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Make Me Fall by Riley Nash

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I have to say that Gray was hard to like in the first book, especially with the way his character was portrayed from snatches here and there. Here though he was nothing like that. Filled with guilt and remorse, trying to control as many things as possible so as to not miss significant signs like he did with Victor. A man lost and drowning really.

And then Jonah, like the filled with light comet that he was, crashed onto Gray, first on a plane briefly and then from another chance meeting in a camp-group exercise totally.

What can I say about Jonah and do him justice? Happy, optimistic, always on the go and so confused about his feelings towards men. And then Gray happened and he just couldn't let go. Well neither Gray could so that's okay.

Those two together, even though they burned slowly, after that first meeting, when they caught fire, oh boy were they hot!!!

As for the two narrators, I have to say I do love that Riley Nash chose two new narrators from the previous book and I think this is my first time listening to either of them narrating and I was impressed! They gave a great performance!

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

coffeeintherain's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

4.5 stars

imme_van_gorp's review against another edition

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4.0

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This was a very heartwarming and slightly sad story.
The writing is comforting and nice: it manages to captivate you even during the moments when nothing much is going on.

It’s very heavy on the hurt/comfort and grumpy/sunshine tropes, but it also features an age-gap and even has an intern/boss dynamic for a little while.

“A melancholy part of me wonders whether Gray is in my dream right now or if I’m in his. Which one of us is going to wake up and realize none of this was ever real. I hope it’s me, because sometimes I think I’m a little bit stronger than him.”

Jonah was without a doubt my favourite character in this book. He is energetic, hopeful, chaotic, happy, caring and sweet.
The way he persevered even with all his setbacks in life was inspiring and beautiful. I can’t imagine ever being that strong myself.
He was an impossibly likable person, and it was absolutely unthinkable to not wish him the very best.

However, if I’m being honest, I wasn’t so sure if Gray really was “the very best” for him at first.
It took me a little while to warm up to him, but once I started to understand his pain and reservations better, I started to like him more and more.
In the end, I could definitely see how much he adored Jonah and I very much wanted them to be together.
Gray might not be perfect, but he was enough, and their love was obviously ample strong to conquer any obstacles.

“I think I finally found my princess, Mom. He’s six and a half feet tall, grumpy as hell, and talks dirty as sin.”

All in all, I was plenty invested in this book. I think the characters had depth and lots of chemistry together. I definitely enjoyed reading this.

mp_reads_romance's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

hexagonal_flowers's review against another edition

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lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

rosegoldenby's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

theeuphoriczat's review against another edition

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2.0

This was cute to read. Basically we follow this guy who is just trying to get used to the idea that he might be into men. He decides to tell his seatmate on the plane about his dilemma because he assumed that he would never meet him again. He and his seatmate have a bit of mouth on genital action in the plane toilets. Anyways they meet again and this time he has to work for his seatmate at a lawfirm.

I was enjoyable.