So I am someone who has never really been into audiobooks, I have ADHD and if I am not actively reading words my mind starts to wander and I’ve now missed 3 chapters of the story. But I have recently started to listen to books on my commutes to work. The other side of the book world that I am missing is romance novels. Especially recent ones. I really don’t like books with a lot of smut and if it has some “spice” it needs to serve the story. Also if a book is overtaken with sexy scenes I find my brain tuning out. I have always valued narrative over unnecessary smut scenes.
For all these reasons and more the romance genre has simply never appealed to me. However I decided to give it a shot with my first ever audiobook because if I zoned out I knew I wouldn’t have missed anything, and I would have no problem turning off when I got to work. So let’s review my first ever romance novel, Fall Into You.
https://vocal.media/bookclub/fall-into-you
Overall I think it was good. It wasn’t phenomenal and I’m not going to re-read it or run out and buy a physical copy. But it was good, listenable. It served exactly the purpose I needed it to, on the way to work entertainment. The family dynamics aspect of the story and the relationship between the main characters felt real without being too nauseating. I even found myself saying “aww” out loud. Kinda really want romance books to be my thing, I just don’t think they are. I need a really strong narrative where the love story is secondary.
I think Fall Into You is worth the read if you are someone who is drawn to that genre. It is a personal 3.5/5. As I don’t indulge in the genre very often I can’t really rate it against other romance novels. But the writing style was solid and save for the Gen Z slang, none of the writing was bad.
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