First Line Friday: The Joy of Falling

Happy Friday Everyone :)

I hope you've all had a great week, and that you've had time to curl up with some great books.

This week, Lindsay Harrel's newest book released, and I loved it when I had the chance to read and review it.

I'm excited to feature it for this week's First Line Friday post which is hosted by the lovely ladies over at Hoarding Books.

The Joy of Falling by Lindsay Harrel:

About The Book:


Eva and Angela must learn to live again. One step at a time.

It has been fifteen months since Eva and Angela lost their thrill-seeking husbands in a scuba diving accident. Both women are trying to navigate their way through the grief, but neither one is making much progress. Angela is barely making ends meet, angry at her husband for leaving her to raise three children on her own. Meanwhile, Eva is stuck, unable to move forward after losing the love of her life and her source of inspiration.

But then Eva gets a life-changing phone call. Before Brent and Wes died, they had signed up for a race of a lifetime—an ultra-marathon in beautiful New Zealand. Eva begs Angela to run the race with her in their husbands’ place, and Angela finally agrees, hoping to finally understand her husband's choices.

Training is exhausting, and the race is even more demanding. Their journey grows more complicated by the presence of two men—Marc is Brent’s best friend who is running the race with Eva and Angela, and Simon King is a writer who is covering their inspiring story. With every step, Eva and Angela must ask themselves questions that they haven’t had the courage to ask before. As the women literally put one foot in front of the other, they wonder: Is it possible to find their way forward in hope?



My Thoughts:

I've enjoyed every book that Lindsay Harrel has written, and The Joy of Falling was no exception. She does a fantastic job of representing the fact that grief affects everyone differently, and that not everyone is going to be ready to move on at the same time. At the start of the book, I actually preferred one main character over the other, but by the end of the story I was really invested in both characters and found myself rooting for them both. You can check out my full review here.



First Line:

"Once upon a time, color had dominated Eva Jamison's days."



What book are you currently reading? Share the first line in the comments, and then hop on over to Hoarding Books to see who else is participating this week.

Have a great rest of your weekend everyone and happy reading. :)