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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
Four and a half rock stars!
This had absolutely everything my little heart could wish for. Sarcasm, double-entendres, humour, a sassy heroine and an aloof hero. They travel the world with a rock band. Nuff said.
Sophie is a social media liaison consultant and travelling to London for a job interview. Somehow she has been bumped from cattle class (sorry, economy) to first class where she is sat next to the most beautiful man on the planet. Unfortunately, it appears that he didn't get the personality to match and starts creating a fuss because he paid for two first class seats. Now when I read the first few chapters of this book at the end of the first book in the series [b:Idol|29541818|Idol (VIP, #1)|Kristen Callihan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1463156270s/29541818.jpg|49842522], I carped about how this just wouldn't be possible - they would have told Sophie that the flight was full rather than give a first class seat that had been paid for (and they cost in the $000's) to someone from economy who paid a couple of hundred dollars for a seat. Well Kristen Callihan explains it beautifully.
The beautiful man is Gabriel "Scottie" Scott and he is the manager of probably the biggest rock band in the world, Kill John. Since he was such an ass and made such a fuss, Sophie decides to have some fun at his expense. But it seems as though the uptight guy in a suit actually has a sense of humour under his cashmere vest-top and in a weird way they hit it off. Until Sophie explains why she is travelling to London and the guy reveals that he is Gabriel Scott and they could very easily be working together.
I don't want to reveal anything more of the plot, suffice it to say there are rock star shenanigans, tour buses, opulence and cuddles.
And Kristen Callihan nails the Britishisms, well-played it's hard to get it right but she does it. Just two things. First, Pret a Manger doesn't sell egg salad and rocket (arugula) sandwiches in the UK, that's an American sandwich filling (and yes I checked because I get my lunch sandwich there every day). Second, my fully paid for copy from Amazon had lots (between 10 and 20) of silly typos in it: "he" instead of "the", the occasional misspelling etc. I found that surprising, I'm used to it in ARCs but not in a published book.
Other than that? Perfection. I loved every second of reading it. Kristen Callihan can do no wrong in my eyes.
This had absolutely everything my little heart could wish for. Sarcasm, double-entendres, humour, a sassy heroine and an aloof hero. They travel the world with a rock band. Nuff said.
Sophie is a social media liaison consultant and travelling to London for a job interview. Somehow she has been bumped from cattle class (sorry, economy) to first class where she is sat next to the most beautiful man on the planet. Unfortunately, it appears that he didn't get the personality to match and starts creating a fuss because he paid for two first class seats. Now when I read the first few chapters of this book at the end of the first book in the series [b:Idol|29541818|Idol (VIP, #1)|Kristen Callihan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1463156270s/29541818.jpg|49842522], I carped about how this just wouldn't be possible - they would have told Sophie that the flight was full rather than give a first class seat that had been paid for (and they cost in the $000's) to someone from economy who paid a couple of hundred dollars for a seat. Well Kristen Callihan explains it beautifully.
The beautiful man is Gabriel "Scottie" Scott and he is the manager of probably the biggest rock band in the world, Kill John. Since he was such an ass and made such a fuss, Sophie decides to have some fun at his expense. But it seems as though the uptight guy in a suit actually has a sense of humour under his cashmere vest-top and in a weird way they hit it off. Until Sophie explains why she is travelling to London and the guy reveals that he is Gabriel Scott and they could very easily be working together.
I don't want to reveal anything more of the plot, suffice it to say there are rock star shenanigans, tour buses, opulence and cuddles.
And Kristen Callihan nails the Britishisms, well-played it's hard to get it right but she does it. Just two things. First, Pret a Manger doesn't sell egg salad and rocket (arugula) sandwiches in the UK, that's an American sandwich filling (and yes I checked because I get my lunch sandwich there every day). Second, my fully paid for copy from Amazon had lots (between 10 and 20) of silly typos in it: "he" instead of "the", the occasional misspelling etc. I found that surprising, I'm used to it in ARCs but not in a published book.
Other than that? Perfection. I loved every second of reading it. Kristen Callihan can do no wrong in my eyes.
emotional
hopeful
informative
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was a nice read. I loved the perspective of being a rockstar and all. Overall I liked this book. I also liked the fact that Gabriel practiced self restraint and delayed gratification for so long to the point where it was near the end and there was no spice and I was starting to fear that there would be no payoff. I was wrong. The payoff was great and the back third of the book is spice heavy, which is okay to be honest. I didn't have a huge problem with it what so ever. I cannot wait to read Jax's book!
✩ 4 stars.
“Talented. Brilliant. Incredible. Amazing. Show stopping. Spectacular. Never the same. Totally unique. Completely not ever been done before.”
“Talented. Brilliant. Incredible. Amazing. Show stopping. Spectacular. Never the same. Totally unique. Completely not ever been done before.”
*3.75*
I loved Gabriel, Sophie annoyed me a little especially near the end. The last 25% brought the book down for me a little bit. But overall, it was fun, very angsty and it had one of my favourite tropes which is the grumpy hero sunshine girl so I enjoyed it.
I loved Gabriel, Sophie annoyed me a little especially near the end. The last 25% brought the book down for me a little bit. But overall, it was fun, very angsty and it had one of my favourite tropes which is the grumpy hero sunshine girl so I enjoyed it.
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
very entertaining but the characters felt less enjoyable than killian and liberty. also because of their jobs it definitely feels less like a rock star story. if the first book’s focus on music was something you really enjoyed you won’t find that as much here. still very enjoyable book. only thing that really dragged it down for me was the big conflict at the end. not nearly enough time spent resolving it imo.
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Siri, play After Hours by The Weeknd!
I think this book should be chosen president of grumpy-sunshine trope, like... PERIOD.
This is sweet, swooning, and hilarious etc but sometimes it goes quite sketchy. lovely reading experience but i don’t think i’ll give it a reread.
Rating 3.5 ⭐️
I think this book should be chosen president of grumpy-sunshine trope, like... PERIOD.
This is sweet, swooning, and hilarious etc but sometimes it goes quite sketchy. lovely reading experience but i don’t think i’ll give it a reread.
Rating 3.5 ⭐️
AHHHHHHH might have to change idol to 4.5/4 bc this was better. i’m a gabriel/scottie fan. very much so. and SOPHIE DARLING!!!!!! i loved her