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Fitting In
Nicole is a 33-year-old, introverted computer programmer dealing with her own difficulties. At a party hosted by her best friends, she meets Alexandra, slightly older, beautiful, and athletic in a way Nicole could never be.
Sparks fly, but their differences, coupled with the stress of meeting the family, drives the two apart. But the stubborn Alex isn't ready to give up, in spite of Nikki's fears.
Sparks fly, but their differences, coupled with the stress of meeting the family, drives the two apart. But the stubborn Alex isn't ready to give up, in spite of Nikki's fears.
375 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 22, 2013
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Robin Roseau
114 books213 followersA writer by avocation, Robin has a renaissance interest in many areas. A bit of a gypsy, Robin has called a few places home and has traveled widely. A love of the outdoors, animals in general and experimenting with world cuisines, Robin and partner share their home with a menagerie of pets and guests, although sometimes it is difficult to discern who is whom.
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August 7, 2013
A great story with engaging dialogue. As Simmone mentions the latter third of the book seems to have a different tone to the previous majority. The level to which Nikki stands up for herself was encouraging if not always believable. Alex's persistent commitment to their relationship was lovely and true romance. If you've enjoyed any of Robin's books or new to her writing, this is a fabulous feel good read!
July 17, 2016
This is my first Roseau, but for sure it will not be the last. I read the whole book in one sitting and that is something that I do not do very often. Fitting in is packed with believable, three-dimensional characters, well displayed emotions and natural sounding dialogue. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys emotionally intense read.
October 19, 2013
I'm going to call this review...Were Fox without the Were Fox.
I didn't like it. Not only that but it made me kind of angry. There are some mild spoilers ahead, but only vague references to actual events.
I'm going to start with something I liked.
Giving the lead Cerebral Palsy was a great story idea and I very much applaud Robin for throwing it out there and even educating us a little bit. I almost wish that Nikki's case was worse than it was.
Okay that is the end of the good stuff. Now the bad.
This book is pretty much an exact replica of Robin's were fox books but without the supernatural element. If you haven't read those then you may possibly appreciate this one. If you have read the were fox books though then you will more than likely recognize some of the characters.
Nikki = Michaela
Alex = Lara
Alex's family = Wolf Pack
There are of course some slight differences, but not enough. Nikki (Michaela) loves canoeing (kayaking), is at a physical disadvantage against Alex's family/the world, and is resentful of Alex's (Lara) heavy handedness. She describes herself as extremely shy, but has NO problem whatsoever standing up for herself with strangers or even threatening them when she feels she has been wronged. Oftentimes I found her incredibly spiteful. There are indeed some events in this book in which Nikki is the victim of needless cruelty, but even that felt way overboard. The reason for the cruelty was really just pretty stupid and it amazed me that so many people would go along with it. I found this quite unbelievable.
People are not perfect. At one point she ends her relationship and it was with a good reason. However her absolute stubborn insistence on not forgiving her GF who loves and adores her just read as ridiculous. It was over the top and felt like a cheap way to drag the plot out another hundred pages or so. Not only that but by the end of the novel I felt like Nikki was a petty unlikeable person and undeserving of Alex who honestly was great and should have been yelled at, but not forced to go through what she did for forgiveness.
Now for my big problem. The characters playing games in the second half of the book. I swear I was laughing out loud. They played multiple games of Hide and Seek and Capture the Flag. Sound familiar? This really came straight out of the Fox books. Not only that but the games lasted chapter after chapter towards the end. OMG.
Another issue I have is the poor writing mechanics. I'm not expecting perfection, but I would like some improvement in this area. Namely a larger variety of verbs. She reuses the word "said" so much its ridiculous.
I really feel like she cheated the readers with this by leading us to believe that she was giving us something different, but in this end it was pretty much a carbon copy of her Were Fox books. Robin is prolific and publishes a lot of books, but I feel like the quality of her writing suffers with these quick releases.
I love supporting independent authors and have grown to enjoy their books more than some of the cookie cutter books that are usually put out by the big publishers. However, I also want to call it like I see it. This was not a good book.
I didn't like it. Not only that but it made me kind of angry. There are some mild spoilers ahead, but only vague references to actual events.
I'm going to start with something I liked.
Giving the lead Cerebral Palsy was a great story idea and I very much applaud Robin for throwing it out there and even educating us a little bit. I almost wish that Nikki's case was worse than it was.
Okay that is the end of the good stuff. Now the bad.
This book is pretty much an exact replica of Robin's were fox books but without the supernatural element. If you haven't read those then you may possibly appreciate this one. If you have read the were fox books though then you will more than likely recognize some of the characters.
