hands on a physical copy earlier than planned? You guessed it ... YES!

I fell in love with Olive and Stella in Fly With Me (the quasi-prequel to this book) and I was anxiously waiting to read Derek's story. To be honest, this could be a standalone but I highly encourage you to read Fly With Me first to get a little more backstory. It's not necessary but it definitely helped.

I'll be honest, this book started off a little over the top. Not often a man falls through your ceiling onto your bed and your first reaction is to be mad. I think most people generally like to check if all parties are ok before pointing any fingers ... but maybe thats just me. So off the bat I was a little worries that things would be cheesed up. While things were somehow super "manageable", it still felt like the solutions to fix the hole in the ceiling were too easy. But if you forget all that and just pretend its super normal for your upstairs neighbour to fall through your roof then fix the issues himself, then you've got yourself a cute little enemies to lovers story arc!

Both Derek and Dylan (yes its very tricky to keep them separated as characters for the first few chapters) have vastly different personalities but it was sweet watching them round out each others characters. One super erratic, one super anal, and somehow both have hearts of gold. Together they have this undeniable chemistry and things just go up from there.

While the book touches on loss of loved ones, ADHD management, and some intense sibling issues, it never felt too dark as a reader. there is a trigger warning at the beginning of the book, so if you are sensitive to those topics maybe put this one back down.

Overall it was a cute story with an over the top storyline. I didn't hate it, but I found it hard to swoon over it. I think I was just missing a little more bonding between Derek and Dylan before their sexual chemistry took over. It all worked out in the end with some discoveries of their own setbacks, but something along the way got lost in translation.


Spice 2.5/5
Overall 3/5

Thank you St. Martins Press for the early copy !

I found this book very relatable. After sitting on my thoughts for a few days on this one, I kept thinking about how much I was able to relate to Dylan. This is a testament to the quality of the character development. Burke did an excellent job creating characters that I cared about and could relate to. In my opinion, this is the main strength of the book. The story deals heavily in grief and mental health and I felt that it was well handled. I also really liked the queer enemies-to-lovers romance.
There were, however, a few things that bothered me. There was a certain amount of silliness that made me cringe at several points throughout my reading experience. Also, a certain scene with the police that was just super weird.
I would recommend this story to anyone dealing with grief or trying to navigate life, at any stage, living with ADHD.
My true rating sits at 3.5 stars. I liked the book and may recommend it, but I am not sure that I would read it again.
Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an e-arc of the book. The opinions expressed are honest and my own.

Derek and Dylan are neighbors who dislike one another without barely meeting, but one day Dylan crashes and falls into Derek’s apartment where the enemies may be lovers after all!

This book is adorable, witty, has laugh out loud banter, and full of Romantic Comedy movie references. (Really makes me want to turn on ‘10 Things I Hate About You’). Both MMC’s are very relatable and Burke writes them in a way where you instantly fall in love with the pair.

What I loved most about this book is the ADHD representation, along with grief & trauma storylines. These three topics helped make the characters seem so real and helped for me to connect to them more.

The one issue I had getting into the book was Dylan and Derek having similar names that it took a while for me to comprehend which character was which. Once you finally learn who is which character and remember the differences, it’s a quick paced queer love story.

If you’re a fan of witty rom-com queer stories, this one is for you! Thank you @netgalley and @macmillanusa for this gifted copy!

Lovely sophmore novel from the lovely Andie Burke!

I really enjoyed this story. The banter was top tier and the chemistry was very present in every page, even when Derek and Dylan were not getting along.

My only complaint is the names! I love both names on their own, but I had an extremely difficult time remembering who was who with two 5 letter D names. The name complaint did take a way a bit of my enjoyment of the book, but overall it was a great book.

This was cute!

I am still thinking that the gentleman that fell through the ceiling of someone's appartment needs to go to the doc and to get a tetnus shot. That still sits with me, all this time later. I know he's a nurse, I know that, but I'm still thinking it.

The ADHD representation felt spot on, and the description of grief and how it manifested for these characters were spot on and felt real. Their chemistry was good and I was rooting for them the who time, even if Mr. Nurse was sprouting from grief instead of thinking logically.

The narrators did a wonderful job brining the characters to life.

Thank you to MacMillan Audio, St. Martins Press and Netgalley for an e-copy.

