Still in line with International Women's Day that took place yesterday, we're featuring Towering, a retelling of Rapunzel set in frozen Upstate New York, that was released in 2012. It's the gothic and darkly romantic young adullt latest from New York Times bestselling author Alex Flinn. If the original fairytale wasn't girl power enough for you, this retelling will surely be it.
Flinn has written and published ten books to date but we all know her as that girl who changed how we saw the beloved fairytale Beauty and the Beast when she set everything in modern-day New York City and told the story from the viewpoint of the Beast named Kyle Kingsbury in the 2007 novel Beastly.
After that success, she decided to just keep the fairy-tale mash-ups coming! Beastly turned out to be the first book from the Kendra Chronicles and then, three more other reimagined fairytale books were put out. Towering is the fourth book from the Kendra Chronicles but is officially Book 3 (Book 1 is Beastly, Lindy's Diary is 1.5, the 2nd is Bewitching).
Flinn has written and published ten books to date but we all know her as that girl who changed how we saw the beloved fairytale Beauty and the Beast when she set everything in modern-day New York City and told the story from the viewpoint of the Beast named Kyle Kingsbury in the 2007 novel Beastly.After that success, she decided to just keep the fairy-tale mash-ups coming! Beastly turned out to be the first book from the Kendra Chronicles and then, three more other reimagined fairytale books were put out. Towering is the fourth book from the Kendra Chronicles but is officially Book 3 (Book 1 is Beastly, Lindy's Diary is 1.5, the 2nd is Bewitching).
It's in two viewpoints: Wyatt, a teenager who moves from Long Island after the devastating loss of his best friend and his best friend's sister to a remote town where his mother grew up, only to have vivid nightmares and to hear a haunting singing voice, calling him into the wilderness, and Rachel, a beautiful girl who was taken as hostage and locked in a crumbling tower by a woman she calls Mama.
She was quite excited at first, felt like a princess living in a castle. Many years later, Rachel realizes it's really a prison in the forest and begins to plan her escape. When the two meet, they begin to solve the mystery of why each is there. The novel moves back and forth between Wyatt and Rachel, raising questions that keep the pages turning. It's absolutely a good read for mystery and fairytale fans alike.
She was quite excited at first, felt like a princess living in a castle. Many years later, Rachel realizes it's really a prison in the forest and begins to plan her escape. When the two meet, they begin to solve the mystery of why each is there. The novel moves back and forth between Wyatt and Rachel, raising questions that keep the pages turning. It's absolutely a good read for mystery and fairytale fans alike.
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