ARC Review: Down Too Deep by J. Daniels

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Following the sudden death of his wife, Nathan Bell spent nearly two years burying himself in work and neglecting his biggest responsibility: his daughter. Overcome with guilt, he wants to connect with little Marley, but he doesn't know how to do it alone. And then Jenna Savage throws him a lifeline.
A single mom of twins, Jenna is more than capable of taking care of Nathan's adorable two-year-old and wants to help Nathan however she can. As the days go by and her attraction to Nathan grows, she can't help wondering what might happen if they became a family for real. And the closer everyone becomes, the more right it feels.
Falling in love forces Nathan to face his biggest fear, and when hearts -- both big and little -- are on the line, the only thing scarier than needing Jenna and her kids so much is losing them all.

Review

As much as I wanted to love this book sadly it did not happen. I didn’t feel the connection between Nathan and Jenna. I felt the kids overpowered the story at times. I wanted more time seeing the relationship build between Nathan and Jenna. I felt like I was told about it and didn’t get to see it unfold for myself. I also felt their relationship moved really fast and considering kids are involved I was expecting more precautions to be taken. Then we had the drama at the end that in my opinion was a little unrealistic for this character and it dragged out way longer than it should have. It was still a cute story but didn’t blow me away as I hoped it would. It was also nice seeing characters from the other books as well.