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Falling Forward
Sometimes the universe gives us a push that feels like a shove.
After twenty years of marriage, Maggie McDonald's husband—and best friend—asks for a divorce, leaving her with one piece of Call her. But the fears that kept Maggie silent for decades aren't so easy to face, especially with her out and proud daughter, Maya, watching. Maggie has spent her life choosing safety. Now she must decide whether she can finally choose truth.
Diana Blake has spent years waiting for love to find its way back. When the girl who broke her heart returns as a woman asking for help, Diana refuses to wait any longer. For her, it's now or never.
But old prejudices are growing louder and hard-fought LGBTQIA+ rights feel increasingly fragile. As the past and present collide, Maggie and Diana must learn what safety, courage, and belonging really mean. If Maggie is going to fall, she might as well, fall forward.
Falling Forward is a sapphic second-chance romance with dual timelines and dual POV. The central couple is monogamous, with a comet polyamorous relationship in the wider cast.
Contains mature themes.
After twenty years of marriage, Maggie McDonald's husband—and best friend—asks for a divorce, leaving her with one piece of Call her. But the fears that kept Maggie silent for decades aren't so easy to face, especially with her out and proud daughter, Maya, watching. Maggie has spent her life choosing safety. Now she must decide whether she can finally choose truth.
Diana Blake has spent years waiting for love to find its way back. When the girl who broke her heart returns as a woman asking for help, Diana refuses to wait any longer. For her, it's now or never.
But old prejudices are growing louder and hard-fought LGBTQIA+ rights feel increasingly fragile. As the past and present collide, Maggie and Diana must learn what safety, courage, and belonging really mean. If Maggie is going to fall, she might as well, fall forward.
Falling Forward is a sapphic second-chance romance with dual timelines and dual POV. The central couple is monogamous, with a comet polyamorous relationship in the wider cast.
Contains mature themes.
- GenresContemporary
386 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 15, 2026
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June 16, 2026
Phenomenal story by a new to me author! Thank you for the advance review copy! I am leaving this review voluntarily.
This book had so much more than I was expecting. (And I was expecting to like it!) Well, I loved the communication between Jay and Diana from the first chapter! I was a little confused when Maggie was the second chapter but once I realized who was who, lol, I loved every page! I appreciated the different POV’s as well as the timelines. These added so much more depth and understanding to the characters.
Love and compassion cost us nothing yet give us everything. Having found a love so profound at such a young age was amazing. How it was handled and protected and continued in its own ways was well thought out and paced. As you get into the story, the flow makes more and more sense and meaning.
I am officially hooked and can’t wait to read the first book and the next book when it comes out!
Highly recommend!!
This book had so much more than I was expecting. (And I was expecting to like it!) Well, I loved the communication between Jay and Diana from the first chapter! I was a little confused when Maggie was the second chapter but once I realized who was who, lol, I loved every page! I appreciated the different POV’s as well as the timelines. These added so much more depth and understanding to the characters.
Love and compassion cost us nothing yet give us everything. Having found a love so profound at such a young age was amazing. How it was handled and protected and continued in its own ways was well thought out and paced. As you get into the story, the flow makes more and more sense and meaning.
I am officially hooked and can’t wait to read the first book and the next book when it comes out!
Highly recommend!!
June 20, 2026
Falling Forward by Simone Holiday slaps you in the feels from start to finish!
This dual-timeline, dual-POV, coming-of-age/second-chance sapphic romance is well-balanced, with fantastic world-building that accurately represents the struggles of being queer and a member of a minority in the '90s, coming out later in life, and developing into complex, fully fleshed-out characters.
The dual timelines and dual perspectives give a well-rounded, solid understanding of the main characters and absolutely endeared them to me. The secondary characters are also well-defined, and I love them all.
The contrast between being queer in the past and in the present through the coming out stories of the main characters versus the experiences of their daughters is so relatable. Both the challenges we faced in the past and those we continue to face today are explored, and the choices each character makes were based on their need for safety and security in an unsafe environment.
