Name: Anna Ling's review of Fear of Falling by S. L. Jennings
Item: Fear of Falling
Rating: 3
Author: Anna Ling

S. L. Jennings

I can't remember the last time I felt completely safe. Security seemed more like a luxury to me, reserved for those who were fortunate enough to have picture perfect childhoods. For those who didn't bear the ugly scars that keep me bound in constant, debilitating fear. I've run from that fear my entire life. But when I met him, for once, I couldn't run anymore.He scared the hell out of me in a way that excited every fiber of my being. It wasn't the tattoos or the piercings. It wasn't the warmth that seemed to radiate from his frame and blanket me whenever he was near. It was just…him. The scary beautiful man that threatened to alter 23 years of routine and rituals, and make me face my crippling fear.My name is Kami and I am constantly afraid. And the thing that scares me the most is the very thing I want.“Don't worry,” he smiled, pulling me into the hard warmth of his chest. “I've got you. I'll always catch you when you fall.”And just like that, Blaine had staked his claim on the untouched part of me that no living soul had ever moved. He had captured every fear, every reservation, and crushed them in the palm of his inked hand.*** This book deals with sensitive subjects such as domestic violence and sexual abuse. Not intended for readers under 17 years of age.

Fear of Falling

Kaddi 

Anna Ling

It was alright. The issues it dealt with are, unfortunately, too real in the world and I applaud this book for displaying these issues in a way that gives the reader some serious insight into the pain and fear that some people have to deal with in their lives.

That being said, I felt that sometimes the characters seemed, well, "too good to be true". Perhaps it is my aversion to love or just my lack of knowledge regarding the subject, but I felt like Blaine (despite how sexy he seems) seemed really forced and fake. 

It became really obvious that he was just going to keep coming back and his determination seemed somehow superhuman and therefore, predictable. The events of the book were also kind of predictable, Kami would freak out, she would calm down, Kami would freak out, she would calm down etc etc. 

However, it was still a book that was easy to read and quite interesting and gave me a lot of insight into the world of abuse and those who grow up in it.

Samantha 

AMAZING.

SLJ wrote an incredible story. It was so raw and broken and heartfelt. It was simply amazing.

Simona Andrijauskiene

A day after finishing this book, I still debating whether to give 1 star or leave it at 2. That's how bad it was, in my humble opinion. Well, I think, I will be generous and leave it at 2 stars, because I found few quotes, that I liked. Actually, it was the only thing that I liked in this book. But let's start from the beginning.
Firstly, I think, it was too over the top and unrealistic, that it actually reminded me a badly made soap opera, than a real world. I thought, that it would be a book about a heavy topic, like surviving after traumatic events, like abuse, rape and so on. And it could have been great book, because it had a potential. However when every serious topic ended in a sex scene, I was furious, because it was unnecessary and distracting. 
And that leads me to another thing, that made me cringe. The main male character didn't understand a word "no". Even when a main female character repeated several times, that she does NOT want to do certain things, he pushed it until he got what he want. That is not how I understand healthy relationship. And the worst part, that it was portrayed as if that was totally fine, because main character "loved her" and she just didn't understand, what she need, and that he almost knew what is best for her...Come on? Seriously?
Also there were a lot of typical tropes, like a bad gay deep in his heart is totally angelic and only a "good" girl can find that. And there were so much more... Also the words, that author chose to use made me role my eyes a few times. For example, the phrasing "he marked me", that automatically made me thing about a dog marking a tree...
So, if someone asks me, if it is worth reading, I would definitely not recommend wasting time on this.

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