Nikki = Michaela
Alex = Lara
Alex's family = Wolf Pack
There are of course some slight differences, but not enough. Nikki (Michaela) loves canoeing (kayaking), is at a physical disadvantage against Alex's family/the world, and is resentful of Alex's (Lara) heavy handedness. She describes herself as extremely shy, but has NO problem whatsoever standing up for herself with strangers or even threatening them when she feels she has been wronged. Oftentimes I found her incredibly spiteful. There are indeed some events in this book in which Nikki is the victim of needless cruelty, but even that felt way overboard. The reason for the cruelty was really just pretty stupid and it amazed me that so many people would go along with it. I found this quite unbelievable.
People are not perfect. At one point she ends her relationship and it was with a good reason. However her absolute stubborn insistence on not forgiving her GF who loves and adores her just read as ridiculous. It was over the top and felt like a cheap way to drag the plot out another hundred pages or so. Not only that but by the end of the novel I felt like Nikki was a petty unlikeable person and undeserving of Alex who honestly was great and should have been yelled at, but not forced to go through what she did for forgiveness.
Now for my big problem. The characters playing games in the second half of the book. I swear I was laughing out loud. They played multiple games of Hide and Seek and Capture the Flag. Sound familiar? This really came straight out of the Fox books. Not only that but the games lasted chapter after chapter towards the end. OMG.
Another issue I have is the poor writing mechanics. I'm not expecting perfection, but I would like some improvement in this area. Namely a larger variety of verbs. She reuses the word "said" so much its ridiculous.
I really feel like she cheated the readers with this by leading us to believe that she was giving us something different, but in this end it was pretty much a carbon copy of her Were Fox books. Robin is prolific and publishes a lot of books, but I feel like the quality of her writing suffers with these quick releases.
I love supporting independent authors and have grown to enjoy their books more than some of the cookie cutter books that are usually put out by the big publishers. However, I also want to call it like I see it. This was not a good book.
March 13, 2022
This literally took me places…
This book turned out to be wholly different than I thought it would be. It touched in places inside me I didn’t know I had. It touched on each and every one of my emotions. It captured my heart from the very beginning and continued to squeeze it with every scenario/situation the MC found themselves in.
I fell in love with Alex first and then fell in love with her falling in love with Nikki. When Nikki explained her CP to Alex, at first thought I would have probably been out of there. But as a nurse and woman that has a best-friend who had a daughter twenty odd years ago that has CP (but is way on the other end than the character in the book) is what would make me stay if there was an attraction there.
I adored Alex and the way that she loved Nikki in the physical sense. I won’t say much, but as troubles rise as they always do, I saw that Nikki missed more about what Alex’s love looks like because she never saw it in “her” life. But we get to see the unfolding of love and how love endures. You get to see love in action. These characters felt so real and the cast of supporting characters and the changes they undergo was just phenomenal in the telling. I will never forget any of them. They need to be held onto and the lessons they learned individually. This is one of the most “humanly” story I’ve ever read.
Her story telling reminds me a lot of the author Sarah Sanders and her book “Jump Then Fall.” It takes you through the emotional paces. And you come out better on the other side.
This book turned out to be wholly different than I thought it would be. It touched in places inside me I didn’t know I had. It touched on each and every one of my emotions. It captured my heart from the very beginning and continued to squeeze it with every scenario/situation the MC found themselves in.
I fell in love with Alex first and then fell in love with her falling in love with Nikki. When Nikki explained her CP to Alex, at first thought I would have probably been out of there. But as a nurse and woman that has a best-friend who had a daughter twenty odd years ago that has CP (but is way on the other end than the character in the book) is what would make me stay if there was an attraction there.
I adored Alex and the way that she loved Nikki in the physical sense. I won’t say much, but as troubles rise as they always do, I saw that Nikki missed more about what Alex’s love looks like because she never saw it in “her” life. But we get to see the unfolding of love and how love endures. You get to see love in action. These characters felt so real and the cast of supporting characters and the changes they undergo was just phenomenal in the telling. I will never forget any of them. They need to be held onto and the lessons they learned individually. This is one of the most “humanly” story I’ve ever read.
Her story telling reminds me a lot of the author Sarah Sanders and her book “Jump Then Fall.” It takes you through the emotional paces. And you come out better on the other side.
