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2.64 AVERAGE
A cute, light hearted romance about discovering who you are and how much you are worth.
Cailin is a PR dream. She’s strong, determined and passionate but the one thing she didn’t count on was being fired. That and her divorce. After being offered the job of a lifetime, Cailin is suddenly face to face with her childhood celebrity crush- and he’s even better than she imagined.
Jax has been in the spotlight since he was a teenager, first as the rebel in a successful boyband and now as a solo artist. He’s looking to shed his bad boy image but never imagined that he’d fall for his new PR manager.
Cailin and Jax are the perfect couple and their story is filled with longing looks, secret touches and beautiful songs
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Cailin is a PR dream. She’s strong, determined and passionate but the one thing she didn’t count on was being fired. That and her divorce. After being offered the job of a lifetime, Cailin is suddenly face to face with her childhood celebrity crush- and he’s even better than she imagined.
Jax has been in the spotlight since he was a teenager, first as the rebel in a successful boyband and now as a solo artist. He’s looking to shed his bad boy image but never imagined that he’d fall for his new PR manager.
Cailin and Jax are the perfect couple and their story is filled with longing looks, secret touches and beautiful songs
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Overall: 2.5/5 stars
“The Comeback Tour” was a quick romance that starts with Cailin, a recently divorced VP-level publicist getting the chance to go on tour with Jax Slater, member of an infamous boy band, who is going solo after many years out of the spotlight. Cailin was a huge fan of the boyband back in the day, and what do you know, Jax takes an immediate liking to her. I love the idea of the plot but the style just did not do it for me. The storyline has such potential, but ultimately it was just okay..
The novel is decently written but there were many parts that the dialogue just did not seem natural or how real people speak. The conversations are awkward and sometimes cringe-y, and the first half of the story used dialogue to clumsily info-dump background details.
Adding to the awkwardness is the pacing. The background plot was far too detailed and it takes a significant chunk of the book (around 25%) for the main characters to even meet! With love-at-first-sight romances you are banking on quick chemistry development: you really can’t dedicate that much time to details that don’t ultimately impact the success of the characters. And unfortunately, I just didn’t feel the chemistry like I was supposed to.
I also got the feeling that I was missing things throughout the story; a little more discussion on how much time has passed would be beneficial. There were some timing questions where I was very unclear on how many days/weeks had passed and the context of the plot did not help to clear things up. I felt that only two days had gone by when the author actually intended for weeks, which matters a lot when discussing whirlwind romances and relationship development. Relationships that blossom quickly over a short period can be done, but if a lot is happening off the page it makes what we do see of the relationship seem really false and surface-level, and thus not effective as a storyline.
The “Trash the Dress” interludes feel out of place and do not further the central romance at all. Cailin references how “important” the group is to her, but she barely participates in their chat group. I understand now that the author’s first work was “Trash the Dress” and that’s what inspired this novel, but it seems like it was put in after the fact and is pretty irrelevant.
Lastly, Cailin and Jax show that their relationship really is still in its infancy in the third-act-breakup. I hate the third-act-breakup! It drives me insane. There is almost always a better way to convey conflict and tension other than this! And further, Cailin literally runs away from a PR situation, which makes absolutely no sense considering her VP level job in public relations and managing crisis communication. It was very contradictory and we got no indication prior to this point that she would react this way and it was really off-putting. Ultimately, OF COURSE it’s all a huge miscommunication/misunderstanding (which is also my least favorite trope! ) and was so easily rectified by simply communicating.
This novel does have potential. I really liked the idea of the story line, and it’s a guaranteed HEA, which you can see just from the tone and plot points. Even though I struggled to get through the first half of the story, it does pick up steam near the end. The ending is satisfying and I do love a good future epilogue that ties up things in a nice little bow!
I received an advance review copy for free from Book Sirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
“The Comeback Tour” was a quick romance that starts with Cailin, a recently divorced VP-level publicist getting the chance to go on tour with Jax Slater, member of an infamous boy band, who is going solo after many years out of the spotlight. Cailin was a huge fan of the boyband back in the day, and what do you know, Jax takes an immediate liking to her. I love the idea of the plot but the style just did not do it for me. The storyline has such potential, but ultimately it was just okay..
The novel is decently written but there were many parts that the dialogue just did not seem natural or how real people speak. The conversations are awkward and sometimes cringe-y, and the first half of the story used dialogue to clumsily info-dump background details.
