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If I Fall (2012)

by Kate Noble(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley

series

The Blue Raven

review 1: This was alright. While I didn't feel myself particularly endeared to either hero or heroine, they were serviceable characters. It's hard to do bitter and brittle characters well. Sarah Forrester was pretty cool as a character in Follow My Lead, but she didn't do much for me here. What was with all the "looked him/her dead in the eye" business? I swear within 3-4 pgs I saw that expression used multiple times. Even more annoying was the villain's monologue-ing. I mean, they even goes so far as to say, "Why don't I start at the beginning?" Oy. They might as well have said, "Let me flap my gums a ridiculously long time. So long, in fact, that the hero has time enough to ride across town, through Regency horse traffic, to rescue you." Lame, lame, lame.
review 2: I'... morem not sure how this book ended up on my holds shelf at the library, but it did, so here I am reading it.Turns out this is #4 in a series. I'm thinking it would have been better to start with #1. And, seeing as how I'm finding myself completely charmed by this book, I do believe I'm going to go find #1!Sarah and Jack are childhood friends who have lost touch for the past six (or was it nine? doesn't matter) years - (he's been on board ship as Lieutenant for the Navy during the Napoleonic war) and they reconnect. This plot has been used many times before, sure, but this time it felt more real. Instead of cute little anecdotes, this felt believable. Even more unusual, Sarah and Jack do not feel an immediate attraction to each other. Their relationship grows naturally, their clashes and misunderstandings are believable (well, I thought they were anyway - yes, he is a jerk when he thinks he knows what's best, but people really ARE jerks sometimes, and he realizes it, and apologizes). On the other hand, this book never GRABBED me and never inspired me to stay up way too late reading - I've had a lot of other things going on lately, and by the end of the day I'm exhausted. So, not 5 stars from me, but I think that may be more caused by my own life than by any failings of the book.Or maybe it's just that the wrap up to the mystery was so PREDICTABLE. Ugh. less

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