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romancebookloverinseattle's review against another edition
4.0
I loved the conclusion. I do wish we could have had more of an epilogue - seeing them in the future, but I still really loved how their story concluded. Headed off now to read the Heights books.
thebusybookmom's review against another edition
5.0
Catch Me picks up right were Free Fall left off. (If you haven't read book 1 then stop right here and go read it!) Briar continues to battle her demons by herself, and ends up getting herself into quite a mess.
The shock of losing her brother, gaining a boyfriend, and quickly becoming seen after always being I the background is more the enough for anyone to have to deal with. Add on psycho ex-girlfriend, and a friend who is in love with you is more then enough to send anyone into hiding. Briar continues to learn what a "new normal" is going to look like without her brother. I love that E.M. hits all of these feelings head on, and makes no apologies for making the reader experience everything right along with Briar.
I really would like to see what happens with some of the secondary characters down the road.
At this point this author is an automatic one-click pre-order without even needing to read the synopsis!
The shock of losing her brother, gaining a boyfriend, and quickly becoming seen after always being I the background is more the enough for anyone to have to deal with. Add on psycho ex-girlfriend, and a friend who is in love with you is more then enough to send anyone into hiding. Briar continues to learn what a "new normal" is going to look like without her brother. I love that E.M. hits all of these feelings head on, and makes no apologies for making the reader experience everything right along with Briar.
I really would like to see what happens with some of the secondary characters down the road.
At this point this author is an automatic one-click pre-order without even needing to read the synopsis!
andreathereader's review against another edition
2.0
Just like the first book, this one is well written and very emotional. My problem was mainly that it was a bit too long, it dragged. And the mean girl character was just crazy, like crazy enough that she should have been institutionalized, but nobody seemed to have noticed. I find that hard to believe. That she got away with acting the way she did with zero consequences. And the secondary plot about another character being in love with the main female character was just sad. I felt so sorry for him, and that plot just went nowhere. By the second half, I was just skimming to get to the resolution.
breanahale's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.0
kodachica90's review against another edition
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
acouet's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
jlwright04's review against another edition
emotional
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Wow!
This story as a whole was so fascinating! Mystery, intrigue, falling in love, friendship and so much more.
Watching Briar and Reid’s connection strengthen was a beautiful thing, watching Briar’s friendship with Jules strengthen was a great thing also.
I can’t wait to see Lex fall in love with someone who reciprocates the feelings. Briar had a modicum of feelings of a romantic nature towards him until Reid made his affections known and there was no going back for her.
The way that everything played out with Sasha and her parents finally was EPIC! Oohh sooo epic!!
She got her just desserts!
This story as a whole was so fascinating! Mystery, intrigue, falling in love, friendship and so much more.
Watching Briar and Reid’s connection strengthen was a beautiful thing, watching Briar’s friendship with Jules strengthen was a great thing also.
I can’t wait to see Lex fall in love with someone who reciprocates the feelings. Briar had a modicum of feelings of a romantic nature towards him until Reid made his affections known and there was no going back for her.
The way that everything played out with Sasha and her parents finally was EPIC! Oohh sooo epic!!
She got her just desserts!
booksabrewin's review against another edition
2.0
Confronted with a situation reminiscent of when Briar lost her brother, she can think of nothing else to do but cut and run again. If she loses Reid the same way she lost Brady she won't know how to handle the loss. It is terrible to lose one person to love, but to lose two doing the same dangerous sport? Run. That is how Briar finds herself in a sketchy hotel, panhandling to survive. That is also where Sasha, Reid's venomous ex-girlfriend, finds her with revelations and dreams of further blackmail in mind.
Luckily, her boys are not going to let Briar disappear off the face of the Earth again. When they track her down in just the nick of time, she returns home with her tail between her legs. Now she has to make it up to her parents, friends, and Reid for pulling another Houdini act on them when things get tough. Add to that the fact that they now need to find a way to bring down Sasha and her corrupt cronies who have made it their mission to ruin Reid's football career and drag the couple apart by any means necessary. Can Reid and Briar keep their love alive while also uncovering all the corruption within their classmates?
The antagonists were extremely surface level. The drama was not something that drew me in and captivated me but actually started to make me roll my eyes. Especially the situation with Eli. They confront him at a party about his role in Reid's injuries and also his role in the blackmail scenes of Sasha, but do nothing aside from talk to him and threaten him. Then they had Oscar track the guy down so they can confront him again once more with force. The way they made it seem, the guy was hard to find and yet he showed up at the party and was constantly around trying to track down Sasha. So, why exactly was it so difficult to find him to the point of needing to tap in an outside source to find him?
The Sasha situation should have been wrapped up in the pages of book one. The book seemed to be dragged out between two books but it could have easily been condensed into one. If it had been a slightly longer standalone, it may have flowed a bit better and there would have been more opportunities to add some meat onto the bones of the main conflict. While the characters were well developed in the first book, the second book felt rushed and as if situations were tossed in to try to fluff it out a bit. It felt a bit rushed. It wasn't a terrible book, but I would have liked a bit more substance.
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