Reviewed by Lady Macbeth
TITLE: Incredable Ordinary
AUTHOR: Briar Prescott
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 381 Pages
RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2026
BLURB:
Milàn: When I return home after years of avoiding the place, the last thing I expect is to inherit a little brother.
After a chaotic childhood, I’ve built my life around one simple rule: never get tied down. I’m not father material, and raising a thirteen-year-old with a chip on his shoulder and a talent for pushing every one of my buttons sounds like a special kind of hell.
Overnight, my life turns into one long tension headache, and I’m barely keeping it together when an incident at school lands Rory and me squarely in the orbit of Jordan and his son, Theo.
Jordan is everything I’m not. Calm. Collected. Completely in control. The kind of father people look at with barely hidden envy.
Spending time with him isn’t part of the plan. Neither is watching my life slowly start to fall into place.
Bit by bit, I build something resembling a relationship with my brother.
Bit by bit, life becomes… better.
And bit by bit, the friendship between Jordan and me grows into something deeper. The kind of feelings that might just be impossible to ignore.
It’s a bad idea from the start.
I’ve spent my whole life running the moment things start to get complicated.
Jordan knows exactly what it feels like to be left behind.
Getting close to him might be the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
Or the worst mistake we could make.
Because sooner or later we have to decide if we’re brave enough to fight for each other…
REVIEW:
I have no words to say how much I enjoyed this book.
The foundation of this story, like the title suggests, is the ordinariness of life: everyday routines and mundane tasks, that should be part of our normality but that can became overwhelming when fate suddenly drops a baby brother in your life and you have to put your own on hold to take care of him.
Milàn returns to the States for the first time in years after his father’s death: they never had a close relationship and he wants to deal with his inheritance quickly and then go back to the UK.
But Aiden, his younger brother, ropes him into staying and helping to look after Rory, their 13 years old unexpected brother.
And so, Milàn’s life changes from trips around the world, parties, casual connections to parent/teacher conferences, attempted grocery shopping and ruined dinners. After spending years having just himself to think of, Milàn is now responsible for the well-being of another human being and he’s struggling. Until Jordan and his son Theo come into his life.
Jordan is a perfect father, put together and with an organised and well structured life, the exact opposite of Milàn’s chaotic one. Jordan had his son when he was very very young, but since he had him in his arms, he devoted his life to him. Theo is such an amazing boy and love has been the constant in his life (unlike Rory’s).
Little by little their lives blend together: it starts with a soccer practice and then it quickly becomes Saturday dinners and movies, art supplies shopping, rides to school and so much more.
Milàn finds a true friend: their banter and their connections are amazing, they have fun together, help each other with the kids, and sometimes they just need one another’s closeness.
I really liked that they had completely different life experiences: Milàn never cared about anyone but himself, never had to struggle about money or had to make hard decisions, while Jordan has been responsible for his son since he was just a scared 15 years old teenager and he has spent all his life disregarding his own needs, always putting Theo’s first. Their fathers were also very dissimilar: one totally supportive even with his son made him a grandpa way too soon and the other too immersed in his own career (and in his parallel family) to pay attention to his son.
But just because of their differences, they can support each other in times of doubts and uncertainties.
I also appreciated how honest they were, especially when Jordan started having more than friendly feelings towards Milàn: after a little hesitation, they navigated this new aspect of their relationship, always keeping the communication open to not jeopardise their friendship. The physical scenes were beautifully emotional.
Lastly, it’s impossible not to mention Rory: I can’t say how many times I wanted to hug him and tell him that Milàn loved him so much even if he was a quite messy big brother. My heart literally broke when I understood why he didn’t want to keep Dog and chose to give him to Theo instead.
I need to thank the author for giving Jordan his HEA. I wanted it for him since he first appeared in one of this author’s previous books (not spoiling which book is) and she gave him a very beautiful unforgettable love story.
This is absolutely one of the best reads of the year, I highly recommend it.
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