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A review by blessedwannab
The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen
4.0
Let’s start off by saying that Him and Us are two of my favorite romance’s ever. If those books represent what Elle Kennedy and Sarina Bowen can do together, I’ll be a guaranteed reader. However, I’ve only read one book from each of the author’s backlist. Seeing as I’m ‘On the Hunt’ I guess reading books by Kennedy and Bowen would be a good lead to follow.
In The Year We Fell Down Corey suffered an injury and is unable to play hockey anymore, but she refuses to give up her dream of attending Harkness College, where her brother graduated. So, armed with her crutches and wheelchair, she sets off for her freshman year. Across the hall, in her new handicap accessible dorm, she meets Hartley, also a Hockey Player (much like Him, Us, and Understatement of the Year this is a good theme for me) and also one that is injured with a broken leg. They strike up a friendship and things grow from there.
What I really thought stood out about this first book was that Sarina Bowen wasn’t afraid to give her main female character a disability that wasn’t going away. For me as the reader, Hartley never making a big deal of her disability made the romance even sweeter. I also loved how the angst level was pretty low. Yes there was strife and problems, but for me it’s only really angsty when the characters drag it on and on, punishing their SO and themselves over and over. I hate that. I don’t feel like Corey or Hartley did that. They were mature characters who made healthy decisions.
Even though this wasn’t necessarily epic, meaning I get consumed by the story the way I have before, I still consider this read a win.
For this review, and others like it, please visit Badass Book Reviews
In The Year We Fell Down Corey suffered an injury and is unable to play hockey anymore, but she refuses to give up her dream of attending Harkness College, where her brother graduated. So, armed with her crutches and wheelchair, she sets off for her freshman year. Across the hall, in her new handicap accessible dorm, she meets Hartley, also a Hockey Player (much like Him, Us, and Understatement of the Year this is a good theme for me) and also one that is injured with a broken leg. They strike up a friendship and things grow from there.
What I really thought stood out about this first book was that Sarina Bowen wasn’t afraid to give her main female character a disability that wasn’t going away. For me as the reader, Hartley never making a big deal of her disability made the romance even sweeter. I also loved how the angst level was pretty low. Yes there was strife and problems, but for me it’s only really angsty when the characters drag it on and on, punishing their SO and themselves over and over. I hate that. I don’t feel like Corey or Hartley did that. They were mature characters who made healthy decisions.
Even though this wasn’t necessarily epic, meaning I get consumed by the story the way I have before, I still consider this read a win.
For this review, and others like it, please visit Badass Book Reviews