The Upside of Falling

By: Alex Light

Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly, Austin Rising

Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

A fun, flirty teen debut from Wattpad phenom Alex Light about a fake relationship and real love.

It’s been years since 17-year-old Becca Hart believed in true love. But when her former best friend teases her for not having had a boyfriend, Becca impulsively pretends she’s been secretly seeing someone.

Brett Wells has it all. As captain of the football team and one of the most popular guys in his school, he should have no problem finding someone to date, but he’s always been more focused on his future than who to bring to prom. When he overhears Becca’s lie, Brett decides to step in and be the mystery guy. It’s the perfect solution: he gets people off his back for not having a meaningful relationship, and she can keep up the ruse that she’s got a boyfriend.

Acting like the perfect couple isn’t easy, though, especially when you barely know the other person. But with Becca still picking up the pieces from when her world was blown apart years ago and Brett just barely holding his together now, they begin to realize they have more in common than they ever could have imagined.

When the line between what is pretend and what is real begins to blur, they're forced to answer the question: Is this fake romance the realest thing in either of their lives?

©2020 Alex Light (P)2020 HarperAudio

One of the most realist romance books I’ve read.

Ive started to read lots of romance books over quarantine and liked most of them but for some reason while reading them they didn’t feel real but since the second chapter of this book started i actually feel like i could be one of these characters the way they act is so real that it made everything i read a hundred times more interesting this books is great and if your a highschool student like me it shows you that even when you feel alone you cant lose hope because you never know what can happen.

decent story, excellent delivery

An easy lazy read for a relaxing weekend. Nothing too heavy or thought provoking, just incredibly fluffy and cute. Narrators did a fantastic job emoting.

Sweet as sugar, and lovely to boot.

A light and fun contemporary YA romance. A great story to lose yourself in. You fall in love with the characters and you want to cheer them on.

heartfelt and warm

this is the kind of story that makes you want to fall in love

Falling in love

Loved it! This is such a great story for young adults trying to figure out about their feelings. Alex Light has demonstrated that young adults can resolve their emotions.

Cutesy Romance

This cutesy young adult romance was a quick listen while I was at work. The characters were fun and the story was a bit predictable, which is not uncommon for young adult books.

It was a good story.

It was a pretty standard story but it was cute. I like how the story flowed. I read other reviews about the narrating. I liked the narration for Becca but not so much for Brett. Other people were bothered by his women’s voice but I more just wasn’t a fan of how he read the story. I would’ve loved if Becca told the whole thing. But overall, cute story. Pretty predictable but still cute.

Good feel good story

The story was cute! The plot was sweet but can definitely be dug into a little deeper. Brett and Becca start “fake” dating but there’s never any awkwardness or push from each other they are just automatically in love. The story with Brett’s parents is very unfinished. The ending is sweet and happy.

A sweet story

Other than the fact that it’s a little bit of a mushy Gushi sweet story. You have a little bit of drama. I find how she interacted with her father a little far-fetched. I find it kind of sad that the male leads mother thinks love can solve it all but sometimes it can. And the thing that kept me reading the most was listening to the description of the donuts and pastries.
A terrible Male reader that makes me feel like I am listening to someone telling me gibberish. The female reader was a little bit better still sounded slightly robotic. By the time that I got to chapter 4 I was getting annoyed with the voices but I kept listening and hopes that maybe it would get better. It didn’t and it took me some time to get through the book this should’ve taken me a day and it said it took me three days. I just kept saying this is Siri talking just go with that and that’s how I got to listen to the book.

Great teen love story

This book is well written. It talks about true love, love trial, the importance parent relationships and how their examples play important roles in a teens love life. I loved that it talked about forgiveness after divorce and the pain that affairs bring to all involved. The author did a good job at making the plot relatable to today's situations. The story was sweet and captivating. Very good book.