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totallybookeduk's review against another edition
5.0
Attending one of her best friend’s weddings Nova is cutting loose from her influencer woes and has some tequila before busting some moves on the dance floor. When her other best friend joins an Instagram live with rock star Parker Callahan, something Nova puts an end to as soon as she realises what’s happening. It’s been five years since Nova heard from her then stepbrother, although their feelings were far from just a sibling relationship.
While success with his band has been amazing Parker still finds himself thinking about Nova. The mistakes from the past still haunting him, but now that he has found her again he isn’t ready to let her slip through his fingers again. Although a PR stunt adds a bump to their fragile relationship, however, an opportunity to add a songwriter to their tour sees his management unknowingly hire Nova.
Despite the chemistry that has always sparked between the two of them, there are past hurts that they need to overcome in order for them to have any chance at a future. Nova is inclined to run from situations, whilst Parker allows others to tell him what would fit the brands PR narrative. Can they get on the same page, at the same time?
While success with his band has been amazing Parker still finds himself thinking about Nova. The mistakes from the past still haunting him, but now that he has found her again he isn’t ready to let her slip through his fingers again. Although a PR stunt adds a bump to their fragile relationship, however, an opportunity to add a songwriter to their tour sees his management unknowingly hire Nova.
Despite the chemistry that has always sparked between the two of them, there are past hurts that they need to overcome in order for them to have any chance at a future. Nova is inclined to run from situations, whilst Parker allows others to tell him what would fit the brands PR narrative. Can they get on the same page, at the same time?
hopeluvsreading's review against another edition
3.0
"For the first time in years, on a bus in the middle of nowhere, I knew. With Parker Callahan, I was home."
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5
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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5
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brookebabblesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
I’m obsessed
This is a steamy af step-brother Rockstar romance and I loved it! I’ve felt really connected to these characters throughout this and Blame it on the Champagne (both standalones). And the boys in the band are amazing. I love them. I love fiona’s writing style and have found it hard to put down every one that I’ve read so far.
I loved the dual perspective with chapters set in the past and present. It makes for more mystery and suspense about what’s happened to them over the years. If you’re looking for a rockstar romance with a lot of heat, you have to read this one! Highly recommend!
This is a steamy af step-brother Rockstar romance and I loved it! I’ve felt really connected to these characters throughout this and Blame it on the Champagne (both standalones). And the boys in the band are amazing. I love them. I love fiona’s writing style and have found it hard to put down every one that I’ve read so far.
I loved the dual perspective with chapters set in the past and present. It makes for more mystery and suspense about what’s happened to them over the years. If you’re looking for a rockstar romance with a lot of heat, you have to read this one! Highly recommend!
athousandbookishlives's review against another edition
5.0
AMAZING
I wasn’t sure what I expected from this story but having my heart completely shredded was not it… but here we are. Fiona Cole has effectively rocked my world with Parker & Nova’s story.
The layers and depths to their relationship was so beautifully tragic. I absolutely adored every single character - and watching Parker & Nova grow and find their way back to each other was breathtaking and beautiful.
The spice was HOT HOT HOT (but this isn’t surprising if you have read anything by Fiona before)! It was the perfect balance of thigh clenching goodness & taboo mixed with all the romance.
I wasn’t sure what I expected from this story but having my heart completely shredded was not it… but here we are. Fiona Cole has effectively rocked my world with Parker & Nova’s story.
The layers and depths to their relationship was so beautifully tragic. I absolutely adored every single character - and watching Parker & Nova grow and find their way back to each other was breathtaking and beautiful.
The spice was HOT HOT HOT (but this isn’t surprising if you have read anything by Fiona before)! It was the perfect balance of thigh clenching goodness & taboo mixed with all the romance.
amberreadsromance28's review against another edition
5.0
This is probably my new favorite Fiona Cole book, except for Voyeur. I wasn't sure if this was a 4.5 or 5 stars. I decided to round it up to 5 because I thoroughly enjoyed this romance.
