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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
4.5
First of all, when will Sarra Manning stop dragging me back?
Second of all, I'm a weak person so it'll never be free.
As I've said many times, I have a love/hate relationship with all SM books I've read. This one, though, wasn't as divisive as I thought and I was quite glad because I don't have the energy to hate myself for liking it, like I did with [b:Unsticky|5981262|Unsticky|Sarra Manning|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1278271300s/5981262.jpg|6154611] and [b:Adorkable|10890319|Adorkable|Sarra Manning|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1332268356s/10890319.jpg|15806095].
Ellie Cohen is a an average twenty-something working in an art gallery (Vaughn's art gallery!!!!) until she breaks up with her douchey, drug addict boyfriend and he releases Ellie's most personal secret to the press: She is the daughter of Sir Billy Kay, one of Britain's legendary rock stars. Now she's got to deal with the invasion of her privacy, the papers defaming her as Sir Billy's secret bastard daughter and the fact that her normal life will never be the same, with the plus of daddy issues, jerk fathers and morally challenged lawyers.
It sounds as any teenage fantasy but Sarra Manning's novel doesn't stop with dealing with fame, but to what point are you protecting your loved ones by keeping secrets from them? This is best represented with the inter chapter snippets of Ari (Ellie's mom) and Billy Kay when they were still in the outskirts of fame in the 80s (sex, drugs, rock n roll, and a baby), and which translate quite nicely to modern times with Ellie and David's communication problems, while dealing with the scandal.
I liked the love story with Ellie and David, though one problem I have with SM's books are that she loses herself with the banter and the personal drama, and that her relationships sometimes feel like the characters don't like each other much, and while that did happened it wasn't as pronounced as Unsticky, which made me like the book much more. As always, the characters were very real, even Ellie's breakdowns regarding the invasion of her privacy.
I'm biting my nails for the next SM book, though I might regret it later.
First of all, when will Sarra Manning stop dragging me back?
Second of all, I'm a weak person so it'll never be free.
As I've said many times, I have a love/hate relationship with all SM books I've read. This one, though, wasn't as divisive as I thought and I was quite glad because I don't have the energy to hate myself for liking it, like I did with [b:Unsticky|5981262|Unsticky|Sarra Manning|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1278271300s/5981262.jpg|6154611] and [b:Adorkable|10890319|Adorkable|Sarra Manning|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1332268356s/10890319.jpg|15806095].
Ellie Cohen is a an average twenty-something working in an art gallery (Vaughn's art gallery!!!!) until she breaks up with her douchey, drug addict boyfriend and he releases Ellie's most personal secret to the press: She is the daughter of Sir Billy Kay, one of Britain's legendary rock stars. Now she's got to deal with the invasion of her privacy, the papers defaming her as Sir Billy's secret bastard daughter and the fact that her normal life will never be the same, with the plus of daddy issues, jerk fathers and morally challenged lawyers.
It sounds as any teenage fantasy but Sarra Manning's novel doesn't stop with dealing with fame, but to what point are you protecting your loved ones by keeping secrets from them? This is best represented with the inter chapter snippets of Ari (Ellie's mom) and Billy Kay when they were still in the outskirts of fame in the 80s (sex, drugs, rock n roll, and a baby), and which translate quite nicely to modern times with Ellie and David's communication problems, while dealing with the scandal.
I liked the love story with Ellie and David, though one problem I have with SM's books are that she loses herself with the banter and the personal drama, and that her relationships sometimes feel like the characters don't like each other much, and while that did happened it wasn't as pronounced as Unsticky, which made me like the book much more. As always, the characters were very real, even Ellie's breakdowns regarding the invasion of her privacy.
I'm biting my nails for the next SM book, though I might regret it later.
Nebolo to dokonalé ako iné knihy od Sarry. Miestami to bolo nudné, miestami čudné, ale hlavne som nebola v nálade, preto som to čítala tak set sakra dlho. No dnes som chytila druhý dych, nabralo to obrátky a škerila som sa ako blbá. Takže úspech, len menší ako iné jej knihy.
Ehm, a Vaughn... nebolo ho tam síce veľa, ani Grace, ale aj tie malé momenty mi zastavili srdce.
