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drosereadstherainbow's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
jbarr5's review against another edition
5.0
Falling Stars by Fern Michaels
Story follows Emily and she’s been helping out at the family ski resort, finished with college and loves her job of ski instructor.
Her parents announce they are retiring and turning it all over to her. She had other plans but the parents don't retire right away, she needs to learn the ropes.
She has another assignment-instructing an actor to go down a really dangerous slope for his movie. She knows who he is, has all his movies and they get to talking to one another.
They find out a lot of information about each other. Zach is just a regular guy and she learns that when her and her best friend Kylie attend Thanksgiving dinner at his location with his brother and father.
They have such loving moments, memories you will remember a lifetime. Love all the food mentioned in this book and how yummy it all sounds, there are recipes at the end and I’ve got ingredients out for cookies.
Love hearing about the jobs her and others do in this book, fascinating to understand them better.
Like hearing about all the different lives of those in the family, the secrets, Handful of characters and easy to keep track of who is who.
Cute story. Love ending how the whole family comes together.
I received this review book from The Kensington Books via NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.
#FallingStars #NetGalley
Story follows Emily and she’s been helping out at the family ski resort, finished with college and loves her job of ski instructor.
Her parents announce they are retiring and turning it all over to her. She had other plans but the parents don't retire right away, she needs to learn the ropes.
She has another assignment-instructing an actor to go down a really dangerous slope for his movie. She knows who he is, has all his movies and they get to talking to one another.
They find out a lot of information about each other. Zach is just a regular guy and she learns that when her and her best friend Kylie attend Thanksgiving dinner at his location with his brother and father.
They have such loving moments, memories you will remember a lifetime. Love all the food mentioned in this book and how yummy it all sounds, there are recipes at the end and I’ve got ingredients out for cookies.
Love hearing about the jobs her and others do in this book, fascinating to understand them better.
Like hearing about all the different lives of those in the family, the secrets, Handful of characters and easy to keep track of who is who.
Cute story. Love ending how the whole family comes together.
I received this review book from The Kensington Books via NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.
#FallingStars #NetGalley
psvcuen's review against another edition
3.0
It was a quick read. I felt like a few appliances and cars were advertised more than necessary...interesting. The behaviors of the characters are not such a big deal, unlike the other reviews claim. However, Emily's sudden decision of checking out her ancestry out of the blue to tie the plot in the end was just unjustified and more like a last minute "let me add this to make it more interesting." I have not read any of her other books, but it only gets 3 stars because of the things I've mentioned. I'd like to meet Zach though.
tessagoth's review against another edition
2.0
I liked this better than Santa Cruise, but Fern Michaels isn't really my thing. I love a ski resort and the down to earth movie star comes to town and falls in love has so much potential. Especially with the loveable best friend added on. Unfortunately, it's not written well and Michaels doesn't trust her audience enough. Skip it.
kpixy's review against another edition
Writing was basic. h was annoying. Romance was slow; 32% in and H and h have only exchanged a few words. h was unsupportive of best friend “he was out of her league.” I could go on nitpicking but will spare us all more written drivel.
thathappyreader's review against another edition
4.0
Christmas magic is alive in Fern Michael’s latest holiday read. Emily is a twenty-something ski instructor working at her parent’s ski resort. When Hollywood star Zach comes to town to make his latest movie, he hires Emily to teach him how to perform the ski stunts necessary for his movie.
What Zach doesn’t know is that Emily has been a big fan of him and his movies for years. She is pleased to see that Zach is just a normal guy and not one that boasts about his celebrity. What starts as friendship soon develops into romance.
The story is also one of family as the two families are introduced to one another and a backstory involving Emily’s father. There are plenty of holiday activities in this book with characters that are all charming and highly likeable.
I listened to the audiobook version of Falling Stars which was performed by one of my favourite narrators, Susan Bennett. Her pleasant, easy to listen to performance is perfect for this book. I would not hesitate to recommend the audiobook to those that appreciate this format.
I recommend Falling Stars to those readers who enjoy Romance or Women’s Fiction.
What Zach doesn’t know is that Emily has been a big fan of him and his movies for years. She is pleased to see that Zach is just a normal guy and not one that boasts about his celebrity. What starts as friendship soon develops into romance.
The story is also one of family as the two families are introduced to one another and a backstory involving Emily’s father. There are plenty of holiday activities in this book with characters that are all charming and highly likeable.
I listened to the audiobook version of Falling Stars which was performed by one of my favourite narrators, Susan Bennett. Her pleasant, easy to listen to performance is perfect for this book. I would not hesitate to recommend the audiobook to those that appreciate this format.
I recommend Falling Stars to those readers who enjoy Romance or Women’s Fiction.
smc51151's review
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
michellebookaddict's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
This song goes to these two posers - Emily and Kylie (29 years old going on 19),
“Goody goody, two shoes,
Don’t drink, don’t smoke,
What do you do?
You don’t drink, don’t smoke,
What do you do?
Subtle innuendos follow,
There must be something inside”
- Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant
At the beginning of the first 50 pages I was sort of liking this. The plot seemed interesting with Emily training a big movie celebrity how to ski a dangerous course at her family’s s sky place (has the slopes, lounge, b&b, and everything).
But then page 100 came and went and no romance. Barely any Christmas too despite that Christmassy cover. I was expecting a short Christmas romance with some skiing… nope.
This had an insta-love with SO MUCH drama it was pathetic, boring and worth it to be 100% SKIPPED. And none of the characters were likable too. While I was reading this I kept singing in my head that song by Adam Ant. I’d continue my rant but I’ll just add my notes…
“Goody goody, two shoes,
Don’t drink, don’t smoke,
What do you do?
You don’t drink, don’t smoke,
What do you do?
Subtle innuendos follow,
There must be something inside”
- Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant
At the beginning of the first 50 pages I was sort of liking this. The plot seemed interesting with Emily training a big movie celebrity how to ski a dangerous course at her family’s s sky place (has the slopes, lounge, b&b, and everything).
But then page 100 came and went and no romance. Barely any Christmas too despite that Christmassy cover. I was expecting a short Christmas romance with some skiing… nope.
This had an insta-love with SO MUCH drama it was pathetic, boring and worth it to be 100% SKIPPED. And none of the characters were likable too. While I was reading this I kept singing in my head that song by Adam Ant. I’d continue my rant but I’ll just add my notes…
- Way to much drama that I skipped through all of them.
- Supposed to be a book about skiing but after 200 pages, NOBODY is skiing
- body shaming
- “Tom Boy” shaming
- Emily keeps apologizing for being “childish” or a “spoiled brat” whenever she speaks up about her opinions or tries to take control of her life choices.
- Homophobia and racism undertones
- Shaming people who like movies (main character has to hide her “DVDs” in her closet! Who does this?! And DVDs? Try either Blu-Rays… or if they’re guilty pleasures… try a streaming movie system)
- Seriously what is with these people at the Colorado resort? They don’t watch movies or such “nonsense” so what do they do when they’re not skiing? And there’s supposed to be hundreds of people at this resort and yet it feels more like a small town place because everyone is so nosy 🧐
- This is supposed to be 2022 but everyone acts like it’s still the 1990s (main character almost crying when she traded her older car for an upgrade with all the new technology. I doubt she even has a cellphone from 2020s. Also it’s the female characters first time using an InstaPot. And it’s strange that Emily’s grandma is more interested in social media & InstaPots, romance book clubs, etc)
- Emily and Kylie are supposed to be best friends and yet Emily can’t even tell her bff what movies she seen