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A review by lmrivas54
The Words by Ashley Jade, A. Jade
5.0
So convoluted, complicated and totally fascinating! This story has so many plot twists, it takes you in one direction, then suddenly goes sideways and you get whiplash. It’s very dramatic, very angsty, and completely emotional.
I can’t say this is a story about Phoenix and Lennon only, because there’s all these other characters that also take a place in your heart. They are all important, and they all have an effect on the story. I loved the complications and the underlying theme that music is at the heart of all involved.
Lennon is the daughter of a professional songwriter, her mother died when she was born and her father raised her alone, with the help of next door neighbor, Mrs. Palma. She’s a good student, she’s overweight and binges on food to fill up a void in her soul.
Phoenix is the typical bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Abandoned by his mother at seven, raised by an abusive alcoholic father, victim to frequent beatings. His benediction is his best friend Storm and his grandmother, who give him shelter when things go nuclear at the ramshackle trailer where he lives.
Phoenix is about to fail English class and wouldn’t be able to graduate, so the teacher convinces Lennon to help him pass the class. Phoenix is proud, he doesn’t want the help but needs it. Lennon is very authentic in her desire to help him out and does, he passes the class and is able to graduate. Through the process, they become friends, but Lennon has a crush on him. Phoenix is also starting to realize how beautiful inside Lennon is and starts to consider to keep in touch, even with his plans to leave town after graduation and travel to Hollywood in search of rock and roll fame. But then, an opportunity to shine in front of a label executive, in a gig where they got a chance, turns into a huge betrayal that destroys all that could ever be between them.
Four years later, Phoenix is in a downward spiral, and the only person who can help him is Lennon. And this is when we’re immersed in a very dramatic and turbulent story of drugs, unrequited love and redemption. The story was fascinating, ever changing, unpredictable and surprising. And what’s even better, there are characters within the plot that are now screaming to have their stories heard and I hope and pray that the author hears those calls and gives us those stories.
I loved the passion, the insecurity, the need for redemption and the love that flourished even in the midst of hostility and jealousy. Phoenix was like the sun, his talent was superlative, and Lennon didn’t recognize the talent she herself had and envied his. Loved their evolution and how Lennon was slowly coming out from behind his shadow. Addictive!
I can’t say this is a story about Phoenix and Lennon only, because there’s all these other characters that also take a place in your heart. They are all important, and they all have an effect on the story. I loved the complications and the underlying theme that music is at the heart of all involved.
Lennon is the daughter of a professional songwriter, her mother died when she was born and her father raised her alone, with the help of next door neighbor, Mrs. Palma. She’s a good student, she’s overweight and binges on food to fill up a void in her soul.
Phoenix is the typical bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Abandoned by his mother at seven, raised by an abusive alcoholic father, victim to frequent beatings. His benediction is his best friend Storm and his grandmother, who give him shelter when things go nuclear at the ramshackle trailer where he lives.
Phoenix is about to fail English class and wouldn’t be able to graduate, so the teacher convinces Lennon to help him pass the class. Phoenix is proud, he doesn’t want the help but needs it. Lennon is very authentic in her desire to help him out and does, he passes the class and is able to graduate. Through the process, they become friends, but Lennon has a crush on him. Phoenix is also starting to realize how beautiful inside Lennon is and starts to consider to keep in touch, even with his plans to leave town after graduation and travel to Hollywood in search of rock and roll fame. But then, an opportunity to shine in front of a label executive, in a gig where they got a chance, turns into a huge betrayal that destroys all that could ever be between them.
Four years later, Phoenix is in a downward spiral, and the only person who can help him is Lennon. And this is when we’re immersed in a very dramatic and turbulent story of drugs, unrequited love and redemption. The story was fascinating, ever changing, unpredictable and surprising. And what’s even better, there are characters within the plot that are now screaming to have their stories heard and I hope and pray that the author hears those calls and gives us those stories.
I loved the passion, the insecurity, the need for redemption and the love that flourished even in the midst of hostility and jealousy. Phoenix was like the sun, his talent was superlative, and Lennon didn’t recognize the talent she herself had and envied his. Loved their evolution and how Lennon was slowly coming out from behind his shadow. Addictive!