GRR Reviews Falling For You...Again (Falling in Love Bo by Kathy Coatney

Falling For You... Again is an "on the rocks" romance that relied way too much on flashbacks that destroyed the momentum of the story.

Clare and Ethan built a family and life in Paradise Falls, Idaho. Ethan is a school teacher, while Clare is an outdoors photographer. They had a great marriage despite their respective upbringings (she's actually filthy rich, but she didn't want the money even as her parents tried to steer her back to her 'destiny', while his father is an alcoholic and his mom is the enabler, leaving him to raise himself and become provider of the family). When a tragic boating accident took the life of their daughter and left him seriously wounded, nothing's the same ever again. Both grieved but in very different ways... and they drifted apart. She had to ask her parents for help to keep the family going while he recuperated, but they grew apart instead of closer. It's now two years later, and Clare had drawn up divorce papers, as it hurts more to stay than to leave. But when Clare was lost in the wilderness ahead of a snowstorm, Ethan will move heaven and earth to find her... Can they learn to love each other again?

There were way too many flashbacks that while they added information and context, they broke up the momentum quite badly. There were scenes about when they first met, when they fell in love, when they got a dog to follow her and guard her, etc. etc. I don't agree with the narrative voice. While the emotion was good, the style didn't quite work for me.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Death of their daughter caused the couple to break apart, but when she was lost in the wilderness, he'll find her somehow

Tropes: on the rocks, grief, search and rescue, family pressure, family drama

Overall Rating:  3/5