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A review by nadine_booklover
The Harder You Fall by L.A. Cotton
3.0
… her touch was like kryptonite. Hitting me right where it hurts most – my heart.
I really don’t know what happened here. I was so excited for this book, because I love each of those Rixon Raiders. But somehow this book left me with mixed emotions. It was like a hot and cold shower.
One time I had hearts in my eyes and only some time later I felt nothing at all. I have no idea how to makes sense of it.
No matter what, with her writing skills and her talent to breath life into her characters, Lianne Cotton managed to draw me into the world of the Raiders so easily.
This didn’t feel like going slow. It felt like falling recklessly and hopelessly into each other, giving no thought to how hard we might crash.
The thing with Mya and Asher is, I expected more. I expected to see more of Asher.
Sometimes I felt him, but didn’t really see him. And Sometimes I really saw him (but that were only quick glimpse of the top of the iceberg) but I didn’t feel him.
Maybe it was because through the whole book I felt something was missing. Some backstory I couldn’t quite grab.
IMO it didn’t quite help that we were thrown right into the story from the beginning. There was no easing in or some background story (some sort of prologue). Seeing that this book can be read as a standalone in a series, and expecting that readers might pick this one before the others, I would have been confused lots of times if I haven’t had read the two books before.
And I had similar problems with Mya. I would have loved to get a deeper insight of her life before Rixon. What really did happen to her and how did it change her? How did she slowly open up to the girls and finding her way into this tight knitted group?
Where was all the fun banter, the flirting, the getting to know each other before Mya and Asher decided to go for it?
Our past and present had collided in a way neither of us saw coming, but the future? The future was ours.
I know it’s hard to read (and believe me, it’s also hard to write) but The Harder You Fall is for me the weakest book in this series. I’m brutally honest here.
I had a great time reading it, no matter what because I love Rixon and their Raiders. And I love the girls with all my heart.
But this book, the story of Asher and Mya held so much potential, which in my eyes, only reached half of it.
Asher had taught me that what people saw didn’t define us. It was what was on the inside that counted. And our souls were the same.
The Harder You Fall is a lovely conclusion to the Rixon Raider series, that closes it with a big bang.
I really don’t know what happened here. I was so excited for this book, because I love each of those Rixon Raiders. But somehow this book left me with mixed emotions. It was like a hot and cold shower.
One time I had hearts in my eyes and only some time later I felt nothing at all. I have no idea how to makes sense of it.
No matter what, with her writing skills and her talent to breath life into her characters, Lianne Cotton managed to draw me into the world of the Raiders so easily.
This didn’t feel like going slow. It felt like falling recklessly and hopelessly into each other, giving no thought to how hard we might crash.
The thing with Mya and Asher is, I expected more. I expected to see more of Asher.
Sometimes I felt him, but didn’t really see him. And Sometimes I really saw him (but that were only quick glimpse of the top of the iceberg) but I didn’t feel him.
Maybe it was because through the whole book I felt something was missing. Some backstory I couldn’t quite grab.
IMO it didn’t quite help that we were thrown right into the story from the beginning. There was no easing in or some background story (some sort of prologue). Seeing that this book can be read as a standalone in a series, and expecting that readers might pick this one before the others, I would have been confused lots of times if I haven’t had read the two books before.
And I had similar problems with Mya. I would have loved to get a deeper insight of her life before Rixon. What really did happen to her and how did it change her? How did she slowly open up to the girls and finding her way into this tight knitted group?
Where was all the fun banter, the flirting, the getting to know each other before Mya and Asher decided to go for it?
Our past and present had collided in a way neither of us saw coming, but the future? The future was ours.
I know it’s hard to read (and believe me, it’s also hard to write) but The Harder You Fall is for me the weakest book in this series. I’m brutally honest here.
I had a great time reading it, no matter what because I love Rixon and their Raiders. And I love the girls with all my heart.
But this book, the story of Asher and Mya held so much potential, which in my eyes, only reached half of it.
Asher had taught me that what people saw didn’t define us. It was what was on the inside that counted. And our souls were the same.
The Harder You Fall is a lovely conclusion to the Rixon Raider series, that closes it with a big bang.