This book took me completely by surprise. I was originally concerned it might fall into the crutch of love curing disability that tends to pop up and was overjoyed to see the opposite. This book shows you Seraphine who is dealing with an invisible disability caused by a tragic accident that also took her mother. This left her struggling with both loss and a brain injury. We see the struggles of everyday tasks with her disability, and the detachment between who she was before and who she is now. Enter Milo grumpy, hot and the genius boss at her new job, when she is called up to be his research assistant, she is forced to share her truth with him and receives the reaction we all dream off. Total acceptance and immediate offer for any accommodations she needs (for this alone Milo is my new favourite book boyfriend…or book boss?).
As a person with invisible disabilities myself and having been in many unfortunate workplace situations where my disability was hard for others to adapt to or process, pure acceptance is beautiful and the literal dream for anyone in corporate situations. I enjoyed the balance Milo worked on striking between helping her and pushing her, just because someone has a disability doesn’t mean they need to be coddled but it also doesn’t mean you can ‘make them better”. Supporting them and loving them is all they need, and Milo learns to find this balance. He even manages a week alone (not very well but he tried) while she is recovering at her rehab, Morley House and falls in love with the place like she has. I was glad he waited and worked on supporting Morley House after he left as many alpha heroes might feel the need to write a check on the spot and it would have been inappropriate at the time. I love how Seraphina is involved in the fundraising attempts and everything about Billy and the Robsons make my heart swell.
Thank you, Sophie, for writing a heroine with a disability and reminding us all we are worthy of love and not a burden to others. Seraphina was beautiful and sexy and smart and had a disability, they existed together, and none lessened the others, she isn’t less smart because she has a disability or less beautiful or less sexy, and Milo loves her because of it all not in spite of it. Don’t settle for mediocre men or anyone who treats you like less because you have a disability.
Also, the spice is
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Safety in Numbers is a romance book with disability representation, the main character is a girl with aphasia after a car accident. She is ashamed of her disability and tries to hide it. The book was an easy romance read which was predictable at times.

Seraphina ends up being paid attention to by the CEO of the company she works at, then she starts working under him and predictably, it turns out he has some problems of his own. Since it's a romance, I believe this was just thrown in to make the characters have more things in common.

I was expecting a powerhouse girl who while ashamed at the start (which most people with disabilities can be) ends up embracing what happened and starts showing it to the world.
Seraphina kept saying over and over that no one would love her because of her disability. While I can understand she may worry, it doesn't need to be repeated several times.

I was hoping she would change her mindset to a positive and become an advocate, this did not happen however.

I was disappointed because I was excited to read this book, however it was something you didn't need to focus on and was an easy romance to read. ( )

I think we can all agree the world could use more leading ladies in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). And, we definitely need more characters with disabilities represented in our fiction. So Sophie Penhaligon’s Safety in Numbers synopsis sounded like a recipe for success to me.

In the context of the light-romance genre, Safety in Numbers got off to a strong start, with well-paced opening chapters and solid character development. But then all of a sudden things got steamy very quickly…

Now, don’t get me wrong – this made for an entertaining escapist read. But in that almost impatient jump to the bedsheets, I just felt Penhaligon sacrificed great simmer potential and from that point on, left much of the heavy-lifting to the stereotypical tropes. Continue reading: https://www.bookloverbookreviews.com/2022/01/safety-in-numbers-sophie-penhaligon... ( )

I adored this story. Milo and Saraphina are flawed but very lovable characters. To the outside world, they are unapproachable, standoffish and in Milo's case, bad-tempered and rude. But in each other, they recognise a kindred spirit and so an unlikely yet completely charming romance develops. I was completely glued to this book for two days. I thought it was cute that the successful CEO, Milo Grant would be so insecure with Seraphina that he got jealous and overprotective. He was very sweet in the ways he took care of her and in return, Seraphina knew just what to do to calm down his cranky temper.
I loved that the author's heroine has a disability. I got a real sense of the difficulties Seraphina faced in her daily life even with the most simple of tasks. I could understand her not wanting people to know about it and treating her differently as a result. It was lovely watching her come out of her shell the more time she spent with Milo
Safety in Numbers is a rather wonderful story that sent me scurrying on a search for more books by the author.

I voluntarily reviewed an advance reading copy. ( )