A Rose to the Fallen

by April Bostic

Do soul mates really exist? Is there another person out there who was born just for you? And are they the only one who can answer your heart's call? Bridget Monahan is an elementary school teacher and she's about to find out the answers. Her heart is on the mend from many failed relationships, she's a skeptic when it comes to finding love, and the last thing she wants is to be set up on a blind date. However, she's introduced to the charming bad boy Tristan Hathaway. Bridget's first impression of Tristan is he reminds her of a beautiful fallen angel with a British accent that makes her knees weak. When they begin their passionate romance, Tristan is able to break her defenses that were guarding her heart for so long. Despite being opposites, she allows herself to fall deeper in love with him and starts to believe they are soul mates. Bridget unexpectedly becomes the student in this magical love affair and her biggest lesson is there's more to Tristan than she ever imagined.

This novel is a contemporary paranormal romance intended for ADULT readers 18 years of age or older. It contains explicit language and graphic sexual content.

Genres: Romance, Paranormal, Angels, Ebooks, Paranormal Romance, Contemporary Romance, Young Adult

658 pages, Paperback

First published December 16, 2008

About the author

April Bostic is a New Jersey-based, Adult Romance author who enjoys unleashing her creativity and letting her imagination run wild. Her love of romance books inspired her to become not just a reader, but also a writer. In December 2008, she self-published her first novel, a contemporary romance with a supernatural twist entitled "A Rose to the Fallen".

Her first short story, "Right Here, Right Now", released in January 2012, is an erotic romance with a dash of S&M. The following year, she released two more short stories: a romantic urban fantasy inspired by the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche entitled "Eros, My Love", and a sexy romantic comedy entitled "Love Addiction".

After five years, she released her second novel, "The Howling Heart" in August 2013, a paranormal romance that delves into the mystical world of werewolves and Norse gods. To end her busiest year in publishing, April also released her fourth short story in December 2013, a historical paranormal romance entitled "A Dark Scandal".

Reviews

[Book Review Diva · Rating 5 out of 5]

April Bostic's Book "A Rose to the Fallen"


OH MY GOD!!! I'm speechless at the moment I think back on this book. This book took my breath away. Do you know when read that one book, and you connect with the characters on a deeper level, that is what I felt when I read April's book “A Rose to the Fallen”.

This book has it all from Jealously, Love, Heart Ache, Soul Mates, Undying Love, Joy, and so much more. This book never once lacked in stiring emotion. I was drawn right from the beginning into Tristan and Bridget's undying love for each other. I shed tears of joy and sadness. I laughed and was shocked all at the same time while reading this book. I felt like I was reading a movie script. This book is absolutely breath taking and will tug at your heart strings. Please readers pick up April Bostic's book “A Rose to the Fallen” and discover what true soul mates are about. I know I have found my soul mate, have you?

Fantastic job April, I hope this book is turned into a movie. I know if it is, I will be watching it and telling all my friends and family to see it.


5 Fangs out of 5


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[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my FAVORITE book. I've read this over and over. The initial meeting, those feelings..........the buildup of this relationship was wonderful. You could feel the connection between these two.

I laughed, I cried, I got angry.........all emotions a great book should make you feel and after I read the last sentence, I turned the book back to the first page and started all over again.

I so wish this author would do some kind of sequel. Would love to find out about how the rest of the characters dealt w/ the aftermath of what happened.......

[Phoebe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've always been asked what my favorite book is whenever someone finds out that I love reading. I've never been able to answer that questions fully because I've enjoyed all the books I've read and never had one that stood out more than the others. So I usually answer either with "All the books I've read are my favorites" or "There are to many to name." So after reading April Bostic's romance novel A Rose to the Fallen , I think I have finally come up with a definite answer to that question. So from now on my favorite book is A Rose to the Fallen by April Bostic and I will be spreading the word about this book to everyone who asks me that question. With that said I'm guessing you must now know that I absolutely LOVED reading this novel. I'm glad that I found out about April and her self-published paranormal romance through MySpace. It's kinda funny when I think about how I found her and her novel now that I've finished reading A Rose to the Fallen . The hero and heroine sorta found one another through MySpace in the beginning of the novel almost like I found April and her novel. Now I must say one more thing before I get to my review of the novel and that is to "THANK YOU" April Bostic for writing the most wonderfully sexy, emotionally and fascinating novel I have ever had the pleasure of reading in my life.


