The Art of Falling for You ( Falling #1)
by Maya Hughes
Release Date: March 11, 2021
Source: ARC for review from Maya Hughes
If looks could kill, I’d be a charred pile of ash on the sidewalk.
I need to know why she hates me.
Bay Bishop aka The New Girl is my new neighbor. In her glasses and stage crew black clothes she has a knack for fading into the background.
She’s probably the only one who rolls her eyes when I walk past instead of cheering on my last touchdown play. But before I can shove her into the recesses of my mind filed under “Not my problem” she lands herself smack dab in the middle of my dreams.
I catch her singing with a voice unlike any I’ve heard before that taps into feelings I shouldn’t have for the girl who avoids me at all costs.
With three months until graduation, the final play is on. Only it’s not for more points. It’s for Bay.
Unlike my success on the field, this win is anything but assured. But I can’t stop myself from taking the risk.
There’s no flashing scoreboard.
There’s no cheering crowd.
There’s only her and me.
The countdown clock is ticking. The only thing scarier about finding my first love will be losing her.
I really enjoyed this book! This is the first book in a new series from Maya Hughes.
In this story we follow Bay who is kind of the outcast at her high school. Ever since she came to the school 3 years ago, she has always been labeled as the new girl. But secretly she loves to play guitar and sing.
Dare is one of the most popular kids at school. He's on the football team, and he can get any girl he wants. What he doesn't tell everyone is that he is dealing with a drunk absent father, and all of the burdens that are put on you when you have to quickly mature to an adult.
One night Dare hears bay sing and his is instantly drawn to her. He wants to get to know her, but Bay is very skeptical about him. She thinks, why would the football player want to hang out with the new girl?
I thought this was a great high school romance! In the beginning of the book we get see the characters in the present and then we flash back to the past. The majority of the book is the past between Bay and Dare. I feel like we lost some of the angst that comes with characters who have a past together. I would have liked to have seen less of the past, but overall it was a pretty good high school romance! I really loved the character development of both Bay and Dare. We got to see how Bay is still coping with her dads death, and how Dare is trying to figure out where his life will go after high school. I am so excited to read the next book. I am so ready for all of the angst and passion that these two characters carry for each other.
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