Even If the Sky Falls

Even If the Sky Falls is about two teens who meet in New Orleans and for the course of one night, they won’t share anything personal about them—no baggage at all—not even their real names.

I was intrigued by the beginning of the story and how Julie escapes the missionary trip and ends up in Mardi Gras. When she met Miles, I was definitely liking him and his smile. I don’t know why but his smile in my head was perfect. From then on, it kind of took a downhill for me in terms of the characters plus the going back-and-forth between chapters.

I had problems with the characters because even though this story spans over one night, there wasn’t much depth to the characters so I couldn’t feel any form of connection towards them. I was show more actually expecting the connection to happen because my thought was, “It’s one night so the character’s lives will go into a lot of detail and a lot of depth.” Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case, which led me to struggle with liking the characters and enjoying the story.

As I said, this story goes back-and-forth between chapters, meaning flashing back to the past and then back to the present but there’s no indicator in the chapters title to let you know when it’s talking about the present or the past. I had to guess a few times and this also led me to struggle with it.

What I did like was the vivid description the author gave of New Orleans. I could picture myself being there, listening to the noise, enjoying the view of the festivity. At times, it got to be too much and that’s why it took me a while to finish this story.

Overall, this one had the potential to be exponentially great, but the lack of depth of the characters and the story took away from my enjoyment. Still, if you’re in the mood for a New Orleans story, then I recommend this one for you.
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