Free falling review- 14/05/13 **
They say that your school years are supposed to be the best years of your life, and that you should make the most of them because you’ll miss them when you’re all grown up. Up until Maisie Preston’s senior year, she would have totally agreed with that statement. Life was great, she had everything going for her, excellent grades, great parents, an annoying yet caring twin brother, and an impossibly sweet boyfriend.
Everything was perfect - that is until the arrival of Zach Anderson. A misfit delinquent that seemed to bring with him a lot of bad karma. Is it just a coincidence that his arrival marks a significant change in Maisie’s life? Up until senior year, life was perfect, but things seem to be going downhill fast.
Alright, so to start off I'm going to point out I'm a fan of Kirsty Moseley, but I have to say I was very disappointed with this book.
SPOILERS AHEAD!
The story starts off ok, with some explanation of what is going on and the scene being set, but after that it just starts going more and more downhill. The character of Zach, who is supposed to play an important part in this book, barely bares any significence, his relationship with Maisie goes nowhere, and he basically just stands around and does nothing for the entire book. He is set out to be this badass who cares about nothing, but he doesn't act at all like it, he doesn't date because he's afraid to hurt someone and he plays sports. To set someone out as a "bad boy" then turn them into the complete opposite, it just doesn't work. Now Maisie, I understand that some characters need to be set out in a certain way, but she is just plain stupid. Who forgets that someone isn't their boyfriend, and you don't want anything to do with them? She is constantly running back to this douche, despite all he had does to her. I mean, hasn't she seen "Scream"? This was almost a dead ringer in the thriller aspect, and it was just about as lame. I wasn't even half way through the book when I had figured out that Luke was the stalker/killer. It was so ridiculously obvious. I know I have only pointed out the flaws so far, but I have to admit, it was still fairly well written, just the plot lacked almost everything it needed. I have read other Kirsty Moseley books, and I know she can do better than this. This was just lame. I would have to say stick to the teen romance/drama, stay away from thrillers.
After all of that I decided to give it two stars, only because it was still well written and I was able finish it, (mainly in hope it would get better). I would only recommend this to lighthearted readers, who need obvious light stories, but to anyone with high expectations. Don't read it.