Dare to Fall
by Estelle Maskame
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Pub Date 27 Jul 2017 | Archive Date 2 Aug 2017
Black & White Publishing | Ink Road
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From the international bestselling author of the DIMILY series, Estelle Maskame
MacKenzie Rivers seems like she has it all figured out. She has great friends, she’s doing well in school and her handsome ex-boyfriend is desperate to win her back. But something is missing from her life in Windsor, Colorado. And as much as she hates to admit it, that something might be Jaden Hunter. Tall, blond and athletic, a year ago Kenzie was falling fast for him and his crooked smile.
Twelve months later, everything has changed. A tragic accident has destroyed Jaden's family and, despite the way she feels, Kenzie has no idea how to talk to him anymore. She is all too familiar with the impact family tragedy can have on the people she loves, and she can’t bear to go through it again with Jaden. She does the only thing she knows how to do: walk away.
When the pair meet again by chance one night, Kenzie realizes that she can’t ignore her feelings for him any longer. But as she is drawn back into Jaden's life, she finds herself caught between her increasingly volatile best friend, her interfering ex-boyfriend and her own fears about opening up to Jaden.
Will Kenzie dare to fall for the one person she’s so afraid of growing close to?
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781785301087 |
| PRICE | £7.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
Emma B, Reviewer
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
When I spotted this book I knew straight away I had to read it, I read the DIMILY books in a matter of hours, only taking a break while I waited to get approved for Did I Mention I Miss You. So as soon as I was approved I dropped everything else, leaving a couple of books half read, just to read this book and I was not disappointed.
MacKenzie is dealing with a loss in her family four years after the fact, her crush from the year before, Jaden can't understand why the girl he was seeing dropped him just after the death of his parents. A year on the two meet up and both realise that the feelings they had never really left.
Can I just say wow. This book was just, wow. Right from the first chapter I was all in, I couldn't put it down. The characters are so well written, nothing is ever too far fetched and the story was so fast paced I honestly lost hours at a time without even realising I was nearly finished. Every character was relatable, each dealing with their grief in their own way, but every situation felt so real. This book filled me with so much happiness as I read it, rooting for the relationship between MacKenzie and Jaden, but pages later I was drawn back into the grief, be it with The Rivers family's loss or the Hunter's. With such tough and sensitive subjects like grief, loss, alcoholism, guilt it's easy to be blunt and to the point for the overall progression of a story but Estelle Maskame seemed to take such care when writing about these subjects, never once rushing through a situation with other family members, such as MacKenzie's parents, showing as much care and attention to detail as she did for MacKenzie and Jaden.
5/5 stars
Charlotte B, Reviewer
Dare to Fall is the story of MacKenzie and Jaden: their tragedies, their families and their friends and their relationship.
Kenzie has separated herself from Jaden (her boyfriend) and Danielle (her best friend) after the death of their parents because she doesn't know how to treat them. The story picks up a year after this tragedy, and Kenzie is still avoiding them. It's hard to understand this at first: Kenzie seems selfish and I found myself shouting "it's not about you" at various points. Later, we come to learn that there is more to it than this, that Kenzie is dealing with her own grief, or rather, struggling to acknowledge her own grief.
Grief is a big theme of this book: everyone in the book is grieving differently and the author writes about it all beautifully.
Jaden and Kenzie meet by chance when Kenzie is trying to buy cheap alcohol for her mum, and this sparks an attempt to rebuild their relationship which becomes a huge focus of the book. Along the way, Kenzie learns to deal with her own grief and that of those around her. Everyone is forced to face up to their actions and it makes for a really interesting story with some jaw dropping moments.
The twist at the end that made me sick to my stomach, but also made me feel silly for not guessing sooner. I just wish we knew how that particular storyline concluded because I needed some closure there.
I would definitely recommend Dare to Fall to others, but be prepared for it to play with your emotions.
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