The current timeline presents healthy approaches to managing the consequences of those choices as the characters navigate life as damaged individuals.
This is my first read by this author and I am very impressed with the intelligent, easy-to-follow writing style that made these characters come to life. The emotions run the gamut and feel realistic and relatable.
I appreciate the body positivity, as well as the diverse queer and POC representation. Also, the steamy/spicy scenes were very well-done. They suited the storyline and felt genuine, not obligatory.
I highly recommend this author and this book. Falling Forward is a gift.
Quoteworthy:
"How could it have been a whole lifetime and no time at all?"
“I’m about to lose the love of my life forever,” Maggie said.
"Your mother is one aspect of you, an important one, but not the only one. You have lived as a whole separate being and deserved to."
"This body had the scars and stretch marks to prove it had not only lived but had survived. This body was soft and warm and lived in, experienced, real, home."
"In the end it will still be us."
"...as corny as it sounded, love was truly the only path worth traveling. It was the path of kindness and compassion. It was the path that propelled you forward."
“Well, if you’re going to fall, it’s best to do so forward...”
#wealthy #richpoor #differentworlds #divorced #startingover #returnhome #smalltown #secondchance #singleparents #mothersofadultchildren #dualtimelines #dualPOV #smalltown #vermont #california #boston #orchard #femaleentrepreneur
#diversequeercast #foundfamily #forcedproximity #transgenderrep #pansexualrep #polyamorousrep #demisexualrep #worldbuilding #the90s #angst #lavendermarriage #comingoutlaterinlife #HEA #epilogue #steamy #spicy
I received a review copy from the author. This is my honest opinion.
This dual-timeline, dual-POV, coming-of-age/second-chance sapphic romance is well-balanced, with fantastic world-building that accurately represents the struggles of being queer and a member of a minority in the '90s, coming out later in life, and developing into complex, fully fleshed-out characters.
The dual timelines and dual perspectives give a well-rounded, solid understanding of the main characters and absolutely endeared them to me. The secondary characters are also well-defined, and I love them all.
The contrast between being queer in the past and in the present through the coming out stories of the main characters versus the experiences of their daughters is so relatable. Both the challenges we faced in the past and those we continue to face today are explored, and the choices each character makes were based on their need for safety and security in an unsafe environment.
The current timeline presents healthy approaches to managing the consequences of those choices as the characters navigate life as damaged individuals.
This is my first read by this author and I am very impressed with the intelligent, easy-to-follow writing style that made these characters come to life. The emotions run the gamut and feel realistic and relatable.
I appreciate the body positivity, as well as the diverse queer and POC representation. Also, the steamy/spicy scenes were very well-done. They suited the storyline and felt genuine, not obligatory.
I highly recommend this author and this book. Falling Forward is a gift.
Quoteworthy:
"How could it have been a whole lifetime and no time at all?"
“I’m about to lose the love of my life forever,” Maggie said.
"Your mother is one aspect of you, an important one, but not the only one. You have lived as a whole separate being and deserved to."
"This body had the scars and stretch marks to prove it had not only lived but had survived. This body was soft and warm and lived in, experienced, real, home."
"In the end it will still be us."
"...as corny as it sounded, love was truly the only path worth traveling. It was the path of kindness and compassion. It was the path that propelled you forward."
“Well, if you’re going to fall, it’s best to do so forward...”
#wealthy #richpoor #differentworlds #divorced #startingover #returnhome #smalltown #secondchance #singleparents #mothersofadultchildren #dualtimelines #dualPOV #smalltown #vermont #california #boston #orchard #femaleentrepreneur
#diversequeercast #foundfamily #forcedproximity #transgenderrep #pansexualrep #polyamorousrep #demisexualrep #worldbuilding #the90s #angst #lavendermarriage #comingoutlaterinlife #HEA #epilogue #steamy #spicy
I received a review copy from the author. This is my honest opinion.
