This is my second series of books by Meghan Quinn, and I think she's going to be one of my auto-read/buy authors from now on! Also, warning, this book has a cliffhanger, making me so glad I'm on the tour, and also that she isn't releasing them very far apart, because I have got to read on! I'm so upset with what happened at the end. Well, in a good way, in a way that made me tear up and I need to find out just what really is happening.
Before this one, I'd only read her Dating By Numbers series, which was a little bit more light-hearted than this one. The Upside of Falling is a little bit more of a drama/serious story. Sure, there still is what I'm guessing is Quinn's trademark humorous dialog, but the relationship and the background of the main characters is a lot deeper in some ways. Not that the other series didn't have some emotional parts where teared up, but this one had a lot of those moments. Colby and Rory had a relationship that was hard-fought for, and definitely well-earned. For the most part there weren't any of those little tropes or issues that I have problems with in romance. They both listened or talked when they needed to tell the other one something. So that misunderstandings didn't come between them.
This story brought to mind the movie An Officer and a Gentleman for me. And I do really like that movie. I don't read a ton of military romances, which is kind of weird when I think about it. I mean, I'm a big fan of military guys, so not sure why I don't read more of these. But this was a good one.
Remember how I said that it didn't do any of those things that always irritated me, well I guess I lied a bit. You know that thing where one person breaks up with the other because they know/think the other would be better off not having to deal with them? Well, that happens in this book. And it makes me mad. And it also makes what happens at the very end a surprise to me, because I did NOT see it coming. Especially with a second book! I have no idea what is going to happen in book two. How this romance will play out. However, I am on the edge of my seat waiting to find out!