Built to Fall

Fall and Forever #1

by Hannah Ellie

After taking a year off to grieve her mother’s death, Evangelina Everhart returns with one get her life back to normal. What she doesn’t expect, though, is to meet the biggest plot twist of her life.

Grant Vandenberg is the campus heartthrob, star athlete, and notorious playboy. He also immediately sees through Evangelina’s facade. Grant knows her life isn’t normal–not with the late nights she spends going on runs around campus or the way she panics at every mention of her ex-boyfriend. And although he’s the last person she ever pictured confiding in, Evangelina finds herself trusting him anyway.

What begins as a lowercase-f friendship turns into something more. Something comforting and common. Something that feels a lot like love.

But when you’re dating the hotshot football player than everyone loves to talk about, rumors are bound to spread. Everything they’ve built begins to crack, and with all eyes on them, all it takes is one whisper for everything they built to come crashing down.

Genres: Sports

530 pages, Paperback

Published August 17, 2025

About the author

Hannah Ellie is a college student studying human biology who decided to begin her journey as an author in order to fill what little free time she does have, and while she doesn’t believe she is necessarily qualified to publish a book, this is her dream come true.
When she’s not studying for chemistry exams or learning about DNA replication, you can find her reading, writing, or listening to Taylor Swift while dancing around her childhood home.

You can find more at:
-Instagram: @authorhannahellie
-Tik Tok: @authorhannahellie

Reviews

[𝓔𝓵𝓵𝓮 ᥫ᭡. · Rating 4 out of 5]

★★★★☆ 4 stars

❝𝐈'𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮.❞

╰┈➤ 𝙥𝙧𝙚-𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙
Started: August 15, 2025

Super excited to read this one as it’s my first book filled with drama.

✧.* 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 ᯓ★

Okay, no one judge for how long it took me to finish this book. I was caught in a slump!

Anyway, this one started off very strong for me. I love how it deals with grief and trauma. Also, I appreciate how each of these girls have a story to tell and I genuinely can’t wait to read their book soon.

Focusing on the whole plot itself, it was kind of a hit or miss. There were points that didn’t feel right to me but there were also a great deal of moments were I found it so sweet and endearing. I honestly found the beginnings of Grant and Eva’s dynamic odd in a sense that there’s literally someone else and somehow, they’re just both fine with it? Maybe it’s the cultural differences with me because I would never. LOL

But hello?! I’m rating this book 4 stars because of that goddamn ending. I know ends on a cliffhanger (spoiler alert!) but I love the thrill of waiting for the next book on what’s to come.

[Tracy Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the characters and definitely became invested in them. I like the realism of the characters and their stories. Life is messy and complicated, even for young college students and Hannah definitely nails it. You can love and hate a character in the sane chapter. This is my favorite book of hers so far.

[Adalyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

The ending left me gagged

[Bianca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely adore this book and the characters! Built to Fall was such a wild rollercoaster of emotions, and I fell in love with this universe! Grant and Lina are such complex, messy, and very real characters. They felt relatable in a lot of ways and often at times I wanted to give them a big hug!

I was immediately intrigued by Lina, because of her tragic history. Peeling back different layers of he was very satisfying, because I was able to understand more about her character and motivations. She is incredibly intelligent, independent, and was a bit closed off at times. But once she truly lets someone in, she gave them her all.

And Grant! Wow. He is so complex and often times I wanted to scream at him because I was like SIR WHAT. But he honestly is such a good guy and a golden retriever of a man. He also has such a rich history, and it was rewarding finally seeing his true self. What I absolutely adored about him was how much of a caretaker he is at his core and how much he deeply cares for Lina.

THE ENDING. I need the next book now. The author is also incredibly lovely and I absolutely adore her!