A review by fayf
Fall With Me by Brooke Montgomery

emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I definitely enjoyed the second half of the book more than I thought I would. I  stopped for a little bit about halfway through because I wasn’t super entertained, but once I picked it up again, I found myself enjoying the rest of the story - I basically binged the rest of the book. I think it could have been more messy in terms of the resolution of everything but it wasn’t as messy as I was anticipating/thinking it would be. I think that was a good choice because I feel like it would’ve been too much had things gotten too messy between the characters. Although I feel like there was kind of a mystery/suspense element to this romance I don’t think it played as big of a role in the plot as it had in book 2 of this series, but there was enough of it to add a little bit more to the story/plot. I think this was a very sweet story but I think parts of me don’t find it super realistic, especially in terms of the like resolution of it all.

It felt kind of rushed and not fully explained as to why Ellie chose to believe Landen over her cousin (Angela). I feel like we don’t fully understand the whole dynamic between Ellie and Angela and what exactly made Ellie realize that Angela was the one that was manipulating her. I understand that Ellie got to know Landen in a way that she hadn’t before, but I feel like she didn’t really have Landen’s side of the story - he only gave her like a brief version of it and not like full details of everything. I feel like part of the resolution was the testament to Landen’s character, which she got to know over the few weeks she had lost her memory and couldn’t remember why she hated him. However, I feel like there’s a gap in plot for her reconciliation between what she remembered and this new side/information that she has about Laden from spending time with him -I feel like Ellie remembered and then shortly after Landen was there and there wasn’t a lot of time for her to spend some time reconciling what she remembers and what she has learned about Landen.