Will continue next month, it's just gonna give me anxiety if I leave it on CR until then... 

Since starting this book, I found out more about it and I'm intrigued/motivated to push through some of my confusion early in the book to see how the author handles these ideas. But, I've been on the verge of a slump for half a month now and I just need something that is fast paced and easy to process. I'll probably try reading this one again in the future.

Is there such a thing as too sweet?😅 
I know I won't give this book more than 3 stars so I might as well stop reading now.

I'm just not vibing with the way the author is choosing to narrate the story. I feel like some major parts of plot and characters' internal thoughts got left out in service of starting the story as soon as possible. It left me questioning how the characters got to the current place in the story since a lot of reasons behind why they chose to do certain things get glossed over or not even explained. Also, there were numerous times when I cringed at some of the dialogue in here, and I have a pretty high tolerance, so that brought my enjoyment down a lot.

I just lost interest in this over time. I picked it up for the r/fantasy bingo and the completionist in me kept making me pick it up every few months, but it was just giving me so much anxiety lately when I’d see it on my currently reading list for months now so I'm finally giving up. 

Falling Off The Cliff is a debut romance novel by Kanitha P. centered around Formula 1 driver Thiago and cafe owner Kamari.
This book was all over my feed for a few weeks before its release. From Instagram to Twitter(X), every romance bookish creator was sharing posts about it and promoting it, so I was very intrigued considering that it had most of the tropes I like.
💗 formula 1 romance
💗 fake dating
💗 reverse grumpy/sunshine
💗 slow burn
💗 one bed

Sadly though, this book just didn’t work for me. I read up to 22% of this book before deciding to put it down. One of my goals for this year is to DNF books that I’m feeling no intrigue to keep reading since it’s probably gonna end up as a 3-star anyway even if the ending managed to pull it out in the end.

So let's talk about what didn’t work for me. I needed more background on FMC and her friend group. I think more details about her ex and how she got to Monaco with her friends before meeting Thiago were needed for me to be more connected to FMC. Her ex-boyfriend was mentioned only once before his appearance a couple of chapters in, but I felt nothing in that scene because it wasn’t like the author showed any signs of that breakup making a lasting impact to feel anything in that scene when he begs her back.

I love the fake dating trope, even though it’s not the most realistic since it’s hard to make the situation work for both sides of the relationship. In this book, I felt like Kamari had absolutely no reason to fake this relationship. And that was probably the biggest gripe with this book and why I DNFed. I just couldn't find a logical explanation as to why she would put herself through this public relationship when she gains nothing from it.
She was incredibly rude to him and acted like he was forcing her to fake date him even though she was the one who agreed to it willingly. It just kept rubbing me the wrong way and kind of started to get on my nerves, despite knowing that she was supposed to be the grump. It just felt like she was particularly acting grumpy to him rather than acting like that all the time.

I also found the dialogue repetitive in some parts. There were certain phrases or patterns repeated in their conversations that kept pulling me out of the story. But that is all to be expected in a debut book and nothing that isn't fixable with more editing. It just kept bothering me since I was already frustrated with the character's actions that didn’t make sense to me.

I would still recommend this book if you like the tropes listed above and don’t usually notice the writing style and its quirks. 

I found this book so formulaic. I read the previous book recently and this one hits the same beats as previous one but with a more Christmas theme. It introduced all characters like you never read any of the previous books. It's just so frustrating when you read them close together because the 20% I read was almost a copy-pase from the first 20% of the previous book. The character even has the exact same scene of going through town in her car where she meets characters along the way with introductions and recaps.
For now, I'll be pausing this series at least until I forget some so that I might enjoy it.