The Hardest Fall
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- Author：Ella Maise
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Summary
The first time you meet someone， you make eye contact。 You smile， say hello。 Should be simple， if you’re anyone but me。 The first time I met Dylan Reed， I found myself making eye contact with a different part of his body。 You see， I’m very good at being shy， not to mention extremely well-versed in rambling nonsense and， unfortunately， rather highly skilled at making a fool of myself in front of a guy I’m attracted to。
At the time， I knew nothing about him and thought none of what I said would matter since I’d never speak to him again。 Turns out， I was very wrong。 He was the star wide receiver of the football team， one of the few players expected to make it into the NFL， and I ended up seeing him all over campus。
I might have also propositioned him， run away from him， attacked him with a cooking utensil…and…uh， maybe I shouldn’t tell you all of it。 It’s pretty normal stuff， things you’d expect…from me。 Eventually， the time came when I couldn’t hide anymore—not that he’d have let me even if I tried。
Before now， he never knew I was secretly watching him。 Now that we see each other every day， he knows when I have a hard time looking away。 It doesn’t help that I’m not the most subtle person in the world either。
He smiles at me and tells me he finds me fascinating because of my quirks。 I can’t even tell him that I think my heart beats differently whenever he’s around。
He thinks we’re going to be best friends。 I think I have a big thing for him， and the more I get to know him， the more I don’t care that I’m not allowed to be his friend， let alone fall for him。
The thing is， that’s exactly what I’m doing—what we’re doing， I think。
Falling。
Hard。
At the time， I knew nothing about him and thought none of what I said would matter since I’d never speak to him again。 Turns out， I was very wrong。 He was the star wide receiver of the football team， one of the few players expected to make it into the NFL， and I ended up seeing him all over campus。
I might have also propositioned him， run away from him， attacked him with a cooking utensil…and…uh， maybe I shouldn’t tell you all of it。 It’s pretty normal stuff， things you’d expect…from me。 Eventually， the time came when I couldn’t hide anymore—not that he’d have let me even if I tried。
Before now， he never knew I was secretly watching him。 Now that we see each other every day， he knows when I have a hard time looking away。 It doesn’t help that I’m not the most subtle person in the world either。
He smiles at me and tells me he finds me fascinating because of my quirks。 I can’t even tell him that I think my heart beats differently whenever he’s around。
He thinks we’re going to be best friends。 I think I have a big thing for him， and the more I get to know him， the more I don’t care that I’m not allowed to be his friend， let alone fall for him。
The thing is， that’s exactly what I’m doing—what we’re doing， I think。
Falling。
Hard。
Reviews
Shaztwirl
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OkayI really struggled with the first half of this story and several times considered stopping。 I'm fed up with ditzy， clumsy， half tongue-tied half rambling female characters who fall apart in the presence of a good looking male。 The narrative is old。 That said， as the story finally developed and the female lead lost most of the awkwardness， it got better。 OkayI really struggled with the first half of this story and several times considered stopping。 I'm fed up with ditzy， clumsy， half tongue-tied half rambling female characters who fall apart in the presence of a good looking male。 The narrative is old。 That said， as the story finally developed and the female lead lost most of the awkwardness， it got better。 。。。more
Jasmine
