This is a book about learning to find your voice while living in the shadows of a damaged past. I did like the  informative aspect as you do learn cool tidbits about skydiving. However I had major problems with the boyfriend in this book and not in a i love/hate this character. I kind of felt like this book focused on abusive relationships. Both her father and boyfriend acted in some abusive manners and I didnt feel comfortable reading some of it as I felt like it could give actual young adults reading this bad misconceptions of what relationships should be.

Clancy is 16 and spends all her weekends of the summer with her dad at the Drop Zone he runs, but she’s only ever allowed to pack the parachutes and sometimes go on observer rides of the planes. Her father barely allows her to be driven around by her best friend, so skydiving is out of the question. With an overprotective father, and an equally overprotective boyfriend, Clancy is set for a very safe summer. Except she’s tired of being treated like she’s made of glass just because her mom died in an accident when she was six. 

Freefall Summer was in the romance category of both NetGalley and Goodreads, but really, I feel like it’s a novel about finding yourself and becoming independent. Sure, Clancy finds her independence from her boyfriend as well as her father in part by finding a new boyfriend, but I felt like it was only a vector of her growing up. 

Another thing I really liked was that there are a lot of details about the world of skydiving, from the different planes used to specific terminology. I kind of want to read her Whuffo’s Guide to Skydiving for myself. Though some of the details of actual skydiving made me very tense. 

My only criticism is that I didn’t really feel like Clancy got to really tell her dad all that she was feeling. It was implied at the end of the book, but I think I would have enjoyed a more detailed scene. Other than that, the book was pretty good, and even kept me up so I could finish it.

*I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review by Netgalley*
Freefall Summer is pure coming of age YA. The thing is that the main character is supposedly portrayed as a mature person, when let's face it, the first half of the book she was all whiny. Thankfully, the book gets more interesting as it progresses.. 
The thing that attracted me at first was the skydiving plot, so I was delighted when I saw that it delivered. It seriously made me want to try it at least once.

I tried to read this book THREE TIMES. I kept thinking I should like it, and yet I just didn't care enough to get past the 12% mark. I felt like this was a story I've read before.

Great read! Great characters and storyline. Loved this book!!

Interesting story but didn't really connect with the main character.

I liked the cover of Freefall Summer and I will admit that it was the sole reason I requested it from NetGalley. Later, I looked at it on Goodreads and saw that it had below three stars and I panicked a little. Another book that may be hard work to get through. I have to say though that I have no idea why it is rated low on Goodreads because I thought it was great.

It is the story of Clancy who has made it her life goal not to let her dad worry. Her mother passed away when she was six and since then here dad has tightened the reins on Clancy; rather than push against them she has allowed him to wrap her in cotton wool. Things start to come to a head when she starts to have bigger dreams than just living a humdrum life in her little town. She wants adventure, she wants to study in a university far away. More than anything she wants to discuss this with her dad but she still feels like she can’t.

Freefall Summer is a great coming-of-age story about learning to be grown up with your parents and crossing that invisible line of child to adult. It has wonderful family dynamics and a great storyline of breaking the mould that someone has set for you.

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It was interesting to learn more about skydiving. It's a nice book, I think most teens will enjoy it. Personally, it wasn't one of my favorite reads. I couldn't relate to the characters.

This book was...fine.  A fast read, cute story, but filled with forgettable characters and not one of my favorites.