Every Fall
By: Angela Douglas
Pub date: January 28, 2025
Publisher: Rising Action
A young couple who is navigating life in a crime-ridden town. East Bernheim is a town Jake works in law enforcement. He has to live within a certain distance to the community he serves. Bree had this place when they met, but now they have a child the need to be in a safer community.
One day crime comes knocking and they HAVE to move to keep their family safe.
A new neighborhood looks promising, but Jack has had a traumatic event and his mood spirals, and Bree is feeling the pressures of being a new mom and having one car. His job is now an hour away.
This novel is very detailed and had my emotions all over the place. I felt for Bree and Jake as life because toxic and this thriller author was new to me. I will be looking for more of her work.
Thank Thriller Book Lovers The Pulse and Rising Action for this gifted e-ARC.

How many people have bought a home in a not great area, hoping the neighborhood will improve? Or that they will earn enough to be able to afford a better neighborhood. In Bree’s case, her place is worth less than she paid for it and her husband, Jake is tied to the area by his job. But when something happens that shakes Bree to the core, they make the decision to rent a house in a slightly better neighborhood. Jake is suffering from the stress of his job and trying to take care of his family. And the new house, well it doesn’t seem like it’s going to give this family a happily ever after ending. Have they moved into a haunted house or is there something very wrong with Bree.
There is a lot going on in this story. Real trauma and many things that made me wonder if this family could survive everything that life threw at them. No spoilers, but it was an eye-opening read about a very stressful job.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Rising Action Publishing for the digital review copy!

Douglas’s 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒍 is a chilling thriller that delves deep into the haunting aftermath of postpartum depression and PTSD, among other psychological struggles.

The lyrical prose and well-developed characters made the dual first-person narratives especially engaging. Even though the paranormal elements felt somewhat out of place, I found myself so drawn in that I couldn't stop reading—and ended up bingeing it straight through to the end.

If things seem too good to be true…then they probably are. How do we truly know if our minds are playing tricks or if we are losing our minds?

This is my first read by Angela Douglas and it will not be my last! With the police procedural style story, sprinkled with mental health struggles and a dash of spooky this is an awesome thriller!

"𝚆𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕."

This was a haunting (pun intended) thriller that hit on a couple heavy themes revolving around mental health, death, and spousal abuse. The book jumped right into the characters and the author wrote them well, giving them tons of development throughout the book without losing sight of the plot like others do.

Jake is a cop in an unsafe area. When the job puts his family in danger, he decides to move with his wife Bree and son to a safer neighborhood. However, that doesn't seem to solve the problems when Bree, pregnant again, starts hearing strange noises in the new house.
This novel deals with the depression and traumas of the characters. In Bree's case, as a mother of two, with no time for more than caring for them. With Jake at his job, the miseries he has to see and the risk he is exposed to every day. Add to that the mystery of the house that seems to have its own ghost. All this together causes serious problems in their personal lives causing mistrust, betrayals and misunderstandings.
With very well depicted characters and a plot that goes from police procedure and postpartum depression to haunted houses, this multifaceted thriller will not leave you indifferent.

New author for me abs I loved her writing style. She knows how to get you right into the character's and story. Love a little haunting going on...went where I didn't see it going which I loved!!
Will definitely look for more books from this author.

Thslanks to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for an early release of this book.

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒈𝒐 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆?

EVERY FALL was a stunning, haunting portrayal of the traumatic effects of being a first responder and the anxiety of being a young mother. When these world collide, the after-effects were sobering.

Bree married Jake not long after meeting him and was expecting their first child almost right away. She's suffering a bit from postpartum changes, and her husband Jake, a cop in one of the worst areas of town, isn't much help because of his long shifts. However, when a crime hits far too close to home, the couple moves to a rental property in a safer neighborhood. Both feel as if they made a good decision--until Bree starts to hear rumors about their house. Those, she can brush off, but when she starts seeing the woman in her house who is very interested in both her and her once-again pregnant belly, she begins to question her sanity.

Meanwhile, Jakes's mental health begins to spiral, and the reader begins to wonder which is worse--the entity inside the home or the personal darkness within both Bree and Jake that threaten not only their relationship but the safety of their two children as well.

I was engrossed in the story right away and really enjoyed how the author showed the mental toll of being a new mother who feels isolated and alone, burdened with the duty of keeping another human being alive. She also brought light to the thousands of daily trauma a first responder like Jake much absorb to keep them compartmentalized and away from his family.

Thank you so much to the author and Thriller Book Lovers: The Pulse for this thrilling early read. At the time this review was written, EVERY FALL is expected to publish January 28, 2025.