The Year We Fell Down

I think if I read this 10 years ago I would have felt different, but I did not enjoy either MC’s.

I appreciate and love the disability representation, but as a whole I did not vibe with the story.

I liked the authors voice but unfortunately not much else.

I absolutely loved it! Corey is simply the best (and Hartley isn't so bad, either...)!

This book is fantastic, I just adored it. It is not your ‘normal' type romance but perfect, just the same.

Sarina Bowen has an amazing skill of writing incredible characters and making them seem believable and real. Not just as people but their experiences and what they are going through. That rang true with this book even more.

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You know when friends keep mentioning a certain restaurant and you are just like “no, I don't really like that kind of food” and then you get the menu and not only order but enjoy everything? Yep. That is me. Generally I don't much go for NA as a genre but I loved this!Corey Callahan is starting college a whole new person from who she was in high school and though he doesn't yet know it so is her dorm room neighbor Adam Hartley.Corey has a spinal cord injury due to an accident and will no longer be able to play hockey while Hartley broke a leg and will be off the ice for the season. They meet as neighbors and pretty quickly bond as friends though Corey would like more but Hartley has a girlfriend to whom he is loyal. I like how they each go on their separate emotional and physical journeys but at the same time become a perfectly synchronized unit.Some have complained about Hartley's relationship with Stacia and his loyalty to her. I am of the opposite opinion. I perfectly understand and he explains why someone like him would be with her and his loyalty is something to be lauded in my mind. I think that sometimes when adults review these YA or NA books they forget the age of the protagonists and what is appropriate and logical behavior at their age. I like that [a:Sarina Bowen 7737308 Sarina Bowen https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1402702789p2/7737308.jpg] has created interesting and well rounded characters who have strengths and weaknesses. I like that there were no villains to create drama, just young people learning their way into the adult world, even Stacia turns out to be not a bad egg. I love Hartley & Corey as a couple and all the friends, family and acquaintances that surround them.Finally I very much liked that there was no miracle cure for Corey but rather a realistic learning curve to lead a normal life as disabled or differently abled person.Brava Ms. Bowen for making us believe that in spite of being still in college these two have a HEA in their future. ***If you can add the audio by [a:Nick Podehl 2803557 Nick Podehl https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1294338060p2/2803557.jpg] and [a:Saskia Maarleveld 5127861 Saskia Maarleveld https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1370715771p2/5127861.jpg] it's totally worth it.***