Review: Head Over Heels by Karla Sorensen

About the Book

There’s only one course of action when your dad wants you to marry a clammy-handed wimp to make one of his board members happy—you get yourself stuck in an elevator with a hot stranger and have the steamiest make-out session of your life. Years of etiquette lessons went out the window thanks to Cameron Wilder, who managed to unleash my hidden bad girl with naught but his talented mouth and deliciously rough hands.

Afterward, he went back to his small-town life, and I marched home to inform my dad there would be no business-centric nuptials. As punishment, he shipped me off to Sisters, Oregon and demanded I turn a healthy profit on a not-so-healthy property.

You see where I’m going with this—the buttoned-up city girl stuck in a small town hires a local builder to help her … and he’s the hot stranger from the elevator. Turns out, I have a weakness for the broad-shouldered nice guy who’s not so nice behind closed doors. Keeping things professional gets harder the longer I’m in town, until the only lesson I have left to learn is how to keep both our hearts from getting broken.

Review

Head Over Heels might be one of my favorite books of the year. I absolutely adored this one, and even days later, I’m still just as obsessed with it as I was while reading. I hadn’t known this book was a part of a series, nor did I know that all of Karla Sorensen’s books were a part of a shared universe. I found that fact interesting, and I’m almost determined to dive into the entire universe. 

One of my favorite things about this book was the family-- the Wilder family. I loved their dynamics, and each other their relationship with Cameron, the main male lead. There’s a lot of history there, and even though I hadn’t read the other books about Cameron’s siblings, the history was still easy to follow. In fact, it made me want to go back and read the previous books. 

Speaking of Cameron. I loved him. He has golden retriever energy, but he’s also a little stubborn. At one point in the story, someone mentioned that he had the desire to save everyone. I think that really summed him up. Despite him and Ivy having a rocky/awkward post-meeting relationship, he wanted to ensure that she was okay, and he saw through her façade. Cameron had the patience that Ivy needed in her life. He wasn’t perfect by any means. He still had his ghosts and issues. 

As for Ivy, she’s my favorite type of female main lead. I’ve always loved main characters with thick skin; however, they are dealing with a lot, but they put on a brave face. There’s so much to Ivy’s character. One of my favorite scenes in the book is when she’s invited to dinner with Cameron’s family. She takes the time to learn something new. She’s determined, and even though labels have been placed on her for her entire life, she’s constantly proving them all to be incorrect. She is someone who cares about people. 

I appreciated her character development. Though, I would have preferred there to be more focus on her learning about her mother. I’m still pleased with what I got with Ivy. 

I have no complaints about the romance. It was amazing. I live and breathe them. They created the standard for me this year. 

I was fully prepared to give this book five stars. The only reason that I did not is because of the ending. I want to begin by saying that there were no lows for this book. Everything was the highest of highs until the end. To me, the ending didn’t feel like an ending. There’s more story to tell. Part of this could be me wanting to never let go of the characters; however, I feel like Ivy and Cameron deserve a better epilogue. And maybe, Karla has written it as a bonus, and I just haven’t looked hard enough. 

Final Thoughts 

Before writing this review, I knew I loved Head Over Heels. And as I wrote it, I realized that I loved it more, something that I hadn’t thought was possible. There was something so beautiful about the characters and romance. The story is emotional, heartbreaking, and engaging. I might have had issues with the ending, but I still absolutely loved this one.