This one didn't work as an audiobook for me. I found it very difficult to keep track of so many characters introduced so quickly. Perhaps reading the physical book would have helped.

I listened to this book, which I think led to probably not enjoying it as much as I might have. There is so much thrown at you at the beginning of the book. So many characters to keep track of. It was really hard to get engaged in the story with trying to figure out who is who and all that was going on. The narrator did a good job telling the story.

I received an advanced copy of this e-audiobook from the publisher for an honest review. This audiobook is well read and well written. The characters are described well. This audiobook has a slow start. This audiobook has good LGBTQIA representation within it. This audiobook is set in Sacramento, California. This thriller is every twist and turns, a really good thriller needs. I would recommend listening to this audiobook for 18+ audience. This audiobook is in stores for $24.99 (USD).

This was such a fast paced edge of your seat murder mystery/ thriller with lots of twists and turns. The narrator did an amazing job reading adding suspense and tone and pitch when needed which really added to the listening experience

All That Fall by Kris Calvin had great promise. The blurb sounded so good, the narrator (Caitlin Davis) is top-notch, but I couldn't get into the book. I have tried for almost a year to get pulled into the story, but it's been a struggle. I apologize to #NetGalley and #Dreamscape Media for being so slow, but the book just was a miss for me.

Although the narrator was amazing, this story just did not work for me. I really wanted to connect with it, but unfortunately it just didn’t work for me. I’m not sure if I’m not the intended audience or if I just wasn’t in the mood for it, but I did not enjoy this. I thought it had a great premise and the plot had so much potential.

I wanted to like this book based on the premise, but it fell flat for me. For what felt like a very slow beginning, there was too much going on plotwise, and I couldn't find myself really caring about any of our main characters. The narrator was mostly very good, but I think the accents she did took away from the story more than they added to it.

I have never read any books by this author, but after reading All That Fall, I will eagerly be waiting for Kris Calvin's next book. This thriller is well-written with likable characters laced in an intriguing plot. While I read it, I kept thinking that the book would make a great movie or television series. Hope we see more of these characters in her upcoming books.

A good thriller! It left me wanting to know what happens but I had a hard time getting into it at first since it was a bit slow

I was upset that I wasn't able to finish this book. From the description, I had such high hopes going into this one. But by the middle of the book, I just felt like it felt short.

The circumstances surrounding the start of this book seem a bit odd: a young woman hears someone shoot her brother in an isolated location, then sees a man leaving the area. We think this might be the focus of the novel, but no, another twist sends us to a young state ethics investigator (Emma) who is also a partner in a new daycare. And, she's recently broken up with a police detective. And, that detective's former partner is investigating a series of attacks on young people of color by a presumed white supremacist. Somehow all of these seemingly unrelated things weave together into a plot involving the kidnapping of a governor's granddaughter that never lets you rest!

While I found the main character of Emma to be a bit too naive for her position, I really was intrigued by some of the other characters--Alibi (yes, that's his name!) the police investigator, the teenage son of the daycare partner (both Irish), as well as some of the "bad guys." In fact, I'd love to see a series develop with Alibi as the main protagonist. I could see all sorts of plots centered around him.

I highly recommend this book! Very well written and with good narration. Hope there's a sequel!

“All that Fall” by Kris Calvin. One of my favorites this year.

It’s a fast paced thriller that takes you a close journey with the detectives who try to figure out the mystery behind a death, a kidnapping and a shootout at a preschool.

All That Fall by Kris Calvin was a very fast-paced, crime thriller, The first half of the book seems like it is just introducing the characters, and to be honest, I had a hard time keeping track of them all. The second half is when the plot finally takes off.

Emma Lawson decides to take a day off work to help her best friend with the opening of her new daycare. Everything is going fine until one of the children gets kidnapped and Emma’s son goes missing. Now relying on her son to give her clues about where they are being held, Emma uses the skills from her job as a politician to piece together what is going on. .I did listen to the audiobook narrated by Caitlin Davies and really enjoyed her narration. However, there were so many names to keep track of that it took away from the story a bit for me. .

I'll start with the positive: there were a few things I liked about this book, and I did find the ending to be pretty satisfactory. That being said, I didn't really enjoy it. I found the writing to be quite amateurish, and the plot to be full of holes. I also feel like the title makes no sense. Which is not the most important thing in the world, but still kind of annoying. There were a few outright errors I caught in the text as well, one of which I attributed to the author, and one to the narrator.

This was not the book for me. While I thought it sounded interesting, I ended up missing so much and being confused for a good portion of this book. I relistened to much of it trying to see what I was missing but I never caught up. I’m not sure what turned me off of this but it did not hold my attention for long at all. I don’t usually listen or read investigative crime thrillers as I saw others mention and will have to remember that it’s not my cup of tea in the future.