This is how second chance and friends to lovers should be written. I usually have a hard time with those tropes because authors will tell us how in love they are or how amazing their connection is... when I need to see them fall in love. This book had the perfect amount of flashbacks, where we see the mutual pining and building love.
This also has another one of my favorite tropes, stepbrother romance. Nova and Parker became step siblings when she was 16. She was an artist and he was in a band. They had such a great friendship, and they could not cross boundaries since they were step siblings. The book opens up where something bad happened, and Parker's band was getting signed or about to make it. They kind of leave her behind, and there is a 5-year time jump.
Nova does social media, travels, creates art, and writes songs for musicians. She is extremely private and refuses to show her face on social media. She ends up getting a job to help Parker's band write new songs during their tour. Parker is determined to get Nova back.
This was such an amazing slow burn and angsty book. I did think we learned about what happened to Nova too late into the book, and the ending felt a little rushed. I'm also not really into exhibitionism in my romances. I like the heroes to be possessive and touch her or you die. The sex scene was hot, but it would have made more sense if it was a poly or RH book.
I did love the rest of the band members, and how much they all cared about Nova. They were like a found family.
Rockstar Romance
Second Chance
Friends to Lovers
Stepbrother romance
Slow burn
Exhibitionism
Forced Proximity
This is how second chance and friends to lovers should be written. I usually have a hard time with those tropes because authors will tell us how in love they are or how amazing their connection is... when I need to see them fall in love. This book had the perfect amount of flashbacks, where we see the mutual pining and building love.
This also has another one of my favorite tropes, stepbrother romance. Nova and Parker became step siblings when she was 16. She was an artist and he was in a band. They had such a great friendship, and they could not cross boundaries since they were step siblings. The book opens up where something bad happened, and Parker's band was getting signed or about to make it. They kind of leave her behind, and there is a 5-year time jump.
Nova does social media, travels, creates art, and writes songs for musicians. She is extremely private and refuses to show her face on social media. She ends up getting a job to help Parker's band write new songs during their tour. Parker is determined to get Nova back.
This was such an amazing slow burn and angsty book. I did think we learned about what happened to Nova too late into the book, and the ending felt a little rushed. I'm also not really into exhibitionism in my romances. I like the heroes to be possessive and touch her or you die. The sex scene was hot, but it would have made more sense if it was a poly or RH book.
I did love the rest of the band members, and how much they all cared about Nova. They were like a found family.
Rockstar Romance
Second Chance
Friends to Lovers
Stepbrother romance
Slow burn
Exhibitionism
Forced Proximity
mariapane's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Nova-parker
luckilymisfortunate's review against another edition
3.0
It was great, but Nova got on my nerves a little bit. Same as the last one, I don't love how quickly it wrapped up - there were still things I wanted to see. Can't wait for the next one.
profromance's review against another edition
5.0
Overall Grade: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
“Nova wasn’t my lover, as much as I wanted her to be, but she was my partner - my best friend. My other half. She created this all-consuming tidal wave of this feeling - all the feelings - inside me, and I couldn’t put a name to it, but I knew it made me happier than I had ever been before.”
Complicated. In a word, this is the essence of Fiona Cole’s newest story, Blame It on The Tequila. Even more than the first book of her series of standalones, Blame It on the Champagne, BIOTT puts you, the reader, through its paces. Fiona Cole did not hold back on this story, and it makes for a story that arouses you from the beginning to its end. Why? Oh...let me count the ways.
I should begin by focusing on the romance between Nova and Parker, but I can’t because my favorite part of this series has been the friendship between Rae, Nova, and Vera. Everyone needs the stabilizing friendship of a Vera, and the crazy making protective actions of a Rae. As Nova negotiates her interactions with Parker, the foundation of her friendship with Rae and Vera catalyzes the intensity of her relationship with Parker.
Parker and Nova are so complex in their composition but so simple in their adoration for each other. Cole threw so much at this book: a forbidden attraction, a traumatic experience, a tour with some bawdy musician friends, the angst of a second chance romance and imposing fake girlfriend, and Cole’s quintessential steam. In the midst of these qualities, Parker and Nova’s chemistry and relationship blossoms. Honestly, it takes most of the pages of BIOTT, but it’s so fulfilling by the end of the book that you hate to say goodbye to them.
