A review by madisonleb
Falling Embers by Catherine Cowles

4.0

I loved getting to know Hadley more in her story. I was intrigued by the relationship between her and her mom, as I feel I can connect to that part of her. I felt like the conflict was a little bit dragging/a bit all over the place, but when the conflict reached its peak at the end, I was sucked in and honestly kinda shocked at who it was. I’m glad Beckett came home when he received the news of Hadley’s attack, and I’m excited to see how he and Addie find themselves together. 

SYNOPSIS:

Hadley lives a double life, hiding the fact that she is a daredevil who has a video channel  showcasing all her tricks. Calder is her brothers best friend, and he used to be her best friend also. He’s the one who introduced her to the adrenaline rush of daredevil activities. He pushed her away years ago after his children were in an accident that almost killed them. He couldn’t sit by and watch Hadley be reckless any longer after the accident. Hadley starts getting threatening messages on her video profile, as well as text messages to her personal number. She tells her friends who help her record, edit and post that she needs to take a break from videoing because of the threats. Toby, who’s the closest to Hadley and the main helper, is kind of upset by it but he pushes it aside. When Jackie, Calder’s ex-wife and  the reason the girls almost died, returns to town, he is put on edge. Calder and Hadley end up getting together, finally. Jackie sees this and gets more angry and threatening. Toby also sees it and gets agitated since he knows that Hadley has been in love with Calder for years and he was the one to help her through the heartache when Calder pushed her away years ago. Jackie attacks Hadley and pushes her off a cliff in her car, but Calder and Hayes rescue her. Jackie is arrested. Weeks later, Hadley is attacked again. This time it’s by Calla, one of the friends who used to help with videoing her tricks. Calla was with Toby, but reveals that he broke up with her after Toby realized he was in love with Hadley. Calla revealed that she was the mastermind behind all the threats, even being the one who coerced Jackie into attacking Hadley. When Calder and Hayes attempt to rescue Hads again, she ends up shot by Calla, and she barely survives. Calla dies on the scene due to Hayes shooting her. A week later, Hadley wakes from her coma and agrees to marry Calder and even tells the girls she would love to be their mom. A month passes and now it’s their wedding.