I shelved this audio. I found After the Fall to be disjointed. I tried and had 7 hours left. I couldn’t get into it. I read a review on goodreads and I think the reviewer gave the ending away. This audio was no worth and investment to finish it.

I am glad that I listed to the audiobook. The narrarator did an excellent job. This is a fast paced thriller that would have benefited with less POV's. At times the plot became confusing with so many perspectives

All That Fall by Kris Calvin was a very fast paced, investigative crime thriller, which isn't typically my favorite type of thriller and my rating is affected by that. After reading the description I thought it would be right up my alley despite the genre, but it didn't actually get into the main plot until nearly halfway through the book. I did listen to the audiobook narrated by Caitlin Davies and really enjoyed her narration so I would listen to others narrated by her. However, there was so many names to keep track of that it took away from the story a bit for me. I think a bit too much time was spent setting up the world in which this occurs because I was bored for the first part of the book. I did think the story tied together nicely at the end and think this was a pretty good first installment in Kris Calvin's newest series but I'm not sure I'll be reading the rest because of my dislike for investigative crime thrillers. I don't like being tied down in the minute details of an investigation so this isn't my cup of tea. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for advanced access to this title.

All That Fall is a complex book that unfortunately doesn't quite reach its potential. First, take note that although the synopsis identifies the main plot as the kidnapping of a high-profile young girl, this doesn't actually happen until almost halfway through the book. The first half suffers from too much world building, showing Emma Lawson, helping her friend Kate Doyle open a preschool while hobnobbing with government officials, and Alibi, a detective, trying to figure out why Emma's ex Tommy, another cop, died shortly after the murder of another teen, AND for some reason a guy Emma jilted in high school has suddenly returned, throwing Emma in a tailspin of regret over her past actions. *Whew!* And all of that is just within a twelve hour period.

Although Emma is supposed to be a lead government ethics investigator, we never actually see her investigating any government ethics (or, if we did, I missed it, but don't worry, it's apparently only important to know that her job puts her in close contact with the Governor and other government officials), although this would actually make for some interesting scenes if we saw more of her actual investigations. Her character feels inconsistent at times. One minute she's terrified, and in the next she's fearlessly fighting for her life. Kate's son, Luke, seems to expect Emma to "burst in with guns blazing" to rescue him, even though Kate barely knows how to use a gun. Emma spends more time grieving over the way she treated Dylan back in High School than she does over her ex's death, while Alibi can't seem to stop pining over the guy.

Alibi, meanwhile, engages in some decent investigative work, but aside from gathering evidence for trial AFTER Emma frees Luke and the girl, the cops seem useless at actually stopping the bad guys (maybe this is an intentional commentary on the police? I doubt it, because then why make a cop one of the POV characters?). They don't even seem to be in a hurry to find the girl or the kidnappers, instead spending most of their time trying to follow leads from Tommy's death, and although a junior cop (cleverly named Jackie O) is always following Alibii around, somehow she disappears altogether in the final act.

Too many POV characters add unnecessary complexity to the storyline. We only see Dylan's POV twice, making him a creepy, manipulative character who is obsessed with winning Emma for himself, but inexplicably by the end he comes off as a nice guy who Emma saved. His role seems contrived, existing only to force Emma into being at the right place at the right time. We also get the POV of the main villain in the second half of the book, which unfortunately serves to give us the answers to all the book's mysteries in one lump sum; once the reader knows who killed Tommy and why, we spend the rest of the book waiting for Alibi to catch up. And then there's Luke, who has a strong Irish accent, which apparently must have been the case for the bad guy he replaced (named Kelly), which again feels contrived at best since Washington DC isn't exactly the Irish hotbed of the country. Later on, with only moments to spare before he's discovered, Luke somehow writes a complex page-long text message to Emma complete with coded clues, which gets repeated over and over again without fully explaining their meaning. Finally, we have the girl, Vivian, who is able to wipe herself, have complex conversations, and understand the complexities of why her nanny told her to carry around her backpack, making her extremely precocious at the age of three.

The characters are somewhat diverse, but the audiobook made it a bit difficult to appreciate all of them. Although the narrator made it easy to tell which character was speaking, Jackie O's tone was so flat it was grating, while for some reason Carlos was always whispering and therefore difficult to understand. Most of the mysteries, like who is The Gambler and how does he tie into all of this, do come together by the end, and there is a lot of action and some good, tense scenes. Many thanks to Netgalley and Crooked Lane Books for the opportunity to review this ARC.

This book was at a faster pace than i like. I didn't like this book so much. I'm not into political mysteries and this book just screamed POLITICAL to me.