New Review! Something Complicated (Dirty Southern Secrets #1) by J.L. Leslie 4 Cranky Stars

Something Complicated by J.L. Leslie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4 Cranky Stars


We always think when a young couple get married, they must be pregnant but that’s not always true. We think when you have a baby no matter if that child is healthy or not or born with a disability, we will love him or her no matter what and in the case of this book It’s not always the case. There is a reason why and it’s one many women face. Something Complicated is about a fathers undying love and stepping up to the plate when he’s all alone with just his family to back him up. Finding love in the last person you expected and the secrets we all keep.


Kaler thought he had the perfect life all planned out. Married to his high school sweetheart and a baby on the way. When Willow is born, they are faced with complications and its complications that Brynn can’t handle, and she flees. Five years later Kaler is adapting to life with Willow and trying so hard to give her normal child experiences despite it all. When Jenna his ex-wife’s best friend lands back in his town and is Willows teacher he finds himself drawn to her. He struggles with these feelings and thinks maybe this is wrong but why does it feel right?


Jenna finds herself back in the small town she lived in when she was a teen. She is Brynn’s best friend and friends with the Holt Brothers. She never really agreed with why Brynn left the way she did, but she stayed out of it. When the first day of school rolls around and Kaler walks through her door she feels the spark. She battles with herself because she feels she is breaking some sort of code. She tries to date other guys and keep it friendly with Kaler but it’s not easy.


I loved Kaler! The way he just stepped up and did what he did while the town biddies and judgmental gossips thought he was wrong for sticking it out with a child like Willow and that made me angry. I was legitimately angry. Jenna really struggled with her feelings and I totally understand why because no one wants to break the code of the best friends ex being off limits. I wanted to knock some sense into Brynn but once I learned why I forgave her. Willow was the cutest kid ever I totally loved her. This book has something for everyone from undying love, to mental health issues, to steamy time and dealing with judgement its got something for everyone.


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