Fall From India Place

Review originally posted on Reading Books Like a Boss If you haven't noticed, I am totally binging on the On Dublin Street series. Even though this book was my least favorite, I'm still having a lot of fun reading these books. For me, this book suffered from too much back and forth drama (more on that later). Because of that I got reader whiplash and didn't enjoy the story as much as the previous books in the series. Fall From India Place is set five years into the future. This time it's Hannah Nichols's turn in the spotlight. Over the last few books we've gotten to know Hannah as Braden and Ellie's little sister. We've seen little pieces of Hannah's unrequited love story in the last couple of books and now Samantha Young fills in the cracks. At twenty-two, Hannah is a busy bee in her probationary year teaching high school English during the day and helping the illiterate at night. An outsider might think she's altruistic (and she is kind-hearted), but really she is keeping herself busy to mask the hurt from the past. Hannah Nichols has loved Marco D'Alessandro since she was fourteen. In this book we learn just how close Hannah and Marco were as teens and find out what tore them apart. Years after Marco disappeared, he shows up in Hannah's life, determined to win her over. But Hannah isn't quick to forgive him for breaking her heart. Out of all the On Dublin Street books and novellas, Fall From India Place has been my least favorite so far. I felt like the author tried to combine all of the elements from previous ODS books into this one. Marco was Hannah's first love but her love was not returned...or so she thought (like Ellie and Adam). Something tragic in her past prevented her from moving forward despite her feelings for Marco (like Joss and Braden). For awhile, she and Marco had a sex-only type of relationship while trying to remain friends (like Nate and Olivia). Most of all, I didn't really care for all of the back and forth "I-want-you-no-I-don't-want-you" that went on far too long. Hannah and Marco sort of reconcile early on in the book which meant they needed to break up to create some kind of conflict. And they did break up...multiple times. All of the mixed signals she threw to Marco annoyed me and trust me, it takes a lot for me to be annoyed with heroes and heroines. What I did like was seeing where all of the couples were in their lives and marriages years since we last saw them. Ellie and Adam, Joss and Braden, Nate and Olivia, and Cam and Jo are all extremely happy...and fertile. All of them have kids (and some have more than one!), which made the Sunday dinners at the Nicholses' so merry. I can't wait to read Echoes of Scotland Street because I have been DYING to get to Cole's story! Off I go! 2.5 stars * I received an advanced copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Not the best book I’ve read in this series. I really liked Nate and Liv’s banter and personaities better. Hannah’s over the top (and dragged out) resistance to Marco’s advances became really annoying. Booked started out better than it ended.

Omg couldn't put this book down Hannah and Marco had my heart from beginning to end. Who would've thought Hannah to have many struggles but their love brought them thru it all

I've read all of the books in Samantha Young's "On Dublin Street" series. I'm never disappointed. She keeps the series fresh with very different stories for each of the featured couples, and they're all lovable. Fall from India Place was particularly heart-wrenching, finding out what happened to Hannah and then what happened with Marco on his return to Scotland. But wow! As with previous ODS books, the story is so compelling you can't help but love them both and root for their HEA. I'm anxiously waiting for the next in the series.