June 15, 2026
Falling Forward (Fall Series Book 2) by Simone Holiday - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Happy release day to Falling Forward by Simone Holiday! It’s been such a blast being part of this street team— thank you so much for the chance to read this ARC!
Falling Forward is a dual-timeline story following Maggie McDonald, recently divorced and moving back to her hometown of Maplewood, and Diana Blake, Maggie’s ex still living in their hometown. Maggie and Diana fell in love at sixteen, and now as adults— both with their own children and divorces behind them— can they find their way back to each other?
I loved the dual-timeline aspect of this romance, seeing how Diana and Maggie were drawn together in high school in the 90s and then again as adults in the present. We got to see a bit of Diana and Maggie in the previous book, Let Them Fall, which followed Diana’s daughter Lily, Maggie’s daughter Maya, and their friend Hanna as they navigate their feelings for each other, but I loved getting to dive deeper into Diana and Maggie’s story while the events of Let Them Fall take place in the background. They have quite a bit to work through, given their history, but with the dual timelines and dual POVs, we really get a sense of who Diana and Maggie are as individuals as well as their dynamic as a couple. They’re from very different worlds, fell in love in a very different time, and even in the present they have difficulty believing they can truly be together. Even through the tough conversations and miscommunications, I was rooting for them from page one. This was a tear-jerker of a romance, filled with angst, love, and a plethora of queer representation— pansexual, lesbian, trans, polyamory, late in life coming out, and so much more— which I LOVED. If you’re looking for a cozy, small town, sapphic second chance romance with a sprinkling of angst, this is absolutely the story for you. And keep an eye out for the next title in the series which will explore Jay and Michaela’s love story!
Happy release day to Falling Forward by Simone Holiday! It’s been such a blast being part of this street team— thank you so much for the chance to read this ARC!
Falling Forward is a dual-timeline story following Maggie McDonald, recently divorced and moving back to her hometown of Maplewood, and Diana Blake, Maggie’s ex still living in their hometown. Maggie and Diana fell in love at sixteen, and now as adults— both with their own children and divorces behind them— can they find their way back to each other?
I loved the dual-timeline aspect of this romance, seeing how Diana and Maggie were drawn together in high school in the 90s and then again as adults in the present. We got to see a bit of Diana and Maggie in the previous book, Let Them Fall, which followed Diana’s daughter Lily, Maggie’s daughter Maya, and their friend Hanna as they navigate their feelings for each other, but I loved getting to dive deeper into Diana and Maggie’s story while the events of Let Them Fall take place in the background. They have quite a bit to work through, given their history, but with the dual timelines and dual POVs, we really get a sense of who Diana and Maggie are as individuals as well as their dynamic as a couple. They’re from very different worlds, fell in love in a very different time, and even in the present they have difficulty believing they can truly be together. Even through the tough conversations and miscommunications, I was rooting for them from page one. This was a tear-jerker of a romance, filled with angst, love, and a plethora of queer representation— pansexual, lesbian, trans, polyamory, late in life coming out, and so much more— which I LOVED. If you’re looking for a cozy, small town, sapphic second chance romance with a sprinkling of angst, this is absolutely the story for you. And keep an eye out for the next title in the series which will explore Jay and Michaela’s love story!
Review of advance copy received from Author
I received an ARC of this book and chose to share my honest thoughts voluntarily.
This was such an emotional read. The dual timeline, moving between the 90s and the present, gave the story so much weight. There is something about seeing who characters were, who they became, and all the pain sitting in between that always gets me, and Simone Holiday handled that beautifully here.
Maggie and Diana’s story is tender, complicated, and at times genuinely heartbreaking. Maggie especially hurt my heart. She is fresh out of a divorce and has spent so much of her life hidden away because of societal expectations, fear, and everything she was taught to believe about who she should be. Her choices are not always easy to sit with, but they feel painfully human. She is deeply wounded, flawed, and so believable in the way she tries to navigate a life she was never really allowed to claim for herself.
I found Maggie very relatable in places, especially in the way family, environment, and expectation can shape the way someone hides parts of themselves. My heart ached for her throughout the book.
