Slick's review posted on Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 I don't know what it says about me that I can't seem to stay away from M/M romances that atruegemawardabsolutely wreck me. Don't get me wrong, the books that do that are some of my favorites and even though I know going in the story is going to make me cry, I also know that it is going to be a story I can't put down, one I will think about long after I've finished it, and one I want to tell everyone about. Falling by Barbara Elsborg is masterful story of two men who find each other when they least expect something good to happen in their lives. These are men who have been through some pretty big ordeals; they have both suffered, they have both been let down by people who cared about them, and they both are trying to just make it through each day. Heart wrenching and desperate yet at times witty and hopeful I was hooked from the minute I started reading and days later I am still thinking about these two men and their journey. 
 Imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, Harper is out after ten years and trying to figure out how to live again. Tasked with getting his family home repaired and ready to sell he finds every task almost too much to handle until he meets Malachi, a younger men he took notice of the day he was released. 
 Malachi is still trying to gain his footing after leaving a long term relationship with a very controlling man who completely upended his life. Meeting Harper he knows the man has some issues but he also can't help the lust he feels or the fact that he wants to know him better. 
 These two men have a whole lot of baggage and because of that they both have trust issues as well. The intense lust they feel for one another is obvious from the first time they speak and so it wasn't surprising that given their histories they feel into a physical relationship quite quickly, but what was surprising was how fast they came to need each other in their lives. I was amazed at how well they adapted to having each other around, the fact that they both gave unconditionally, and that they built a level of trust almost immediately. That's not to say that at times paranoia didn't set it, but when it came down to it they had each other's backs. 
 I felt for Harper and his situation and the fact that his life would forever be in turmoil because of a crime he had not committed. I admire Malachi's bravery for wanting to help clear Harper's name even when he bargained his freedom for Harper's because he wanted Harper to have everything he ever wanted even if it meant they couldn't be together. I wanted to hate Malachi's ex, Conrad, but as the story unfolded it became apparent that there was way more to this complex man the meets the eye and in the end he actually did have a heart. 
 In true Elsborg fashion Harper and Malachi went through hell but in doing so they got stronger, they accepted help, they learned to laugh again, they gave each other a safe place to land, and most of all they learned what it meant to fully love. Falling is a beautifully written story, but it isn't for everyone; it isn't pretty, it isn't always happy, but it will make you think and feel and in the end it will leave you with a sense of hope that there sometimes the good guys really do win. 
 Review copy provided for an honest review.