Review: Until We Fall by Jessica Scott

29 April of 2018 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

I love how Caleb's story turned out.

Until We Fall By Jessica Scott

Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult

Released: April 24, 2018

Publisher: Self-Published

Series: Falling, Book 5

Synopsis

The darkness never forgets…

Caleb Gregory has spent ten years hiding in the dark, refusing to speak about the night his young life was destroyed. In his anger and his rage, he drank and fought until he drove everyone away until he had no one left.

The light casts a long shadow…

Nalini King has devoted her post army life to her passion: using yoga to heal her fellow soldiers. In doing so, she’s worked to forget the night her life burned down around her.

An unexpected storm…

When a storm forces them into the darkness together, these two wounded souls must face the demons of their past.

Because it is only in the darkest night that we can truly see the light.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I love how Caleb’s story turned out.

Until We Fall just might be my favorite in the Falling series. While Until We Fall is part of a series the story stands alone just fine. You won’t feel like you’re missing anything if you haven’t read the others but you really should read them as they are great books.

Caleb appeared in the other Falling stories and he was always a jerk; angry, drunk and picking fights – seemingly a good for nothing bad boy. I am so glad that Jessica Scott was able to give him such a wonderful story where we get to see what lies behind all of that drunken behavior.

Nalini also appeared in some of the Falling books. She’s a veteran and a graduate of West Point – like Caleb is. They meet when Caleb takes shelter from a bad storm in her yoga studio. Neither of them realizes, at first, that they met at West Point so many years ago.

The things we learn about Caleb don’t excuse the jerk he’s been but they do help explain his behavior. The main thing is – now he’s accepting responsibility for his past actions. He’s been sober for a few months and has a job the keeps him busy which helps to keep him from drinking.

The relationship between Nalini and Caleb evolves slowly; they don’t jump into bed right away (but when they do – wow!). I loved the bit of slow burn this story had going. Nalini and Caleb are both scarred from their experiences at war and I loved seeing how the two of them helped heal each other.

Jessica Scott’s writing always makes me FEEL things and I love how real and believable her stories are. I’m sad to see this series end but at the same time I’m looking forward to what she has coming up next for me to read.

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O Factor: Spicy

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About Author Jessica Scott

Jessica Scott is an Iraq war veteran, an active duty army officer and the USA Today bestselling author of novels set in the heart of America’s Army. She is the mother of two daughters, three cats and three dogs, and wife to a retired NCO.

She is the bestselling author of the Homefront series and the Falling series, both about soldiers and veterans adjusting to life after returning from the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan. Her bestselling Falling series features soldiers integrating into life on college campuses.

She’s also written for the New York Times At War Blog, PBS Point of View Regarding War, and IAVA. She deployed to Iraq in 2009 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)/New Dawn and has had the honor of serving as a company commander at Fort Hood, Texas twice.

She holds a phd in morality in Sociology with Duke University and she’s been featured as one of Esquire Magazine’s Americans of the Year for 2012.

Jessica is also an active member of the Military Writers Guild.

Her debut novel Because of You launched the return of Random House’s Loveswept digital imprint and launched the start of the ever popular contemporary military romance genre.

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