Falling in Between (Falling, #1)
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Falling in Between (Falling #1)

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Finally! A private conversation. And all I had to do was throw myself off a cliff, drown in a pond in my undies and let him put his hands on my breasts to bring me back to life. Yay me! (yeah, that’s sarcasm)

Yep, that pretty much sums up the most craptastic night of Jenna Baker’s life. She drowns after jumping off a cliff, meets a hotty named Chance in the pearlescent in-...more
Paperback, 284 pages
Published February 14th 2012

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Devon Ashley
Jan 22, 2013 Devon Ashley added it  ·  (Review from the author)
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I should probably use this space to reiterate what I already have in the book description so readers don't dive into this novel without knowing what to expect. Falling In Between is really meant for mature YA (17+), which is New Adult, and adult readers. This is a coming of age story so there is some sexual content. No - LOL - y...more
Ari J Bookzilla
February can't come soon enough because I need to know what happens next.

When I started reading this (like, two months ago) I had no idea what it's about, but then I went to read it again yesterday. And it caught me so off guard when she woke up from that dream with Chance for the first time. At that point I went to read the blurb and then it made sense.

For all of those who are wondering, there is a lot of sex talk in this, but don't let this discourage you (if you are 17+, I am not encouraging...more
Jennifer Warnix
Loved this book. Suspenseful reading while waiting for Jenna to choose her guy. The outcome is a nice one and although I loved Jenna's choice it could have had a very different outcome. That possibility alone keeps you turning page after page! Wonderfully done!
Caitlin
I honestly only gave this book 2 stars because the writing wasn't bad. But I couldn't finish this at all! This book had so much potential and the author just made it cheap with a HEAPING Amount of unnecessary sexual content. This book was just a bunch of hormone crazed teenagers running around. There was NO Plot. The actions of the main character didn't even follow with what she said she was. Practical? Shy? Not even. I was severely disappointed and a little grossed out. Although the main charac...more
Bex
I was really looking forward to reading this book, when I received it as a gift I took one look at the front cover and didn't find myself drawn to the book at all! However, the phrase don't judge a book by its cover couldn't be more fitting! I found myself thoroughly enjoying this read! I was just disappointed I finished it so fast! The only drawback I found (apart from not liking the front cover!) was that the 'conflict that Jenna had to resolve' took more than half of the book to get to! But o...more
Jamie
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Finally! A private conversation. And all I had to do was throw myself off a cliff, drown in a pond in my undies and let him put his hands on my breasts to bring me back to life. Yay me! (yeah, that’s sarcasm)

Yep, that pretty much sums up the most craptastic night of Jenna Baker’s life. She drowns after jumping off a cliff, meets a hotty named Chance in the pearlescent in-between and is brought back to life by her soon-to-be boyfriend Robert.

Just when things start to move forward with...more
Nikki McCarver
This was the first book I have read by Devon, so I wasn't sure what to expect. But I must say I am extremely happy that I signed up for her tour!! Our story begins with two teenage girls sneaking around trying to get into some mischief. Pretty normal for around that age:). Jenna had been avoiding jumping off of the cliff into the pond. Yes, she had seen her roommate successfully jump several times, but it didn't make it any easier for her to do it. She had taken the walk of shame, rather than ju...more
Sumaya
The writings good... funny/ teen-age like and with characters that are REAL. No brooding hot smexy guy - or too perfect to be true hottie... just cute, funny, horny teenage guys and a kind-of insecure girl.

BUT!!!!

The book felt too dragged out and slow in the first half. Seriously, it was literally painful having to put my mind through the sex dreams about Chance and the real life drama with Robert. But I read on... cos, honestly the writing style is good, the guys are cute and the concept is di...more
Tara
So the beginning of this book was hard for me to read bc the MC drowns and boy oh boy the descriptions were so spot on I found myself holding my breathe along with the the MC. Talk about one of my greatest fears :) obviously if I'm holding my breathe the author did a fantastic job with putting the reader side by side with Jenna. The relationships were real and the banter felt easy, not at all forced. The first dream scene threw me for a loop. Even though I knew it was coming I didn't expect it....more
Ayn
Aug 27, 2012 Ayn rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: House of Night Fans

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That is my general reaction to this book. It seemed as if everything written was contradicting the next. It made me giggle an abundance of times by how ridicules it was. I literally ranted to the darkness of my room for at least twenty minutes about this book.

