Review: Fallen Crest High by Tijan

Fallen Crest High
Tijan
Series: Fallen Crest High #1
Publication date: October 31st 2012
Rating: ★★★★★

Goodreads - Amazon

Mason and Logan Kade are two brothers who did their own thing. They were rich and expected to attend her school, Fallen Crest Academy. They chose public school and now Samantha has to live with them. The problem is that she doesn't care at all: about them, about her friends, about her cheating boyfriend, or even about her parent's divorce. But maybe that's a good thing. Maybe change is a good thing.

This is probably one of the most underrated books I've read in a while.

The summary absolutely does not do justice to how freaking amazing Fallen Crest High is. I have to say I wasn't expecting much when I saw it on my Amazon recommendation list, but I was still intrigued enough to buy it and give it a chance. And oh. My. God.

Fallen Crest High is edgy, dark, and so messed up that you won't even know which side is up when you're done. It'll hook you from beginning until end, and it'll leave you wanting to know more about the lives of the Kade brothers and Samantha.

Logan and Mason live like they're the kings of their own world, which I guess it kind of makes sense. They are gorgeous, rich, the stars to their public school's football team, and they can get any girl they want. But they're also known by their bad temper, the fights they get into, and their general attitude as complete and utter jerks.

Sam meets them after her mother cheats on her father and moves them in with Logan and Mason's dad. But just because they're no step-siblings and live under the same roof, it doesn't mean they acknowledge each other, that is until one of the brothers takes an interest in Sam after seeing how utterly detached from her life and everything that happens in it she is.

What comes after is a story filled with fist fights, casual sex, lots of drinking, even more cheating, and one of the most dysfunctional family dynamics you'll ever have the pleasure of reading about. Every single character in this book is messed up in some way, and they do equal messed up things. The adults are actually more screwed up than all of the teenagers put together, if I'm being honest.

Fallen Crest High was just so freaking good that when I was done all I wanted was to have more of it. Forever. The author did such a wonderful job in developing the characters and their individual stories that when it all came together in the plot just made me want to roll around on the floor and sigh in contentment. It became, hands down, one of my favorite books ever.

---

Fallen Crest High has a sequel coming, and its name is...

Fallen Crest Public.

You can read the first four chapters of the story right here.