Review: Review: The Harder I Fall by Jessica Gibson!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
4.5 stars!I was really happy when I heard that this author was writing another contemporary book because I have read some of her paranormal series' and really enjoyed them, so I was looking forward to see how she did a contemporary book! I know she wrote another contemporary book, but I haven't read it yet lol! This book was so freaking cute! It was pretty dark in places too, which I wasn't expecting! Well, I was expecting some darkness to it after I read the synopsis, but I wasn't expecting it to be that dark! The plot really was amazing though and it really showed how bad the situation was for the main character and I loved that the author didn't downplay the situation and she showed how bad it really was! The plot dealt with a girl who had to grow up fast in order to take care of her brother after witnessing something horrific! Because of this, the girl thought so little of herself, but didn't realise just how amazing she was and all it took was just one guy to show her how much she was really worth! I do have to say that I found some of things that happened in the plot a bit of a coincidence! It was just too perfect to be real! The author did add twists and turns in the plot though that did make me second guess those things that seemed too perfect to be real! The characters were amazing! Becca was the main character and my heart completely went out to her in this book! She had been through so much and she had to grow up so fast! No child should have to do that! Becca was an amazing character though and I could see that she would do anything to protect her brother and make sure that he was safe and had a good life! I strongly admired that about her! Becca was quite a troubled character as well and that was all down to her childhood! She had been through something seriously horrible and my heart just completely went out to her! But Becca managed to break through that wall that was distancing her from the world and that was all down to her love interest! He showed her that not every aspect of life is horrible and that you have to search to find the good amongst the bad! Levi was the love interest of Becca and I loved him! He was pretty hot too ;) There were a few chapters in this book where I sort of didn't really like Levi, but he quickly redeemed himself for me and became a bigger person! I loved how much Levi supported Becca and he showed her that she could be loved, if she left herself be! He also supported Becca 100% in everything she wanted to achieve and he helped her achieve it, which made me sort of grab him in a massive hug because he basically saved Becca so much more than he realised! I do have to say that I did think that Becca and Levi's relationship did start a little too quickly, but then it sort of evened out and it went at a good pace and then stuff happened, which changed a lot! I can completely understand why this book is a standalone! Everything was wrapped up for Levi and Becca, but I'm super excited that Becca's brother is going to get a book too! The cover for this book is really pretty! I've seen the same stock photo on a lot of covers though, but I like that this cover is slightly different to those other ones! Plus, I've always loved the stock photo anyway lol! Big thank you to Jessica for an ARC of The Harder I Fall!