I can see how people can enjoy this type of book, but for myself, I think love-triangles are just...well..

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I know, I know, it implied a love-triangle in the synopsis but I really didn't think it would be dramatic to the point it is painfu...more
Tiana411
This is a book I started in the middle of the night and finished at 6am.
It was pretty funny and witty. I really enjoyed it. The concept of the book was pretty interesting and totally sucked me in. It wasn't your typical YA fiction and was definitely not PG13. I wasn't offended by the sex content because it was more realistic than not. It was just very sexual and doesn't happen often in YA books.
I'm not sure how I feel about the love triangle that she created. One was in a dream and the other w...more
Darkfallen
What can I say about Falling In Between?

Well first of all I didn't really know what to expect when I jumped into this book. You see I don't generally like, what I call "bubble gum smack", YA Contemporary. Basically what I mean is...if it's not full of sparkle-pires, yummy shirtless werewolves, or a tragic suicide/death...then I'm probably not going to dig it all that much.

Did I dig this book? Ummmm let's see...I read the entire thing in one sitting and couldn't put it down. Does that answer you...more
Sandra "Jeanz"

MY REVIEW

First of all , I love the cover, which is obviously (when you read the book) the female on the cover is Jenna, in her beautiful Prom dress, with the gorgeous corsage that was bought for her by ..........(read the book....no spoilers here!)
I really enjoyed the wit and humour in this book, sure its a little edgy and has mild language and sexual references and innuendo but its all done with taste and in context. To be totally honest I think that today's teenagers see and hear much more exp...more
Tracey Ramey
I actually really liked this book even though I wasn't thinking I would jump right back in and read it again. Usually when I give a book a 5 star rating it's because I'm ready to literally re-read the book as soon as I'm finished. I didn't think I would like this book and I hesitated to read it even though it was sitting on my Kindle for days. So why 5 stars? Because it was just different. It was a different kind of paranormal story (no devil, no vampires, no werewolves, no demons, no witches) j...more
Vanessa
Apr 21, 2012 Vanessa rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: ya
I would give this book a 3.8 if I could. This was a good start and what relief that its a series and not a stand alone-this review would have been very different.

I didn't learn much about the characters I think we only got the surface of each, understandable since its the first book in the series, but I wanted more.

Robert would not have been my choice, I still think Chance would have been better for Jenna. I want to learn more about both the guys, especially Chance, Jenna was all over the place...more
Krystal
Dec 05, 2011 Krystal rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: arc


This book has so much more to offer than that gorgeous cover. The main character was very dynamic, she doesn't feel like a character guided by the author, she feels like the author's creation who goes on to form a story. The main character, Jenna, is fun and likable. When she has what one could call a "bad fall," her life changes. During her drowning, she meets a boy named Chance. Chance is apparently also in the "in-between." The book takes off from there with sharp turns in the plot and surpri...more
J.A. Redmerski
This was a refreshing, original read that I thoroughly enjoyed and read really fast! I loved Jenna and how real her and the cast of characters were. Yes, this book is pretty sexual, but the sexual content was written tastefully (even the terms some might consider vulgar) and not once did I wince, roll my eyes or feel like I was reading a sexual book rather than a great book that included sex. There's a huge difference! And I have to admit, I blushed numerous times even in the privacy of my room,...more
Erin
Wow, what an amazing concept for a book. I loved it! I wish I had dreams like Jenna and Chance!

So I was reading and since I knew the plot of the book I kept wondering when the real "Chance" was gonna show up and then there he was! I mean Evan! Then I was like ohhhh... who is she going to be with? On. The. Edge.

I like how loyal Jenna was and honest with herself (maybe not so much other people but eh who cares). I adored Evan... he sounds gorgeous. Robert seems safe- thats about it. I really enjo...more
Rubi
At first i thought it was a lame story but as i go further i got curious and it really intrigued me.. its not a lame story it's a unique plot of story. somehow i do believe that when we dream its the continuation of our reality. we dream because it never had happened in real life the way we wanted it to happen in reality. And that's what happened to Jenna and Chance. They never knew each other. they just met during their nearly death but somehow even before the accident they'd seen each other so...more
Ivy
Falling in Between by Devon Ashley is a sexy novel! It’s a novel of finding out who you really love the most.

I didn’t know what I was really getting into when I signed up to read and review Falling in Between. I picked this novel up because I really enjoy Devon’s other work, The Immortal Archive series.

