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A review by deepbutdazzlingdarkness
Every Time You Hear That Song by Jenna Voris
4.0
This book is like if Dolly Parton were secretly a lesbian, with a huge dash of Rocketman and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, but without the contrived extra twist at the end, so obviously I ate it up. I love the dual POV, the historical aspect of it and the whole road trip/scavenger hunt was very fun. It also made me super homesick for Nashville and wish I could hear the songs (although lbr making music from books translate to IRL isn’t the easier thing to do).
I like that Decklee isn’t a ~nice character, she’s ambitious and willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants and honestly…kind of is a straight up asshole! I like that there was no neat happy ending for her, she got everything that she ever wanted career-wise, but at what cost.
I guessed the ~reveal a little bit before it happened, but that’s a good thing! It’s always nice when a reveal makes everything fall into place, rather than come out of nowhere and again I loved the realism that there was no happily ever after love story, despite writing a final album together. I did NOT guess who Dani was though, and that was a great Easter egg.
I don’t have as much to say about the present day storyline, but Darren was a really great character and she and Kendall were cute. The way Darren was written as a bi character was so real and realistic and her struggles with how she feels about Mayberry/wanting to get out etc was a great part of her story arc. The ending made me cry, and I really enjoyed the book!
Thanks to NetGalley and Viking Books for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I like that Decklee isn’t a ~nice character, she’s ambitious and willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants and honestly…kind of is a straight up asshole! I like that there was no neat happy ending for her, she got everything that she ever wanted career-wise, but at what cost.
I guessed the ~reveal a little bit before it happened, but that’s a good thing! It’s always nice when a reveal makes everything fall into place, rather than come out of nowhere and again I loved the realism that there was no happily ever after love story, despite writing a final album together. I did NOT guess who Dani was though, and that was a great Easter egg.
I don’t have as much to say about the present day storyline, but Darren was a really great character and she and Kendall were cute. The way Darren was written as a bi character was so real and realistic and her struggles with how she feels about Mayberry/wanting to get out etc was a great part of her story arc. The ending made me cry, and I really enjoyed the book!
Thanks to NetGalley and Viking Books for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.