October 5, 2020
For dinner
This is a beautiful love story. Nikki and Alex Matt by their two friends. They fell in love but there was a problem. Nikki had cerebral palsy and didn’t want anyone to really get close enough to helpHer. When I met Alex’s family the first time it was not a pleasant experience for Nikki and cause problems in their relationship. The rest of the story is how one family was able to fit in with Nikki and Nikki was able to fit in with Alex and her family. I highly recommend this book
This is a beautiful love story. Nikki and Alex Matt by their two friends. They fell in love but there was a problem. Nikki had cerebral palsy and didn’t want anyone to really get close enough to helpHer. When I met Alex’s family the first time it was not a pleasant experience for Nikki and cause problems in their relationship. The rest of the story is how one family was able to fit in with Nikki and Nikki was able to fit in with Alex and her family. I highly recommend this book
May 31, 2017
I rather enjoyed it. I can see where some of the other reviews are coming from, but I don't agree with them at all.
The only real problem with this book is a problem that nearly all of Roseau's books face: The main characters just need to learn how to communicate their needs.
The book is similar to the Madison Wolves books but without all of the fantasy and violence. I like Roseau's sci-fi and fantasy books more, but this was still a good read.
The only real problem with this book is a problem that nearly all of Roseau's books face: The main characters just need to learn how to communicate their needs.
The book is similar to the Madison Wolves books but without all of the fantasy and violence. I like Roseau's sci-fi and fantasy books more, but this was still a good read.
January 17, 2024
Dramaaaaa...
November 3, 2013
I picked up this book based on the overwhelmingly positive reviews on Amazon. And I've never ready anything else by this author until now. The tl;dr here is that I should've judged this book by its cheap-o stock photo cover.
For the longest time as I was reading this book, I was like wtf is this cover about cause there is zero baseball going on in this story. I was super confused. Then, come to find out there is no baseball in the story, but there is softball.
Not to stereotype or anything, but doesn't every lesbian know the difference between a baseball and a softball? Anyways...
I do not know anyone personally with cerebral palsy, so maybe they do this, but I found it a little odd that the author kept referring to it as CP and even had the characters saying CP in the dialogue. (at least most of the time) To me, that would kinda be like someone with breast cancer referring to is BC. As I was reading I actually wondered if the author meant to do a 'find and replace' for all those instances of "CP" since it was actually spelled out every so often.
Like a lot of the lesfic out there, this one is plagued with lots of typos and a writing quality that seems more fanfic website quality than book quality. But that is not really my biggest issue with this book. There are actually three main issues that I have with it.
First, it is incredibly preachy in terms of "don't make fun of people with disabilities" and "don't be mean to people with disabilities" and so on. It's like the author just assumed that all the readers really needed these points beaten into their brains.
My second big issue with this book involves the characters of Alex's family.
Overall, I found this book way too preachy and just not very interesting. It reads more like a rough first draft. If the author had put in a little more time and gone through some extensive rewrites, then it could've had potential.
For the longest time as I was reading this book, I was like wtf is this cover about cause there is zero baseball going on in this story. I was super confused. Then, come to find out there is no baseball in the story, but there is softball.
Not to stereotype or anything, but doesn't every lesbian know the difference between a baseball and a softball? Anyways...
I do not know anyone personally with cerebral palsy, so maybe they do this, but I found it a little odd that the author kept referring to it as CP and even had the characters saying CP in the dialogue. (at least most of the time) To me, that would kinda be like someone with breast cancer referring to is BC. As I was reading I actually wondered if the author meant to do a 'find and replace' for all those instances of "CP" since it was actually spelled out every so often.
Like a lot of the lesfic out there, this one is plagued with lots of typos and a writing quality that seems more fanfic website quality than book quality. But that is not really my biggest issue with this book. There are actually three main issues that I have with it.
First, it is incredibly preachy in terms of "don't make fun of people with disabilities" and "don't be mean to people with disabilities" and so on. It's like the author just assumed that all the readers really needed these points beaten into their brains.
My second big issue with this book involves the characters of Alex's family.
Overall, I found this book way too preachy and just not very interesting. It reads more like a rough first draft. If the author had put in a little more time and gone through some extensive rewrites, then it could've had potential.
April 14, 2015
I did not find the dialogue realistic; this was also a problem with Blood Slave though not as much and it had a more compelling plot. People do not usually stand up for themselves in the way Roseau writes them and do not articulate their needs so well. This makes it difficult to stay in the plot when I'm thrown out of it by thinking "no one would ever say that"
August 6, 2013
I enjoyed the initial story. It is written with snappy fast paced dialogue was different and appreciated. I really loved this couple. The last 1/3 of the book took a turn that was a bit strange. But overall I enjoyed it and would recommend it to others.
August 2, 2013
An endearing and touching story, yet another excellent story by the author!
May 12, 2018
Having a disability doesn’t meant you do not have ability. Some of the meanness was so hard to read but the support was wonderful to read about.
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