I was blown away with this novel. It is so different from The Immortal Archives, but very different from Falling in Between. It’s a very seductive read and this book made me all tingly inside and...more
Pauline
4.5 stars!!!
The book was so cute, funny and sexy and with those "awwwww...." moments. Although the ending was not the one I was expecting, I was drawn into the story right away. It has a kick of paranormal in it, but majority was under contemporary.

The story was about Jenna who almost died and met Chance during her quick after-death experience and bam! instant attraction but she was forced back to life because Robert, her long time crush, saved her. And the rest was history (dont wanna giv...more
Na Deela
I have to say I expected a bit more from this book. I liked the story, don't get me wrong. I'll most likely even read the sequel just to see where the story could possibly go from where this one ended. However, I was a little disappointed. Almost 70% through the book I was still thinking, ok where's the climax? I felt like I waited forever waiting for something major to happen. Then when it did happen, it was what I expected all along. On top of that, after the big *gasp* moment, I got pretty ir...more
Brianne
Falling In Between by Devon Ashley is about a teenager named Jenna, who after an unfortunate swimming accident, begins to have very interesting dreams...


OK, first I'd like to thank Devon Ashley for giving me the opportunity to review Falling In Between in exchange for an honest review. I'm extremely glad she did because I absolutely loved it. I definitely have to point out that Falling In Between is for the mature YA or Adult crowd, there are a few extremely STEAMY scenes. Those scenes and the e...more
Rebecca
Wow, this is the first time when I've read a book in a series that left me satisfied with the ending! Even though there is another books on its way, which I will read, I just have to say that I am not pissed about waiting! I hate when the book just drops you. I wasn't expecting a lot out of this book. After reading "In Dreams" I wasn't so sure if I was going to like this one, but to my surprise this book was really good! I loved how this story, even though talked about sex all the time, was more...more
Shanna Haskins
This book was much better than I was expecting. I really liked the characters. I actually started out liking Chance more than Robert at first but that changed as I continued to read and as Jenna's relationships continued to change with them. I liked that Jenna didn't just behave like an over-emotional teenager throughout the entire book and I think the moments when she did act that way were well placed and well deserved considering what was happening in the book at that time. I'm looking forward...more
FragmentsofInk
AHHH - I'm slowly dying for the sequel, even knowing it's not due out til 2013 (sweet torture)! This is totally on my list of top reads for 2012. It's rare, but I love stumbling across a book that I never heard of before, written by an author I've never heard of before, and becoming so enthralled that I immediately set out to own each and every other thing they've ever written. So far, 2012: Jamie McGuire and now Devon Ashley. Note: This might not be geared for a younger crowd (sexual content/ma...more
Bridie-No excuses. No apologies. No Regrets Jones
Falling in between was a fast read, mostly because it was so short but also because it had an addictive quality to it. There wasn't exactly a plot but i still liked it.

Jenna was one of those heroines where i wasnt sure if i liked her or not. She didnt half piss me off at times, but on the other hand she wasn't a raving bitch, so......good enough. The author seemed to have an obssession with the characters 'huffing', seriously every fecking few pages it was 'huff' at this and 'huff' at that blah...more
Dejana Vuletić
Darn you, Goodreads, for not having half stars! My real rating is 3.5 stars, but Goodreads still isn't cool enough to make half star buttons up in here.

What a cute story! I read this super quickly and I definitely enjoyed the concept! Absolutely LOVE Robert <3 He needs to marry me like now. Such a sweetheart!

Jenna, on the other hand, irritates me a little. She made some pretty stupid decisions throughout the course of the book, and while I understand that she's a teenager and stuff, that can'...more
Tia
This book was actually really cool. The heroine was abandoned at birth and was on a scholarship. When she had an accident she drown and died at the same time as another boy. She was brought back from death by Robert, our hero. But she kept dreaming about the other boy named Chance who was actually really Evan. He was still in a coma. The heroine got him out of the coma, he didn't remember her and so she moved on with Robert.

It was a very emotional novel, very up and down which made me love it ev...more
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“Chuckling, I cried, “I’m sorry.” I pulled even harder and broke loose from his grip, but I fell backwards onto the floor. He slowly stalked towards me, his smile filled with desire and I pointed my hand at him. “Don’t. Behave!”

“Don’t behave? I accept your terms of parole.”

“That’s not what I meant!” But when my smile broke through, he knew I was lying.”
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