Even if
I Fall
by Abigail Johnson
Book: Stand Alone
Publisher: Harlequin
Pub Date: January 2019
Genre: Young Adult
Format: ARC
Source: Publisher
A year ago, Brooke Covington
lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder
of his best friend, Calvin. Brooke and her family became social pariahs, broken
and unable to console one another. Brooke’s only solace remains the ice-skating
rink, where she works but no longer lets herself dream about a future skating
professionally.
When Brooke encounters Calvin’s younger brother, Heath, on the side of the road and offers him a ride, everything changes. She needs someone to talk to…and so does Heath. No one else understands what it’s like. Her brother, alive but gone; his brother, dead but everywhere. Soon, they’re meeting in secret, despite knowing that both families would be horrified if they found out. In the place of his anger and her guilt, something frighteningly tender begins to develop, drawing them ever closer together.
But when a new secret comes out about the murder, Brooke has to choose whose pain she’s willing to live with—her family’s or Heath’s. Because she can’t heal one without hurting the other.
When Brooke encounters Calvin’s younger brother, Heath, on the side of the road and offers him a ride, everything changes. She needs someone to talk to…and so does Heath. No one else understands what it’s like. Her brother, alive but gone; his brother, dead but everywhere. Soon, they’re meeting in secret, despite knowing that both families would be horrified if they found out. In the place of his anger and her guilt, something frighteningly tender begins to develop, drawing them ever closer together.
But when a new secret comes out about the murder, Brooke has to choose whose pain she’s willing to live with—her family’s or Heath’s. Because she can’t heal one without hurting the other.
My Review: DNF.
I couldn't go any further than the first few
chapters. After that, I was done, I couldn't read anymore.
Brooke is learning to drive stick, and tosses
her keys because shes too frustrated. She runs off to the ice to blow off
steam. She can't accept that her life is so changed because of what her brother
did.
Heath just comes off as rude. Didn't really
want a ride from her. Didn't want her to pay for his car and just shoves the
money at her and basically gets angry.
Only a few chapters in and there is too much
drama. There is a lack of detail. What exactly happened to lead up to her
brother being sent to prison took way too long to get to. The characters were
just meh. Overall, this was something I couldn't get into.
My Rating:
✪
