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From India Place is the fourth book in the On Dublin Street series, Since I have such a bad time reviewing romance books, purely because of the fact I have close to nothing to really say, I'm going to keep this review short and sweet with none of the usual structure I seem to have.


This book tells the story of two characters who were previously featured in the stories, Hannah and Marco, Their story was a sad one and I admittedly found myself crying at one stage, I really enjoyed this story and the characters but it did have one of my least favourite tropes in fiction, the characters not communicating.
Apart from that Fall From India Place was a super light and super fast read that I definitely enjoyed, BR with sitelinkAly!!

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It's beenyears since the old Hannah Nichols died, Hannah used to be a happy, sweet, open girl until the night that changed her forever, She is still a nice person but more reserved, more afraid and she doesn't let people get too close, The reason behind her change, Marco D'Alessandro is now back and he wants into her life again, Although she still wants him, he's the only guy she ever wanted, she is afraid to try again with him, What if he hurts her again Maybe Marco isyears too late, . .

I'm gonna do something I rarely do and start with the plot and then move on to the characters, I have to admit that I honestly don't know what to think here, On Dublin Street is one of my favourite three contemporary series and I admit I expected more from Samantha Young, I don't know if it was because of my high expectation but I was really disappointed in the book,



The story was completely unoriginal, There are supposedlygreat secrets in the book, one from Hannah's side and one from Marco's, When there are secrets the reader is supposed to feel some tension, some curiosity to know what they are, In this case though they were painfully obvious, I've read this freakin' story a hundred times already, There was zero originality to be found through the whole book, I wouldn't know the scenario better if I'd written myself,

That being said, I still enjoyed the authors writing style and the book was pleasant enough that I didn't feel any need to drop it because I knew what was about to happen.


And now I move on to the characters, . .

“When we were kids, I was in love with you That never went away, Hannah, ” He rested his forehead against mine, “And now that I know you again, Im even more in love with you, ”

I'll start with Marco because I have less to say about him, Marco the teenager/Young adult is not a great person, He is brooding and quiet, doesn't hang out with the best people society has to offer and has no selfesteem at all, The young Marco makes many mistakes, the worst of which is abandoning Hannah the night he took her virginity because he thinks she deserves better.
But I really can't blame him because he grew up being told he is trash that deserves nothing,

Marco the adult is a very different and much improved model, He has come to believe in himself, he is responsible, he is sweet and nice, He is also very determined to win back the heart of the girl he hurtyears ago, I liked Marco and I easily forgave him what he did to Hannah, I especially liked the fact that although he did keep a secret from her he never tried to lie to her, He told her that he would reveal it to her when he was ready, I can appreciate honesty. Which brings us to our heroine, . .



What the hell happened to Hannah Hannah the girl is great, She is a geek and proud to be one, kind of shy but only in her head, she is funny, loving, sweet and brave.
Her favourite movie is Finding Nemo and she isn't ashamed to own it, You

can't beat shit like that,

Hannah the woman is awful, She has become this closed off, scared person who is at complete odds with who she once was, Yes, bad stuff happened to her but how the hell did she become so, . . well, bitter. I like my heroines brave, not afraid of feelings and indecisive, She says she forgives Marco but never really does and when she finds out about his secret she makes him feel worthless, something that he's fought with his whole life.
I didn't like the older Hannah at all and trying to make her likeable by making a person who does volunteer work and is always available for her family just doesn't work for me.
By the time she gets her head out of her ass it was already too late and I couldn't really invest on her.
I honestly thought that Marco deserved better than trying so hard just to get his face smashed again and again,



My favourite part of the book was catching up with old characters, I admit that I was a little lost by the time I sorted out which kids belonged to each couple but seeing characters you loved still have a nice, happy lifeyears later is precious.
Makes the HEA more tangible. Of course in RL half of them would be divorced or cheating on each otheryears later but that's the good thing with fiction.
It's not real. Edited review:

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Fall from India Place opens with Hannah all grown up, now a young woman of twentytwo, teaching high school English, has a loving family, and good friends.
Her life is good, but there is someone missing in her life that she loves greatly Marco, our hero, and the boy she fell head over heels in love with while in high school, but abandoned her when he abruptly leaves her after taking her virginity, leaving her broken hearted.
Which eventually turns into anger and resentment that has left her with the inability to form any kind of connection or emotional ties with another man.


So, even though its been years since shes seen Marco, he continues to consume her thoughts, Thinking she will never see him again, imagine her surprise when Marco suddenly shows up in her life out of the blue, all grown up, a changed man, still in love with her, and wants her back in his life.
And will do anything to have her back, But Hannah is furious when she finds out hes been back in Scotland for four years and is unsure she will be able to forgive him for the way he left things between them.
But Marco is determined and persistent, Hes a force to be reckoned with as he relentlessly inserts himself back into Hannahs life to gain her love, respect, and trust again.


Ive loved Hannah ever since she was introduced in On Dublin Street, with her book smarts and sassy attitude, I was very intrigued and excited to get her and Marcos story, which started when they were just teenagers, Their story has been building for a while, But the reader never truly knew what was going with them until now, I enjoyed how this story explores Hannah and Marcos past from when they met in high school up until they reunite as adults.
And, while I think this book should've worked for me, since I love second chance at love stories, this one did not,

Marco may have his reasons for leaving, but I was still miffed with the way he left things with Hannah, Although I did like Marco once I got to know the man he had become, He definitely changed from a dark, broody teenager with secrets and became a very sweet and sexy hero that I swooned over,

Unfortunately, I had big problems with Hannah, I didn't really like her, Hannah is understandably very unhappy with Marco, He broke her heart and she felt abandoned by him, She was never the same after he left, She carried around a terrible secret for years, which developed into a huge grudge against Marco a huge ridiculous grudge that made her look very immature, petty, and selfish, especially when Marcos secret is revealed.


At this point, I kept wondering what happen to the Hannah I grew to love in the beginning, This Hannah created a lot of unnecessary drama that couldve been avoided right from the beginning, She became the kind of heroine that would cut and run when the going got tough, And she fought Marco on everything, What it boils down to is that me and Hannah just did not mesh well,

With that said, I cant say that I was entirely on Marcos side either, I never did buy into the halfass explanation from Marco as to why he left five years ago and never got back in touch with Hannah.
I was frustrated. And I wanted a better explanation! But he does own up to what he did and spends a good majority of the book trying to convince Hannah to be with him.
I give him credit where credit is due, he didn't run from Hannah, when I wished he did many times, Im not sure that Hannah really deserved him,

I have mad love for this series, But this book was weak and left me feeling unsatisfied and frustrated, I really liked the writing style and visiting with the couples from the other books, And Hannah and Marco didnt always get on my nerves while reading this story, They had some really sweet and sexy moments that made me smile and laugh, But there were just too many other things Hannah! that kept me from enjoying this book as much as I would have liked.
Samantha Young truly is a talented writer and I still plan to continue to read her On Dublin Street series, Im very much looking forward to Coles book, Hes been a favorite of mine since book two,

Happy Reading!
Paula lt


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