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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
"So I’d been knocked up by a rock star. Big deal."
The Stage Dive Series is one of those series that I make sure I am obligation-free on release day so I can dive into the next book (no pun intended!). To say that I was beyond excited to finally read Ben–the bearded wonder's–book is an understatement of the year. Ever since falling head over vagina in love with Mal in Play I have become a die hard of this series so it was safe to assume that Ben's book, being the final one, would be epic. Yet, the only epic feels I have are that I am epically underwhelmed.
"Each time he chose to not take things further with me, it hurt."
I am a sucker for oops-I-got-preggers stories. They are scary and angsty and everything that can go wrong usually does. I LIVE FOR THOSE. While Deep was angsty it wasn't always in a good way. My main issue was Ben and how clueless and spineless he was. Sure, when Lizzy let's him know that she is carrying his bun in the oven, he does the right thing by offering money and support etc. But I never felt like I got to really know him. He was kinda of just there and considering how strong Jimmy and Mal and David are in their own books, it was shocking. Plus Lizzy. I wanted to love Lizzy, but of all the leading ladies she was the weakest in character development as well. And the romance between them? Well it felt insta and forced. Especially the text message conversations. They were just so immature, I had a hard time believing that it was a conversation between adults.
"Sweetheart, you can have whatever the fuck you want, I promise. Whatever you need. No more holding back. No more fear.”
I could have overlooked the less than amorous feelings I had for Lizzy and Ben had the story been on point (and it was in the beginning) but it was so rushed. In fact, once things started falling into place and I found myself rooting for them I realized I was at 90%!!! I honestly was shocked that this book was THAT short, especially considering it was 1. The last book in this series 2. You involve a character/band that I'm pretty sure will be getting his own spinoff of this series and 3. IT'S THE LAST BOOK!!!! Despite this being my least favorite of all the Stage Dive novels I would gladly recommend this series as a whole because it's just that good.
2.5 stars
The Stage Dive Series is one of those series that I make sure I am obligation-free on release day so I can dive into the next book (no pun intended!). To say that I was beyond excited to finally read Ben–the bearded wonder's–book is an understatement of the year. Ever since falling head over vagina in love with Mal in Play I have become a die hard of this series so it was safe to assume that Ben's book, being the final one, would be epic. Yet, the only epic feels I have are that I am epically underwhelmed.
"Each time he chose to not take things further with me, it hurt."
I am a sucker for oops-I-got-preggers stories. They are scary and angsty and everything that can go wrong usually does. I LIVE FOR THOSE. While Deep was angsty it wasn't always in a good way. My main issue was Ben and how clueless and spineless he was. Sure, when Lizzy let's him know that she is carrying his bun in the oven, he does the right thing by offering money and support etc. But I never felt like I got to really know him. He was kinda of just there and considering how strong Jimmy and Mal and David are in their own books, it was shocking. Plus Lizzy. I wanted to love Lizzy, but of all the leading ladies she was the weakest in character development as well. And the romance between them? Well it felt insta and forced. Especially the text message conversations. They were just so immature, I had a hard time believing that it was a conversation between adults.
"Sweetheart, you can have whatever the fuck you want, I promise. Whatever you need. No more holding back. No more fear.”
I could have overlooked the less than amorous feelings I had for Lizzy and Ben had the story been on point (and it was in the beginning) but it was so rushed. In fact, once things started falling into place and I found myself rooting for them I realized I was at 90%!!! I honestly was shocked that this book was THAT short, especially considering it was 1. The last book in this series 2. You involve a character/band that I'm pretty sure will be getting his own spinoff of this series and 3. IT'S THE LAST BOOK!!!! Despite this being my least favorite of all the Stage Dive novels I would gladly recommend this series as a whole because it's just that good.
2.5 stars
I had a hard time rooting for Ben but really liked Lizzy. I mostly read this for the updates on Lena and Jimmy.
Finally finished this! Took me near enough the whole month bc of this stupid reading slump I'm in!
I didn't like this as much as the others in the series, but again I don't know whether that's just bc of this slump. I just didn't find that Ben and Lizzy connected how the other characters all did.
I didn't like this as much as the others in the series, but again I don't know whether that's just bc of this slump. I just didn't find that Ben and Lizzy connected how the other characters all did.
3 stars
Meet my Ben:
Meet my Lizzy:
I never really paid attention to Ben or Lizzy but I loved Mal and Anne and Jimmy and Lena's book so I was looking forward to this. I did like the beginning of this book with just being thrown into the midst of it.
Hmmmm....Well Ben was really annoying!! I just didn't like him. He was HOT but annoying. Like GROW up! He never learnt from his mistakes and Liz was a great girl but really???? REALLY??? you could have done better. Like, Vaughan for instance was kind of great! I'M SO HAPPY HE GETS A BOOOOOK!!!!!
I felt like she was a pushover when it came to Ben. She took what little scraps he'd give her and think he held affection for her.
I honestly just expected more from this book because of how much I liked the 2nd and 3rd one. This book felt really short too and maybe it was that I felt some things were rushed added to me not falling in love with this book. Mal totally saved this book with his jokes! Him and Anne were adorable as well as Jimmy and Lena!! They were cute! I wished we got some scenes in their perspectives!
Meet my Ben:
Meet my Lizzy:
I never really paid attention to Ben or Lizzy but I loved Mal and Anne and Jimmy and Lena's book so I was looking forward to this. I did like the beginning of this book with just being thrown into the midst of it.
