Freefall

Freefall

by Tess Oliver

268 pages· 2013· ISBN 9781492148890

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After leaving high school, with a hard won diploma and the title of most likely to break hearts, Alexander “Nix” Pierce has left his wild, out of control years mostly behind him. A small inheritance from his grandfather has given him the funds to open up his tattoo shop, Freefall, and he has started to pull his life together. Aside from trying to keep his best friend, Dray, from killing himself in the fight ring, and his slight obsession with a pin-up model he’s never met, Nix’s life is going smoothly . . . until Scotlyn James, the object of his obsession, walks into his shop. Ever since a tragic accident killed her family and left her alone in the world, Scotlyn James hasn’t spoken one word. Up until now she didn’t care that she had no way of talking to people. Her awful aunt would never have listened, and Lincoln Hammond the arrogant, selfish man who pulled her from the streets of Los Angeles wouldn’t hear her words if she could speak. But when Lincoln insists she get a tattoo to cover up a scar on her side, Scotlyn meets the artist, Nix Pierce. And now she longs for her voice. Now she has found someone who will hear her.

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    Nix begins the story having left his "wild, out of control years" behind him. What do you think motivates his journey of self-improvement and responsibility, and how believable did you find his transformation?

  2. 2

    Scotlyn's inability to speak is a central element of her character. How does her silence impact your understanding of her past trauma and her inner world before she meets Nix?

  3. 3

    The tattoo shop is named "Freefall," and a tattoo itself plays a pivotal role. How does the concept of tattooing—covering scars, expressing identity, permanence—function as a metaphor throughout the story for both Nix and Scotlyn?

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