Dare to Fall

by Estelle Maskame

Overview

A brand new book from the internationally bestselling author of Did I Mention I Love You

The higher the stakes, the greater the fall.

MacKenzie Rivers knows the kind of impact death can have on those it leaves behind. She's felt that grief firsthand. So when Jaden, her crush and almost-boyfriend, loses his parents in a car accident, MacKenzie steps back. It might not be the right thing to do, but with an alcoholic mother and a father who deals with their family problems by not dealing at all, self-preservation is her only option.

Then the pair meet by chance one night, reunited for the first time in months. Before MacKenzie can throw up her walls again, old feelings resurface and new memories are made. MacKenzie has missed Jaden more than anything. But can she dare to fall for the one person she's so afraid of growing close to?

Praise for Did I Mention I Love You:

"A solid romance with a tantalizing helping of forbidden love." —Booklist on Did I Mention I Love You?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492670315
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	12/04/2018
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	140,289
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Estelle Maskame started writing at the age of thirteen and completed the Did I Mention I Love You? trilogy when she was sixteen. She lives in Scotland. For more information, visit estellemaskame.com.

Natalie Duke began her voiceover career at the ripe old age of eight. She took a break for a while to grow up, and, when she returned, she discovered the wonderful world of audiobooks. With over fifty titles under her metaphorical belt, she has contributed her youthful yet sophisticated, snarky yet emotive voice to almost every genre of fiction that exists (with a little bit of nonfiction thrown in as well).

Editorial Reviews

"A beautiful romance for readers who appreciate a character-driven novel.
" - Kirkus

From the Publisher

02/01/2019

Gr 8 Up—Mackensie lives in a small town in Colorado. She is having a lot of trouble adjusting to the loss of her little sister Grace four years earlier. It is difficult watching the toll that grief is taking on her parents. Her mother drinks and her father is withdrawn. Kensie is friends with twins Danielle and her brother Jaden. Kensie and Jaden have even begun dating. But Kensie abruptly ends the relationship with the twins when their parents are tragically killed in a car accident. She avoids them for a year because she is too wrapped up in her own grief to deal with the pain that she knows they are experiencing. The former couple slowly rekindles the romance. But there is a secret that could destroy everything Kensie and Jaden have begun to rebuild. This is a believable, sweet romance for fans of Emery Lord, Sarah Dessen, and Estelle Laure. VERDICT Purchase for collections where family drama and romance fly off the shelves.—Grace Bazile, College of New Rochelle, New York City

School Library Journal

2018-09-17

High school senior MacKenzie Rivers has been avoiding twins Jaden and Danielle Hunter ever since their parents died in a car crash the August before junior year.

Four years ago, Kenzie and her parents lost her baby sister, Grace, and her parents were irrevocably changed by their grief. She could not imagine that Jaden and Danielle—her crush and former friend, respectively—would be the same after their loss and could not bear to see them broken. Unable to cope and unsure how to behave around them, she managed to avoid them for a year—but after Kenzie runs into Dani in a Dairy Queen, the three begin to hang out again. Kenzie and Jaden start dating, and Dani finally seems to be on the road to healing. But Kenzie learns a terrible secret about the night the Hunters died, and she has to decide what she's going to do next. Maskame (Did I Mention I Miss You?, 2016, etc.) creates well-rounded characters with believable flaws. Readers watch them struggle as they try to make the best decisions they can; character development is at the heart of the story. Refreshingly, the teenage romantic relationship portrayed here is actually a healthy one, avoiding many common tropes and showing that vulnerability and honesty are everything. All characters are presumed white, and one secondary character is gay.

A beautiful romance for readers who appreciate a character-driven novel. (Romance. 14-18)

Kirkus Reviews

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