Don't Fall
Release Date: 2014
Swoon Romance
Summary from Goodreads::
In which a teenage girl endures the over-protective love of her adoptive mother until she falls for a boy who has her wanting to spread her wings, pitched as a contemporary retelling of RAPUNZEL.
Seventeen-year-old Anya leads a very secluded life in a house on the edge of town with her adopted mother. She doesn't go to school, but instead has a private tutor. Her over-protective mom keeps her so sheltered that she doesn't even have a best friend.
But Anya doesn't seem to mind. She has her books, her photography, and her daydreams, and would do anything to please her mom. Until one day at the library, the only place she's allowed to go, she takes a picture of a beautiful boy.
Before long she's lying to her mom, and sneaking out late at night to meet Zander. But Zander wants more than a secret romance. If Anya wants to be with the boy of her dreams, she will have to risk her relationship with the only other person she's ever cared about.
Seventeen-year-old Anya leads a very secluded life in a house on the edge of town with her adopted mother. She doesn't go to school, but instead has a private tutor. Her over-protective mom keeps her so sheltered that she doesn't even have a best friend.
But Anya doesn't seem to mind. She has her books, her photography, and her daydreams, and would do anything to please her mom. Until one day at the library, the only place she's allowed to go, she takes a picture of a beautiful boy.
Before long she's lying to her mom, and sneaking out late at night to meet Zander. But Zander wants more than a secret romance. If Anya wants to be with the boy of her dreams, she will have to risk her relationship with the only other person she's ever cared about.
GUEST POST
Retellings
First
of all, thank you so much for having me on your blog! I’m going to talk a bit
about fairy tales and why I wrote this retelling.
I
have always loved fairy tales. I grew up on them, and I suppose I’m a bit of a
romantic. I love magic, and true love, and happily ever afters. It makes me
happy that retellings are gaining in popularity. All those old stories I loved
are getting a new light shone on them, new twists, new characters, and new
perspectives.
Rapunzel
has been my favorite fairy tale from long before Disney made its version of it.
(Although the Disney version is pretty cute.) To be honest, I think a big part
of why it’s my favorite has to do with fond memories of visiting an elderly
neighbor who used to read it to me.
It
was a story I really wanted to work with, but making it contemporary had its
challenges! So I will tell you now, no one climbs anyone’s hair. It’s the theme
of the story I wanted to hold onto. The idea of this girl being locked away
from the world, and how she has to set herself free to really find herself.
I
love Anya, my Rapunzel. She’s sweet and innocent, but also spunky and fun. I
wanted to write her a modern fairy tale, with its own kind of magic, true love,
and happily ever after. Hopefully I’ve succeeded, and readers will fall for her
and Zander, too.
Playlist
First of all, thank you so much for having me on your blog! Today I'm going to share some songs from my DON'T FALL playlist.
At the beginning of the book there are some lyrics from the song Don't Catch Me by The Gravities. Here are a few of them:
Defeat
my plight with your delight.
And
when you shine you shine the brightest,
and
all I can give back is my best.
I
love this song. I love the idea of how someone else's joy can bring out
your own. Anya lives a fairly grey, joyless life until she meets
Zander. He helps to bring out the best in her, and her happiness
reflects back on him, too.
Another song I listened to a lot when I needed some good lovey dovey inspiration was Can't Take My Eyes Off of You by
Lady Antebellum. This song is really beautiful, and romantic, and I
hope some of that inspiration shines through in the book.
About the Author
Rachel grew up in a tiny town in Minnesota. She still lives there, with her husband and their four kids. She coaches high school speech and theater, rides Arabian horses, reads as much as she can, and writes stories.
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