Penelope Douglas

Falls Boys

Not the best thing ever but a fun in between! I still got some questions 🥲

Femke

Renata

i've read this 2 times and this was freaking amazing- istg- the mystery just everything was amazing, ALSO i can't wait to read just all the other books i am so excited and i have guesses abt the couples AGH 
BUT let's talk abt hawkearo, pls amazing i was flipping over every chapter agh truly amazing i loved them i literally just want to scream 
this felt like returning home, to fall away lane. i just want to cry, lmao all the legacies here make me wanna sob.

- ""You've heard the stories, right?" I stalk her. "The girl who fought back? Childhood best friends who became enemies who became lovers?" Jared and Tate stories still circulate around my old high school. Dylan's getting really sick of it, poor girl feeling like she has to crowbar a car to prove whose kid she is. "Tate was kind of lonely as a child," I tell her. "So was Jared. This tree was their bridge to each other when they needed a friend. When they needed the sadness to go away. When they needed a different view"

- "The thumbprint belongs to Dylan's mom. She made it when she was a child, and there's a whole story about it between Dylan's parents. It's special. Jared always had it on him for races, and last year, he gave it to Dylan for luck on the track. It's worth five cents and our family's most valuable heirloom."

- "I said, look at me, hijo de tu puta madre."
My heart skips a beat, but I do it." 

- "Hawke carries me out, and I rest my chin on his shoulder, (...) 'I'll be back," (...) But then I faintly hear his voice. "You are never coming back here."

- ""I don't feel sorry for you, Aro." He falls quiet, and I almost can't hear him when he says, "I think you're amazing."

- " and a need washes over me to see her sleep for as long as she wants. To not have to get up and worry or work. I'd like to watch her play a video game or play with a dog or ride shotgun on the rare occasion I race.
She'd love that."

- ""I can't help you if I can't find you." I blink away the burn in my eyes. I'll be damned if I let that piece of shit erase her like she doesn't matter, or use her like she's a commodity. I don't know if we'll win, but I can make sure she's not alone anymore."

- ""You are significant,""Scientists say that nearly all the atoms in our bodies were made in a star. And many of those atoms have traveled through several supernovas.""You weren't born here. You were born billions of years ago, Aro. You're stardust." "The stars don't need to see you. They know you."

- "We're friends. Kind of funny how it happened, but I like her. She's a good person-or wants to bee and I want to know what she can do someday. She deserves more. (...) We're rivals who were forced to find common ground. It'll be a cool story someday. Maybe I'll run into her again, and we'll laugh about this. We'll laugh, because it all ended up okay. Life worked out for her. She got out."

- ""You think I would let her touch me?" he whispers, hefting me up high. "Only you're allowed to touch me."

- ""He's a catch, isn't he?" But then she starts mumbling under her breath. "Until he starts talking about comets and the formation of galaxies and all his astronomy bullshit."I jerk my eyes to her. "What?" "Oh, just you wait." She smiles tightly "The bore is coming. Every hottie has a downside.""He's into astronomy?"

- ""Why did you do that?"
(...) because you're mine. I feed you. I clothe you. I protect you. Isn't that what you wanted in a man like those losers?"(...) I did this for her. I fucking did this for her! Her eyes fill with tears, and all she can do is close them, but I want her to look. At my neck. My face. My cut lip and my bloody eye-all because of her!"

- I want to go home. I miss my parents. I want her there too. I need to take care of Reeves. Because none of this feels like it's about him anymore. I wish I could go back to not wanting anyone. Wanting someone is worse. But I don't want anyone else to touch me. She's the only one allowed to lay a hand on me. I love her...looking at me. Realization hits. None of this is about Green Street or Reeves anymore. She's everything"

- ""You are fucking up my life, girl.""And I like it." I like you."

- ""I don't want to touch her.""Only you're allowed to touch me. I want to do it all with you."

