3 1/2 Stars. 
 Falling Into You was one of my favorite reads of 2013. One of the reasons I didn't read this book until now (propelled by wanting to read Falling Under since part of that was from Colt's POV) was because THIS isn't the book I wanted after Falling Into You. My one issue with FIY was that it was 2 love stories and we only got Colton for half the book. Part of his story. He is a supporting character to Nell, and that's OK - it's a great book - but yeah... I loved Colton enough that it pushed that book into favorite status. I wanted more of him. The couple in this book - umm, no. So I held a grudge. 
 All that said I did finally give this one a try even if I had someone impure motives. I did end up liking both Becca and Jason and their love story, but not enough to push me past a 3 1/2 rating. I went with 4 stars just because I DID like the couple so much, but honestly I've thought more about how I would rate this book than the actual story IN the book. Not a good feeling. 
 I'm actually shocked so many people ended up saying they liked this book BETTER than FIY. I reread the last 60% of FIY before this one and with it fresh in my mind - apples and oranges. Colton is an adult. The first 70% of this book is straight up NA. High school and parents play a huge role in Jason & Becca's story. So does pain and tragedy and obstacles and abuse. But even with Wilder's love of pain, it's a GOOD story. 
 And I'm sorry, IMO the best "story" in this series is the one Wilder isn't telling - Colton's backstory. Sure we got told that story, but lived it? No. And I'm bitter. 
 Now none of that is really very fair of me. I'm projecting my issues and that's not cool to this very well written book. But I did have issues with just this book. My biggest issue: Research. Is. A. Writers. Friend. 
 The number of football, college football and NFL football "mistakes" in this book was 27. 
 Yes. I counted. 
 Basically almost every time football came up, it was glaringly obvious that the couple that is Jasinda Wilder is only a casual football fan at best and knows nothing about the game or teams or how these organizations are structured. If you are not a fan of football in any way, shape or form - these problems which damaged the book irrevocably for me won't faze you one little bit. If you are less of a fan than I am, you will notice a few things. If you are an even bigger fan than I am (which, lord help you if you are. I have a CFB PROBLEM.), the very easily rectified mistakes with regards to athletes and teams will drive you as much to distraction as it did me. Seriously, ever one of my issues could have been resolved if the author had done a simple Google search. Little things, but very much enough to take me completely out of the story. 
 My other problem was the timeline. I do read some NA, but not a lot. And the ones where the characters are still in high school - less and less lately. That might be because my own daughter is 16 now and it makes me feel too many rl things - and I don't read for that, I read to escape rl - and that makes me feel squishy. But over half of this book took place when they were still in HS. Then the next 30% or more when they were in college. Skipping months at a time, just hitting the highlights. Even more than the high school aspect was how it seems that Wilder wanted to hit all the powerful moments and just gloss over the rest. I like the rest. I like the simple good times of a couple. I think that defines a story even more than just hitting the hard notes. 
 I'm honestly just not in the mood to even tackle Falling Under at this point, even with the promise of Colton. I'm just kinda 'eh' about Wilder and her "BRING ON THE PAIN" style of storytelling ATM. Also it skips ahead almost 20 years. *shakes head* 
 All of that sounds so terrible, but truly I did love parts of this book. The sexiness and the characters. It is well written, I was just personally a little disappointed. 
 /babbly moody review