Fall Away with this addictive series from the bestselling author of PUNK 57. From the BookTok sensation and New York Times bestselling author of BULLY and FALLS BOYS comes the fourth novel in the Fall Away series. ..............
He's the guy she's supposed to avoid. She's the girl he won't let get away . . .
K. C. Carter has always followed the rules - until this year, when a mistake leaves her the talk of her college campus and her carefully arranged life comes crashing to a halt. Now she's stuck in her small hometown for the summer to complete her court-ordered community service, and to make matters worse, trouble is living right next door.
Jaxon Trent is the worst kind of temptation and exactly what K.C. was supposed to stay away from in high school. But he never forgot her. She was the one girl who wouldn't give him the time of day and the only one to ever say no. Fate has brought K.C. back into his life - except what he thought was a great twist of luck turns out to be too close for comfort. As they grow closer, he discovers that convincing K.C. to get out from her mother's shadow is hard, but revealing the darkest parts of his soul is nearly impossible . . . ..............
Praise for the Fall Away series:
'As gripping as it was sexy!' COLLEEN HOOVER
'Penelope creates incredible tension between their characters in this best friends to enemies to lovers romance. It touches on the trauma of high school relationships, first loves, and broken hearts, and most importantly, how to be with someone without losing yourself' Helena Hunting
'A wonderfully addictive read that kept my heart racing from start to finish. I could not put it down! 5 stars!!' Aestas Book Blog
'I got completely wrapped up in Bully' Scandalicious Book Reviews
'Freakin' awesome! I absolutely love, love, loved this book . . . It totally rocked. Three times I honestly thought I might spontaneously combust' Smitten's Book Blog
'There's a very thin line between love and hate! Did I know the line could be so blurred and painful? No! But can I say I didn't absolutely, without a doubt love this damn book? No! I freaking Loved it!!' SBookLover Reviews
'A heated and passionate novel, full of feeling and intensity that will appeal to the reader seeking an emotional rush' IndieReader.com .............. Read the whole series in order: BULLY; UNTIL YOU; RIVAL; FALLING AWAY; AFLAME (novella); NEXT TO NEVER (novella)
When I read Rival, the third book in Penelope Douglas's Fall Away series, I fell immediately in love. There's just something about a love-hate relationship that makes me swoon and Madoc and Fallon had that in spades. So I was ridiculously excited to receive Falling Away, the fourth book in the series, from Netgalley, to review. I knew it was Jax and K.C.'s story and I was excited for it to be just as amazing as Rival.
The novels in the Fall Away series all seem to be based around the theme of falling in love, despite hating the other, and there's lots of bedroom stuff, and fighting and making up etc and while I absolutely loved it in Rival, it felt somewhat off in Falling Away - at least, for me. There was just something about the novel that I couldn't get fully on board with.
I didn't really love anything major about Falling Away. Sure, I liked the characters, and yes I liked the fire that ignited any time KC and Jax were in the same room together, and yes in the early stages it was quite exciting seeing Jax un-do KC but the more the book wore on, and the more they fought and made up, the more tired I got, because it was exhausting. Jax was a douchebag for quite a lot of the novel, and it's hard to love a douchebag. His actions weren't always of someone who really, really likes the girl he's with, and he could be cruel, but not in the same way that it worked in Rival.
I also could barely keep up with KC's changing emotions. One minutes she's angry as hell as Jax, and telling him to get lost and the next they're making out or she's brushing his hair. I was confused. I didn't understand how she could switch her emotions like the click of her fingers. Whereas I knew Madoc and Fallon loved each other in Rival, it wasn't the same with KC and Jax. Jax continually said it was a summer thing, and it didn't feel real.
It also seemed like the KC/Juliet storyline came out of nowhere. This could be because I haven't read Bully or Until You, but it was just bizarre. It didn't feel right, in a New Adult story. It was a bit too heavy for what is a quite light (ish) New Adult series.
I just... I wanted to love Falling Away, I wanted it to be as awesome as Rival, but I never felt wholly connected to Jax or KC (especially not KC, who had a bit of an identity crisis). I didn't find their saga as interesting as Fallon and Madoc's, though it was very nice to see Fallon, Madoc, Tate and Jared again.
I'm glad I read Falling Away, because I was super interested in KC and Jax's story, but it just didn't like up to the awesome that was Rival, in my eyes. I still can't wait to go back to read Bully and Until You, because I'm just dying to read Tate and Jared's stories.{Leah Loves} http://leah-loves.com http://leah-loves.com/books-falling-away-penelope-douglas/