Ehm, a Vaughn... nebolo ho tam síce veľa, ani Grace, ale aj tie malé momenty mi zastavili srdce.
My favourite Sarra Manning book is You Don't Have To Say You Love Me and while I was reading this book I wasn't sure that it was going to live up to that for me but I think now It Felt Like A Kiss might have overtaken it for me.
Despite my 5* rating I wouldn't say it was flawless - I thought the aggression between Ellie and David was poorly described and it was difficult to understand exactly what his problem with her was as it was vaguely blamed on David believing Ellie was a golddigger but at no point did she give that indication so I don't know why it dragged on so long. While I was reading I did think that it was taking a while to get to the resultion and that some of the build up could have been cut out but I loved the last third of the book so much that I'd like to re-read it to see if I still think that or if I was just being impatient.
Ellie was a great lead character, she wasn't a stereotypical 'chick-lit' lead in that she fell over everything but she was strong willed, career minded and her relationships with the background characters were the best thing about the book for me. Reading the parts written from her mother's perspective added a lot to the book, especially as these sections were not revealed to Ellie and so it gave the reader a different perspective on the relationships she had with her extended 'family'.
I really loved this book because I liked that not everything came together properly at the end the way you might have expected. I would recommend the book.
Despite my 5* rating I wouldn't say it was flawless - I thought the aggression between Ellie and David was poorly described and it was difficult to understand exactly what his problem with her was as it was vaguely blamed on David believing Ellie was a golddigger but at no point did she give that indication so I don't know why it dragged on so long. While I was reading I did think that it was taking a while to get to the resultion and that some of the build up could have been cut out but I loved the last third of the book so much that I'd like to re-read it to see if I still think that or if I was just being impatient.
Ellie was a great lead character, she wasn't a stereotypical 'chick-lit' lead in that she fell over everything but she was strong willed, career minded and her relationships with the background characters were the best thing about the book for me. Reading the parts written from her mother's perspective added a lot to the book, especially as these sections were not revealed to Ellie and so it gave the reader a different perspective on the relationships she had with her extended 'family'.
I really loved this book because I liked that not everything came together properly at the end the way you might have expected. I would recommend the book.
It didn't have that breathless can't take it anymore beauty unsticky had but the characters are defo more likeable.
Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed by this book mainly because I’ve really enjoyed some of Sarra’s other books such as ‘Nobodies Girl’, ‘Adorkable’ and ‘You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me’. I didn’t find it easy to get into and on occasions I felt a little bit bored. Also I couldn’t really keep up with all the different characters, there seemed so many!
There were some positives I think the love scenes were done very well and really drew the reader in. I loved the initial scene where the two main characters met at the festival but I felt like I was dipping in and out of the book as some other parts were a bit dull. The parts around Ellie’s art career were quite interesting, it might have been nice to delve more into this.
I do really like Sarra’s writing especially in her Young adult novels as often I become really invested in the main characters and emotions are really evoked, you feel empathy for the characters as you read. I didn’t really connect with Ellie or David like I did with the characters in say ‘You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me.’ Maybe there was a lot of different things going on in the book and the story of the tabloids didn’t seem convincing.
Sarra Manning is one of my fav authors so two stars were given to this book just in comparison to some of her other books I enjoyed much more. I don’t give away four/five stars very often but if you are looking for a good read, I suggest Manning’s other novels.
There were some positives I think the love scenes were done very well and really drew the reader in. I loved the initial scene where the two main characters met at the festival but I felt like I was dipping in and out of the book as some other parts were a bit dull. The parts around Ellie’s art career were quite interesting, it might have been nice to delve more into this.
I do really like Sarra’s writing especially in her Young adult novels as often I become really invested in the main characters and emotions are really evoked, you feel empathy for the characters as you read. I didn’t really connect with Ellie or David like I did with the characters in say ‘You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me.’ Maybe there was a lot of different things going on in the book and the story of the tabloids didn’t seem convincing.
Sarra Manning is one of my fav authors so two stars were given to this book just in comparison to some of her other books I enjoyed much more. I don’t give away four/five stars very often but if you are looking for a good read, I suggest Manning’s other novels.