Diana, on the other hand, brings such devotion and emotional endurance to the story. Also divorced and raising a child, she has built a life for herself, but Maggie’s return brings back so much unresolved pain. What I loved about Diana was her determination, her softness, and the way she continues to love Maggie even when it hurts. There is something so vulnerable about loving someone who once broke your heart, and still wanting to believe they can choose you properly this time.
The story carries a lot of emotional complexity, especially around identity, queerness, fear, and the impact of growing up in a time where language, acceptance, and safety looked very different. I really appreciated the care Simone took with that. The vocabulary and expressions used in the 90s sections felt reflective of the time, but not careless, and the difficult moments were handled with respect rather than shock value.
I also loved the wider cast. Jay, Michaela, Julia, Lily, Maya, and Hanna all added something meaningful to the story. The representation across the book felt full and intentional, and I really enjoyed seeing different versions of queer love, family, and support woven throughout.
The dual POV and shifting timelines give you a strong sense of who Maggie and Diana are, both apart and together. I will say that there were moments where the back and forth between past and present made me lose touch slightly with the emotion of the current scene. It took me out of the moment a few times, but not enough to stop me wanting to keep reading.
Overall, Falling Forward is a soft, angsty, and deeply emotional sapphic romance about second chances, old wounds, and the courage it takes to finally live honestly. It is romantic, painful, healing, and full of heart. A really beautiful continuation of the series.
⭐ 4
🌶️ 4
This was such an emotional read. The dual timeline, moving between the 90s and the present, gave the story so much weight. There is something about seeing who characters were, who they became, and all the pain sitting in between that always gets me, and Simone Holiday handled that beautifully here.
Maggie and Diana’s story is tender, complicated, and at times genuinely heartbreaking. Maggie especially hurt my heart. She is fresh out of a divorce and has spent so much of her life hidden away because of societal expectations, fear, and everything she was taught to believe about who she should be. Her choices are not always easy to sit with, but they feel painfully human. She is deeply wounded, flawed, and so believable in the way she tries to navigate a life she was never really allowed to claim for herself.
I found Maggie very relatable in places, especially in the way family, environment, and expectation can shape the way someone hides parts of themselves. My heart ached for her throughout the book.
Diana, on the other hand, brings such devotion and emotional endurance to the story. Also divorced and raising a child, she has built a life for herself, but Maggie’s return brings back so much unresolved pain. What I loved about Diana was her determination, her softness, and the way she continues to love Maggie even when it hurts. There is something so vulnerable about loving someone who once broke your heart, and still wanting to believe they can choose you properly this time.
The story carries a lot of emotional complexity, especially around identity, queerness, fear, and the impact of growing up in a time where language, acceptance, and safety looked very different. I really appreciated the care Simone took with that. The vocabulary and expressions used in the 90s sections felt reflective of the time, but not careless, and the difficult moments were handled with respect rather than shock value.
I also loved the wider cast. Jay, Michaela, Julia, Lily, Maya, and Hanna all added something meaningful to the story. The representation across the book felt full and intentional, and I really enjoyed seeing different versions of queer love, family, and support woven throughout.
The dual POV and shifting timelines give you a strong sense of who Maggie and Diana are, both apart and together. I will say that there were moments where the back and forth between past and present made me lose touch slightly with the emotion of the current scene. It took me out of the moment a few times, but not enough to stop me wanting to keep reading.
Overall, Falling Forward is a soft, angsty, and deeply emotional sapphic romance about second chances, old wounds, and the courage it takes to finally live honestly. It is romantic, painful, healing, and full of heart. A really beautiful continuation of the series.
⭐ 4
🌶️ 4
Review of advance copy received from Author
J’avais déjà surkiffé Let Them Fall alors je savais que j’allai kiffé celui-là aussi !
Petite info sympathique, Falling Forward se passe en même temps que Let Them Fall, du coup j’ai été ravie de retrouver Maya, Lili et Hanna tout au long du roman et de découvrir l’histoire de Maggie et Diana.
