THE FALL UP by Aly Martinez-Review and Book Tour
The Fall Up
by Aly Martinez
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Genre: adult, contemporary, romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 26, 2015
I wanted to jump.
He made me fall.
As a celebrity, I lived in the public eye, but somewhere along the way, I’d lost myself in the spotlight.
Until he found me.
Sam Rivers was a gorgeous, tattooed stranger who saved my life with nothing more than a simple conversation.
But we were both standing on that bridge for a reason the night we met. The secrets of our pasts brought us together—and then tore us apart.
Could we find a reason to hold on as life constantly pulled us down?
Or maybe there’s only one direction to go when two people fall in love at rock bottom—up.
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REVIEW: THE FALL UP is a stand alone contemporary, adult romance from author Aly Martinez that focuses on two lost souls who found one another on the edge of a bridge one dark and lonely night. This is musician Levee Williams, and furniture builder Sam Rivers’s storyline.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Levee and Sam) THE FALL UP focuses on recovery, acceptance, grief and letting go. For several nights, Sam had watched as a young woman in disguise returned to ‘his’ bridge with what he believed were thoughts of suicide and ending her life. When Sam finally confronts the beautiful woman, they agree to meet one another in the same spot the next evening. What ensues is a slow build of a ‘friendship’ between two lost souls who find solace and peace overlooking the waters below.
THE FALL UP follows the building relationship between Levee and Sam. Sam is a tattooed and smoking bad boy who is lost in a world of guilt, while Levee is unable to get on with her life. Standing on the bridge together, Levee and Sam will discover that there is more to life when the one that you love is by your side. There is plenty of humor, sexual innuendo, friendly and sexy banter between Levee and Sam-something to offset what could have been a dark romantic storyline. . The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive.
There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Levee’s best friend Henry; Sam’s BFF and lawyer Ryan, along with his sister Meg and Meg’s daughter Morgan. We are introduced to Sam’s supportive mother, and Levee’s less than enthusiastic parents. I am hoping that Henry, as well as Ryan each get their own storyline and a happily ever after.
The world building focuses on grief, depression and recovery, and the people who are affected by the choices people make every day of their lives–Real life issues in a fictional storyline
Aly Martinez’s THE FALL UP is amusing, impassioned, consuming and profound. The characters are believable and charismatic; the premise is heartwarming and inspiring; the romance is beautiful and intense. THE FALL UP is an emotional storyline that will touch your heart and your mind. The passion is comforting; the tenderness in intimate; the reality is true for many broken souls.
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Reviewed By Sandy
“You’re overdoing it, Lev. I know this job isn’t exactly nine-to-five, but it’s not twenty-four-seven, either. You have to stop being Levee Williams all the time and just be you.”
“I know,” I responded.
I didn’t though. I felt like a robot parading around in a lost woman’s body.
Smile.
Pose.
Turn.
Toss in the occasional song.
Repeat.
What little time I did manage to carve out for myself was spent at various children’s hospitals across the country.
Smile.
Pose.
Turn.
Watch a child die.
Repeat.
With every day that passed, the smile became less and less genuine, the pose more and more forced, and the turn took me further and further away from who I really was.
My career was soaring while, personally, I was plummeting. Every single day felt like a terrifying free fall in no particular direction. I was stuck in the middle with no way up—or down.
“You remember that girl, right?” Henry asked, tucking a hair behind my ear.
I nodded.
I did remember her. She was fun and carefree. She loved going out and dancing at nightclubs until the very last song played. She slept until noon if she could. Then, fueled by coffee alone, she’d spend the day with a guitar strapped around her neck and a notepad at her side. She had a huge heart, but she knew her limitations.
Oh, I remembered that girl. I just couldn’t figure out how to get back to her.
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Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, Aly Martinez is a stay-at-home mom to four crazy kids under the age of five- including a set of twins. Currently living in Chicago, she passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a glass of wine at her side.
After some encouragement from her friends, Aly decided to add “Author” to her ever-growing list of job titles. So grab a glass of Chardonnay, or a bottle if you’re hanging out with Aly, and join her aboard the crazy train she calls life.
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