Now on to my honest review of A Rose to the Fallen the self-published novel that I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing for April. Do soul mates really exist? Is there really another person out there who was born just for you? And are they the only one who can answer your heart’s call? Those are some really intense questions that I really had to think about after finishing this novel. I came to the conclusion that I do believe that soul mates really exist and that they're the only ones that can answer our hearts call because they were born just for us. I don't exactly think it's as intense and full of paranormal accurences like in the novel but I do believe in soul mates.

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[Jagged · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was horrible. The concept was cute. It was very sappy. Too sappy for me. It was so repetitive and quite frankly; extremely boring. The only part of the book that was remotely good and well written was the last chapter--not the epilogue. The sexual content was repetitive also. There was so much unnecessary content in this book. There was a major lack of description and an overabundance of meaningless dialogue. I think there could have been more thoughtfulness put into how the characters dealt with their struggles also. I can't believe it was a long as it was. I made myself finish the book, and yeah, I was not impressed.

[Sashh · Rating 3 out of 5]

First of all, I hate the cover.. the hero is supposed to be 24y.o. and not 15 year old teenager.
The book had good potential. As some reviewers already mentioned - good idea but poor execution. The writing style was more appropriate for young teens, not for adults. I still don't regret reading it and it was interesting to follow the development of the main characters. I just wish the writing style was more appropriate for the story. It could have been great...

[Ambulur · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was absolutely awesome! Everything from the getting to know u, first date make out, shower hand jobs, falling in love, hot detailed sex that happens EVERYWHERE, almost breaking up, getting married, water birth, tragic death and heavenly reunion to the the super cheesy pet names, endless crying scenes, pointless bbq, immature runaway, psycho stalker and guy on guy action....IT WAS PERFECT!

It had to be there so you could fall in love with these characters and almost feel like you were in their world! I can't explain what this book did for me. Just read it for yourself and if ur as lucky as I was...you'll get it too!

[Ioanna]

02/05/2020 delete.



original review november 2011

I know I said it lost 1 star for the terrible cover...but I liked it so much that 4stars seem unfair...

5 stars for the story and its development...for Tristan with his british accent and possesiveness and past...(in some other writing-life Tristan and Bones would be best friends)...Bridget girl...wow....we share the same fantasy...just wow!!!!I am glad one of us made it come true:)

I liked Justin very much...I was kind of expecting to know what happens to him...

[Lynn]

This is one of the most boring books full of BS. I couldn't even finish it. It is so slow paced with no plot whatsoever. Tristan is an overgrown five-year-old. Every one of his behaviors and actions is childish. As for Bridget, she may have the patience of a saint, but come on! Who wants to be married to that? She's more like his mother!!! This is just the tip of the iceberg. I'm not going to rant about it. Suffice it to say that this book ain't worth the time to read, neither the time it took Bostic to write.

[Kelly/yllektra · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the idea behind the book and there were parts of it that were really intense and sweet and made me tear up, but there;'s something that didn't do it for me and I cannot quite put my finger on it.
Maybe it was a little repetitive during some scenes and a bit exaggerated at others, maybe the language was a bit I don't know-cliche.. but generally it was an enjoyable book, just not one I am likely to remember in a little while.

[Jess Buffett · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was intense. Seriously. The only reason I put 4 stars instead of 5 was because she kept breaking my damn heart. I almost didn't make it to the end due to all the emotion in this book.

Powerful, and inspiring, but the end shattered me before it brought me back together again.

April Bostic, your talent astounds me.

[Claudette · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish Tristin was real, this was by far one of my top 20 fav reads. The author wrote a wonderful book, and Bridget and Tristen are just this couple that............there are no words, hoever i nearly had a heart attack at the end.

[Réka · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not worth the money. If I wanted to read mediocre fanfiction, I would stick to the internet. Full of purple prose, horrible clichés, and shallow characters, this book is on par with the rubbishness of 50 shades of Grey. Just thankfully less popular.

[Gothique · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is incendiary. I usually hate pure romance books but this one was amazing.
Fast paced and the plot isn't one you've read a million times.

[Adrielly Rodrigues · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most beautiful books I've ever read!!! What a story!!! Beautiful, heartbreaking, cute, sexy, funny!! OMG!! I'm in love with this book, even though I cried my eyes out in the end!!!

[Jh Port · Rating 4 out of 5]

Where can I find a Tristan????? Even though this book was a little long I was totally addicted!!!

[Fel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had mixed feelings abt this book...two and half stars actually...
When i first started the book,it sounded like a paranormal story but when i continued reading i became confused cuz there was nothing paranormal abt it except for Authum's dreams and Tristan's fast reflexes and then suddenly at the end he is an angel...i felt like it was only to spice up the story a little but sorry it wasnt working for me.
Anyway, the book was interesting at first...i liked the whole first love thing going on and i love jealous heroes and was thrilled that Tristan was a jealous and posessive type, but the thrill wore off aft a while and instead i got annoyed.there is like a diff between jealousy/possessiveness and obsession. Seriously, Tristan was not only obsessed but utterly obsessed to the point of insanity!

