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Good evening my friends! I hope you’re all doing wonderfully.

I don’t know how I went this long without picking up Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young, but I can tell you right now I am SO glad I finally did. I listened to this one on audio and honestly, what a way to experience it.

4.75 ⭐️

Oh my GOODNESS.

Out on a Limb follows Win and Bo, two people who cross paths at a Halloween party and share one very memorable night together. Both have a limb difference, which makes for the most clever and charming title, and both carry their own quiet weight from their pasts. A one night stand turns into an unexpected pregnancy, and what follows is one of the most genuinely wholesome, funny, and deeply moving stories I have listened to in a very long time.

Now. I know what some of you are thinking. Accidental pregnancy trope. Bear with me.

“You are my soul’s purpose, Win. To know you, to love you, to build a family with you, to spend every day taking care of you, to watch you shine and get all the good things you deserve out of this life.”

Because this is SO much more than that. What Hannah Bonam-Young has done here is write something that feels incredibly real. The communication between Win and Bo, the way they actually talk to each other like two adults who respect one another, was so refreshingly different to what you usually find in romance. There is no manufactured drama just for the sake of it. There is just two people, figuring it out together, and it is BEAUTIFUL to watch unfold.

Bo is, genuinely, one of the best MMC’s I have ever come across. He is a total nerd, he is funny, he is patient, and he loves Win in the most steady and certain way. The kind of way that makes you feel it through your earphones. And Win! Win’s inner voice is something else entirely. Her growth from someone who deflects everything with humour and independence to someone who slowly, quietly learns to let someone in, had me a little bit emotional more than once.

The friendship between Win and Sarah is also everything. Absolute friendship goals. The banter between the whole group had me laughing out loud on more than one occasion.

There is no third act breakup. I repeat, there is NO third act breakup. Just two people choosing each other, over and over. The epilogue in particular absolutely wrecked me in the very best way.

I will be recommending this to absolutely everyone.

4.75 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

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