Le roman se découpe aussi en deux timeline. Le présent, et le passé ou nous replongeons dans les années 90 où l’on découvre comment tout à commencé.
Par contre ça a été un vrai ascenseur émotionnel !
On est sur une histoire de Seconde Chance, donc on SAIT comment ça va se terminer pour la timeline du passé.
Pour celle·ux qui ont grandi dans les années 90 on se souvient, être queer n’etait pas facile. On a grandi avec quasiment aucune représentation. Les rares films qu’on pouvait voir avaient toujours une mauvaise fin. Comme si nous n’avions pas le droit d’être heureux·se…
Entre ça et une famille ultra toxique, on peut alors comprendre certains choix que Maggie a fait a cette époque, même si c’est dur et qu’on a envie de la secouer comme un prunier !
Mais à côté de ça il y a aussi du très beau. La façon dont Maggie travaille tous ses traumas, qu’elle essaye de toute son âme de s’accepter et de retrouver Diana dont elle a toujours été éperdument amoureuse…
Simone Holiday nous offre encore beaucoup de représentations avec toujours beaucoup de bienveillance. Elle explore aussi davantage le polyamour et toute sa diversité dans ce 2ème roman. Point très important pour moi, et qui m’a permis peu à peu de mettre des mots sur ma propre identité. Je l’ai déjà remercié pour ça, et je la remercie encore ici.
On découvre aussi de nouveaux personnages, notamment Jay et Michaela que j’adore déjà ! Deux femmes trans qui ont une grande famille et qui seront les perso principaux de son prochain roman 👀
Bref je m’arrête là sinon je vais vous parler de ce livre pendant des heures. Donc je n’ai plus qu’une chose à dire : LISEZ-LE !! ❤️🔥
Merci à l’autrice pour l’envoi de cet ARC numérique 🩷
Comme toujours, cette chronique reflète mon avis honnête et personnel.
Petite info sympathique, Falling Forward se passe en même temps que Let Them Fall, du coup j’ai été ravie de retrouver Maya, Lili et Hanna tout au long du roman et de découvrir l’histoire de Maggie et Diana.
Le roman se découpe aussi en deux timeline. Le présent, et le passé ou nous replongeons dans les années 90 où l’on découvre comment tout à commencé.
Par contre ça a été un vrai ascenseur émotionnel !
On est sur une histoire de Seconde Chance, donc on SAIT comment ça va se terminer pour la timeline du passé.
Pour celle·ux qui ont grandi dans les années 90 on se souvient, être queer n’etait pas facile. On a grandi avec quasiment aucune représentation. Les rares films qu’on pouvait voir avaient toujours une mauvaise fin. Comme si nous n’avions pas le droit d’être heureux·se…
Entre ça et une famille ultra toxique, on peut alors comprendre certains choix que Maggie a fait a cette époque, même si c’est dur et qu’on a envie de la secouer comme un prunier !
Mais à côté de ça il y a aussi du très beau. La façon dont Maggie travaille tous ses traumas, qu’elle essaye de toute son âme de s’accepter et de retrouver Diana dont elle a toujours été éperdument amoureuse…
Simone Holiday nous offre encore beaucoup de représentations avec toujours beaucoup de bienveillance. Elle explore aussi davantage le polyamour et toute sa diversité dans ce 2ème roman. Point très important pour moi, et qui m’a permis peu à peu de mettre des mots sur ma propre identité. Je l’ai déjà remercié pour ça, et je la remercie encore ici.
On découvre aussi de nouveaux personnages, notamment Jay et Michaela que j’adore déjà ! Deux femmes trans qui ont une grande famille et qui seront les perso principaux de son prochain roman 👀
Bref je m’arrête là sinon je vais vous parler de ce livre pendant des heures. Donc je n’ai plus qu’une chose à dire : LISEZ-LE !! ❤️🔥
Merci à l’autrice pour l’envoi de cet ARC numérique 🩷
Comme toujours, cette chronique reflète mon avis honnête et personnel.