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3。75 StarsThis was a book that got better for me as it went on but I also liked the idea of them having these three awkward run-ins before we got into their story。 I liked Dylan's character and I usually love dual povs but I could have happily stayed just with his。 Zoe for some reason would get under my skin and irritate me at various points throughout the entire book。 This was a great friend/ roommates to lovers they really complemented each other。 I enjoyed watching their relationship progress 3。75 StarsThis was a book that got better for me as it went on but I also liked the idea of them having these three awkward run-ins before we got into their story。 I liked Dylan's character and I usually love dual povs but I could have happily stayed just with his。 Zoe for some reason would get under my skin and irritate me at various points throughout the entire book。 This was a great friend/ roommates to lovers they really complemented each other。 I enjoyed watching their relationship progress it felt natural and I wasn't expecting it to be a slow burn when I picked it up， but you won't hear me complaining。 Have to say I think I'm a fan of Ella Maise's writing especially how well she build-ups her relationships and those surprising emotional gut punches。 I'm 2/2 now and I definitely won't hesitate to check out more。 。。。more
Sydney Smith
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Perfect College Romance！ What an amazing book- any book that has soulmates in it is a book that will steal my heart all over again。 I absolutely adored this book and I am so glad I listened to it on Audible！ I will definitely be re listening！
lisas。bookselection
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2，5 Sterne:Gib mir eine Sportromanze （egal ob Football， Eishockey， F1） und ich werde sie lesen。 Normalerweise ist das schon eine gute Grundlage， dass mir das Buch gefällt。 Normalerweise。 Leider war das bei diesem Buch gar nicht der Fall。Ich bin auf das Buch durch Tiktok gestoßen - dort bekomme ich mittlerweile alle meine Buchempfehlungen her。 Angepriesen wurde es， dass es ähnlich wie die Off-Campus-Reihe ist， nur mit Football。 Da ich ein sehr großer Fan dieser Reihe bin， wollte ich "The hardest 2，5 Sterne:Gib mir eine Sportromanze （egal ob Football， Eishockey， F1） und ich werde sie lesen。 Normalerweise ist das schon eine gute Grundlage， dass mir das Buch gefällt。 Normalerweise。 Leider war das bei diesem Buch gar nicht der Fall。Ich bin auf das Buch durch Tiktok gestoßen - dort bekomme ich mittlerweile alle meine Buchempfehlungen her。 Angepriesen wurde es， dass es ähnlich wie die Off-Campus-Reihe ist， nur mit Football。 Da ich ein sehr großer Fan dieser Reihe bin， wollte ich "The hardest Fall" eine Chance geben。 Die Storyline hatte Potential。 Es beginnt im ersten Collegejahr von Zoe。 Eher unfreiwillig macht sie die Bekanntschaft von Dylan und blamiert sich bis auf die Knochen。 Im Jahr darauf treffen die beiden wieder aufeinander。 Und wieder blamiert sich Zoe bis auf die Knochen。 Das dritte Mal treffen die zwei sich in der Wohnung von Zoe。 Alle guten Dinge sind drei wie man so schön sagt。 Nach und nach entwickelt sich eine Freundschaft zwischen den beiden， auch wenn man als Leser merkt， dass sie sich von einander angezogen fühlen。 Bis dahin alles schön alles gut。 Auch wenn ich das Wort hasse - es wird "cringe"。 Die Sexszenen （die ich normalerweise in der Öffentlichkeit mit einem unbewegten Gesichtsausdruck lesen kann） waren einfach nur unangenehm。 Der Funken/ die Leidenschaft fehlt。 Auch der Schreibstil der Autorin hat mich leider nicht ganz von sich überzeugen können。 Ich hatte teilweise Probleme der Geschichte folgen zu können。 An manchen Stellen hätten ein/ zwei Sätze mir mehr Erläuterungen Sinn ergeben。 。。。more
Laura M
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Wow。 Im baffled about all these good reviews。 This book is a mess。1。 It badly would have needed an Editor。 There are so many unnessecary dialogues in here my eyes crossed2。 It only consists of unbeliebable situations。 One after the other。 And i saw other revieweers saying this so i am not alone in this one3。 This girl is also an unbelievable mess
Alessa
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3，5☆Eu não estava com muitas expectativas para esse livro。 Ele não me surpreendeu， mas também não me decepcionou。O começo completamente gráfico me deixou com um pé atrás， mas a escrita da Ella é fluida e as 400 páginas passaram em um piscar de olhos。E uau！ O plot twist！
Rita Cunha
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Really liked this！！ That’s just it， very cute， with some intense moments。 Very nice balanced！
L
