Not Catching Love by Saxon James

💛 Nurse x Artist
💛 Forbidden Romance
💛 Nurse/Patient to Friends to Lovers
💛 Mental Health Themes
💛 Hurt/Comfort
💛 Mutual Pining
💛 Virgin MC
💛 Slow Burn
💛 Found Family

I've been excited for Xander and Derek's book since we first met them in The Husband Hoax and though this story wasn't what I had been originally expecting for the characters, I still really enjoyed it.

Both Xander and Derek had a lot of issues to sort through in this book and I really liked seeing them grow as individuals and eventually together as a couple. 

The moments between Seven & Xander and Seven & Derek were so lovely and unsurprisingly, Seven continues to be my favourite character of the series!

Overall, this book was a really nice ending to the series and what has turned out to be a great collection of found family stories!

Overall:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
Spice:       🌶️🌶️🌶️
Humour:  🤭🤭🤭.5
Intimacy: 🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂
Angst:      🥺🥺🥺

First person dual pov 👀

CW (from author): This book contains mentions of past traumas, including abandonment, neglect, and childhood abuse. There is trauma dumping and severe anxiety attacks. Xander’s opinions on mental health and psychologists are his own and don’t reflect reality or the author’s own opinions.

CW (extras): medication, therapy sessions, self loathing, self image issues, mentions of childhood bullying, emotional abuse, mentions of addiction (MCs parents, off page), medical trauma (off page, in the past).