This story was full of southern charm and interesting characters. While the story mainly follows two women who become unlikely friends, the cast of characters includes dependable friends and family members with complicated relationships. An enjoyable read, my first by Kristy Woodson Harvey, but definitely not my last. Thank you to NetGalley and the author for the advance reader copy, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

I’ve said it before, but it is so true - Kristy Woodson Harvey’s writing continues to evolve with each and every novel she puts out. Feels Like Falling will have readers wishing they were at the coast right there with Gray, Diana and crew..

Feels Like Falling examines the dynamics of two individuals from very different backgrounds. Diana from a less fortunate history and Gray who has worked hard to build her empire. Thrown together by an unfortunate situation, they find they bring out the best in each other. Then throw in some good old fashioned love stories for each of them and what Kristy Woodson Harvey ends up with is a fantastic, sure to be a hit beach read for 2020.

Put this on your TBR now, go pre-order it - I promise you, you will not regret it!

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC. Kristy Woodson Harvey has written a wonderful story about friendship. The unlikely friendship between Gray and Diana is one we all wish we had. I loved the way both women helped each other to grow and learn more about themselves while helping each other. All of the friends in this story are people we’d all like to be surrounded by. I laughed and cried while reading this story!

Gray, 34 is in the midst of divorce and struggling with what is next for her. She wants to protect her son Wagner and the multi-million dollar business that she built from the ground up. She meets Diana, who is recently unemployed and homeless. What follows is an unlikely friendship between to two as they get back on their feet and redefine themselves. At the same time they both find love in unexpected places.

Kristy Woodson Harvey writes a coastal setting brilliantly. It evokes summer in the best ways. The unlikely friendship between Gray and Diana is well-written. While they are not that far apart in age, Diana almost takes on a surrogate mother role to Gray. Their friendship is one that becomes family as they both learn to be strong and resilient. Excellent southern fiction. Put it on your list for the beach this summer.

Spent my Friday night reading!
Loved this book, Loved Gray, Loved Diana! Loved the story. Her books are so wonderful and the characters are people I would love to have in my life. Wasn't ready for it to end. Can't wait to read her next book!
As a Librarian and a voracious reader, I read all genres and so many authors. But this voice, this author, is amazing. Her characters are real, their situations are real, you root for them, you cry with them, you celebrate with them.
Congratulations on a wonderful book! I can't wait to share this book with our library patrons!

was delighted to get an advanced review copy of Kristy’s new book which is now available for pre-order at Amazon. I’ve been a fan of her stories ever since I read her first book Dear Carolina for review. She has a way of bringing interesting and very flawed characters together to make a story that has great contrasts of emotional and dramatic highs and lows.

Gray and Diana are wonderful, strong characters and they are as distinct on paper as they are in life. Even if the reader was not alerted to the POV change by breaks titled with the character’s name, there is never a doubt as to whose section one is reading. The narrative style flawlessly changes to match the character who is on stage at the moment, something Kristy has done well in each of her books.

One of the things that I especially appreciate about Kristy’s work – and it is very evident in Feels Like Falling – are the tidbits of wisdom that are dropped throughout. Early on in the book we get a glimpse of her mother’s wisdom as Gray recalls hearing her mother talking to a friend about living on after losing a child. Gray had a brother who died some years past, but the friend’s loss is fresh. Gray’s mother tells her friend, “… that every day when she wakes up she should get up and get out of the bed. And do something that the child didn’t get to do. Some days you won’t want to, but while you’re here you have to make the choice to live.”

Further along the story, when Diana is considering all the ramifications of love and trust and the way her life has been battered by those who could never love her enough to stay, she thinks about how much easier it is to just run away from the possibility of love before that person can run away from you. How true that is for people like her who was abandoned by her mother and bounced from foster home to foster home, then left by a series of boyfriends.

The book will release just in time for thinking about what you might want to have on hand for summer reading, and I highly recommend you put Feels Like Falling high on your list.

I was able to read this book thanks to NetGalley. This is my first by this author and I was not disappointed; I will be collecting and reading them all.
Gray is off to a very bad start to her summer when her husband leaves her and her mother passes. She accidentally gets a young woman named Diana fires from her job and then offers her a place to live. These two characters are amazing and you connect with them immediately. They are complete opposites but find a friendship that helps save them both. I absolutely loved this book. I will be recommending to all of my books clubs as well as to my family and friends. Thanks again to NetGalley!

I really love all of Kristy Woodson Havey's novels. It was going to be hard to follow the Peachtree Bluff series, but Feels Like Falling measured up. She does a great job with her characters. I love all of them. This is a great, easy read. I'm looking forward to her next story. Thank you to Netgalley for letting me read an early copy.

Another winner from Kristy Woodson Harvey! I love her and I've read almost all her books. Her characters feel like friends you'd love to meet. It's a great story of friendship and I highly recommend it.

