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A review by bee_thebibliophile
Red Haze by Lark Taylor
4.0
The last member of Caffeine Daydreams, their drummer Arlo Beckett, fell in love with one of the most complicated people he’s come across - his bodyguard Jack Stokes. Their story takes place over many years and the story’s divided into two parts to highlight how their relationship changed over time.
The “Then” section of their story made me so invested in the two of them - Arlo and Jack’s rockstar/bodyguard relationship was so much more than just that from even the very beginning. Jack’s extra work to figure out how to help Arlo through his dark days made me smile and their holidays together were absolutely the sweetest. But once they started changing their relationship, things were destined for complications.
The “Now” section really highlighted Jack’s adorable obliviousness. He spent so long not putting two and two together and hurting Arlo in the meantime, but once they figure it out, it’s really enjoyable. However, I spent a lot of time wanting to punch one or both of these two to make them sit down and talk with each other. And the stalker storyline just didn’t quite do it for me - I felt like everything wrapped up really quickly and was only a thing to bring Arlo and Jack back together, though I was happy that it forced them to FINALLY sit down and talk things out.
Loved seeing all of the other Caffeine Daydreams members enjoying their happiness and rallying around Arlo when he needed them most. Their bond between the four of them is the sweetest. But I would have loved more performances or band activities on page instead of just mentioned. Sad to see the series come to an end, though seeing some of Lark’s PNR couples made the ending a little less sad in the end.
The “Then” section of their story made me so invested in the two of them - Arlo and Jack’s rockstar/bodyguard relationship was so much more than just that from even the very beginning. Jack’s extra work to figure out how to help Arlo through his dark days made me smile and their holidays together were absolutely the sweetest. But once they started changing their relationship, things were destined for complications.
The “Now” section really highlighted Jack’s adorable obliviousness. He spent so long not putting two and two together and hurting Arlo in the meantime, but once they figure it out, it’s really enjoyable. However, I spent a lot of time wanting to punch one or both of these two to make them sit down and talk with each other. And the stalker storyline just didn’t quite do it for me - I felt like everything wrapped up really quickly and was only a thing to bring Arlo and Jack back together, though I was happy that it forced them to FINALLY sit down and talk things out.
Loved seeing all of the other Caffeine Daydreams members enjoying their happiness and rallying around Arlo when he needed them most. Their bond between the four of them is the sweetest. But I would have loved more performances or band activities on page instead of just mentioned. Sad to see the series come to an end, though seeing some of Lark’s PNR couples made the ending a little less sad in the end.