Falling into You

By: Jasinda Wilder

Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan, Piper Goodeve

Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

I wasn't always in love with Colton Calloway; I was in love with his younger brother, Kyle, first. Kyle was my first one true love, my first in every way. Then, one stormy August night, he died, and the person I was died with him.

Colton didn't teach me how to live. He didn't heal the pain. He didn't make it okay. He taught me how to hurt, how to not be okay, and, eventually, how to let go.

Nell Hawthorne is in love with her life-long best friend, Kyle Calloway. Their young love is invincible and life is full of promise; then one night Kyle dies suddenly in a tragic accident and Nell is forever changed. She meets Kyle's older brother, Colton, for the first time at the funeral. They both struggle to move on with life as best they can. Years later, they meet again in New York City, and Colton realizes that Nell has never really gotten over Kyle's death. She seems to be harboring a deeply rooted pain, a heavy weight of guilt, and regret. He knows he shouldn't get involved, but he can't help himself. Trust doesn't come easily for either of them, and they both have demons. Together, they learn the purpose of pain and the meaning of healing, and the importance of forgiveness.

Mature Content Warning: 17+ for language, and adult situations

This audiobook contains an exclusive copy of Jasinda’s original song "Falling Into You."

©2013 Jasinda Wilder (P)2013 Jasinda Wilder

loved so emotional

I just loved thus book I was hooked with all the emotion in it I cried though out it. I connected with thus book in so many way its just like it was being spoken from my heart

An emotional page turner

I started listening to Audio books about 2 yrs ago to pass time while doing chores or exercise. This is the first time I have been brought to tears. it is really hard to exercise with a big lump in your throat. This is my first JW book and I will keep listening to the rest of the series. -Dink

Music, love and healing. This one is A-mazing!

I had been anxiously waiting for Audible to get this book and when it finally arrived I was a little hesitant to listen at first. I wasn’t ready for the heavy and emotional content. After waiting 6+ weeks I finally took the leap and started this long anticipated book. WOW! It was every bit as gut-wrenching as I expected. However, it was so much more than just a story about loss, grief, pain and heartache. It was also about love, forgiveness, redemption healing and finding your true self.

I loved every minute of this book. The characters, the narration, the story and the MUSIC. I loved how the author used music to express the feelings between Nell and Colton. Music was like a secondary character to the story. I LOVED it.

This was well worth my credit and more!

Suprisingly Good

Reading the synopsis of this book, I wasn't really interested in this book, sounded like and overdone plot, but the reviews convinced me to give it a try.

I loved this Book, the emotion that the author manages to portray made me fall in love with the characters. Kyle and Nell grew up together and them falling in love and dating was inevitable, when Kyle dies, Nell is plagued by grief and guilt. She meets Coltan, Kyle's older brother, at the the funeral and they seem to have a connection. They meet again a couple of years later and they are drawn to each other as they understand each others pain. This sounds simple and like something you've read before, but the author manages to make it fresh and the use of specific words so you get emotionally involved with the characters. The dialogue between the characters was so well done, that you understood them better and their perspective to the world. I liked that she developed the characters and they formed a bond and they continue to struggle with their emotions, there was no quick fix which made it more realistic somehow.

I really enjoyed this story and the two narrators did the book justice. I loved the song at the end of the book.

Fall Into This Book!

This was a powerfully written and performed book. The story is quite strong and well developed. Anyone can read the description of the book so I won't bother with details. Suffice it to say that it is an incredible journey from teenagers in love to tragedy to survivor guilt. And then there is the reawakening of love, inviting more guilt. The characters of Nell (great name), Kyle and Colton are beautifully written and thought out...the writers voice is clear in her effort to add a dimension of substance to them and she totally succeeds. There were more than a few moments that I found myself tearing up as the struggle of a lifetime ensues for our characters. The lyrics to songs written by Colton are another testament to the writer's total immersion into the depth of the characters and their journey.

