Review: Highlighting Real Issues
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2013
(ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review. Blog tour stop can be found [...]Falling Behind looks at a subject that is not highly publicised and should be. There are more and more girls/boys of high school age who are suffering from domestic violence from a boyfriend/girlfriend and they are not speaking out about it. This is a sensitive subject to tackle and especially in a book. The author has done a really good job writing this sensitively, giving you the very real shock factor of the extreme consequence of not speaking out and balancing it with the road to recovery of someone who has spoken out. Dee has written this book so that it makes you stop and think about this very real issue and highlights the signs of abuse and the behaviours of those who are in denial about being abused.The book centres around 3 best friends; Candice, Reese & Ty. Ty being the only male in the group. The two girls both find themselves in abusive relationships which breaks down the relationships between the three friends for one reason and another. You experience their denial and struggle to come to terms with the abuse and try and live through it.This isn't a book that I can really write a review on and do the book justice. This is a book that needs to be experienced.