The Year We Fell Down

The Year We Fell Down by Serena Bowen

My rating (out of 5 stars):

3 stars—I liked it.

Description from Goodreads.com:

“She expected to start Harkness College as a varsity ice hockey player. But a serious accident means that Corey Callahan will start school in a wheelchair instead.

Across the hall, in the other handicapped-accessible dorm room, lives the too-delicious-to-be real Adam Hartley, another would-be hockey star with his leg broken in two places. He’s way out of Corey’s league.

Also, he’s taken.

Nevertheless, an unlikely alliance blooms between Corey and Hartley in the “gimp ghetto” of McHerrin Hall. Over tequila, perilously balanced dining hall trays, and video games, the two cope with disappointments that nobody else understands.

They’re just friends, of course, until one night when things fall apart. Or fall together. All Corey knows is that she’s falling. Hard.

But will Hartley set aside his trophy girl to love someone as broken as Corey? If he won’t, she will need to find the courage to make a life for herself at Harkness — one which does not revolve around the sport she can no longer play, or the brown-eyed boy who’s afraid to love her back.”

My Thoughts:

It took too long for the connection to really happen in this book. Hartley had a girlfriend through most of the book...I almost gave up, but powered through and I ended up liking it okay.

The names were a little distracting as I felt like Corey should be the male and Hartley the female and I kept getting confused!