Sophie McKenzie is probably one of my favourite YA authors. I loved a few of her other action-type novels so I thought I would try Falling Fast.I did enjoy it but I found some of the dialogue quite annoying - particularly that of Emmi, River's friend. It was a a short, light read of first romances. Although I will probably read the sequels to Falling Fast, I'm not going to be rushing to buy them. The characters in this book are really weird which made the book sound weird too. First we have River and her obsession with the Romeo and Juliet story. Not even like 'that's my faveorite story' way but in the 'I want to be Juliet' way. And then we have Flynn. Who seems to be some sort of shot at "mysterious bad boy". But what we really get is "abusive and possibly schizophrenic". One minute he is hitting the wall next to her head and she is genuinely frightened of him (newsflash: if you are frightened of your boyfriend it is NOT a good sign. ABORT) and the next he is hugging her and smiling. This is not good. And I don't understand why anyone would think it was. Also, River seems to spend an inordinate amount of time running around after him. He gets angry and storms off. She runs off after him. He punches someone and storms off. She runs after him. I would have reached a point where I would just let him walk. Seriously. He is not a good character. And their romance is not enviable its disturbing and unstable.Now, I have never been in love. So maybe I don't know what I am talking about. But this just doesn't seem like a good loving relationship to me. So I can't help really not believing in this whole thing.Overall this book is not really good and I won't recommend you coping there love cycle. Arabelle Akinfe
What do You think about O Primeiro Amor (2012)?
Innocent, down-to-earth and poignant :'))
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