- "I love you"(...)A week ago, I wouldn't have thought I'd be the first person to ever say 'I love you', but when he goes off to college, I want him to know this was real. That he was important to me. "I want to crawl inside of you sometimes," I whisper."Sometimes I want you to be all that I can see and hear. So that nothing exists in the world to me but the feel of you."(...) "I'm scared, Hawke. I'm always scared." I take another step. "You don't see it yet, but your life will change, and I won't be able to keep up. I know this will end, but I need you to know that you're incredible and you'll be my favorite memory. I'II miss vou so much."

- "Yours." My chest tightens, and I look back at the road, knowing we have no time for me to pull over and kiss the hell out of her. She told me she loved me last night. I never thought in a million years she'd be the one to the say it first. I'd wanted to say it since that night she crawled into bed with me and just slept.
And then she woke up the next morning and hopped out, going off to make coffee. No pressure. No expectations. Just there for each other."(...) but in that moment, I knew I needed her in my life-as a friend or anything really because it was the first time I knew I was never going to be alone again. As long as I could keep her. Of course, my family is amazing, and I'll always have them, but I loved Aro that morning and how she seemed to understand that I had just needed someone to talk to. I told her stuff I would never tell my family or friends, because I knew she wouldn't laugh at me. I loved her in that planetarium and when we made pizza for breakfast and when I saw her standing alone at my college and watching the other students. I wonder if I might've even loved her on the fire escape in the rain that second night. I don't want her to ever speak another word again that I can't hear."

- "You're the only time I've ever felt it,"
"What?"
"Live or die. You or nothing""I have to have vou."
"You're crazy now," she whimpers. "What have I done to you?"
"This.""You're doing this to me. I'm finally fucking alive."

- "Te amo."
"What?"
"Te amo.""Te amo, Aro Marquez."

Nabeelah Hassan 

I JUST STOPPED BREATHING!!! 
I am super excited for this book. 2019! nooo. wayy too long.

Beatrix Haase

03/22/22
Phenomenal. Jaw dropping. Give me the next book. I'm so excited 

10/31/21
Crying and screaming in utter happiness after seeing the synopsis and getting a release date for this book. You have no idea how excited I am. 

Past review: 
I want everyone to know that once this book comes out, I will be dropping any of the books that I am currently reading to just read this. You have no idea how obsessed I was with Bully, Rival (Especially Rival), Falling Away, Aflame, etc.

Disjointed and confusing, I’m usually a P Douglas fan but this was such a let down, confusing character development and non organic relationships, just wasn’t for me. 

jaz ☁️

jupiter

Emma 

The book was great to read in a few days but couldn't really get it started at first because of a reading slump, but it was very good. I actually haven't read the other series about their parents but I just got finished with Bully, and how the last part of the chapter was factored into Falls Boys was really nice.

clau

can’t wait for the next one, this book was really good

LOVE me a good P. Douglas book BUT this didn’t get good til almost the 300thpage… took me way to long to finish cuz i just never wanted to pick it back up which hasn’t happened yet w Penelope.. i will say though, i LOVE Dylan 🤍 can’t wait for her shining moment 

jules hill

JoLee

Falls Boys (Hellbent #1) by Penelope Douglas

Fall Boys starts the spin off series from Fall Away and all about the kids. Can be read as a stand alone but I was so happy I finished Fall Away series to get a feel of the parents. 

As always Penelope Douglas has me wanting to live in their towns with the gorgeous aesthetics. Loved Aro and Hawke. Huge girl crush on her as she does what ever it takes to take care of her brother and sister. Both are protective of their family members. Loving the mystery surrounded the legend in their town that I can not wait to get more of hopefully in next book.

Sav Kay

PEN IS AN ICON AND ID DIE FOR ANY BOOK THAT THEY EVER WRITE. 
ARO WAS A FUCKIN BADASS AND I ADORED HER, HAWKE WAS JUST GAH I LOVED HIM, AND I FUCKIN LOVED THEM TOGETHER 🫠

Falls Boys

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