Adding to the awkwardness is the pacing. The background plot was far too detailed and it takes a significant chunk of the book (around 25%) for the main characters to even meet! With love-at-first-sight romances you are banking on quick chemistry development: you really can’t dedicate that much time to details that don’t ultimately impact the success of the characters. And unfortunately, I just didn’t feel the chemistry like I was supposed to.
I also got the feeling that I was missing things throughout the story; a little more discussion on how much time has passed would be beneficial. There were some timing questions where I was very unclear on how many days/weeks had passed and the context of the plot did not help to clear things up. I felt that only two days had gone by when the author actually intended for weeks, which matters a lot when discussing whirlwind romances and relationship development. Relationships that blossom quickly over a short period can be done, but if a lot is happening off the page it makes what we do see of the relationship seem really false and surface-level, and thus not effective as a storyline.
The “Trash the Dress” interludes feel out of place and do not further the central romance at all. Cailin references how “important” the group is to her, but she barely participates in their chat group. I understand now that the author’s first work was “Trash the Dress” and that’s what inspired this novel, but it seems like it was put in after the fact and is pretty irrelevant.
Lastly, Cailin and Jax show that their relationship really is still in its infancy in the third-act-breakup. I hate the third-act-breakup! It drives me insane. There is almost always a better way to convey conflict and tension other than this! And further, Cailin literally runs away from a PR situation, which makes absolutely no sense considering her VP level job in public relations and managing crisis communication. It was very contradictory and we got no indication prior to this point that she would react this way and it was really off-putting. Ultimately, OF COURSE it’s all a huge miscommunication/misunderstanding (which is also my least favorite trope! ) and was so easily rectified by simply communicating.
This novel does have potential. I really liked the idea of the story line, and it’s a guaranteed HEA, which you can see just from the tone and plot points. Even though I struggled to get through the first half of the story, it does pick up steam near the end. The ending is satisfying and I do love a good future epilogue that ties up things in a nice little bow!
I received an advance review copy for free from Book Sirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
What a sweet story! Now what millennial wasn't obsessed with a boy band or two and was absolutely convinced that if only they could meet their crush, they would instantly fall in love???? Well that's exactly what starts to happen! There's still some depth, trials, and heartbreak, but you know it's going to end happy. This is a great read!!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I really enjoyed the beginning of The Comeback Tour. Cailin and Jax were great on paper - she was recently divorced and looking to start a new life while he was trying to repair his bad boy image from his boy band days.
There are a lot of fun jokes, heart-warming interactions with fellow divorced moms, and sweet moments.
There were a few issues with the last part of the book though. I'm totally okay with insta-love. I LOVE insta-love. I just have to believe it. Unfortunately, I didn't in this case. They barely interacted and it seemed like he just liked her because she could help his image.
My biggest issue, though, was with The Big Terrible Headline then the reveal after. Cailin over-reacted to the point that I almost DNF'd the book. She treated Jax like crap and refused to even listen to him. Not only that, but the issue supposedly happened BEFORE they were together.
I gave the ending a chance though because I really did enjoy the beginning of the book. After Ethan said what he said, though, I was done. It was just so out of left field and made her over reaction that much worse.
I will likely give this author another chance because she came up with a fun, engaging premise. It just fell apart at the end.
Thank you, Joel and Book Sirens, for the opportunity to read this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
There are a lot of fun jokes, heart-warming interactions with fellow divorced moms, and sweet moments.
There were a few issues with the last part of the book though. I'm totally okay with insta-love. I LOVE insta-love. I just have to believe it. Unfortunately, I didn't in this case. They barely interacted and it seemed like he just liked her because she could help his image.
My biggest issue, though, was with The Big Terrible Headline then the reveal after. Cailin over-reacted to the point that I almost DNF'd the book. She treated Jax like crap and refused to even listen to him. Not only that, but the issue supposedly happened BEFORE they were together.
I gave the ending a chance though because I really did enjoy the beginning of the book. After Ethan said what he said, though, I was done. It was just so out of left field and made her over reaction that much worse.
I will likely give this author another chance because she came up with a fun, engaging premise. It just fell apart at the end.
Thank you, Joel and Book Sirens, for the opportunity to read this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
lighthearted
fast-paced