Derek and Dylan are neighbors who dislike each other--until Dylan falls for Derek. Literally falls, right through the roof of Derek's bedroom. With both of them having their reasons to keep the extent of the damage to themselves, Derek agrees to allow Dylan to do the renovation work needed to fix their apartments--and, since his bedroom is out of commission, he stays with Dylan for the duration of the work. As they live together, they both begin to learn that maybe they judge the other too harshly. And maybe if they let themselves, they can get along better than either of them ever imagined.

Fall for Him is very sweet and incredibly heartfelt. I absolutely adored it. My only issue was with their named both starting with D, I had a hard time remembering who was who for a decent portion of the book. My confusion over that was the only thing that kept this from being a five star read--otherwise it was absolutely beautiful.

Content warnings for a dead friend and for ADHD issues, including some shaming from loved ones.

I'm a huge fan of Andie Burke's, and not only was this a great follow up to Fly For Me, but it was fun, sweet, and sexy

3.5⭐️

Dylan was never quite sure why his downstairs neighbor, Derek, has hated him since they first met, but he's done a great job staying out of his way and ignoring it. That is until he forgets to turn the kitchen sink off during an ADHD hyperfocus and ends up falling through the floor into Derek's bedroom. Dylan offers to fix the damage himself in an effort of saving money and keeping the nosey HOA president out of their visit. That forces Derek to spend time with Dylan, rather he likes it or not.

I love that this whole story started with Dylan literally falling through the floor into Derek's bed. It started things with a bang and set the pace for the rest of the book. As someone diagnosed with ADHD late in life, I feel like Dylan's ADHD representation was really well done. The scenes of him essentially just grin and baring the way his family treated him more or less as a fuck up because he had remained untreated for so long was heartbreaking. Derek's history of losing his father and losing his best friend added to how real this story felt. I also absolutely loved Gus and the way they were trying to hide a huge, old dog from the HOA lady.

I did find the lack of communication in this to be absolutely maddening. Derek had the tendency of jumping to conclusions and losing his temper over nothing. I can appreciate a ride or die friend and I can also appreciate Dylan not wanting to speak ill of the dead, but someone really needed to sit Dylan down and have a conversation about how Jake really was. And by the end of the book, I still don't think Derek ever found out why Dylan called Jake a piece of shit in the first place. Also, that was a huge grudge just for someone calling your best friend who you didn't even want to be with a POS.

Nit-picky, but Dylan and Derek are way too similar of names to have in a story together and it still takes me a minute to figure out which one I'm actually talking about. Pick names that start with different letters, please.

Thanks Netgalley and St. Martin's Griffin for providing this ARC to me!

Oh SWOON. Give me more of these two PLEASE. I have a deep affection for boys with family issues and big feelings and both of these men have these in spades. So happy Derek got his story - and I so enjoyed the banter between these two men. What may have started with irritation and annoyance on both ends, the two set aside their differences and become a swoon-worthy couple, it was beautiful.

This one was hard for me to get into sadly! It was confusing to read at time. And some scenes I did not like, I also did not like the structure of the book.

I love the cover though!!

Thank you to Andie Burke, St. Martin’s Griffin, and NetGalley for an ARC of Fall For Him!

Admittedly, I hadn’t read Andie Burke’s debut novel, but the blurb for this sounded too cute to resist when I was sent the widget to download from NetGalley. And definitely glad I did! I probably missed out on some details coming from the other book (wish it had been more clear online this was an interconnected standalone) but overall i really enjoyed this book. I thought the rep was well done, and enjoyed the romance between Dylan and Derek - though I did get their names flipped a few times in my head at the beginning 😅

I wish there had been more of a solid resolution between Derek and his sister. The problem with Michelle was a background issue for Derek for most of the book, and the fact that all we got was a brief scene that didn’t really seem to resolve a whole lot between the two was a let down. I would have liked to see more detailed resolution between them.

Overall, this was a cute and spicy Achillean romance, with a super sweet epilogue!

POV: dual third person

You can expect: forced proximity, enemies to lovers, opposites attract, roomance, meet disaster, home renovation, ER nurse MMC, tech engineer MMC.

Rep: gay MCs, bi side, Taiwanese- and Korean-American MMC, ADHD, demisexual side, anxiety, Alzheimer’s (suspected, not confirmed), panic attack

Spice: 2/5

CW: loss of a parent, loss of a friend, ableism, alcoholism, workplace violence