Title: Forbidden Rain
Author: L.L. Crane
Series: Blue Spectrum Chronicles (Book 1)
Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Fiction
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: July 16 2015
Edition/Formats Available In: eBook & Print
What would be your Dream Cast if From
Forbidden Rain made it to the Big Screen? Who Would You Choose To Play Your
Characters and Why?
Rain -
Victoria Justice
She has
that pale skin, dark hair, spunky attitude, and a beauty that is
unmistakable. She would have to get blue
contact lenses for her eyes, though!
Still, when I look at her, I see Rain and the ability to pull off the
changes that Rain encounters during the book series. There seems to be a depth to her as well,
which Rain definitely has.
Orion - Chris
Hemsworth
What can
I say? Those blue eyes and muscles. I can hardly breathe just looking at him. He could pull off Orion’s bigger than life personality
as well. Although he is a little older
than Orion, I think he can be made to look younger. Orion has experienced so much hardship that
he carries himself older than what he is, so that could certainly work.
Dove
- Kathryn Morris
She has
the sweetness about her that Dove portrays and is petite as well. There is still a little bit of scrappiness
under that sweet exterior that is vital to Dove’s part in the book series. She also seems like she could be an excellent
mother figure.
Snow -
Jacob Miller
Those blue
eyes! His hair must be darker, but he
could definitely pull off being Snow,
both sad and happy, depending on where he is at any given time. There is an innocence about him, yet he still
has this old man quality at times, like
Snow does. I love it when Snow ends up
happy all of the time instead of brooding over being tossed back and forth
between his parents.
Ice -
Andrew Miller
This is
Jacob Miller’s true twin, so the choice is only logical. In pictures, he seems a little more serious than
his brother . He would have to play an
autistic boy, but Ice is primarily nonverbal so it could work. If one twin was better at a part, they could
be switched! The beauty of identical
twins!
Garment -
Neil Patrick Harris
He is
tall and thin and could easily play the gay designer who later will mean so
much to Rain and the rest of her family.
He has the ability to be funny and quirky, like Garment, yet he has a
serious side. In Forbidden Rain, he is a
minor character, but in the next two books, he is a major character.
Pan -
Chad Allen
He would
have to be bald, of course, but he could easily play a multi-faceted character
like Pan. He could be a doctor who
doesn’t have the best bedside manner, a thinker and a scientist, as well as a
trained Rebel Fighter. Pan is a pivotal
player throughout the entire series and when he experiences the worst grief of
his life, he still manages to be a good person and willing to care and tend to
others.
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Blurb/Synopsis:
Rain is forbidden. As a matter of fact, any teen romance is
quickly snuffed out by the Administration due to the high S.L.A.G. (symptomatic
latent autistic gene) rate. But that
isn’t going to slow Orion down. He wants
Rain, and one way or another, he’s going to get her. The problem?
She isn’t interested in the hunky new boy who struts into her Geography
class right after an earthquake strikes Province A. New students are rare in
the Provinces, and much to Rain’s dismay she must show him around for three
long days.
But there’s much more to Orion than what
meets the eye. The cocky boy has
secrets, not only about his family but about Rain’s as well. When a romance finally develops, Rain and
Orion must find a covert hiding place so the Administration’s prying eyes won’t
find them. But will it work? The hedge gap seems the perfect place, until
Orion mysteriously disappears, leaving only one cryptic clue. The letter K.
Heartbroken, Rain feels the loss of Orion viscerally and is determined
to find him. Eventually, after giving up
on Orion, Rain settles into a normal routine with her new family, trying to
forget about him.
But Rain soon discovers that she has the
biggest secret of all, and if the Administration finds out, there is more at
stake than just a teen romance. Left on
her own, Rain must face the biggest decision of her life. There are only two paths to follow. Which one will she take?
Book 1 in the Blue Spectrum Chronicles will
keep you tethered to your seat, waiting to turn each page to see what happens
when a young couple bravely dares to fall in love at a time when it is strictly
forbidden.
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Excerpt:
Smudge turned me around somehow, still
holding me tightly in his arms. I didn’t
know how he did it with me kicking at him so furiously, but he twisted me
around until our faces were just inches apart, his eyes hot blue smoke that
seeped through every part of me.
I stopped kicking.
The lights from the teen center cast a
shiver of orange light on his face, and I couldn’t help but stare at the pure
perfection of it.
Smudge cocked his head to the side, and
still holding me, his lips lightly brushed against mine. I struggled to breathe, then, as his lips
hungrily pressed harder, moving slowly and deliberately with such emotion and
intention I couldn’t help matching his movements with my own, the blue mist of
his eyes circling us together and swirling us around in a cloud that seemed about
to burst.
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Author Information:
L.L. Crane lives in a remote area of
Northern California with her two horses, six goats, three dogs and two
cats. When she was a child, L.L. Crane
dreamed of being a writer. She used the name, “Katie Bush” as a pen name for
the famous writer she hoped to become, cranking out book after book on her
mom’s old blue typewriter.
As
life often has twists and turns, L.L. Crane found herself becoming anything but
a writer. She graduated with a B.A. in
Education, even though she was honored to begin her college career with the aid
of writing scholarships.
After becoming a teacher, raising three
children primarily on her own, as well as owning and operating a business, L.L.
Crane finally pursued her dreams and began writing novels. She brings her own experiences from teaching
and her love of animals to her stories.
L.L. Crane is an avid reader and writer and
loves children, animals, reading, riding horses, and gnomes.
Author Links:
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Other Works by L. L. Crane
Mark of Power Series
From the Mountain (Book 1)
To the Moon (Book 2)
Blue Spectrum Chronicles
Forbidden Rain (Book 1)
Vanishing Rain (Book 2)
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