Rowena’s review of Fall with Me (Wait for You #4) by J. Lynn.
Eleven months ago, bartender and weird-shirt-wearing extraordinaire Roxy and Officer Reece Anders had a one night stand. Well, kind of. She’s been in love with him since she was fifteen, and he wishes that night they shared never happened. She’s sworn him off forever, but the past and future collide, forcing her to rely on the one man who broke her heart not once, but twice.
Her best friend since birth has been in a long-term care facility since he became a victim of a hate crime years ago, and the person who put him in there is out of prison and wanting to make amends with him and Roxy. She’s not sure she has room for forgiveness in her and when she begins to receive frightening messages and is on the receiving end of escalating violence, she thinks she knows who is to blame. The man who already destroyed one life already.
But Reece isn’t convinced. The threats are too personal, and even if Roxy doesn’t believe him, he’s not willing to let anyone hurt her. Including himself. He’s already messed up more than once when it comes to Roxy and he’s not going to let history repeat itself.
Fall with Me is the fourth book in the Wait for You series by J. Lynn. In this book, we get Reece and Roxy’s story. Their happy ending and even though it wasn’t that long ago that we met these two, it feels like a while and their story feels like it’s been a long time coming because there’s a history with these two that we finally get to know all about.
Roxy has had a thing for Reece Anders since she was fifteen years old. Reece has always found Roxy interesting and even a little cute but he’s kept her at a distance until one night, a night that he can’t even remember. Things between Reece and Roxy have been strained and Reece doesn’t really know why and then when Roxy’s life is in danger, Reece doesn’t care how strained their relationship is, he’s going to keep her safe from those that want to harm her.
On top of that, Roxy is struggling with a horrible incident from her past that has left her best friend Charlie broken in a hospital, wasting away. She goes to visit him every week but each week, he falls further and further away from her. It breaks her heart but she’s helpless to stop it.
Roxy was a heroine that I liked quite well in Stay with Me but throughout the course of this book, she drove me absolutely bat shit crazy. She put herself in unnecessary danger because she thought she could take care of herself. She popped off at the mouth every time that Reece was around and she sounded like a petulant child that I wanted to smack upside the head at every turn. In short, she was a brat and even in the end, I hadn’t warmed up completely to her.
I did like Reece. He was a man’s man who didn’t fuck around. He meant business in every aspect of his life and all he wanted to do for Roxy was protect her but she made that so hard for him. I get that she’s head strong and willful but holy shit, I felt like all these years later and she didn’t learn a damn thing from Charlie. I mean, she held herself responsible for what happened to him so why didn’t she learn to curb her temper or her mouth whenever she was around Reece? It drove me crazy.
The whole stalking thing was freaking crazy though. I was completely creeped out by that guy and to think, he was right there the whole time. I thought that part of the story was well written and completely believable.
It was good to see the gang again but I think that I’m slowly losing interest in these characters so after I read Colton’s story, I think I’m going to throw in the towel with these guys. The book started out promising but Roxy’s antics everywhere she turned pissed me off and I kept right on getting pissed at her that by the time the ending came, it was kind of too late to redeem her for me. I didn’t hate her at the end but I still didn’t like her all that much. If it wasn’t for Reece, I probably would have DNF’d this one. Sigh.
Grade: 2.5 out of 5
This book is available from Avon. You can purchase it here or here in e-format.
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