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Phoenix is the biggest red flag, but Lennon can come out for Margs.
4.5⭐️
4.5⭐️
What a ride!
So, now that I've finished this, I looked over reviews, and some of my suspicions have been validated. This book forged ahead and maintained a grittier rock star realism in this era of no tolerance for OW/OM drama. I personally don't get all feral over OW/OM, I don't think it's necessary per se, but I do think it can be done right, and the truth is people are shitty, fuckery happens.
Access to Excess leads to overindulgent behaviour and poor boundaries. Musicians aren't typically retiring to their rooms to knit scarves.
Also, given that this is meant to be an 'enemies to friends to enemies to lovers', the dramatic toxic antics made sense within the context. I did this as an audiobook, and had another actress performed the role of Lennon, I would have enjoyed some of her internal monologues a bit more. It eventually started to get a little repetitive and overwrought, and she would have me rolling my eyes sometimes. I also wish there were more chapters written in Phoenix's POV, but that's just me.
The ending felt abrupt and rushed; some of the middle of this book could have been paired down, and efforts diverted to fleshing out the ending a little more.
If a different female narrator had been cast in the other two books in this universe, I would have read them as well, but I cannot endure more
So, now that I've finished this, I looked over reviews, and some of my suspicions have been validated. This book forged ahead and maintained a grittier rock star realism in this era of no tolerance for OW/OM drama. I personally don't get all feral over OW/OM, I don't think it's necessary per se, but I do think it can be done right, and the truth is people are shitty, fuckery happens.
Access to Excess leads to overindulgent behaviour and poor boundaries. Musicians aren't typically retiring to their rooms to knit scarves.
Also, given that this is meant to be an 'enemies to friends to enemies to lovers', the dramatic toxic antics made sense within the context. I did this as an audiobook, and had another actress performed the role of Lennon, I would have enjoyed some of her internal monologues a bit more. It eventually started to get a little repetitive and overwrought, and she would have me rolling my eyes sometimes. I also wish there were more chapters written in Phoenix's POV, but that's just me.
The ending felt abrupt and rushed; some of the middle of this book could have been paired down, and efforts diverted to fleshing out the ending a little more.
If a different female narrator had been cast in the other two books in this universe, I would have read them as well, but I cannot endure more
Decent story, I mostly enjoyed it, but a) it was longer than necessary, and b) there were a lot of sex scenes that started out with very dubious consent, which ruined it for me. Just because both parties ended up enjoying the acts doesn't excuse the way they started - usually with the MMC initiating/forcing something on the FMC when she either couldn't consent (there's one scene in which she wakes up to find another girl eating her out because the guy told her to, like???????) or had previously insisted she wouldn't sleep with him only to give in to him. It sets a bad example/precedent for anyone reading this who doesn't recognize it for what it is. Girls, it's not okay for a guy to force you to have sex just because he wants to.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wanted to love this book, but the pacing felt off. Especially considering how long this book was.
The conflict between the MCs drug on for too much of the book while the resolution happened much too quickly. Said resolution(read Phoenix sharing that Lennon wrote the song publicly) should have happened with about 20% of the book left. Then we could have seen more of Lennon’s fight with the record company, Lennon and Phoenix’s relationship, etc. Instead it all felt very rushed in the last few chapters.
Also, I need a second book that wraps up the stories of Skylar, Quinn, Memphis, and Storm. We saw so much of them in this book to get no resolution to their storylines.
The conflict between the MCs drug on for too much of the book while the resolution happened much too quickly. Said resolution
Also, I need a second book that wraps up the stories of Skylar, Quinn, Memphis, and Storm. We saw so much of them in this book to get no resolution to their storylines.
I am giving this book 5 stars for all the vibes. This was exactly what I needed and literally finished it in a day, as thick as this book is. I have never read a book this size as a romance, but I loved it! This book had all the feels.
Cute guy in high school is dealt a crappy home life and he is ready to leave home to get away from it. Only problem, he won't graduate if he doesn't bring up his English grade. Enter smart girl from the other side of the tracks. Their English teacher asks FMC to tutor him to help him out, saying it would do him more harm than good if he doesn't graduate. FMC knows this guy and is willing to help him. In doing so, she learns he has a learning disability and does what she can to help him and get him to graduate. In the time they spend together, they end up developing a relationship just passed "we are just friends". But an opportunity presents itself that MMC has to make a choice, and it isn't a good one. He breaks her heart.
Years later, he is a star and on the road doing what he loves. Music, but at the cost of betraying the one person who helped him. As luck would have it, he gets messed up with the wrong things and ends up in a situation where he needs "a babysitter" to keep him out of trouble. Who better than the ONE person he thought he would never see again. She is out for revenge....but will she get it?
Cute guy in high school is dealt a crappy home life and he is ready to leave home to get away from it. Only problem, he won't graduate if he doesn't bring up his English grade. Enter smart girl from the other side of the tracks. Their English teacher asks FMC to tutor him to help him out, saying it would do him more harm than good if he doesn't graduate. FMC knows this guy and is willing to help him. In doing so, she learns he has a learning disability and does what she can to help him and get him to graduate. In the time they spend together, they end up developing a relationship just passed "we are just friends". But an opportunity presents itself that MMC has to make a choice, and it isn't a good one. He breaks her heart.
Years later, he is a star and on the road doing what he loves. Music, but at the cost of betraying the one person who helped him. As luck would have it, he gets messed up with the wrong things and ends up in a situation where he needs "a babysitter" to keep him out of trouble. Who better than the ONE person he thought he would never see again. She is out for revenge....but will she get it?
Why did this take me so long to pick up, I think it’s been sat on my shelf for like a year now and the size has just always put me off but I wished I had picked it up sooner. I flew through it all in like 2 days because I couldn’t put it down. I loved Lennon and everything about her, I loved she took no shit but I hated how much it all hurt her. Ngl I really didn’t like Phoenix to start with and what he did angered me so much. But reading in and seeing his growth and regret I fell in love with him. Loved the spicer and his jealousy side, I loved Lennons friendship with Storm, like I loved storm so much. I loved the relationship the band mates all had with each other. My heart broke for Lennon at the end but Phoenix melted me with how he stuck by her. I loved this book so much and I’m super excited to read Memphis and Skylars book.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes