Falling
Into Us
Author:
Jasinda Wilder
Publication
Date: June 21, 2013
~Synopsis~
THE STORY YOU
THOUGHT YOU KNEW...
When Kyle Calloway
died, he took a part of Nell with him. She wasn’t the only one left to pick up
the pieces, however; Kyle’s death left a gaping hole in the hearts and lives of
his parents and his older brother Colton, and ultimately broke the will of the
girl he loved.
THE STORY YOU NEVER
IMAGINED...
Becca de Rosa is
Nell’s best friend. When Kyle died, Nell was so devastated that no one could
reach her, not even her best friend Becca. As she tries to help Nell through
her grief, Becca’s own life is thrust into turmoil, and everything she knows is
changed.
Jason Dorsey asked
Nell out the week after her sixteenth birthday, but that date never happened.
Instead, he ended up going out with Nell’s best friend, Becca. He had no way of
knowing, then, how that one date would send him on a life-long journey with
Becca. He had no way of knowing the tragedies and triumphs he would experience,
or that in Becca, he might find the love of a lifetime.
THE HEARTACHE
YOU’LL NEVER FORGET...
*Due to sexual content, this book is for mature audiences*
~Prelude~
I read
Falling into You in April and it quickly became my favorite book. I don't cry
easily and that book had tears streaming down my face. When I heard she had a
companion novel being released for the series, I started counting down the
days. I knew this one was about Nell and Kyle's best friends, Jason and Becca,
and I knew it would be epic. However, I LOVED Colton and Nell so I didn't know
if this book would be able to give me all the feelings like the first one. It
could, and it did.
~Review~
I'm
not sure I can fully describe how much I adore Jasinda Wilder. It only took one
book to cement her as an all-time favorite author for me and after this book,
she is numero uno on my list. No
other author has made me cry like Jasinda Wilder! I get emotional while reading
but crying is very uncommon. I bawled like a baby in this book.
In Falling Into
You, we get a small glimpse of Jason and Becca and how they got together but
Falling Into Us is their love story and all about them. Jason originally asked
out Nell, Becca’s best friend, but when she flakes on him to be with Kyle, she
suggests Jason ask out Becca, who has had a crush on Jason since they were
kids. He is reluctant at first because he doesn’t want Becca to think she is
second choice but he mans up and asks her anyway. That turns out to be the best
decision he ever made.
At 16, Becca and
Jason are young but they fall hard for each other and become exactly what the
other needs to get through the tough times in their lives. Jason has a rough
home life and a shitty father. Having Becca in his life takes his mind off of
the constant struggle he has with his dad and the desire to please him even
though nothing is ever good enough. He will always be more than enough for
Becca. Likewise, Jason makes Becca feel alive and adventurous. When she is with
him, she forgets all about the pressure from her parents to be perfect and
their strict rules.
“It almost seemed like he was actually seeing me for
me, and that was dangerous for my sanity. I almost didn’t want him to want me,
because that would mean doing something about it.”
I loved that
their first time together was a little awkward and not perfect. This is so true
to real life and I loved the way Jasinda portrayed it. They were young and
inexperienced and that showed in the writing which was exactly the way it
should be.
“And then it was over. The whole thing had lasted less
than five minutes, but it was a life-changing earthshaking five minutes.”
When Kyle dies
their senior year, they are both devastated but he was Jason’s best friend and
he is heartbroken. The only thing that keeps him sane is Becca’s comfort. She
has to be the strong one for Jason and Nell and I loved that about her. She
could set aside her grief to comfort the 2 people she knew needed it. I think this
was the moment that Jason knew Becca was his forever and he would never be able
to live without her. I knew this was coming. I knew Kyle died. It’s in the
synopsis from the very first book. However, I still cried when the time came
and it’s because Jasinda is that good.
“All I knew was I needed Becca to get through this,
and I could only hope she’d stay with me, keep loving me through it.”
I loved the
transitions through this book and the way we get to follow them through life.
They meet at 16, they suffer a tragedy together at 18. They go off to college
together and keep their relationship strong. Jason helps Becca find her independence
from her parents and they both help each other to build their own futures and not
let their parents dictate how they live. Everything seems so perfect! Then they
are hit with tragedy again. This time Becca is the one that needs comfort from
Jason and he doesn’t disappoint.
“I needed him. I wasn’t afraid of admitting that, not
ever. Especially then. I knew he was the only thing that would get me through
this crushing sorrow.”
Becca went through a horrible
tragedy and I was so afraid that she was going to shut down and push Jason
away. Her regression was heart-breaking because she became someone so different
from who she really was. My heart broke for Jason because he had to watch her
go through all of this with no way to really help her. All he could do was be
there for her and help her find her way back to life and living. He pushed her
sometimes but he knew it was the only way he could help her heal and in the
end, his love overpowered everything. I nearly lost it here and had to leave
the gym early before I burst into tears.
“I kissed her, and put all my love into that kiss, all
my need. I kissed her to show her how much I missed her. She’d been there
physically, but had been absent emotionally. Now she was coming back to me, and
I kissed her in welcome.”
Despite everything that Jason and
Becca went through, the one constant they both had was each other. They fell so
deeply in love that nothing could break them as long as they had each other.
They kept their love alive and they helped each other through the bad. Out of
all the bad, good things came too and those were the things that counted.
“In these moments, scars were forgotten, nightmares
were banished, and fears soothed.”
Falling Into Us was spectacular, heart
wrenching and riveting. I would give up food and sleep to finish this book and
I nearly did. The writing is so fantastic and the story is beautiful. So many
things happened in this book and sometimes that can be overwhelming but that
was not the case here. Every aspect of this novel flowed together so well and
the transitions were impeccable. I felt like I was right there with Jason and
Becca as they navigated the treacherous waters of their lives. I felt like I
really knew them because their characters were developed so well. I loved both
Jason and Becca and cannot think of a single thing that bothered me about
either of them. They stole my heart!
I LOVED the tie in with Nell and Colton from
the first book. These 2 books were woven together so intricately even though
Falling into Us was Jason and Becca's story and primarily about them. We were
given the opportunity to see Nell’s struggles after Kyle’s death from Becca’s
point of view as well as what happened with Nell and Colton after Falling Into
You. I felt like there was final closure in their story too.
I think my
feelings about this book as well as Jasinda Wilder are pretty clear by now. These
books will forever hold a place in my heart and I will never be able to get
enough of them. Also, I am a huge music lover and Jasinda incorporates music
everywhere throughout these books which makes me love them that much more. I
have a few songs of my own that stuck with me while reading this book and you
can see them below in my IPOD picks but check out Jasinda’s playlist in the
back of the book. I hope you fall as much in love with these books and
characters as I did!
~IPOD Picks~
“Bulletproof
Weeks” by Matthew Nathanson
“Endlessly”
by Greenriver Oridinance
“Falling
Slowly” by The Frames
“Near
to You” by A Fine Frenzy
"Falling In" by Lifehouse
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