Thanks to NetGalley and Gallery Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Feels Like Falling is women’s fiction at its best. It is a story about the depth of friendship women feel for those special friends old and new. And it’s a story of new beginnings and second chances. Told in alternating points of view the author contrasts the stable upbringing Gray had with the chaos of Diana’s childhood, and how each is coping with life as it currently is. Gray is in the middle of a divorce fighting her soon to be ex for the company she founded when she was 20. Fired from her job after her gambler ex took her savings, Diana has been living in her car when Gray brings her to her home. Regardless of the past it soon becomes apparent to the reader that what each woman really seeks is validation of her most inner self. The journey to fulfillment is well worth the readers time. This is a wonderful story. I voluntarily reviewed an advance copy of this book from NetGalley. Highly recommend.

I can’t say enough good things about this book. It is about love, family, friends, and second chances. You may not get what you want , but you get what you need. It made me smile to read every page.
Many thanks to Gallery Pocket Books and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

This was my first KRisty Wolfson Harvey novel and I believe I might be hooked. I fell in love with the characters and how much they cared about one another. Her writing reminds me of Dorothea Benton Frank's.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. I read 2/3rds of this book and just could not get into it.

Kristy Harvey doesn’t disappoint. I really enjoy the way she brings the characters in her books to life.
Thanks for the advanced copy from netgalley and the publisher.

Kristy Woodson Harvey has become my favorite author, with her series Peachtree Bluff series she won me over and there is no looking back. Her characters are so well written they become dear friends. These books move along so fast my only complaint is before you know it you hit the last page. I’ve purchased her books for family and friends. Pick one up for yourself you won’t be sorry. I wish I could leave more than 5 stars

Once again, Kristy Woodson Harvey has written a book that tugs at your heartstrings and keeps you rooting for the underdog. I love her style of writing, and FEELS LIKE FALLING didn’t disappoint. A wonderful book.

Feels Like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey brings to mind the novels of Elin Hilderbrand and Ashley Farley...novels that put you right on the beach with the characters, feeling the sand under your feet and the breeze in your hair. Although Gray Howard is having a rough time...she's recently lost her mother and her sister has gone off with her crazy religious husband, she never expected to accidentally get a woman fired from her pharmacy job. When Diana, the fired woman shows up at her door, she takes her in and her life changes in ways she never expected.

A wonderful, unexpected story from a delightful new author...I believe this is her second novel and both have been wonderful! Enjoy!

Feels Like Falling – Kristy Woodson Harvey

Loved this book. I always love strong women and a great southern setting. Kristy Woodson Harvey delivers again. You have two strong women from completely different backgrounds both facing lifes obstacles head on. One is divorced with a son facing starting over when the fairy tale comes crashing down. The other one is fired with no prospects, no home and a history of getting involved with the wrong men. These two don’t have any thing in common but they become friends and bring out the best in each other. Once you start reading you will not want to but it down. When you first look at the characters you may not like them but as you start seeing them develop on the page you feel like you could know them and want them to be your friend.

I received a copy from Net Galley to read for an honest review. I felt blessed because I have read several of Kristy Woodson Harvey’s books and loved them.

"Feels Like Falling" is probably one of my favorite reads this year! I've recently grown to enjoy the Southern fiction genre (who wouldn't love the beach and coastal Southern settings??), and this one did not disappoint, leaving me wanting to dig into the rest of Kristy Woodson Harvey's books (which are sitting in my TBR pile at home). "Feels Like Falling" centers around the relationship between two women, Gray and Diana. Gray is a very successful, and wealthy, business owner, who is divorcing after her husband became involved with, and engaged to, the woman that Gray hired as his assistant. In addition to trying to figure out how to parent her young son with her soon-to-be ex, and the loss of her marriage, Gray is also still trying to recover from the recent death of her mother, and the loss of her sister to her overly zealous religious husband. Diana has recently just left another bad relationship and is currently living in her car. She hops from one bad relationship to another after losing the person she thought she was meant to be with after high school, after his mother did not approve of the relationship (she moved from one foster care family to another growing up after her mother up and left her and her siblings). When Gray thinks she got Diana fired from the drugstore she was working at, she offers a housekeeping job, and her guesthouse, to Diana, and the women quickly form not only a friendship, but a sense of family with one another, as Gray discovers what she wants in life isn't necessarily what she had initially envisioned, and Diana deals with the love of her life returning to the picture to find her.

Both Gray and Diana, are well-developed characters, and you feel as if you know and can relate to them. I loved watching them as they both discover the magic of having unexpected people come into your life, and the difference that they can make. The supporting characters were likable as well, and combined with Gray and Diana to create a well-rounded cast and story. The idea of family not just being those we are related to, but those friends who are there to support us and lift us up, is a powerful one throughout the book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Gallery and Pocket Books for providing me with an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. "Feels Like Falling" is set to come out in April of 2020.

A fast flowing story about friendship with people who have vastly different lives and second chances. Quite an interesting read.