Heather London

Fall From Love is a story that shows you can move on after tragedy.

Holly falls into a deep depression after losing her boyfriend in a mountain accident, but her BFF Jenna helps pull her out. Holly used to be fun and outgoing, but barely has the energy to get face each day. She hurts so fiercely, and doesn't know how to keep going on. She grows so much throughout this book. She goes from a shell of a person to someone who learns how to enjoy life.

Carter is full of self-blame. Not just about the accident, but also over everything that has gone on with his family. For some reason he can't let things go. He's never grieved properly for anything, and keeps it bottled up. He's incredibly sweet, and only wants to help Holly deal with life in general.

These two aren't looking for love, but have a great friendship. They are completely comfortable around each other. They take care of the other when it's needed, and dance around the fact they have stronger feelings for each other. This novel is about how they cope and figure out how to get past the hurt they feel over everything that's gone wrong in their lives.

An awesome love story, and I couldn't help all the warm fuzzies I felt after reading this. It just proves you can love again, even after a horrific tragedy!… (mehr)

The blurb gives us an idea of where the heroine is in her life:
"Emily moved to New York City seeking a fresh start....and to keep a low profile."

Despite this, Emily does everything BUT keep a low profile when she gets involved (albeit unknowingly and initially, extremely unwillingly) with the very high profile hero, Reed and his equally well known sister, Lexi. The Press practically stalk Reed and Lexi. If you're associated with them in any way, you're going to get noticed.

Initially she DOES take tentative measures to stay away from them. That doesn't last. This I could still overlook. If she thinks she can somehow not have the media publish pics and info of her for all and sundry to see - that's her choice.

The issue I have with Emily is that she knowingly places Lexi and Reed in danger.
Lexi is a vulnerable lovely person who has been through SO much anguish in her life. Her brother and friends try to shield her as best they can because of her painful past. Well aware of these facts, Emily inconsiderately places Lexi in a possibly dangerous situation. She KNOWS how much Lexi has suffered yet she STILL asks Lexi to hide important facts from those who look out for her.
She places Reed directly in danger as well. Makes one mistake after the other, one bad decision after the other and of course nothing good comes of it.

At this stage I don’t care about her wellbeing. I was even more put off by the fact that Reed now felt guilt where he isn’t the one at fault, especially considering that even at this stage I still don’t feel a deep connection between them.
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What would you do if you lost the love of your life on the night of your anniversary? For Holly Treadwell life hasn’t been easy and she’s closed herself off from friends especially those who knew Adam. When she returns to university, she has one purpose: to finish the semester. Her roommate, Jenna, keeps trying to push Holly to move on with her life. Deciding to humor her friend, Holly agrees to a night out. All is good until Carter Hansen tries to contact Holly and she shuts him down. She doesn’t want to talk to him, but Carter only wants to know how she’s doing. He realizes she’s still grieving and Carter blames himself for Adam’s death. Circumstances keep bringing them together and slowly a friendship develops. Will Holly be able to put away the past and move on with her life? Or will she lose a second chance at falling in love?

Heather London’s Fall From Love is about life, death, and forgiveness. If there’s one message to walk away with it’s: things happen and no one can be held responsible. Narrative is first person through Holly and Carter. It doesn’t take away from the story, but rather it enhances it. London makes it a point to tell us at the beginning of the chapter whose narrative it will be. I really enjoyed this aspect because we need both perspectives in order to understand the events leading up to Adam’s death and after. Writing is good and engaging.

In terms of characterization, we have some strong characters. Even though we get to know Carter, I don’t feel like we know him one hundred percent. Everything Holly knows of him is through Jenna or Josh, but I thought about this for a few days, and I feel that Carter was secondary. Fall From Love is about Holly and getting her to the moment to realize that it’s okay to move on and because of that I can forgive not fully knowing Carter. As I mentioned, we get to know Holly and you do feel sorry for her. I just wish Jenna didn’t treat her like glass especially regarding the big secret Carter has. Then we have Carter’s roommate who happens to be dating Jenna, Josh and he realizes Holly can handle things, but realizing Carter’s guilt he stays out of it. I liked Josh and I’m glad Holly and Carter had him around. What I really liked was Holly’s wake up moment. She gave herself the time to grieve, but when given the chance she opened herself up and I loved that!

I won’t go into details regarding why Carter blames himself for Adam’s death, but the moment we find out, it will leave your heart aching for him. He carries a lot of guilt with him and even Adam’s friends don’t let him off easy. I have several favorite scenes, but the one that stands out is when Holly sees another woman in Carter’s apartment and she realizes she’s jealous. I loved the friendship that developed between them and that London gave us that period. There’s no instant love or a love triangle, just a simple story about meeting someone, getting to know them, and falling in love. I really enjoyed the late night chats between Holly and Carter.

If you’re looking for a sweet story about life, second chances, and falling in love, I highly recommended Heather London’s Fall From Love. Just have a few tissues with you when you read, you’re going to need them.… (mehr)

Note: I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

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This book was amazing! It was an extremely quick read with in-depth characters and an interesting story line. The story was cute and the relationship between Meredith and Blake had me giggling like a school girl. I can't wait for the next book in the series

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