Hmmmm....Well Ben was really annoying!! I just didn't like him. He was HOT but annoying. Like GROW up! He never learnt from his mistakes and Liz was a great girl but really???? REALLY??? you could have done better. Like, Vaughan for instance was kind of great! I'M SO HAPPY HE GETS A BOOOOOK!!!!!
I felt like she was a pushover when it came to Ben. She took what little scraps he'd give her and think he held affection for her.
Spoiler
Of course, him declaring his undying love for her on stage fixes everything!!! How??? After all the mixed signals you got from Ben????I honestly just expected more from this book because of how much I liked the 2nd and 3rd one. This book felt really short too and maybe it was that I felt some things were rushed added to me not falling in love with this book. Mal totally saved this book with his jokes! Him and Anne were adorable as well as Jimmy and Lena!! They were cute! I wished we got some scenes in their perspectives!
This one just didn't do it for me.
El chabon la cagaba tanto que no me daba tiempo a encariñarme con él. Y el final, en el que necesitaba un act of true love, como que no me convenció tampoco; me quedé corta.
Lo que me di cuenta con los libros de esta saga que iban todos por el mismo lado con los story lines, que cada uno tenía sus cosas obvio, pero al final siempre era él quien se mandaba alguna cagada y la iba a buscar a la mina para arregrarlo. Que me encantan esos finales, pero no para cuatro libros dentro de una misma saga. Aunque sea uno en el que ella tenga que pedir perdón, o se unan los dos contra una fuerza externa a la pareja, ALGO.
Encima literal que los tres libros transcurren en 6 meses. WTF, aunque sea mentime y decime que pasaron años (cosa que con este libro hubiera venido bien que ya vinieran construyendo algún tipo de relación), porque todos se conocen y PUM, casamiento.
Igual me encariñé con el resto de los personajes, and are very dear to my heart.
El chabon la cagaba tanto que no me daba tiempo a encariñarme con él. Y el final, en el que necesitaba un act of true love, como que no me convenció tampoco; me quedé corta.
Lo que me di cuenta con los libros de esta saga que iban todos por el mismo lado con los story lines, que cada uno tenía sus cosas obvio, pero al final siempre era él quien se mandaba alguna cagada y la iba a buscar a la mina para arregrarlo. Que me encantan esos finales, pero no para cuatro libros dentro de una misma saga. Aunque sea uno en el que ella tenga que pedir perdón, o se unan los dos contra una fuerza externa a la pareja, ALGO.
Encima literal que los tres libros transcurren en 6 meses. WTF, aunque sea mentime y decime que pasaron años (cosa que con este libro hubiera venido bien que ya vinieran construyendo algún tipo de relación), porque todos se conocen y PUM, casamiento.
Igual me encariñé con el resto de los personajes, and are very dear to my heart.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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:
Yes
Mit diesem Buch habe ich nicht nur eine SuB-Leiche von 2016 erlöst, sondern auch gleich endlich eine vor langem angefangene Reihe beendet. Zum damaligen Zeitpunkt war mein Lesegeschmack noch etwas anders, und wie man erahnen kann, habe ich gelegentlich noch Erotikromane/New Adult gelesen. Das hat sich inzwischen geändert.
Da ich Lust auf etwas Kurzweiliges und Romantisches hatte, habe ich mich an das Buch gewagt. Leider war der Plot des Buches total platt und vorhersehbar und der Schreibstil unterirdisch. Mehrere Kapitel enthalten nur sinnlose SMS-Nachrichten, die keinerlei Substanz haben. Ich hatte den Eindruck, dass sich die Autorin nicht im Geringsten bemüht hat, und einfach eine schnell geschriebene 0815 Sexgeschichte mit einem "Rockstar" zusammengeschustert hat. Tiefe sucht man hier vergeblich. Ich fand beide Hauptcharaktere total eindimensional und unsympathisch.
Insgesamt habe ich nie von der Reihe geschwärmt und auch zwei andere Bände nur mit 3 Sternen bewertet. Es gab eine Ausnahme mit einem Band, der sehr humorvoll geschrieben wurde. Hier war das aber leider nicht der Fall. Für diese unkreative, klischeehafte Erotikgeschichte kann ich leider nur 2 Sterne vergeben. Man bekommt das, was man bei dem schrecklich kitschigen Cover erwarten kann.
Da ich Lust auf etwas Kurzweiliges und Romantisches hatte, habe ich mich an das Buch gewagt. Leider war der Plot des Buches total platt und vorhersehbar und der Schreibstil unterirdisch. Mehrere Kapitel enthalten nur sinnlose SMS-Nachrichten, die keinerlei Substanz haben. Ich hatte den Eindruck, dass sich die Autorin nicht im Geringsten bemüht hat, und einfach eine schnell geschriebene 0815 Sexgeschichte mit einem "Rockstar" zusammengeschustert hat. Tiefe sucht man hier vergeblich. Ich fand beide Hauptcharaktere total eindimensional und unsympathisch.
Insgesamt habe ich nie von der Reihe geschwärmt und auch zwei andere Bände nur mit 3 Sternen bewertet. Es gab eine Ausnahme mit einem Band, der sehr humorvoll geschrieben wurde. Hier war das aber leider nicht der Fall. Für diese unkreative, klischeehafte Erotikgeschichte kann ich leider nur 2 Sterne vergeben. Man bekommt das, was man bei dem schrecklich kitschigen Cover erwarten kann.