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4。5 starsHOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS WAS PROBABLY THE PERFECT STRANGERS TO FRIENDS TO LOVERS BROO OMG I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT。NO ONE DOING IT LIKE DYLAN ！！！！！！ AND ZOE WAS SO FREAKING ADORABLE ！！！ THEY WERE SO PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER I JUST DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY IM JUST FEELING SO GAH IF YOURE THINKING ABOUT READING THIS DO IT ！！ NOW！OK for real; Ella Maise is a hit or miss for me and this was IT。 Im still struggling to finish marriage for one but THIS （and To Love Jason Thorn） i read in on 4。5 starsHOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS WAS PROBABLY THE PERFECT STRANGERS TO FRIENDS TO LOVERS BROO OMG I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT。NO ONE DOING IT LIKE DYLAN ！！！！！！ AND ZOE WAS SO FREAKING ADORABLE ！！！ THEY WERE SO PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER I JUST DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY IM JUST FEELING SO GAH IF YOURE THINKING ABOUT READING THIS DO IT ！！ NOW！OK for real; Ella Maise is a hit or miss for me and this was IT。 Im still struggling to finish marriage for one but THIS （and To Love Jason Thorn） i read in one sitting （under 4 hours）。 I was hooked and i am LIVING for their interactions jesus were they cute。 FUck i want what they have 。 i want a dylan reed is that too much to ask for？？？？？ 。。。more
Anushka
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4。5
Angie
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I am quickly becoming an Ella Maise fan。 Her writing style is fantastic and her characters are so warm。 Hoping this becomes a series。
Helena
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“I’ll catch you when you land， Flash。 Just don’t take too much time， because I’m already there， impatiently waiting for you。”“How my heart missed beating like this。 For him。 Only for him。”“On and off the field， you're my hardest fall， Zoe。 No one ever compared。 No one ever will。”“I wish I could capture this moment，” I whispered。 “You…just looking at me the way you do。”“This is the strangest thing， but I think you’re going to be my best friend， Zoe Clarke。” “I’ll catch you when you land， Flash。 Just don’t take too much time， because I’m already there， impatiently waiting for you。”“How my heart missed beating like this。 For him。 Only for him。”“On and off the field， you're my hardest fall， Zoe。 No one ever compared。 No one ever will。”“I wish I could capture this moment，” I whispered。 “You…just looking at me the way you do。”“This is the strangest thing， but I think you’re going to be my best friend， Zoe Clarke。” 。。。more
Keelin Dawe
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3。8。 Didn’t believe that the secret she kept that she was coaches daughter and dirty little secret and that coach wanted to keep her away from her full brother of which coach had affair on his wife with wife’s best friend。 Creating two children。 One they actually adopted the star quarterback of the college team and one he let the mother raise u til she died of over dose or cancer or something But senior year she and Dylan reed end up rooming together bc his older gf at time ends up having。 3-4wa 3。8。 Didn’t believe that the secret she kept that she was coaches daughter and dirty little secret and that coach wanted to keep her away from her full brother of which coach had affair on his wife with wife’s best friend。 Creating two children。 One they actually adopted the star quarterback of the college team and one he let the mother raise u til she died of over dose or cancer or something But senior year she and Dylan reed end up rooming together bc his older gf at time ends up having。 3-4way with his other teammates。 I do t buy it。 Just drama。 But liked their banter and movie nights and slower burn。 Meet cute was fun。 。。。more
Jessica Almeida
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Nas primeiras 200 págs。 não gostei muito do livro， achei até angustiante em alguns momentos。 Porém após eu amei o casal e amei que a história deles foi um slow burn。 Dylan e Zoe são maravilhosos ❤。
Da'ad
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So great！ An excellent angsty， slow burn， piney friends-to-lovers with great steam once they got there that made it extra good。 And I loved the cover！ Those guys were the ones I pictured pretty vividly while reading the book， and that rarely is the case for me even if there are people on there。 The narrators were great， it's just the male narrator's female impression is。。。kinda terrible。 Thankfully he has the inflections and emotions down pat， or I'd be laughing at the mousy tone half the time。 So great！ An excellent angsty， slow burn， piney friends-to-lovers with great steam once they got there that made it extra good。 And I loved the cover！ Those guys were the ones I pictured pretty vividly while reading the book， and that rarely is the case for me even if there are people on there。 The narrators were great， it's just the male narrator's female impression is。。。kinda terrible。 Thankfully he has the inflections and emotions down pat， or I'd be laughing at the mousy tone half the time。 For his sexy man voice and excellent acting I will overlook his cartoonish woman voice。This book is only not 5 stars because the last conflict annoyed the shit out of me for a prolonged period。 Other than that， it was a fantastic time and everything was resolved beautifully。 。。。more
