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A review by smitch29
Fall with Me by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Jennifer L. Armentrout
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4.7
This book almost as good as it can get. My biggest complaint is rather minor, but I felt as if the foreshadowing parts of the story were either too forthcoming, or the plot just wasn't complex enough to create a big enough mystery. I thought it was pretty obvious what the suspenseful mystery would end up being after the few hints dropped early in the novel. So any thrill and excitement from that conflict fell a bit short for me, which was disappointing.
At first, I was a little fuzzy on remembering who the main characters were, but it didn't take long to recognize them. Roxy has worked at the bar Mona's for a while, and was always seen being mad at Reece, the cop that would come and hang out regularly. This book really opened up the door to their history and their future. Roxy has had a crush on Reece since she was 15, and they were both still in high school. He's lived next door to her their whole life, so she knows him and his family pretty well, and vice versa. Their age difference separated them for a while when she was still in high school, but he had graduated and moved on to the military. When he came back, it started a new start for their relationship. Roxy was the first person he sought out upon his return, and they started a friendship that lasted for years. Troubles from his police job led to some hard times, that ended up with him getting black-out drunk one night, the same night Roxy is around that they start to hook-up. He passes out before anything happens, but wakes up assuming the worst. She fails to divulge the truth and they spend the next 11 months avoiding each other, more or less.
So when this book picks up, Roxy is visiting her best friend in assisted living facility. Reece shows up and wants to be the first to tell her that the guy that threw the rock at her best friend is getting out of prison and will be wanting to make amends. Roxy has never really processed what happened to Charlie six years ago, and thus only sees red when it comes to his attacker. She feels helpless that she can't do more in the situation, and Reece is there for her as she struggles with her emotions. At this time, Reece also starts the process of rebooting their friendship and trying to move past that fateful night almost a year ago. However, Roxy has to work up the nerve to tell him the truth, but she's scared, knowing that lies are something Reece absolutely despises. And with all that going on, she starts noticing weird things happening in her house, that make her feel crazy and that there's a ghost in her place, to being scared that she's got a stalker. T
There's a lot of tension and suspense on many fronts throughout this book, and it helps create a full story that runs through a gamut of emotions. Pretty much every emotion seemed to be expressed in this book, and the writing well done enough that it transferred to my emotions easily. I felt really connected to the characters and invested in their lives.
As I mentioned earlier, I just didn't love all the foreshadowing in this story. I'm not convinced that the story needed as much foreshadowing as it had, but I can easily admit I'm not a writer, so I don't quite know if I can understand how the book would feel without it all. However, I do know as a reader, most of the mystery was taken out of this book, because the foreshadowing allowed me to guess what was going to happen from a pretty early point. I would've been fine if the mystery had held off for longer, like the middle of the book or later. But it was too easy to see the answers too soon in the plot.
I still really enjoyed this book though and I look forward to what will come next. It seemed that the author was setting up the other bartender at Mona's for his adventure at romance. The friendly stripper that frequents the bar, who has psychic powers, foretold Nick that the love of his life was going to walk into the bar the last night depicted in this story. And low and behold it seems that woman will be Stephanie, a girl that helped to save Teresa way back in book two or three, by being her mysterious neighbor. Stephanie always seemed weird and way underdeveloped, and now I guess this is why, since the author wanted to bring her in as a heroine. I don't have much of a clue of what their story with revolve around, not knowing much about the heroine. But, Nick has been depicted as a nice friend, if not quiet, or at least not forthcoming. And he's also known for only seeing a girl once to hookup. Not just hook-up once, but see once. That should provide for some angst, and with this author's talent I'm sure there'll be some suspense to accompany the romance as well.
This book almost as good as it can get. My biggest complaint is rather minor, but I felt as if the foreshadowing parts of the story were either too forthcoming, or the plot just wasn't complex enough to create a big enough mystery. I thought it was pretty obvious what the suspenseful mystery would end up being after the few hints dropped early in the novel. So any thrill and excitement from that conflict fell a bit short for me, which was disappointing.
At first, I was a little fuzzy on remembering who the main characters were, but it didn't take long to recognize them. Roxy has worked at the bar Mona's for a while, and was always seen being mad at Reece, the cop that would come and hang out regularly. This book really opened up the door to their history and their future. Roxy has had a crush on Reece since she was 15, and they were both still in high school. He's lived next door to her their whole life, so she knows him and his family pretty well, and vice versa. Their age difference separated them for a while when she was still in high school, but he had graduated and moved on to the military. When he came back, it started a new start for their relationship. Roxy was the first person he sought out upon his return, and they started a friendship that lasted for years. Troubles from his police job led to some hard times, that ended up with him getting black-out drunk one night, the same night Roxy is around that they start to hook-up. He passes out before anything happens, but wakes up assuming the worst. She fails to divulge the truth and they spend the next 11 months avoiding each other, more or less.
So when this book picks up, Roxy is visiting her best friend in assisted living facility. Reece shows up and wants to be the first to tell her that the guy that threw the rock at her best friend is getting out of prison and will be wanting to make amends. Roxy has never really processed what happened to Charlie six years ago, and thus only sees red when it comes to his attacker. She feels helpless that she can't do more in the situation, and Reece is there for her as she struggles with her emotions. At this time, Reece also starts the process of rebooting their friendship and trying to move past that fateful night almost a year ago. However, Roxy has to work up the nerve to tell him the truth, but she's scared, knowing that lies are something Reece absolutely despises. And with all that going on, she starts noticing weird things happening in her house, that make her feel crazy and that there's a ghost in her place, to being scared that she's got a stalker. T
There's a lot of tension and suspense on many fronts throughout this book, and it helps create a full story that runs through a gamut of emotions. Pretty much every emotion seemed to be expressed in this book, and the writing well done enough that it transferred to my emotions easily. I felt really connected to the characters and invested in their lives.
As I mentioned earlier, I just didn't love all the foreshadowing in this story. I'm not convinced that the story needed as much foreshadowing as it had, but I can easily admit I'm not a writer, so I don't quite know if I can understand how the book would feel without it all. However, I do know as a reader, most of the mystery was taken out of this book, because the foreshadowing allowed me to guess what was going to happen from a pretty early point. I would've been fine if the mystery had held off for longer, like the middle of the book or later. But it was too easy to see the answers too soon in the plot.
I still really enjoyed this book though and I look forward to what will come next. It seemed that the author was setting up the other bartender at Mona's for his adventure at romance. The friendly stripper that frequents the bar, who has psychic powers, foretold Nick that the love of his life was going to walk into the bar the last night depicted in this story. And low and behold it seems that woman will be Stephanie, a girl that helped to save Teresa way back in book two or three, by being her mysterious neighbor. Stephanie always seemed weird and way underdeveloped, and now I guess this is why, since the author wanted to bring her in as a heroine. I don't have much of a clue of what their story with revolve around, not knowing much about the heroine. But, Nick has been depicted as a nice friend, if not quiet, or at least not forthcoming. And he's also known for only seeing a girl once to hookup. Not just hook-up once, but see once. That should provide for some angst, and with this author's talent I'm sure there'll be some suspense to accompany the romance as well.