Falling into Place by Allison Ashley: My Book Review

Check out my book review of Falling into Place by Allison Ashley to see my thoughts on her latest contemporary romance!

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Falling Into Place Summary:

Accountant and freelance personal stylist Carly Porter, daughter of a compulsive gambler, knows the personal cost of a bad bet. But when she partners with her best friend, Sasha—publisher of a floundering fashion magazine—Carly can’t resist. The highly publicized makeover of an Oklahoma City bachelor could boost sales and be Carly’s ticket to her dream profession. The bachelor in question is none other than Sasha’s older brother, Brooks.

Hardly the party boy Carly remembers from high school, Brooks is now an antisocial, work-obsessed physician still struggling with a devastating loss. But if it means helping his sister, he’s in. It’s Carly’s job to get him out of those lived-in scrubs, style him to the nines, and bring Brooks back to life. But so far, the only real connection is between Brooks and Carly—and falling for a client could cost Carly the career she’s worked so hard for.

To move forward, they’ll both have to overcome their painful pasts. And whatever the risk, maybe even take a chance on love.

Falling Into Place: My Review

If Tomorrow Never Comes is one of my favorite romance books of 2025 so when I heard that Carly, one of its characters, was getting her own book, I had to read it immediately. But to be honest, I’m now a “read anything Allison writes” kind of fan so it was a no brainer that I’d dive into this new release!

While Carly is a character you initially meet in another book, I’ll start by saying that Falling into Place can absolutely be read as a standalone as there is zero connection to that other book – no mention of what transpired and occurred or her connection to those characters so feel free to pick it up without issue.

You meet Carly, two years after she moved back to her hometown of Oklahoma City to pursue her love of fashion as a career. She’s only doing the fashion/personal styling gig part-time however while juggling a boring accounting job to pay the bills but she’s presented with an opportunity from her best friend that might get her the coveted full-time job at her fashion firm. The catch is that she has to personally style her best friend’s older brother, a hot doctor who has become socially isolated and maybe a bit depressed over the fourteen years to becoming an intensivist in an ICU unit. He’s reluctantly agreed to become showcased as the “bachelor” of OKC for his sister’s magazine to breathe life into its circulation and subscription but the payout turns out to be his connection with Carly.

Despite knowing the risks of acting on what becomes their mutual feelings, they can’t help themselves and it was so fun seeing them admit their feelings to one another. Their connection was obvious from the start and I loved how Allison had Carly help Brooks with not only his wardrobe but his dating skills. It was so easy to root for these two who clearly deserved each other given the challenges they had faced in their pasts and how those challenges impacted their feelings towards relationships in the present.

I loved so many things about this romance: Brooks’ relationship with his sisters (and how he saw right into their ploy at the beginning!), Brooks’ experience as an ICU doctor, his relationship with his former coach, their mutual love of cats and their quirky hobbies, the vegetable jokes, and so much more. I only wish I could meet someone with Carly’s talent to help me pick out some awesome wardrobe finds!

Don’t even get me started on Brooks’ dating profile. Major swoon!

I was completely hooked on this story from the start and couldn’t stop reading it until the end because I needed their happily ever after. I even thought the moments of conflict were great choices for where this story was going.

Allison is such an incredible writer from her character development to story pacing and just the way she grabs you with every character and moment of the story that you just want more.

I cannot recommend this book or her writing enough!

*I received an advanced reader copy. All opinions are my own.

More Books by Allison Ashley:

• If Tomorrow Never Comes by Allison Ashley

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