Review: Totally Smitten!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2014
Awe man! This book is just.....it's just perfect! I loved every minute of it. I didn't feel like it was forced or rushed. The story was just there and so amazingly sweet that I think my heart actually ached a bit reading it!"Fall into Forever" is the debut novel by Beth Hyland and begins with a girl panicking at a fraternity party because of a guy (been there, done that right?!). So what do us girls do when avoiding a guy at a party? We find an escape route. Except poor Ivy's is onto the roof and now she's got to figure out a way down. Enter Jon Priestly. This man oozes bad boy, he has a guitar, drives a motorcycle, hosts a radio show, sells weed, and he helps old women......Okay so maybe he's not such a bad boy after all!The characters in this novel are so well written that I had a hard time believing they're not real. Ivy is broken, a fatal car accident took the life of a man she's told she loved but she doesn't really believe that because what memories she does have of him are conflicting. With the missing memories of the accident and people blaming her, she feels lost and insecure. She moves hours from her home to escape it. Jon is no better off. He's an orphan, mother dead, deadbeat dad, in and out of foster homes, which resulted in some time in juvie. But because of some people who've been in his corner he's trying to be a good person, make a difference, just in general be better. He's closed off emotionally until he meets Ivy who happens to be stuck on the roof of his house. Together they're great! I loved reading about their relationship and seeing how it grows into more. How they pushed each other to be better and overcome. I loved it!So why four stars instead of 5? Well, I felt that in a few instances, especially at the beginning the characters were portrayed more like high school students pretending to be college students. Some of the remarks made by the characters and their actions were just too immature for people their age (21). That was just my impression though.Overall, I really enjoyed this book. Yes, it's in the erotica category and there are a few erotic scenes, but none that made me feel uncomfortable or like I was reading straight porn (haha!). They were placed well in the story and added to the characters' relationship.Also I loved that in this day and age where a book has to be in a series this one is not. It is a standalone, no cliffhanger ending. It left me feeling happy and just completely smitten with Ivy and Jon. If you enjoy new adult romances, do yourself a favor and get this one!!! I never would've guessed this to be a first novel, well done Mrs. Hyland!!!! Well Done!!!