I have read a few books by Jasinda before and they are quick erotic reads however, this was a really different side to her that I really enjoyed add to that the fact that this book has lived on my kindle for a year I am glad I spent my Sunday reading it.

Make sure to have a whole box of kleenex available when you read this.
This is the story of first love, and second chances when that love ends tragically.
Nell and Kyle's story isn't really what this book is about, although you need that to understand how Nell ends up in the dark and lonely place that she does when Colton (Kyle's Older brother) finds that he can not walk away from her. They seem to fix the broken pieces of eachother which I loved.
Kyle was the perfect boy, the golden child, and together He and Nell were always meant to be together. When his life ends in a tragic accident, Nell is frozen in time, unable to move past her guilt over his death or to grieve.
When she meets up with Colton 2 years after Kyle's death, Colton knows that he has to help her let go of her guilt and move on.
These two have been through so much that your heart just breaks for both of them, and you wonder how they're ever going to get it together.
I really like the way the author doesn't leave you hanging at the end of this story. It actually ends. It's not tied up all pretty, but this isn't that kind of story.
It's really hard not to fall for Colton. It's written from both Colton and Nell's POV, which is good because you get insight into where both the characters are coming from. All and all a great read I will be continuing with the story. ( )

I have had this e-book and audible book for years since Jasinda Wilder is one of my favorite authors, and it wasn't until I put it on during a drive to Mexico that I finally got around to reading - listening to it. It was very good, but I don't think I will be re-reading it. I was bummed out when I saw that the next book in the series isn't a continuation of the arc. However, if you have it on your shelves give it a read, you get caught up quickly and it keeps you interested, but it has a lot of heavy themes. Death, dying, grieving, lost love, repressing guilt. However, it still has some steam and it has very good character development.



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Instalove is rarely something I get behind in books but the story was compulsively readable. It was a bittersweet read because you know from the beginning that Kyle dies. His and Nell's relationship comprises more than 30% of the story though, and while I understand that it's because the author wants you to feel Nell's grief (obvs I'm assuming here, I don't actually know what the author intended) I thought that it made Nell and Colton slightly less effective. Also, the ending was super rushed and a little over the top. I like a little angst (I was a teenage goth, after all) but when I finished reading I felt overwhelmed.

I'll probably read the next book, which is about a different couple (thank god, I am so tired of these drawn out series, or worse yet, the same exact story from another p.o.v.). ( )

Not sure how this was in the top 20 on Amazon when I got it. Should have read reviews on it first. Ugh. ( )

2.5

I was so enthusiastic when I started this book. The first quarter was really sweet and really overwhelming. But that's what it actually remained - too overwhelming, in all possible wrong ways.







***SPOILER ALERT***



The beginning was just fine, almost like any other YA books (I am a fan of YA) - a young highschool couple that falls in love, runs together through the first experience of consuming love, yadda, yadda, yadda. I didn't even try to remember their names, the girl was Nell and the boys were...whatever.
She's head over heels for him but above this, she refuses to get married at the moment when he pops the question. Indeed, they are just 18, the best for them is yet to come, right?
And then BOOM - there's an accident, the guy is dead, and the girl flirts with her boyfriend's brother. ON. HER. BOYFRIEND'S.FUNERAL.

Fast forward, she's now 20 and living the NY dream with all that college life, and starts seeing her dead boyfriend's brother. There were many lousy 50SOG sex scenes and many Anastasia Steele references: for example, the time when she bites her lips 5 times in a row.

I don't know what else to say, It was a disappointing book. Maybe I thought that it would be different, but it wasn't my type of romance book for sure.
Although the book wasn't my piece of cake, I liked Jasinda's writing. Not sure if I would ever continue reading Falling #2. Maybe Becca's story will be better. And maybe it's overrated, like this one. ( )