This story is a really lovely tale about coming of age and overcoming challenging adversity. Whether it be complications in family relationships, struggles with university, navigating relationships, or simply the protagonist learning to understand themselves better, QuietValerie's writing makes these well trodden themes feel fresh.

Her fair and compassionate portrayal of LGBT+ characters and problems is excellent and a much needed injection of perspective into fiction. This story is written better than many published novels, and it's free. So read it!

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Trashlyn

Status: Up to current (past scribblehub)

Jul 26, 2019

Best entry story to QuietValerie's expansive Kammiverse. Falling over superbly balances slice of life, superpower shenanigans, queer romance, comedy, drama and conflict.

While this is not QuietValerie's first story set in her Kammiverse setting, as it is so far a stand alone story, it is a great way to start reading the series before moving into the other larger interconnected stories in the setting. 5 Stars!

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Lunafoxfire

Status: c14

Jul 27, 2019

Falling over, Will literally make you fall in love, no seriously this whole story is incredible,

I think Valerie have one thing she is incredible at.... and that is world and character building, she always suceed to make he4 character alive, adorable and lovely. For fox sake, there not obe time I did not see Valerie make a great chapter in one of her story.

This story is incredible, and you will fall for it, I mean all the cute and lovely scene will make all romantic heart melt.

Give it a try, you have nothing to lose others then second

And you may found new warm feeling to discover or understand something deeper withing you!

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Romythered

Status: up to current

Jul 27, 2019

Val is a great writer, with an expansive universe and incredible creativity. Falling Over is yet another incredible entry in her Kammiverse series, and in general, her body of work.

If you want cute, feel-good gender stuff content and wlw romance, this is a great place for it!

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Ookawa

Status: up to current

Aug 15, 2019

This story is absolutely cute and heartbreaking at the same time. It highlights issues many queer people have with their families.

At the same time Elsie and Maddy are super cute and dorky. You can't help but cheer for them!

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sofiwrites

Status: done! 3 times now!

Sep 14, 2020

Falling over is Valerie's finest work. She is an excellent author, and I've loved reading everything that she's written, but Falling Over stands above all the rest. The characters are amazing, the pacing of the story is great, and the conflict is believable. This is truly a story that a person can immerse themselves in, and fell like they're part of what's going on.

So, 10/10 and five stars. Bravo.

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Jeeperg

Status: c0

Jul 26, 2021

Loved it... got hooked on this one and read it quickly... wish there was more lol

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dusk2597

Status: 34: tight blue leather bodysuit

Mar 10, 2020

So good! I found the main character to be extremely relatable before her transition/transformation. Afterwards, her struggle with family, friends, relationships, and university as she fumbles her way through post-emergence confusion was very fun to read, especially with QuietValerie's cute, witty, flustered writing style.

This story is more slice of life compared to QuietValerie's other stories, so there are almost no fight scenes, but that's okay because now, there aren't any cool fights to distract from the cute, cuddly, fluffly scenes.... There are a lot of cute, cuddly, and fluffy scenes...

Also, this story expands on the world building of Kammi Kettu, but both can be read separately without needing to read the other beforehand.

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Lexi

Status: 32: an extra pair

Jan 30, 2020

Just as so often seen from Valerie, this is a wonderful story adding to a complex worldbuilding, with a bunch of excellent (and hecking cute) characterizations. Loving it!

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RyRy

Status: completed

Oct 3, 2022

This story is great, a definite must read. It takes place in the same universe as Kammi Kettu (a little bit after the events of that story actually) but you don’t need to have read it to understand it (except for a few minor references here and there). Although I would suggest reading Kammi Kettu first (unlike me lol, who didn’t realize it was the same universe at first).

The writing is good and you really become attached to the characters (I know I definitely was). Elsie’s journey is heartbreaking, beautiful, ridiculous, and just amazing. This story will make you laugh and cry and scream and it’s all totally worth it.

Falling over was the first story written by QuietValerie that I read and it was the one that cracked my egg. So it will always have a special place in my heart. Definitely in my top five favorite books of hers.

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