The Upside of Falling
Ratings36
Average rating3.3
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Ratings36
Average rating3.3
A fun, flirty teen debut from Wattpad phenom Alex Light about a fake relationship and real love. It's been years since seventeen-year-old Becca Hart believed in true love. But when her former best friend teases her for not having had a boyfriend, Becca impulsively pretends she's been secretly seeing someone. Brett Wells has it all. As captain of the football team and one of the most popular guys in his school, he should have no problem finding someone to date, but he's always been more focused on his future than who to bring to prom. When he overhears Becca's lie, Brett decides to step in and be the mystery guy. It's the perfect solution: he gets people off his back for not having a meaningful relationship and she can keep up the ruse that she's got a boyfriend. Acting like the perfect couple isn't easy, though, especially when you barely know the other person. But with Becca still picking up the pieces from when her world was blown apart years ago and Brett just barely holding his together now, they begin to realize they have more in common than they ever could have imagined. When the line between what is pretend and what is real begins to blur, they're forced to answer the question: Is this fake romance the realest thing in either of their lives?
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DNF!
This had a non-consensual kiss in 5 mins. Red Flag 1. Then he asks her to not bring a book to his next game. Dude, that's her emotional support book. You go to hell!
“Your eyes are nice. They're like the ocean. Calm.”“Oceans can be deadly.”I was starting to think Brett was too. Or at least the way he made me feel was. Like I was standing on the edge of a cliff. Or riding a roller coaster that only went up.
This book reminded me of the feeling of falling in love and how truly scary it is. Being vulnerable and allowing myself to be open to people entering my life when that gives them the opportunity to leave later on is terrifying.
One of my favourite tropes is fake relationship so the fact that this had that trope and didn't butcher it makes me extremely happy.
The characters and the way they interact is probably my favourite part of this book. It genuinely had me kicking my feet and giggling at certain parts.
I read this when it was originally published on wattpad years ago and it was so nice to come back to it and see the changes in the book and me since my first read, I will forever love fake dating