Review of advance copy received from Author
Falling Forward follows Maggie MacDonald, recently divorced and moving back to her home town and Diana Blake, Maggie’s ex who is still in their hometown and has been waiting for Maggie to come back to her. They fell in love at sixteen and now as adults, both with their own child, and divorces behind them, can they find their way back to one another?
This story is full of angst, love, LGBT+ representation and characters who you really root for. Maggie and Diana have a lot to work through and between the dual POV and the flipping between past and present, you really get a feel for who they are as individuals and who they are as a couple. There’s miscommunication but it’s miscommunication that makes sense. Maggie and Diana come from different worlds and they fell in love in a time where it wasn’t as accepting, where it was harder and scarier to come out and even harder to believe they could have it all with one another
This small-town, cosy, angsty, sapphic romance really had me in my feels. There’s tough conversations and amends that need to be made and honestly it was so sad seeing how difficult Maggie found everything and how desperate Diana was to trust Maggie and have her back in her life. I was rooting for them from page one, and I absolutely loved the tough conversations, the tear jerker moments and the abundance of representation in this book!
This story is full of angst, love, LGBT+ representation and characters who you really root for. Maggie and Diana have a lot to work through and between the dual POV and the flipping between past and present, you really get a feel for who they are as individuals and who they are as a couple. There’s miscommunication but it’s miscommunication that makes sense. Maggie and Diana come from different worlds and they fell in love in a time where it wasn’t as accepting, where it was harder and scarier to come out and even harder to believe they could have it all with one another
This small-town, cosy, angsty, sapphic romance really had me in my feels. There’s tough conversations and amends that need to be made and honestly it was so sad seeing how difficult Maggie found everything and how desperate Diana was to trust Maggie and have her back in her life. I was rooting for them from page one, and I absolutely loved the tough conversations, the tear jerker moments and the abundance of representation in this book!
June 28, 2026
ARC Review, and these are my honest thoughts.
The 2nd book in the Fall series, I don’t think I have ever wished so much that I could read 2 books in tandem as I did with this book. I wanted to be able to skip back and forth between book one, which is their daughters and a friend all falling in love and this book with Maggie and Diana POV of them finally getting their chance to truly being together. I enjoyed this book so much, it has dual POV as well as dual timelines, in this way of writing the author did a gorgeous job of telling their story and giving the readers all the information to really understand what and why things were happening how they were. Most of the secondary characters are super loveable and I’m delighted to know there is a book 3 coming in September 2026, I can not wait for Jay and Machaela’s story! Maggie and Diana have alot to work through from past hurt. Maggie has some work to do to learn how to love herself for who she has always known herself to be and for the choices she made in life. Diana has to learn to trust that Maggie isn’t going to disappear on her this time, and how to live with and forgive the past. These two work incredibly hard to get to the HEA they so deserve.
“In the end it will still be us.”
The 2nd book in the Fall series, I don’t think I have ever wished so much that I could read 2 books in tandem as I did with this book. I wanted to be able to skip back and forth between book one, which is their daughters and a friend all falling in love and this book with Maggie and Diana POV of them finally getting their chance to truly being together. I enjoyed this book so much, it has dual POV as well as dual timelines, in this way of writing the author did a gorgeous job of telling their story and giving the readers all the information to really understand what and why things were happening how they were. Most of the secondary characters are super loveable and I’m delighted to know there is a book 3 coming in September 2026, I can not wait for Jay and Machaela’s story! Maggie and Diana have alot to work through from past hurt. Maggie has some work to do to learn how to love herself for who she has always known herself to be and for the choices she made in life. Diana has to learn to trust that Maggie isn’t going to disappear on her this time, and how to live with and forgive the past. These two work incredibly hard to get to the HEA they so deserve.
“In the end it will still be us.”
Review of advance copy received from Author
Oh my goodness, this was such an emotional ride. Dual timeline the way Simone did it in Falling Forward, never fails to make my heart race.