I felt that the book was kinda lengthy and i got annoyed often when Tristan gets upset over ridiculous things and situations...but wad i liked is how Bridget is able to calm him down.
Other things that irritated me is how immature Tristan is and how he is such an unpredicatable charactor...his personality throughout the book didnt feel constant to me.
So yes, i have like many negatives regarding Tristan but i still like seeing him vulnerable and showing how he really feels but crying and explaining himself to Bridget.

I was oso kinda dissapointed with the ending cuz seriously u will nv expect someone like Tristan to be an angel! I mean i was like WHAT!?...i suspected but i really did not think he reminds me of an angel except for his appearance....
The book managed to get stars because i loved Bridget as a strong charactor and loved how Tristan started to mature aft they found out abt the baby...i also loved how they were as a family...

[Morgiana · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this book in 2 days - not because I liked it too much and couldn't put it down, but because I jumped pages through this whole book. (Sometimes it was more than 50 apges at once, and gee - I could pick up what happened! LOL)
The story could be very inviting for a woman - hands on hearts, ladies, who is NOT dreaming about a hot male who turns out he is your love of your life aaannnndd your soulmate also??? When I read this, I thought, gimme this book, I need to have it!
But I started to read and my enthusiasm turned into...I don't know, not real disappointment, but, when I continued reading, I started to wonder why did the author wasted so many pages for so plain and lame and boring characters?
I cannot recall any characteristics for the heroine Bridget, nothing, if she did somethin interesting, I couldn't notice this.
The side characters were also so forgettable, I can't say even what was the name of the big bad guy he wanted to seduce Bridget from her soulmate!! YAY!!
This book was full with clichés, was predictable, which I think it's really bad, because I liked the basic idea.
Just one star, honestly, I just wanted to give none - because I really liked Tristan (the only one character in this book) and he is an angel (have a crush for angels ya know?;)
But on the other hand?
Forget this book asap.

[Mandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found out about this book through popular YouTuber Tiffanyd666. She created a trailer about this book. After watching it, I was eager to buy it, but then I found out it was a self-published novel.
That was kind of a problem for me; self-published books aren't my thing. I usually get irritated with mistakes in a book, but this story was so enjoyable I was able to condone those errors. Yes, the author's lacking vocabulary, infinite run-on sentences, excessive use of commas, little/no character development was annoying at times. The story itself was kind of cliched and overly predictable (except for the ending), but then why is it I loved it to much? Why is it I now rate it 5 stars? Why do I now consider it one of my favorite stand-alone novels? Maybe I'm just a sucker for undying love and cheesy romance, but still.
If you're looking for 100% romance, hot scenes with all kinds of sex really, and most of all, an entertaining read, try this. The book is long, and most of it rather unnecessary, but I'm so glad for it. I'm not sure what I expected from A Rose to the Fallen, but I'm surely glad I gave it a chance. April is certainly very creative and could accomplish so much with a good editor. I look forward for more of her books.
If you're undecided about this, watch Tiffany's YouTube video on it.

[Nora Villarreal · Rating 3 out of 5]

I give it 3.5....It's a good lengthy read, and I loved the characters and seeing their relationship develop from dating to serious to married, etc...

And while I love me a good love scene (heyo!) I found some of the love scenes here to be repetitive to the point of exhaustion. Also, most of the descriptive words used were laughable. If I read "womanly flower" one more time I thought I was gonna lose it. Also, what was with the excessive use of the "p" word?? It's first person, inner-monologue....I do not know one female that constantly casually refers to her vagina that way. (By the way, it is called a vagina...don't be afraid to use the word. Of the mannyyyy references to Bridget's anatomy I don't think it was called vagina once).

That said, I thought the book was lovely but heartbreaking, even though I didn't care for the ending.(Not the Bridget dying part, sometimes an unexpected death is what makes or breaks a book/movie) The idea of Tristan spending his life without Bridget was so sad....but then, you know....she woke up in some weird heaven/middle earth place 30 years later and had raunchy sex with her angel. Which apparently is what they are going to do for all of eternity now......neat.

[Vanessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was intense, I give it a 3.70. The prologue really had me and as I read the book I kept waiting for the paranormal aspect of the story to appear, but it wasn't until after they meet that we actually have a small glance into the supernatural. At times I become frustrated and wonder if the prologue was not related to the actual plot, since for the most part the plot continue without much supernatural events and I began to feel it was more of a contemporary story. There are some laugh out loud moments, erotic scenes, suspense and intriguing characters. I have to admit that there were times when I felt the plot was not going anywhere and the description of the love scene had me eye-rolling many times. Some stuff I felt was a bit too much ( umm..somebody crying all the time..)Overall, it was a good read I wish the author would have included more action/suspense and although I am ok with the ending, I did not like how their lives turn out to be at the end. I actually would have not mind reading about Justine or that Jake to truly fall in love.

[Isabella · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book about 5 years ago, and I've never forgotten it. Whenever I think of the most tragic/romantic/heartbreaking novels that I've ever read, this book always comes to mind.

I loved this book. And to this day I still remember what happened and how it ended. Every time I think of these characters, Tristan and Bridget, God, the tears start flowing.

I cry every damn time I think about this book. And I hate and love April for this. Damn it April, you broke my heart with this book. And all I can say is thank you.

Because this book ... it's very close to my heart, even though sometimes I want to scream whenever I read the ending. It took me a long time to accept what happened, because I'm into happy endings not sad ones. But this book somehow stayed with me all of these years. And even though I hated/loved the ending, I wouldn't want April to change a thing.

So, thank you April.

[Sarahhart4 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intense, Passionate, Hot, Romantic, Dramatic

These words describe the novel the best!

I have never been a person who reads romance novels, but this book was definitely one of the best books ever! The author has not only created a story about love and romance but has added a very unusual twist which makes this book better than others of its kind. Even if your not a romance person, I would suggest reading this book.

Next line's sort of a spoiler so don't read unless you want to.

The only thing that could have made this novel better was a sequel! I really wanted to know what happened to Justin, my favorite character...(I fall for the side characters) ;) It would be nice if there was a sequel telling us what happened after he left the book...

But overall, this is a MUST READ!

[Mara · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF AT AFTER 50%

I think when Bridget asked Tristan to have sex with another guy cause she got all horny thinking about it, that did it for me.

I have nothing against homosexual people, hell I encourage people to be with who they please. But naïve, boring Bridget who showed zero interest in anything other than missionary sex turns into some sort of experienced vixen halfway through? Please explain?

I hear Tristan turns out to be an angel or something. Yeah they is no mention of that and I read half the book. The book focuses so heavily upon the relationship between Tristan and Bridget that we don't get any world building or know anything else about the characters. Its just plain bad, I wont be reading anything else by April Bostic in the near future that's for certain.

[romancejunkie31 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked what I read in the review but christ was it boring when I started it. I only got to the 50th page or so, so to rate it or really review it I should probably finish it first. Maybe when I run out of books to read, or am in a desert island with only this one on my backpack.
And btw, what were they thinking when they put that kid in the cover? Huge turn off when you are given such a blatant personification of a character and even more so if it's not accurate or at least cute or better yet hot (As the supposed main character is)
Anway, no hard feelings to the author.

[Liliyanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book makes my heart beat every time I see the cover or reminisce on the feelings this book gives me. If you want a beautiful love story this book is a must I love it so much just thinking about makes me wish I had it with me at this moment. Even Tristan the British Bad Boy (im moving to england now!) is so sweet and haaa:) I loved it did a already say that. All I have to say is read the spectacular book!

[Grace Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really really love this book, there are so many feelings, you can really imagine living the love, the lust, the jealousy, the heartache; Tristan is so loving that you can pretty easily fall in love with him despite his jealousy and possessiveness, this book really made me start believing in soulmates, and i must admit this is the first book that made me cry because of the real love an d hurt this book made yo feel, it's amazing my favorite book ever!!.

[ToddAn · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first few pages were amazing and I couldn't wait to read more. After that...I just don't know what happened! I grew so tired of the flowery prose...womanly flower...moist flower...hot essence...it was a little much for me. Then all of the crying and severe mood swings...in addition to the boring continuation with complete disregard to plot...I just got tired of it at 50%.

[Harim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Uhh.. I feel betrayed? It was going so good and then..

When it started, I had great hopes.. Felt like it was going be one of THOSE books, ya know?
It was going good like an absolute five star for me but then along the way some stuff happened that just made me wanna go "AREYOUSHITTINGME?!!?"
I seriously DETEST it when authors ruin perfect books...with their experiments!

[Laura · Rating 1 out of 5]

So I started reading this book in 2010 all I can say is I give up..lol is there a Date I gave up reading this book?

[Roxy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, by far one of the best books I ever read