Enter the narrators...Gabriel Vaughn and Piper Goodeve. They were remarkable in their perception of the characters and capability to translate the written word into an extremely well performed narration. I don't think it could have been better. It is very rewarding when Audible uses a male/female team to make more reality than often one (even a good narrator) person can manage. Ms. Wilder should be very pleased at the final result of this pairing...it was wonderfully performed.

The song at the end of the book is stunning and the lyrics spoken in the book. But this is an actual performance....my ONLY issue was that it was not performed with the Colton Calloway or Nell Hawthorne guitar as was done in the book. But, Hell's Bells, it was stunning. Five glorious stars to this book of pain, growth and redemption by two people scarred by the circumstances of growing up.

DO. NOT. MISS. THIS. BOOK.

Just wow

I've had this book for about a year and I'm so glad i finally read it. It's a captivating story that is well written. It's about love, hope, and a second chance at happiness.

Two tortured souls fall in love

Nell is a runner. She runs all thru this heart wrenching story. I grew tired of her running from everything. She and Kyle are blissfully happy until the tragedy. Then the taboo union of she and Colton is edgy but believable and I wondered how they would pull it off. Make sure to have a dictionary handy when you read this book. JW's vocabulary is expansive but every term fit the emotion of the scene and adds a richness and color to the experience..

Heartbreakingly beautiful!

You will definitely lose yourself in this story. You will cry but you will be put back together. Nell & Colton's story will blow you away!

I love this book

This is my second time listening to this book but for some reason never reviewed it, which I'm kind of glad of because I think that although I anticipated some parts of it like going to the cabin, it was so much better the second time. This is one of those books that gives you such a good feeling at the end. Colton is broken, Nelle is broken. They both lose one of the most important people to them and find each other. Nelle is hurting over the loss of Colton's younger brother, her first love. Colton battles are from feeling rejected from his family, living on the streets of NY as a 17 year old, getting involved in underground fighting and being part of a gang to survive. He decides that he needed to change his life and by accident runs into Nelle. They heal each other and fight through the ghosts and guilt of Coltons dead brother, her wanting to cut herself and his guilt over the death of his fist love. This was the first book by Jasinda Wilder that I had the pleasure to listen to, the narration is great. I'm sure that I will do another listen at some point.

Perfect for my rereads!

Where does Falling into You rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's one of my top audiobook reads. I loved Piper Goodeve's narration on the Conversion series so it was a very happy to surprise to discover that she also narrates Jasinda's Falling series. I'd listen to any audiobook narrated by Piper because she has a wonderful narrating style and never sounds lame when reading a male voice, a tricky thing for most opposite gender deliveries.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Kyle was my favorite character. I just fell in love with him and his youthful love for Nell. I loved that he and Nell had been best friends before they fell in love. I am never ready for the outcome of part 1, never. I am and will always be Team Kyle I think. I don't feel like I'm Team Colton until I read Falling Under (Falling # 3). Sorry Team Colton but Kyle just won my heart over even though I knew he wasn't supposed to do so. And to me, that is a powerful testimony to Jasinda Wilder's writing.

What does Gabriel Vaughan and Piper Goodeve bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Well Piper Goodeve brings emotional animation to the story like nobody's business. Gabriel Vaughan was a little inconsistent for my tastes. He began to sound a bit bored in tone during the latter part 2 of Colton's POV. In fact I begin to worry that he was another male narrator that has that same tendency only worse. Fortunately, I went right into reading Jasinda Wilder's Saving Forever (The Ever trilogy # 3) also narrated by Gabriel and he sounds fine narrating Carter's POV so far, a big relief.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, but since this is a reread I am not allowing myself to do that. Rereads via audiobook help me to not feel guilty for slipping back into my favorite books. I'm a multi-tasker so I listen to my audiobooks in the car, while exercising, cleaning, showering and doing household chores.

Any additional comments?

I would recommend this audiobook to anyone wanting a good emotional read that will seriously mess with you. It's just as good as my e-book read was, and I crazy love when that happens.