Overall Grade: 4.5 ⭐️
Tropes: contemporary romance; enemies to lovers; hate to love; banter as foreplay; cinnamon roll hero; angsty
Vi Keeland is sneaky. Reading her blurbs for upcoming books is a bait-and-switch act. You believe you’re getting a rom-com, but 60% in, you realize her romances are more gut-punching than gut-laughing.
Her newest book, Something Unexpected, is an unexpectedly emotional read that reminds you about the transitory nature of life. Wading through the enticing banter of her hero, Beck, and her heroine, Nora, their steamy chemistry, and their journey to falling in love, you’re met with the gravity of her story: that we must live each day to its fullest because we aren’t promised tomorrow.
Keeland’s message is wrapped in the broad character development of Beck and Nora, an expected journey for each, and the requisite happy ending. Her prose is simple, but her story is the prize.
One of the reasons I will always read a Vi Keeland romance is the knowledge that her stories will always be more: always 4 flame steamy, always starts with a hook that makes you want to read it, always a reminder that loving someone requires more than a first glance – love requires a depth that makes us uncomfortable, but always makes us better people.
In love and romance,
Professor A
Professor Romance 