Reviews

Under a Falling Star by Jae

lurker_stalker's review

3.0

This was a nice romance.

jayraams's review

3.0

It's gay and slaps, a nice winter read.

bamruckus's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? No

4.0

mischievous_monkey's review

4.0

This novel had the good pacing and character growth which are critical to my enjoyment of a novel.

I found reading a story about someone whose family didn't like her much to be interesting. It seemed that the family grew to hold some of the character traits they had encouraged or helped create in her against her. I have noticed this family dynamic in real life but have not noticed it much in books I have read.

I enjoyed this book and can see myself re-reading it in the future.

ellenghs's review against another edition

lighthearted 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? No

3.0

zefrien's review

lighthearted fast-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

4.25

lesburrata's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

bookish_alone's review

4.0

Loved Dee's character development and Austen's selflessness literally so much

banrions's review against another edition

3.0

This was a nice romance. I was under the impression that it had a bit more to do with a Christmas/the holidays from the description, but it really doesn’t at all. I never quite connected with Dee too much, and found her personality grating and grumpiness a bit too much for me personally. She did get better when she was with Austen, but it just never clicked in the way I wanted it to. It was enjoyable, but I find that Jae’s books for me are either solidly in the “this was okay and I mostly liked it” camp or I love them. This was one of the former, for me.

sandra_emma's review

5.0

5 ★

I’ve read a couple of Jae's books now and enjoyed them all so I had a feeling I would like this one as well. I love Jae's writing, something about it just pulls you in and makes it almost impossible to stop reading. Even when I had to stop reading to do other things I couldn’t stop thinking about this book and what would happen next.

I really loved both characters and the character development through the story was great. I loved that through their relationship they communicated with each other, I feel like in so many books a lot of the couples just don’t tell each other things and it makes me super annoyed. So kudos for writing a couple with healthy communication skills.

I really liked everything about this book, I honestly can’t think of one single thing I disliked. When I read the description I thought this was gonna be like a full Christmas story kind of thing which was what I was looking for, but I wasn’t disappointed at all when it turned out not to be.

I’ll definitely recommend reading this book if you’re looking for just a cute, holiday-ish read, with not to much angst and just the right amount of steamy scenes.

After reading this I’m definitely gonna put Jae's other books higher on my “to be read list”. I can’t wait to see what more she has in store.