Romance Book Review- Jessica
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I laughed， I cried and I swooned over this book。 Definitely one of my top reads of the year。 Honestly I don't think I could have loved this more。 I laughed， I cried and I swooned over this book。 Definitely one of my top reads of the year。 Honestly I don't think I could have loved this more。 。。。more
Cris Gómez
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I am in cuteness overload。
Mackenzie Der Cola
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2。6⭐️
★Ruth★
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CuteI thought this was cute and really liked the couple but I did feel that it was unnecessarily drawn out。
Inês Claro
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Dnf @40%。 I just can't。 I want to punch all of the male characters， and the female MC is annoying and weak i can't stand any of them！ Dnf @40%。 I just can't。 I want to punch all of the male characters， and the female MC is annoying and weak i can't stand any of them！ 。。。more
Rocio Lopez
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“I love you too， Flash。 On and off the field， you’re my hardest fall。 No one has ever compared， and no one ever will。 It’s always going to be you for me。” At first， I wasn't the biggest fan of Zoe’s， but her personality and Dylan’s fit so well。 I will always adore friends to lovers。 “I love you too， Flash。 On and off the field， you’re my hardest fall。 No one has ever compared， and no one ever will。 It’s always going to be you for me。” At first， I wasn't the biggest fan of Zoe’s， but her personality and Dylan’s fit so well。 I will always adore friends to lovers。 。。。more
ayan
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this book is one of my favorite books i've read this month， i missed the corny sport romance stories。 every time dylan called zoe "flash" i melted :（the fact that they kept running into each other once every year over the course of 3 years made the story even cuter！when the boy is more in love with the girl the story is ALWAYS better！！ dylan was so protective and sweet with zoe， it was hard not to fall in love with his character。i'm so happy i finally got around to reading this book， because it this book is one of my favorite books i've read this month， i missed the corny sport romance stories。 every time dylan called zoe "flash" i melted :（the fact that they kept running into each other once every year over the course of 3 years made the story even cuter！when the boy is more in love with the girl the story is ALWAYS better！！ dylan was so protective and sweet with zoe， it was hard not to fall in love with his character。i'm so happy i finally got around to reading this book， because it got me out of my book slump 。。。more
Sammie Sczepanski
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Obsessed Normally I do not do the whole friends to love trope but this，… I have no words one of the best books I have read this year。 I am so in love with both of them one of the few book couples that I can whole heartedly say are soulmates
fallinallinlines
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I can‘t even tell you HOW MUCH I loved this book。 Everything from the first page to the last was perfect！ Zoe was my spirit animal， I love her soso dearly， her happy， cute and weird personality， her humor， her quirks。 She and Dylan made this book so special， they made the story so good and enjoyable and funny and arghhh I wanna read it all over again！！ I loved them， I really， really loved this book。 Huge highlight in 2021❤️
Kleo
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love interest got really possessive and kinda toxic towards the end of the book and the mc was so annoying for 70% of the book。 the 2 stars is for the plot， it was unnecessarily long but enjoyable although both of the characters acted really foolish in the end and the miss-communication trope is one of the worstzoe took him back way too easily after he acted so stupidly imo had higher expectations
