Spice: 🌶🌶🌶
Tropes:
Age gap
Best friend's brother
Forced proximity
He fall first
Single mom

Ella Gets the D is about a 39 year old woman trying to figure out life after separating from her husband of 16 years and take care of their 2 kids. She was a stay at home mom, managing everything for years so looking for a job with a resume gap like that can prove to be difficult. 

Through happenstance, Ella meets Julian, her best friends brother and they begin to co-habitat because she's living in his house(!). This begins a beautiful friendship turned lovers. 

Julian is 30 but is very much wise beyond his years. I don't know many responsible 30 year old men like him. From the start Julian took consideration for Ella's kids, making sure everything was in their best interest.

Charles (ex-husband) wants to make this divorce as difficult as possible, so Ella and Julian are met with a lot of road stops and a roller coaster of emotions. Charles got what he deserved at the end. 

Ella never annoyed me with her actions and there was never the miscommunication trope. She was a grown woman that was going to handle her sh*t and make sure her babies had a good life. The fact that she found a man that would do anything for her, burden her emotions and take care of her and the kids, was just an added bonus. She got through the storm because of her family of friends and her determination to make it. 

I would've given this 5 stars just off the amount of Beyonce references alone. If I was an author all my books would mention her at least once. I found all of the pop culture references an addition to the story, not something there to be relatable. They were fresh and I understand every single one. It read like my ADHD brain, popping in pop culture because the situation fits. 

This book was funny, and hopeful, and sweet. There is a twist at the end that I never expected (and I mostly always figure out plot twists before they happen) which just cemented this 5 stars for me. Now let me get on and find me a Julian to love me down.