Reviewed by Kat
TITLE: Catch Me If I Fall
AUTHOR: Noah Steele
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 205 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 26, 2021
BLURB:
Two ex-best friends.
Fifteen painful years apart.
One hell of a heart-pounding reunion.
Cole
Jasper Fox was my first friend, my first fantasy, and my first heartbreak. When I confessed my crush at seventeen and he pulled away, I got scared and left town without saying goodbye. Fifteen years later, we’re both back in Sugar Hills, and all I want is closure. But when he proposes a flashback tour through our friendship, all my feelings come flooding back.
When our reunion leads to romance, is the fall worth the pain of losing Jasper again?
Jasper
By the time I realized I’m not so straight, Cole was gone, and I was confused and alone.
Now I’m back home, between jobs, and looking for a second chance. I need Cole to know he was never just my best friend. The closer we get, the less I want to be without him, even knowing I’ll eventually be leaving town again for my dream job. Maybe it’s my turn to put my heart on the line so I can prove to Cole my feelings are real.
I didn’t know how to catch him when we were kids, but I’m finally ready for one last fall.
Catch Me If I Fall is a best-friends-to-strangers-to-lovers, second chance, MM romance that also features meddling friends, a curious library cat, and a fluffy fall small town Canadian setting. It’s low angst, swoony, steamy, and packed with tons of early 2000s nostalgia.
REVIEW:
The truth is that I had a hard time keeping my interest in this book. Although Cole and Jasper are about 33 you would have thought that they were still in high school or better yet middle school. I know they were re-enacting the summer that never happened but riding around town on bikes like middle school kids just seemed a bit weird. And I’m going to put this out here…I don’t know any mid 30’s men with these two guys recovery time. He just orgasmed and was getting hard again???
I also couldn’t believe that Cole only gave Jasper one week to make up his mind when he springs his truths at him. I know one week is a long time for kids but they were graduating high school, when Cole took off without attending it. And did his parents never tell him that Jasper ran from the ceremony to come to him? A lifetime of friendship and they never tried to reach out for 15 years. Then fall immediately in love because it had been brewing for so long. If it had been only five years and they were 22 this story might have been easier to swallow. I liked both guys and wanted them to make it work. But both men were successful in their careers but acted like adolescents instead.
Although both men and their friends were personable, this just didn’t work for me. I loved the premise but it didn’t fulfill. .
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