Sometimes it takes someone else to show us what we are truly capable of becoming.
Suffering from years of violent abuse, Ryan Campbell has learned how to keep people from getting too close. But when you shut yourself off, people get hurt along the way. Never caring much about others, Ryan creates a world in which he doesn’t have to feel.
When Ryan meets Candace Parker, all of his walls slowly begin to crumble. Not sure of the truth of who she is, he feels his mind is playing tricks on him. Unable to force out the thoughts that consume him, Ryan is haunted by visions that torment him every time he looks at her. He finds himself swallowed by guilt and blame, but he’s unwilling to turn his back on the one person that could possibly save him.
Suffering from years of violent abuse, Ryan Campbell has learned how to keep people from getting too close. But when you shut yourself off, people get hurt along the way. Never caring much about others, Ryan creates a world in which he doesn’t have to feel.
When Ryan meets Candace Parker, all of his walls slowly begin to crumble. Not sure of the truth of who she is, he feels his mind is playing tricks on him. Unable to force out the thoughts that consume him, Ryan is haunted by visions that torment him every time he looks at her. He finds himself swallowed by guilt and blame, but he’s unwilling to turn his back on the one person that could possibly save him.
You’ve heard Candace’s story in Fading, now hear Ryan’s.
5 Healing Stars
“I’m not a provider the way a
man should be; I’m a taker. I stay disconnected –and take.”
When I finished reading
Fading I remembered the desperation I felt for wanting more. To savor the good
part in their lives. Well, I’m so happy to say I got that and a lot more in
Falling.
First of all I would like to
congratulate E.K. Blair for an amazing series. A debut author who took my
breath away with every book and grew with each one giving us characters that
are real, that I learned to love, that I ached with them, grew with them,
celebrated their triumphs and successes and cried with them too.
In Falling we see the story
from Ryan’s POV. It is beautifully written giving the reader a true
understanding of who Ryan is. We get to know his past, his torments, his
evolution, the way this man is so imperfectly perfect. We get to see first hand
how love heals. I love Ryan’s mom. And one of my favorite moments in the book
is actually a scene where a very important secret is revealed for the first
time and how this action helped Candace so much.
In Falling you will not see a
repetition of what happened in Fading just being told in Ryan’s POV. On the contrary, you feel as if you are in
the scenes for the very first time. And there are
also new scenes of course! You learn so much more about the events and it is
the perfect contrast. And for that I am very proud of E.K. Blair. I actually
learned a lot about Candace in this book. I was able to see her more
physically, to see the damaged and to see how much she evolved and grew with
Ryan’s help and the love of her friends and Ryan’s family.
“I
get it. That’s been me my whole life, but now, with her, I find myself wanting
to feel instead of running away from it.”
The
love and magic Ryan feels for Candace is something out of this world. His
anguish and desperation. It just brought tears to my eyes and crunched my soul.
This man is pure bliss. I just needed them to be together.
He
is falling for her and he wants her to fall with him. He refers to himself as
drifting before his life with Candance. This book is the perfect example that
love heals. That you can find a family in people that do not have blood ties to
you. That all you need is love.
“She’s
filling me with an awareness I never saw before. She’s made me take a step back
to see my life for what it is –disconnected and stagnant.”
I
was sad to see this series end. I love this series. I will miss them very much
but I could not be more pleased with the beautiful epilogue E.K. Blair gave
us. Absolutely magnificent.
This
is the type of book that everyone must read. In my eyes it is simply
PERFECTION.
USA Today bestselling author and International Amazon bestselling
author, E.K. Blair takes her readers on an emotional roller coaster with
her FADING series. A former first grade teacher with an imagination
that runs wild. Daydreaming and zoning out is how she was often found in
high school. Blair tends to drift towards everything dark and moody.
Give her a character and she will take pleasure in breaking them down,
digging into their core to find what lies underneath.
Aside
from writing, E.K. Blair finds pleasure in music, drinking her
Starbucks in peace, and spending time with her friends. She's a thinker,
an artist, a wife, a mom, and everything in between.
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