THIS WAS EVERYTHING.

I couldn’t put this down from chapter one. All of a sudden I had a deep need to know what happened next and so I began a journey of ALL the dang emotions through the lives of Lucy and Graham.

“If you need to fall, fall into me.”
I mean, COME ON. Look at those words. Did you swoon? Because I swooned so many times throughout this book!! One of my new favorite grump and sunshine trope reads. I loved these characters with my whole being. I found myself almost in tears by the end waiting for a happy ending. I love that Lucy was optimistic and truly cared from her soul about her loved ones. That Graham was hardened by abandonment, but was also able to work on himself. The chemistry was undeniable. It was a slowwww burn and incredibly romantic with all of the lead up.

An incredibly sweet story that has a lot of heavy and deep content matter (I’ll put that in the warnings below). I adored the banter and soft smiles. The cute way they just hung out together. How they undeniably stood by each other’s side when things got hard instead of running away. I was wrapped up in this opposites attract love story and I beg of you to read it!!

Overall audience notes:
- Contemporary romance
- Language: some strong
- Romance: kisses to one brief open door scene
- Trigger/Content Warnings: a mother smoked while pregnant (off screen), emergency delivery, preemie baby in NICU, cheating, loss of parent(s), domestic abuse, alcoholism, child abuse, parental/spousal abandonment

The Gravity of Us, by Brittainy C. Cherry is the fourth title in the Elements series.

This is a cover rerelease planned for December 17, 2024, originally published in 2017. This title won a Goodreads Choice Award for Romance in 2017.

*Grump MMC / Sunshine FMC
*Extreme family trauma
*Child abandonment

I was very worried that I wouldn’t enjoy this title due to the nature of content and the relationship status of the MMC. I do not read cheating, I will DNF a book real quick if I am blindsided by that storyline…

However, the reviews of this book made me hope that I could get through this title without needing to scream and cry. The other titles in this series have been excellent and I was hoping for the same outcome for this book as well.

Graham and Lucy meet when they both got locked in a room together at Graham’s father’s funeral. Lucy is the florist that provided the arrangements, Graham is a best-selling mystery author.

They both soon find out that Graham is also married to Lucy’s oldest sister and she is pregnant with his child. Lucy and her oldest sister have not spoken, or seen each other, is many years. Hardly any communication since the death of their mother. Lucy’s sister had not told Graham anything about her family, going so far as to change her name.

The relationship between the FMC and the MMC was so well written! The author does an amazing job telling her stories so that you feel the heartaches and the romance all in one story.

Guaranteed HEA, some OW drama in the last bit of the book, no OM drama.

Favorite quotes:
“…and I miss the memories that never existed.” -Graham (MMC)

“Air above me, earth below me, fire within me, water surround me, spirit becomes me.” -Lucy (FMC)

She was the girl who felt everything, and I was the man who felt nothing at all.
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Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this title!

Format: NetGalley ebook
Genre: Contemporary fiction, Romance
Overall score:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice level:🌶️🌶️
Characters: Lucy (FMC) & Graham (MMC)