Fearless & Falling by Season Vining – a Review

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Description:
Angela Lavelle has been in love since third grade. A heated argument over superheroes left her reeling in the wake of Logan Sawyer and his charming, know-it-all smile. After a lifetime in the same small town, this art geek still feels invisible to the guy she knows is destined for her. Finally, Angela is ready to give destiny a shove.

Logan Sawyer is adored by the whole town, even taking a place next to his father as a sheriff’s deputy, with aspirations of becoming a detective. When a certain redheaded waitress finally catches his attention, he wonders how he’s been so blind to Angela hiding in plain sight. But there’s the mysterious circumstances of her father’s death tugging at Logan’s detective instincts. Could Angela be the one to break the case wide open? Or will their secrets destroy any chance at a happily-ever-after?

 Review;

This is second book by Season Vining that I’ve had the opportunity to read.  I don’t know, maybe it’s just me but there’s something about her writing that causes me to take forever to get through the story.  Maybe it’s the way she sets up the chapters according to the each character’s POV, the backtracking to past events, etc, I’m just not sure.  Don’t get me wrong, the characters were well developed and did manage to carry the story.  I have to say I much preferred Angela and Logan’s story over Wren and Preston’s story.  Fearless and Falling was easier for me to get into thanks in part to Angela and Logan, along with Angela’s best friend Audrey. Now there’s a secondary character you want to learn more about and get to know more, because she was an absolute hoot!!  She cracked me up in every scene she was in.  She helped to move Angela and Logan’s romance along and she did it in a very fun way. 

Fearless & Falling does have more of that small town feel to it this time around and we get to see more of its residents.  Angela and Logan’s romance is slow to build and at times I did find myself wanting to skip ahead hoping the pace of the story would move itself along.  It wasn’t until the last 30% of the book that I finally found the pace picked up and events started unfolding at a much quicker pace for me.   Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy a slow build romance between the main couple, but I don’t like it when it feels dragged out.  Yes there was the issue with Angela’s fathers suspicious death years ago that gets between Angela and Logan at one point causing drama and angst with their romance.  Funny enough though, it actually helped move the story along creating more depth and intrigue to the overall feel of their story.  However, for me I would’ve liked to have started to discover the clues and facts sooner, rather then later.  For me that part felt a bit rushed.

Overall Fearless & Falling is a well thought out story, with a strong main couple who were able to carry their adventure.  Angela and Logan are a sweet couple and it was fun to watch them finally really see each other.  Actually Angela noticed Logan a lot sooner, it was Logan that didn’t really see Angela and he kept asking her throughout the story ‘where have you been hiding all this time?’   I liked that she kept telling him ‘in plain sight, you just never noticed me’.  Finally though Logan did notice Angela, even if it was with a little help from the ever resourceful Audrey and her not so subtle comments and hints to Logan. 

Until next time, happy reading everyone. 

Reviewed by Marcie

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