Feels Like Falling
Fiction
Gallery Books
April 28, 2020
Advanced Reader Copy
400
Free from publisher
It’s summertime on the North Carolina coast and the livin’ is easy.
Unless, that is, you’ve just lost your mother to cancer, your sister to her extremist husband, and your husband to his executive assistant. Meet Gray Howard. Right when Gray could use a serious infusion of good karma in her life, she inadvertently gets a stranger, Diana Harrington, fired from her job at the local pharmacy.
Diana Harrington’s summer isn’t off to the greatest start either: Hours before losing her job, she broke up with her boyfriend and moved out of their shared house with only a worn-out Impala for a bed. Lucky for her, Gray has an empty guest house and a very guilty conscience.
With Gray’s kindness, Diana’s tide begins to turn. But when her first love returns, every secret from her past seems to resurface all at once. And, as Gray begins to blaze a new trail, she discovers, with Diana’s help, that what she envisioned as her perfect life may not be what she wants at all.
My review:
3.5 stars
Make no mistake about it, if you are a lover of southern romance and friendship novels, you are going to eat this one up! As everyone who reads my blog knows, romance is just not my jam. But let's look at what I loved about this novel. Y'all (and I never use that term, but her books just bring it out of me!) Kristy can tell a story! I find myself flying through her books, there is something about the writing that just flows like melted butter. I adore the little southern references she throws in seamlessly (I had to look up what crowder peas were?). I loved the friendships, and not just the major one between Diana and Gray. The secondary characters of Trey and Marcy were fun, and the scenes where they were all dishing with each other were a hoot! I definitely enjoyed Diana's story right up until the end (more on that later), but I can't say the same for Gray. I admired her business savvy (a bit more on that may have been interesting), but her choice of a man was just a BIG NO. I can't divulge too much without ruining the plot, but let's just say I wasn't buying into her relationship lasting long term, no way 🙂 Which brings me to the ending, where my, romance is not my jam, alarm bells were going off! Everyone forgave each other and they lived happily ever after. Let's just say it was so sugary sweet that my teeth were aching!
In conclusion, read this book for the southern charm, the wonderful writing style, and the friendship bonds. If you love a good romance, you'll be in seventh heaven, if not, read it anyway and just go brush the sugar off your teeth and move on.
I'm finding this is a good time to explore books outside of my normal genre. As someone who has lived in Texas his whole life, I'm very comfortable saying Y'all lol.
Thank you so much for reviewing Feels Like Falling!
Absolutely! Love your writing style so much!