Katie harle
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4。5
Bárbara Tega
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I'm a fan of slow burn。 I thrive for the slow burn。 And that's what we have here。 A precious and well written slow burn。Zoe is shy and ends up putting herself in some very funny situations （which by the way I identified too much） and because of that， between the comings and goings， she meets Dylan who is super down to earth and focused， and they end up becoming friends。It's really nice to read a novel that takes place in college without an as*ole athlete （not that I don't like them，don't get me I'm a fan of slow burn。 I thrive for the slow burn。 And that's what we have here。 A precious and well written slow burn。Zoe is shy and ends up putting herself in some very funny situations （which by the way I identified too much） and because of that， between the comings and goings， she meets Dylan who is super down to earth and focused， and they end up becoming friends。It's really nice to read a novel that takes place in college without an as*ole athlete （not that I don't like them，don't get me wrong ）， but it's great to be surprised in a good way， with two captivating characters in a very cute story。Seeing their relationship develop made me feel part of the story and watching the unfolding of this super cute story left me with a warm heart， just the way I like it。I ended up smiling and obviously that means five stars。 。。。more
Candy Nzomuhaya
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4 ⭐️- friends to lovers - Slow burn - College romance 🌶🌶🌶/5 Dylan and Zoe are collage student， they meet for a while after Zoe has been dared to kiss Dylan but she ends up running away。 Zoe and dylan meet again a year later but of course runs away agin 。she runs into him again but this time his her roommate。 Ella maise you’ve done it again。 I LOVED this book， the plot， the love， the slow burn THE SPICE and everything else。 I love Dylan I love how you just made fall inlove with a fictional man AG 4 ⭐️- friends to lovers - Slow burn - College romance 🌶🌶🌶/5 Dylan and Zoe are collage student， they meet for a while after Zoe has been dared to kiss Dylan but she ends up running away。 Zoe and dylan meet again a year later but of course runs away agin 。she runs into him again but this time his her roommate。 Ella maise you’ve done it again。 I LOVED this book， the plot， the love， the slow burn THE SPICE and everything else。 I love Dylan I love how you just made fall inlove with a fictional man AGAIN so for that thank you My fav quotes“I didn’t want to miss out on another second with this girl。 Fuck everything。 Fuck everyone。 None of it mattered。”“It feels like I’ve been waiting for this to happen all my life， waiting for you to happen”“Okay， don’t freak out， but I’m falling for you so hard， Dylan Reed—complete free fall。 I’ll probably land pretty soon， too。”“I’ll catch you when you land， Flash。 Just don’t take too much time， because I’m already there， impatiently waiting for you。” 。。。more
Iqra
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DNF’d
Nalice
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pensei em dar três estrelas pq achei bem fofo （embora brega oq eu n me importo） o casal， além de ter gostado da história de como eles se viram três vezes antes de se conhecer， e em boa parte do tempo um bom desenvolvimento， como o realismo da autora em relação a um tema específico， e por ter fugido de alguns clichês que eu não curto mto， mas algumas coisas me incomodaram: melhor amigo gay chaveiro， colocar assunto sério， de relacionamento abusivo e estupro pra desenvolver o casal， além， do ciúme pensei em dar três estrelas pq achei bem fofo （embora brega oq eu n me importo） o casal， além de ter gostado da história de como eles se viram três vezes antes de se conhecer， e em boa parte do tempo um bom desenvolvimento， como o realismo da autora em relação a um tema específico， e por ter fugido de alguns clichês que eu não curto mto， mas algumas coisas me incomodaram: melhor amigo gay chaveiro， colocar assunto sério， de relacionamento abusivo e estupro pra desenvolver o casal， além， do ciúme do Dylan ser meio romantizado？ （foi oq eu senti） Por isso duas estrelas 。。。more
Macy
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“On and off the field， you’re my hardest fall。 No one has ever compared， and no one ever will。 It was always going to be you for me。”5/5 stars 🌟
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