Close To Falling
Close To Falling is a captivating second chance romance about tragedy, adolescence and unconditional love.
Having witnessed her parent's murder, Maddie's once happy existence is turned upside down.
River's father was sentenced to hard time, giving him no other option but to live a life he didn't choose.
With both of them tossed into the same foster home, they develop feelings for one another, but Maddie makes poor choices leading to a daily struggle of addiction and River's never been one to follow the rules. He makes a tough decision to help save the girl he loves, but he may be the reason she falls.
“Close to Falling is completely different than Paige’s previous novels. It departs on a journey that hits you straight in the heart.
”I’ve got scars so deep, they no longer appear on the surface.”
Maddie makes a lot of bad choices. She soon becomes dependent on drugs and the addiction takes over her life. The only thing she’s more addicted to is River. The problem is, his reckless actions break him apart from Maddie. She turns to the one constant that helps numb her feelings... drugs.
Years later, Maddie is clean and making something of herself. That’s when a ghost from her past makes an appearance... River. Can they make it work this time? Or are they doomed to repeat the past?
”Sometimes, to understand a person’s present, we have to go back to their past.”
When Paige reached out to me about reading her newest book, I said yes, without even reading the blurb. Her previous novels haven’t let me down, so I knew this one wouldn’t either.
Close to Falling is different and I love that Paige went down this road. It’s raw and ugly at times, but this one is about the journey. It’s about reaching rock bottom and clawing your way back up. The topic of drug abuse is always a tough one. To tell it from Maddie’s point of view, couldn’t have been an easy task. You see lots of books tell it from the POV of a loved one, but not always from the view of the person going through it. Paige didn’t cut any corners. She put it all down on the pages... the good and bad. You see the gradual decent that Maddie makes with her life, then how she slowly puts the pieces back together.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”
“I loved this book!! The characters are so real.....the storyline is so real!!! Maddie B is struggling with hiding her drug addiction while River, her foster brother, is desperate to save her from herself. But her addiction to him may also be her undoing. My heart broke so many times for these two characters that I wasn’t sure how a HEA could be in their future.
Close to Falling is a story of addiction and tragedy that culminated into one of strength, determination and the power of true love.
Wonderfully written and will stay with you always!! Excellent job Paige!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”