3.5

The Upside of Falling

Alex Light
Book
January
2022

Review:

There are some parts of this book I like and some I don’t. I find it extremely hard to relate to the male character because he was very 2D. He seemed to be focused throughout the entire book on his parents' marriage and nothing else. I feel like even though this was a fake dating story they had been dating from the beginning. I relate to the main character a lot on the basis of her always feeling a step away from love but still living romance novels. I think part of that may be a coping mechanism. I think this book is good for a debut novel but it felt a little childish and I wish there was a little more depth to it.

Trigger Warnings:
Cheating and Divorce

Synopsis From Book:

It’s been years since seventeen-year-old Becca Hart believed in true love. But when her former best friend teases her for not having a boyfriend, Becca impulsively pretends she’s been secretly seeing someone. Brett Wells has it all. Being captain of the football team and one of the most popular guys in school, he should have no problem finding someone to date, but he’s always been more focused on his future than who to bring to prom. When he overhears Becca’s lie, Brett decides to step in and be her mystery guy. It’s the perfect solution: he gets people off his back for not dating and she can keep up the ruse. Acting like the perfect couple isn’t easy though, especially when you barely know the other person. But with Becca still picking up the pieces from when her world was blown apart years ago and Brett just barely holding his together now, they begin to realize they have more in common than they ever could have imagined. When the line between real and pretend begins to blur, they are forced to answer the question: is this fake romance the realest thing in either of their lives?
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