A romcom fan and a believer in true love, Ruby challenges cynical Saoirse to try a summer romance with the serious parts left out, just like in the movies. ![]() Enter the scene: Ruby, who might just be the prettiest girl Saoirse’s ever seen. Worse, Dad drops a bombshell: he’s remarrying at the end of the summer. Ever since the breakupocalypse with her ex Hannah, she’s been alone and angry, dealing with the hole left in her family by her sick mother’s absence. She plans to party, get drunk, watch horror movies and forget all her troubles by kissing girls. Seventeen-year-old Saoirse has finished with exams and is facing a long hot summer before uni. Shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards YA Book of the Year Winner of the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Junior Juries' Award Recommended for fans of sapphic romances, coming-of-age stories, and stories that explore the complexity and emotion of family dynamics.From the author of Not My Problem, winner of the Waterstones Prize (Older Readers) If you’re looking for a fun, quick read that’s also poignant and moving, this is the book for you. All in all, this both strives for and succeeds in weaving an additional layer of depth over the stanard rom-com structure. There’s the right balance of romance, humour, and harder hitting content, and each character feels three-dimensional – while this is Saoirse’s coming of age story, her father also shows significant character growth, and both Ruby and Oliver have their moments. The writing is excellent – Ciara Smyth creates a wonderful sense of place, and her pacing is spot on, the story moving quickly but also slowing for some poignant moments. Whether that relationship lasts a week or fifty years is not what makes it special.” “I do believe there’s a right person for you at different times of your life. Some of the book’s strongest moments involve Saoirse’s father or Oliver rather than the Saoirse and Ruby dynamic. Romantic love is important, but this also explores other forms – love between family, between friends, and love and acceptance of one’s self. There’s Saoirse and Ruby – but also Saoirse and her father, Saoirse and Ruby’s cousin Oliver, and Saoirse and her father’s new partner Beth. While this is a love story, there are several key relationships in this book. Two girls embark on a summer of montage-worthy dates (with a few strings attached) in this. She’s also a highly realistic teenager with many relatable struggles and snap reactions. Product details of The Falling in Love Montage (Hardcover). Saoirse is too proud and mistrustful to ask for help, or even admit she needs it – but for all her flaws, her intentions are good, and her growth throughout the book is amazing. Not to mention there’s the huge breakup that has cost her both her girlfriend and her best friend. There’s her future – she’s secured the envy of everyone, a place at Oxford, and she can’t quite bring herself to admit that she isn’t sure she actually wants to go. There’s her father – unbeknown to Saoirse, in a new relationship despite her mother still being alive. There’s her mother – in a care home with early onset dementia, a disease which is often genetic. But when she meets mischievous Ruby, that rule goes right out the window. Seventeen-year-old cynic Saoirse Clarke isn’t looking for a relationship. Saoirse is a highly flawed character – cynical, angsty, and prone to verbally lashing out – but she’s also deeply caring, and trying to navigate the complexity of the teenage-to-adult transition with a lot on her plate. Two girls embark on a summer of montage-worthy dates (with a few strings attached) in this hilarious and heartfelt lesbian rom-com that’s perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han. Its the perfect plan aside from one tiny flaw: at the end of the falling in love montage, the characters always fall in love. She has a loophole: for the next few months, they do all the swoon-worthy activities from her favourite rom-coms, then at the end they break up and never see each other again. Enter Ruby – a rom-com obsessed girl only visiting Ireland for the summer. ![]() The last thing Saoirse is looking for is a new relationship – no point in starting one if its doomed to end. If they were real, Saoirse wouldn’t be at risk of inheriting the very condition that’s confined her mum to a care home in her fifties. If they were real, her mother would still be able to remember her name. If they were real, she and her ex-girlfriend would still be together. Saoirse doesn’t believe in happy endings. It balances the saccharine sweetness perfectly with hard-hitting character development, producing a novel that’s both entertaining and moving. ![]() ‘The Falling in Love Montage’ is a cute sapphic romance, but also a moving coming-of-age story that deals with grief, family, and making the most of the time you have.
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