EVEN IF I FALL is a contemporary young adult novel by Abigail Johnson that is a stay up all night, one sitting kind of read. A book to pull you into a world of unknowns where two families are at odds with no way to bridge the gap. Can these two families come together or will newly shared secrets build a bridge that no one can ever cross?
The characters are relatable, realistic, and could easily be your friends. Brooke and Heath have both lost someone close to them but in different ways. Brooke loves ice skating and her brother who is also her best friend. Now he is gone because he killed his best friend and she is lost without him... Heath is the silent strong type, facing the unimaginable loss of his brother who was killed by his best friend. How can they move forward with such big parts of their lives are gone forever?
Brooke comes from a family that the town sees as outcasts but no one hates them more than the family of the boy her brother killed. Johnson takes us for a ride as she writes what it is like to lose a loved one and have to deal with the aftermath of such a horrible crime. While she does not go in-depth with the murder, you get just enough details to make your heart ache for Brooke and Heath.
EVEN IF I FALL is a captivating and compelling story of love, loss, family drama, small town dynamics, and forbidden friendships. A book that is sure to hold your attention until the surprising end. Johnson has written a remarkable story that is hard to put down and is sure to keep you up all night!
Brooke and Heath should never have become friends,
let alone fallen in love
A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her
beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his
best friend, Calvin. Brooke and her family became social
pariahs, broken and unable to console one another. Brookeβs
only solace remains the ice-skating rink where she works,
but she no longer lets herself dream about a future skating
professionally.
When Brooke encounters Calvinβs younger brother, Heath, on
the side of the road and offers him a ride, everything
changes. She needs someone to talk toβ¦and so does Heath. No
one else understands what itβs like. Her brother, alive but
gone; his brother, dead but everywhere. Soon, theyβre
meeting in secret, despite knowing that both families would
be horrified if they found out. In the place of his anger
and her guilt, something frighteningly tender begins to
develop, drawing them ever closer together.
But when a new secret comes out about the murder, Brooke has
to choose whose pain sheβs willing to live withβher familyβs
or Heathβs. Because she canβt heal one without hurting the
other.
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