Nova’s characterization is definitely more interesting than Parker’s. While Cole wrote both perspectives, Nova’s journey is more compelling and complicated that Parker’s characterization acts as a bit of a salve to Nova’s emotional quest. I probably shouldn’t mention this here, but I don’t think it’s spoilery. Parker’s interest in Nova is constant. It means that you can rest in his feelings for her as Nova processes her own, and to ameliorate the angst of her journey, I needed that constant.
In true Fiona Cole form, this book is a steam-fest. There is one scene, in particular, that is so titillating that you’ll smile at Fiona Cole’s signature. I love that $ensuality is a cornerstone of her romances. And she does this tastefully while getting dirty.
As second chance, rockstar romances go, Fiona Cole’s Blame It on the Tequila is a good one. It really is a wild roller-coaster ride of romance, one that will steal your breath as Parker and Nova find their happily-ever-after. Just be forewarned: Fiona Cole takes much of the space of her story to reconcile these two. But be patient because, in the end, you’ll be satiated by the gravity of their love.
“Nova wasn’t my lover, as much as I wanted her to be, but she was my partner - my best friend. My other half. She created this all-consuming tidal wave of this feeling - all the feelings - inside me, and I couldn’t put a name to it, but I knew it made me happier than I had ever been before.”
Complicated. In a word, this is the essence of Fiona Cole’s newest story, Blame It on The Tequila. Even more than the first book of her series of standalones, Blame It on the Champagne, BIOTT puts you, the reader, through its paces. Fiona Cole did not hold back on this story, and it makes for a story that arouses you from the beginning to its end. Why? Oh...let me count the ways.
I should begin by focusing on the romance between Nova and Parker, but I can’t because my favorite part of this series has been the friendship between Rae, Nova, and Vera. Everyone needs the stabilizing friendship of a Vera, and the crazy making protective actions of a Rae. As Nova negotiates her interactions with Parker, the foundation of her friendship with Rae and Vera catalyzes the intensity of her relationship with Parker.
Parker and Nova are so complex in their composition but so simple in their adoration for each other. Cole threw so much at this book: a forbidden attraction, a traumatic experience, a tour with some bawdy musician friends, the angst of a second chance romance and imposing fake girlfriend, and Cole’s quintessential steam. In the midst of these qualities, Parker and Nova’s chemistry and relationship blossoms. Honestly, it takes most of the pages of BIOTT, but it’s so fulfilling by the end of the book that you hate to say goodbye to them.
Nova’s characterization is definitely more interesting than Parker’s. While Cole wrote both perspectives, Nova’s journey is more compelling and complicated that Parker’s characterization acts as a bit of a salve to Nova’s emotional quest. I probably shouldn’t mention this here, but I don’t think it’s spoilery. Parker’s interest in Nova is constant. It means that you can rest in his feelings for her as Nova processes her own, and to ameliorate the angst of her journey, I needed that constant.
In true Fiona Cole form, this book is a steam-fest. There is one scene, in particular, that is so titillating that you’ll smile at Fiona Cole’s signature. I love that $ensuality is a cornerstone of her romances. And she does this tastefully while getting dirty.
As second chance, rockstar romances go, Fiona Cole’s Blame It on the Tequila is a good one. It really is a wild roller-coaster ride of romance, one that will steal your breath as Parker and Nova find their happily-ever-after. Just be forewarned: Fiona Cole takes much of the space of her story to reconcile these two. But be patient because, in the end, you’ll be satiated by the gravity of their love.
metzireadsromance's review against another edition
3.0
Nova and Parker
This was really promising and I loved the idea. But somehow it fell flat in the middle and didn’t pick back up. Still a good book, just not as enjoyable as other books I have read by the author.
This was really promising and I loved the idea. But somehow it fell flat in the middle and didn’t pick back up. Still a good book, just not as enjoyable as other books I have read by the author.