REVIEW: One Last Song by S.K. Falls

One Last Song by S.K. Falls: Saylor enjoys being sick. She loves to research how she can make herself sick without any obvious signs that she caused her own illness. Partly, she’s fascinated by the human body and the power of illnesses and diseases. On the other hand, she craves the attention of her mom and medical personnel as they try to figure out her latest illness. Her mom largely ignores her to work on her dollhouses while her dad is nearly always traveling.

That was what life should’ve been: someone waiting to hear from you, someone willing to come to your aid because they knew you were in need. Attention shouldn’t have been such an expensive commodity.

Drew is a talented musician who just happens to have a degenerative disorder. Drew is smart, charming, understanding, vulnerable, and so determined. He’s determined to be independent for as long as possible.

Saylor’s life irrevocably changes when she joins a support group while volunteering at a hospital. She learns valuable lessons along the way as she begins to form attachments to the members of the group. Saylor is particularly drawn to Drew. There is so much she would give just to be in his place. For the first time, she’s attracted to someone and she re-evaluates her life as she is drawn deeper into Drew’s world. Drew and Saylor are connected and being with Drew reaches Saylor more deeply than she thought possible.

Drew hung his head a moment, soft curls begging to be touched. But I restrained myself. When he looked back at me, he was smiling a little. “Those few hours on Tuesday? That’s the best time I’ve had in… as far back as I can remember. The only other thing that comes close is when I’m making music. I didn’t tell anyone about it because-well, I was respecting your need to not label it a date, for one. I figured you probably didn’t want everyone else to know.” I nodded; he was right. “But it was also just something I wanted for myself. I mean, I don’t even know if that makes sense. But it’s one of those things that you dilute when you talk about, you know? It makes it…”

When he trailed off, I finished for him. “Less special than it really was.” I knew exactly what he was talking about. I’d held it in my head, in my hands, examining each conversation we’d had like a kid with a secret treasure.

Ms. Falls created rich, dynamic, and flawed characters. One Last Song is an emotional, moving story about broken people waking up and trying to find a path forward after hitting rock bottom.

S.K. Falls created a world of pain and secrets, that once revealed, allow for new doors to open.

Book Info:

Published January 13th 2015 by Forever Yours

I was seven when I swallowed my first needle.

My mom freaked out and rushed me to the emergency room.

She stayed by my side all night.

I never wanted it to end.

When you spend your whole life feeling invisible-when your parents care more about deals and deadlines than they do about you-you find ways of making people take notice. Little things at first. Then bigger. It’s scary how fast it grows. Then one day something happens that makes you want to stop. To get better. To be better. And for the first time, you understand what it’s like to feel whole, happy . . . loved. For the first time, you love someone back.

For me, that someone was Drew.

Previously published as IPPY award-winning novel, Secret for a Song.