Release Review: The Fall: Tal Bauer
The Fall
Tal Bauer
Amazon
One hit on the ice.
One missing year.
One man I can’t let go.
When I wake up, the last twelve months of my life are gone. I don’t know what team I’m on, how I got here… or why there’s a gorgeous man in my bed calling me babe.
A year ago, I was barely hanging on to my career and too scared to admit I wanted a man. Now, I may not remember falling for him, but when he smiles, when he touches me, when he kisses me—I know it. He’s everything.
And somehow, I have the life I always dreamed of: a thriving career, a man who loves me, and a championship within reach.
The only problem? I can’t remember how I made any of it happen.
If I want to keep this perfect life, I’ll have to hide the truth until everything comes back. Because I can’t lose this. And most of all, I can’t lose him.
How hard can it be to live my own life without remembering it?
Fake it ’til you make it, right?
Wrong. So wrong.
No spoilers
OMG, Tal Bauer is back and has outdone himself! The story captivated me and kept me on bated breath the whole time. I became stressed, obsessed, and hated to put it down. The tension is real, and it just kept my heart beating so fast. There are so many layers to the story. There are so many things that keep me wondering and worrying and wishing and hoping. It is more than a hockey story, more than a romance, and there are elements of hurt/comfort, second chances, fate, and soulmates. There is so much depth to these characters, and their story is unlike any story I’ve read before, with so many surprises and twists.
I loved Torey and Blair. They truly felt like soul mates. Torey's personal journey takes him from being lost and in despair to confusion to finding everything he has ever wanted and having the fear of losing it. Blair is such a caring and thoughtful man, but he has also been through his own pain and is afraid of loss. Their lives cross at different times, and the circumstances are unique. Their story is not a traditional and easy one. They both have pain and trouble being vulnerable and accepting help, and it takes a lot of time and work for their story to play out. We see these characters from the depths of despair to the highest of highs and everything in between. It’s told from Torey‘s point of view, and we are there with him during all the times of confusion and trying to figure out what is going on in his own mind and his own life, but Torey’s pull towards Blair is always obvious and important.
I kept thinking about some things that happened in some parts and trying to put them all together to make a big picture, and trying to figure out how this was all going to work out. It kept my brain just zapping, and my heart hurting, while also swooning over these two.
It is an epic, unforgettable, and amazing story of resilience, friendship, teamwork, fate, loss, love, and soulmates. The 800 pages completely intimidated me at first, because I’ve gotten to a point in my reading where longer books sometimes lose my interest. But once I got going in this book, I hated to put it down. These two go through so much, and it’s all bleeding onto these pages. I know this had to be a labor of love for the author and it took some extra time, but the results are a book that is like no other. It’s unique, masterful, and truly epic. These characters are special, and their love story is remarkable. But go into it blind and just go along for the ride.
There was so much tension that I felt my heart was in suspended animation the whole time, just waiting for things to happen, both good and bad. I wasn’t sure how much more my heart could take. This book just kept me so on edge. The twists and turns were heart-wrenching. And once the pieces were laid out, then I had to rethink about it all again. And I am still thinking about it today. Now I want to go back and read some of it again. It is such an epic love story and is also just a very well-crafted, multi-layered, complex work of art and beautiful prose that keeps you guessing, thinking, hoping, heartbroken, and put back together. I will never forget this book or these characters. It is my only six-star read of this year.
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Tal Bauer writes breathtaking, heartfelt, and often action-packed gay romance novels. His characters are head over heels for each other, and fight against all odds for their happy ending. Nothing stands in the way of love.
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