I loved Saoirse’s complicated relationship with her dad and his girlfriend. My favourite aspect of this entire novel was the family dynamics though and the storyline about Saoirse’s mum having dementia, plus the element of Saoirse being at risk to have dementia herself. So this definitely felt refreshing in a lot of ways. I personally liked that portrayal because I think in YA we often have the feeling that a book needs to end with this feeling of forever for the romantic relationship in order for the book to have a happy ending and I just don’t think that’s true. And I don’t mean that in a bad way or like the love interest was the one who made the character change herself.īut what Saoirse really needed at this point in her life, was just to fall for someone and realizing that feeling deeply for someone and being with someone doesn’t mean that it has to be forever in order to make an impact or be of importance. Honestly, it was really more a way for the character to learn about herself and what she wants in life. The romantic storyline wasn’t necessarily a weak point of the book but to me personally the aspect that stood out the least. “See, the thing about the falling in love montage, is that when it’s over, the characters have fallen in love.

Saoirse comes up with rules for this relationship too in order to not make it anything serious but as you can imagine, trying to recreate a movie’s “falling in love montage” doesn’t go well if what you want to do is NOT fall in love. She comes up with this rule to only make out with straight girls because that doesn’t even give it the possibility of there being more (she has a clear rule to not do it for a dude’s attention, in case you are worried about that though).Īlong comes Ruby, a girl that Saoirse is more than willing to make an exception for, knowing there is a time limit to it, with Ruby only being in town for the summer. The Falling in Love Montage is a book that I picked up because of the f/f romance but I ended up loving for the family aspect.Īt the center of the story is the protagonist Saoirse, who, after the break-up from her girlfriend, decides she no longer wants to be in a serious relationship.

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The falling in love montage review