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marie_thereadingotter 's review for:
The Year We Fell Down
by Sarina Bowen
emotional
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Review:
This is one of those rare gems of a CR, where there really isn't much of any pointlessly petty drama. The romance is cute, sweet, and both Corey and Adam are great characters. The attraction goes beyond physical, and they have respect for each other.
Sure at first Adam is dating a shallow trophy girl, and while she is studying abroad flirting and kissing whomever she wants as they have "an arrangement", Adam(Hartley) keeps things fairly platonic with Corey(Corinne) even though they both feel an attraction to each other. Corey keeps things at arm's length because she still is recovering from her injury and doesn't feel like a full person yet, and is scared that her "broken" body won't be attractive to anybody, and Hartley keeps things that way the best he can because he's not the type to sleep around.
Their banter while playing Ice Hockey video games while they recovered from their separate injuries, a friendship where trust was built making it comfortable to talk about things turned into flirtation and a fierce attraction built on mutual respect. I actually believed they fell in love. It felt real.
I hope they are in future books, I'd like to see how their relationship grows and if Corey ever is able to have more mobility.
This is one of those rare gems of a CR, where there really isn't much of any pointlessly petty drama. The romance is cute, sweet, and both Corey and Adam are great characters. The attraction goes beyond physical, and they have respect for each other.
Sure at first Adam is dating a shallow trophy girl, and while she is studying abroad flirting and kissing whomever she wants as they have "an arrangement", Adam(Hartley) keeps things fairly platonic with Corey(Corinne) even though they both feel an attraction to each other. Corey keeps things at arm's length because she still is recovering from her injury and doesn't feel like a full person yet, and is scared that her "broken" body won't be attractive to anybody, and Hartley keeps things that way the best he can because he's not the type to sleep around.
Their banter while playing Ice Hockey video games while they recovered from their separate injuries, a friendship where trust was built making it comfortable to talk about things turned into flirtation and a fierce attraction built on mutual respect. I actually believed they fell in love. It felt real.
I hope they are in future books, I'd like to see how their relationship grows and if Corey ever is able to have more mobility.