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We All Fall Down by Natalie D. Richards
3.0

Rating: 3/5

Genre: YA Mystery/Romance

Recommended Age: 15+ (slight sexual content

Pages: 333

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Disclaimer: I received this book for free courtesy of KidLitExchange and the publishing company in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own.

Synopsis: Theo's always been impulsive. But telling Paige how he feels? He's obsessed over that decision. And it's time. Tonight. At the party on the riverbank, under the old walking bridge, site of so many tales of love and death.
Paige has had a crush on Theo since they first met, but she knows her feelings are one-sided. She's trying to move on, to flirt. A party at the river is just what she needs. Except a fight breaks out, and when Paige tries to intervene―Theo's fist lands in her face.
All Theo and Paige want to do is forget that fateful night. But strange events keep drawing them back to the bridge. Someone, something is determined to make them remember...and pay for what they each did.

Mystery and romance and a story about struggling with ADHD? Sounds like a great book, and for the most part this was. I thought this book had awesome character development and the plot was intriguing. The book discussed a variety of mental health issues and I really liked how it was woven in the book. I also felt the world building was pretty well done, except that I didn’t feel like it really belonged.

This book had a lot of stuff going on in it. I felt that the mystery element of the book didn’t really belong and it just made the story really confusing with all the different elements going on. The pacing felt off to me and I felt that the characters were too reliant on each other. Overall, this book just wasn’t for me.

Verdict: A YA Mystery/Romance book with amazing mental illness representation.