The Fall Risk

Short and oh-so-sweet!

The Fall Risk is a short story (a mere 82 pages long) that centres around Seth and his neighbour Charlotte stuck on their second story apartment building for three days when the outer stairs are demolished earlier than planned. 

This is a super cute read but you're gonna want to put your logical cap aside. I still can't visualize how the stairs to this apartment fiasco looked, but I did enjoy this brief RomCom that has a couple of popular tropes (forced proximity, Insta-Love - which was sweet and works!), funny banter and secondary characters in Gabe and Izzy who almost steal the show.

Jimenez provides a trigger warning up front (for those who prefer to read them - I didn't) and I appreciate how she addresses, if briefly, the scary issue that impacts Charlotte's life. 

I finished this short book with a smile on my face and a desire to get a fish just so I can name him Swim Shady.

Disclaimer: I received this digital book free of charge as part of the Amazon First Reads program in exchange for my honest review.

My Rating: 4 stars

Author: Abby Jimenez

Genre: Romance, Short Story

Type and Source: ebook from Amazon First Reads program

Publisher: Amazon Original Stories

First Published: March 1, 2025

Read: Feb 6, 2025

Book Description from GoodReads: Two good neighbors make the best of a bad Valentine’s Day in a funny and improbably romantic short story by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer.

It’s Valentine’s Day weekend, and Charlotte and Seth are not looking for romance. Armed with emotional-support bear spray, Charlotte is in self-imposed isolation and on guard from men. Having a stalker can do that to a person’s nerves. Just across the hall and giving off woodsy vibes is Seth, a recently divorced arborist. As in today recently. Heights, he’s fine with. Trust? Not so much. But when disaster traps them one flight up and no way down, an outrageously precarious predicament forces a tree-loving guy and a rattled girl next door to embrace their captivity. Soon their defenses are breaking away. Considering how close they both are to the edge, Charlotte and Seth could be in danger of falling—in love.