Book Review | Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

★★★★☆

400 pages

Published: April 19, 2022 by Forever

Plot

After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery has had her world turned upside down. The cause: Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot carpenter who’s ten years younger than her and as casual as they come—the complete opposite of sophisticated city-girl Alexis. And yet their chemistry is undeniable.

While her ultra-wealthy parents want her to carry on the family legacy of world-renowned surgeons, Alexis doesn’t need glory or fame. She’s fine with being a “mere” ER doctor. And every minute she spends with Daniel and the tight-knit town where he lives, she’s discovering just what’s really important. Yet letting their relationship become anything more than a short-term fling would mean turning her back on her family and giving up the opportunity to help thousands of people.

Bringing Daniel into her world is impossible, and yet she can’t just give up the joy she’s found with him either. With so many differences between them, how can Alexis possibly choose between her world and his? (Goodreads)

Main Characters

• Alexis – ER doctor, just coming out of a bad relationship. Her family owns the hospital and has a legacy that she needs to continue there. She has a not great relationship with her parents, they think she should have been a surgeon and should forgive her ex
• Daniel – small town, jack of all trades. He tows Alexis out of the ditch at the beginning of the book. He is on a mission to save his family’s house that acts as an Air B&B in the town. He is also the mayor and a helping hand to all in his village
• Derek – Alexis’s brother. He is the star of his family and supposed to carry on the family legacy. He is a plastic surgeon visiting Cambodia to help out and ends up married to a famous pop star and decides to not move back to the US, putting Alexis in a tough position with her family
• Bree – Alexis’s best friend, works at the hospital with her
• Neal – Alexis’s ex. He cheated on her, which gave him a perfect excuse to end the relationship – he had been breaking her confidence and gaslighting her
• Bryan – Owns the drive-in in Wakan, has a crush on Lisa
• Liz – Bartender in Wakan, she is with the sheriff of the town
• Doug – Daniel’s friend, likes to pick up women at the bar with his guitar and bad voice; was a medic in the army
• Gabby and Jessica – Alexis’s friends that also work at the hospital with here, a little snobby

My Review

“Grace costs you nothing.”

-Alexis to her snobbish friends that are in a position to help others but choose not to

My favorite part (random!) of the book was the story about the penguins giving their mates a shiny pebble. Daniel spends hours down at the river finding the perfect one to give to Alexis. I found this so sweet.
I really like the feel of Jimenez’s books, rom coms that aren’t too spicy and usually handle semi heavy topics pretty well.

Some trigger warnings: emotional abuse, domestic violence

Likes

• Hunter the dog, Chloe the goat, and Kevin Bacon the pig
• I think that the secondary characters in the story really added to the plot and were done really well
• Daniel is the perfect boyfriend character, he seems like he has no flaws
• Daniel and Alexis were, for the most part, honest with each other and what they wanted in the relationship and how they were feeling

Dislikes

• Daniel basically has no flaws
• Alexis was such an awesome person that I wanted to scream at her that she was better than how she was being treated!

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