This was a brilliant read. As soon as I started reading this book I just knew I was going to love it. Highly recommended

A very different book in that it focuses on the guy and his relationship with his seven year old daughter. Emmett the father has to start being a dad when she is seven and the book follows how this changes his life.
I would totally recommend this book as it is so different from the norm.

Sorry just could not get into this book at all, Shame because I don't like giving up on a book

This is my favourite kind of book, although I'm not a parent myself,I love to read about fiction books around parents. I haven't read too many books that centre on dads so I was looking forward to getting stuck in. I liked Misty and I enjoying watching Emmett and misty have a rocky start to begin with but then have things change for them, in ways they couldn't of imagined. I was surprised at certain outcomes but didn't stop my enjoyment. I did find the characters names strange and this was the First time I'd seen them. I look forward to reading more from Alison Walsh.

Thanks goes to net galley and the publishers for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is a good book in its own genre: a more substanial chick lit. So if you like interesting relationship stories with the promise of a happy ending, go for it!
My problem was that I had expected something else so I felt slightly disappointed when the book didn't deliver the promise.
When reading the blurb the main plot reminded me of About A Boy by Nick Hornby: a young man unable to grow up suddenly feels responsible for a child. The hero also reminded me of the sensitive young men in Mike Gayle's novels. So I was expecting something similar to their works from this book too.
I was not very happy with the prologue - I usually feel out of my depth with prologues as they usually refer to facts and events that are only much later explained in the book and I feel somehow left out.
Later, as the plot started to unfold it showed an interesting rich tapestry of characters and relationships and had some really great moments. However, I had this niggling feeling that it could have been much better. I felt as if the whole story were somehow falling apart. It might have been the voice of the female author not being in sync with the male character who tells the story in first person singular. Or the too much heart searching and self-analysing of the hero that slowed down the pace of the story. I also found some of the turns of the plot hard to believe.
I loved some of the characters. However I felt the characterisation was not deep enough and I think that there remained too many loose ends in the relationships of the characters.
To be fair, I must stress again: it is a good book if you are after a better chick lit novel. My misgivings were mainly due to the fact that from the introduction I was expecting a different book.