This Is Falling

The Falling Series, Book 1

By: Ginger Scott

Narrated by: Melissa Moran

Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

First, I had to remember how to breathe. Then, I had to learn how to survive. Two years, three months and 16 days had passed since I was the Rowe Stanton from before, since tragedy stole my youth and my heart went along with it.

When I left for college, I put 1,000 miles between my future and my past. I'd made a choice - I was going to cross back to the other side, to live with the living. I just didn't know how.

And then I met Nate Preeter.

An All-American baseball player, Nate wasn't supposed to notice a ghost-of-a-girl like me. But he did. He shouldn't want to know my name. But he did. And when he learned my secret and saw the scars it left behind, he was supposed to run. But he didn't.

My heart was dead, and I was never supposed to belong to anyone. But Nate Preeter had me feeling, and he made me want to be his. He showed me everything I was missing.

And then he showed me how to fall.

©2014 Ginger Eiden (P)2015 Ginger Eiden

loved it!

This story makes you fall in love with The characters. I was weeping by the end of the book. And not to mention the reader portrayed all the characters perfect!

Perfect Depiction of College Life & Young Love

This is Falling by Ginger Scott is a new-adult, coming-of-age novel. It is about new beginnings and letting go of the past.

I loved this book for its tragedy, its clumsy, unsure beginnings and its hope. Having two young adults who have recently moved to college, I appreciated the uncertainty the characters expressed as they stretch their wings having just flown their own nests. The development of new friendships in the dorm mirrored my children's experiences. Ms. Scott has captured the essence of that age group and the first experiences of college life.

Both lead characters, Rowe and Nate, have difficulties in their past that they must overcome. Rowe's past is fraught with tragedy and guilt, while Nate is dealing with a more typical young adult dating experience. Nate is the perfect young man, and his courtly patience in wooing Rowe is charming. Their sweet dance toward a relationship is refreshing. Ms. Scott's depiction of the roller coaster of their new relationship brings the reader into the fireworks and butterflies and the adrenaline rushes as well as into the floods of tears shed due to misunderstandings.

The plot is perfectly paced and thoroughly engaging. Both the primary and secondary characters are fully developed. There are no unnecessary characters who don't add to the storyline, and their are no throw-away, unneeded details.

I highly recommend this endearing new adult romance to all age groups, and I'm looking forward to Ginger Scott's follow up in the Falling series, You and Everything After.

Really loved this book

This is how I would want someone to feel for my daughter or for my son to feel for a girl.

Really Good

This is a great story about a young girl (Rowe Stanton) who survives a school shooting that takes her best friend and her boyfriend. After two years of hiding from the world she heads to college where she meets baseball star Nate Preeter and begins to resurrect her life. For the first few hours of this audiobook I was totally expecting to be granting a five star rating to this one. Then there were a few scenes featuring Rowe McHypocrite and at that point there was a great deal of teeth grinding, then fast forwarding going on. She throws what we in the mountains call a hissy fit and Nate the whipped pup accepts it all. Which brings me to a point that I just have to make; why is it that all female romance writers make the male leads of these books into wimps or women?
I am more into women than men, but when I'm with a man, I want a man. The frame of reference this author uses seems to be that the guy is always at fault. Then in the last 10 to15% percent of the story Rowe has reason to be upset but then she becomes Whiny Girl for way too long. I can and do understand that PTSD deeply affects people but Rowe's actions don't seem consistent with the diagnosis. Given those weaknesses I still like this book enough to give it four big stars.

This is really for Very Young Adults.

I like YA books but this one went a step further into "just for teens" only.
The story was ok, but I was finding myself FF through many parts of it.

To my surprise I extremely enjoyed this series!

Any additional comments?

I am a big fan of murder/mystery books, but once in awhile I like to try something different. So glad I did and chose the Falling Series!! It was sweet, sad and funny all at the same time. My son would hear me laughing to myself in my room and thought I was crazy when I told him it was my book making me laugh. Also had some great, surprising little twists. My sister and her friend and my co-worker are all reading this series now. If you are trying to decide, I would say go for it. Don't think it will be disappointing.

Love Overcomes Tragedy.

This was the first book I have read/listened to by Ginger Scott and I really liked the story of Nate and Rowe. I just wish there would have been a Epilogue at the end to tell us how they end up later on in college, but maybe that will be in the next book from Ginger Scott. I was glad that both Nate and Rowe were focused on each other and didn't let any outside people try to break-up their relationship. I really liked how they played jokes on each other too. Too bad they didn't hook up sooner in the story but I guess that's what makes a good book. They had a really good connection between each other.

I would highly recommend this book to others if you want to read about a great love story between two people starting out in college. I hope to see another book by Ginger Scott soon, one was not enough.

Boring and narrator is robotic

Ginger Scott is a random grab bag. Some of her work is amazing and the rest is blah. This one is blah.

The heroine faced a major tragic event in life and I have respect for any person who is healing like she is. I guess it’s just the flat boringness of the story itself.

The narrator takes some getting used to, if that’s even possible.

I’m not sure if I’ll be listening to any other books in this series.

First love is so sweet

Loved the love story . It takes me back in time to those intense emotions.

Highly Recommend, story and audio combo is great!

Would you listen to This Is Falling again? Why?

Oh yes! First, because I adore the story. Nate Preeter is sigh-perfect baseball hottie and how he falls for Rowe, who's read so perfectly--a combination of her voice from the read and the writing all came through. Love Rowe's slow unfolding to trust and love Nate. It's wonderful.

What other book might you compare This Is Falling to and why?

I would compare it to any love story title that is about college and also about sexy sports guys who aren't what they seem like... #Nerd by Cambria Herbert. But it's also got a very sweet and underlying tale that's so emotional like The Sea of Tranquility. Just loved the way this story has so many layers that unfold as you get deeper into it.

Have you listened to any of Melissa Moran’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not, but Melissa Moran seems to be a true professional. I will seek out her other narrated books. I was worried to hear this done with only one female voice, as I fell in love with the print version first, but in minutes I realized Melissa Moran's read would be great for all voices. She draws you in so much, you don't really hear her voice--rather she makes you SEE the characters she creates. She's a great reader.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

All of it--I love the relationship between Nate and Ty (the brothers), of course the tragic mystery behind why Rowe keeps herself isolated. The first love scene is very very sweet and just...dreamy first-love-in-college perfect.

Any additional comments?

I really hope the sequel, You and Everything After that is about Ty and his story gets to come to audio like this. This is only my third audio book I've ever listened to, and now I'm hooked.