We get to see Maggie and Diana in high school in the 90s and then we get to see them currently. Maggie is fresh out of a divorce and has been in the closet her whole life due to societal expectations. Maggie broke my heart because it just felt so relatable. I dealt with similar expectations from my family and the environment I grew up in. So my heart was just aching for Maggie. Diana is just living her life when we see her now and Maggie just slides back into her life causing high stress for Diana. She just loves Maggie so much, she can’t resist doing anything for her even breaking her own heart. It was so hard to read as they fought through all their feelings. I loved getting to see Maya, Lily, and Hanna too! Also, Diana just immediately adopting Hanna is one of my favorite scenes.
I highly recommend reading Falling Forward! Simone is an excellent story teller and I cannot WAIT for Falling in ’96 and for Julia’s book!
We get to see Maggie and Diana in high school in the 90s and then we get to see them currently. Maggie is fresh out of a divorce and has been in the closet her whole life due to societal expectations. Maggie broke my heart because it just felt so relatable. I dealt with similar expectations from my family and the environment I grew up in. So my heart was just aching for Maggie. Diana is just living her life when we see her now and Maggie just slides back into her life causing high stress for Diana. She just loves Maggie so much, she can’t resist doing anything for her even breaking her own heart. It was so hard to read as they fought through all their feelings. I loved getting to see Maya, Lily, and Hanna too! Also, Diana just immediately adopting Hanna is one of my favorite scenes.
I highly recommend reading Falling Forward! Simone is an excellent story teller and I cannot WAIT for Falling in ’96 and for Julia’s book!
June 22, 2026
What a brilliant introduction to this author. This lovely sapphic story delivers incredible depth and a truly captivating plot. It navigates late in life queer acceptance and a beautiful second chance at happiness for Maggie and Diana who reunited after years of longing for the what if. The emotional journey is deeply moving. The story uses a dual timeline, jumping between their teenage years and the present day through alternating POVs. Because the past is set in the 1990s, the author brilliantly captures the reality of queer representation at that time, giving essential context to the tough choices the characters had to make. The writing style is absolutely fantastic, making the heavy emotional shifts feel completely natural and rewarding. It is an uplifting, must read romance.
Review of advance copy received from Author
My word, this was such a beautiful and emotional read. I really enjoyed the whole journey and loved the dual timeline from the 90's to now, it really brought some weight to the story and was such a nice balance. As a queer lady who grew up in the 90's I found the story, worries and decisions made so relatable and heartbreakingly lovely.
I also loved having the girls from Let Them Fall peppered in because I adore them! I can't wait to see what's next from this series, all the characters are so interesting and unique and I want to know everything about all of them.
I also loved having the girls from Let Them Fall peppered in because I adore them! I can't wait to see what's next from this series, all the characters are so interesting and unique and I want to know everything about all of them.
June 12, 2026
The emotion of this book!! I am here for it all!! As a demisexual lesbian leaning pansexual, I absolutely appreciated the representation in this book!! This book was very relatable in several aspects. I love that not only did we get to see the characters for who they are now, but we had flashbacks to show how they came to be. Although there were times when the flashbacks may have taken away from the present plot.
June 22, 2026
🧜🏻♀️ARC Review🧜🏻♀️
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So glad I got this one in time for pride month, and I absolutely loved getting to know the moms Maggie and Diana from let them fall and their coming out story! While in their youth it was messy and complicated, as adults they have a second chance to navigate the pain and finally be togeather. I can’t wait for Jae and Michaela’s story.
#simoneholiday #fallingforward #sapphicromancebookrecs #arcreview #thesirencallstoyourtbr
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So glad I got this one in time for pride month, and I absolutely loved getting to know the moms Maggie and Diana from let them fall and their coming out story! While in their youth it was messy and complicated, as adults they have a second chance to navigate the pain and finally be togeather. I can’t wait for Jae and Michaela’s story.
#simoneholiday #fallingforward #sapphicromancebookrecs #arcreview #thesirencallstoyourtbr
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