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A review by jscarpa14
The Hardest Fall by Ella Maise
3.0
Good...
This one was a lot more angsty and dramatic than some of Maise's other titles. It was good, like a cross between the movie Boys and Girls and a Jamie McGuire book. That said I was looking for something a little more lighthearted.
One of the things I didn't like about the title was the introduction to Mark where Zoe even makes it out to the reader as something different than it really was. It's one thing to mislead another character, but when you're in the first person and misleading the reader it makes her an unreliable narrator and hard to trust as a character. I would have also liked a lot more interaction between Zoe and Chris.
Additionally there was a whole subplot involving one of Zoe's friends that just didn't really fit. Unless Maise intends to come back to these characters and give Kayla a story (preferably opposite Chris) her whole relationship drama didn't have a whole lot of point in the book. It doesn't directly affect the relationship that's the focus of the story. Its just something happening in a friend's life. Like extra words that don't need to be there.
Overall it's a good story, but it doesn't top Jason Thorne or Adam Conner.
This one was a lot more angsty and dramatic than some of Maise's other titles. It was good, like a cross between the movie Boys and Girls and a Jamie McGuire book. That said I was looking for something a little more lighthearted.
One of the things I didn't like about the title was the introduction to Mark where Zoe even makes it out to the reader as something different than it really was. It's one thing to mislead another character, but when you're in the first person and misleading the reader it makes her an unreliable narrator and hard to trust as a character. I would have also liked a lot more interaction between Zoe and Chris.
Additionally there was a whole subplot involving one of Zoe's friends that just didn't really fit. Unless Maise intends to come back to these characters and give Kayla a story (preferably opposite Chris) her whole relationship drama didn't have a whole lot of point in the book. It doesn't directly affect the relationship that's the focus of the story. Its just something happening in a friend's life. Like extra words that don't need to be there.
Overall it's a good story, but it doesn't top Jason Thorne or Adam Conner.