A review by hanreads__
Spotlight by Rose Phillips

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

"𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿." 𝗠𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁.

Rockstar x Song Writer✔️
Strangers to lovers✔️
Found Family✔️

I got this book on a “Stuff Your Kindle” day and while I enjoyed certain aspects of the story and think the plot idea was really fun, I found the story to be frustrating at times purely down to the amount of miscommunication that took place between the MC and LI alongside the fact that the MC was just so negative for the majority of the story.

Autumn is a songwriter who struggles to read and write, yet lyrics are the one thing that can come to her without an issue. I loved being able to read the song lyrics that came to Autumn’s mind and I think she’s incredible, but I struggled to love Autumn herself. As the blurb mentions, she’s mislabelled ADD and self defined as stupid, that is 100% true, but instead of considering her misdiagnosis, she proceeds to call herself stupid and throw herself a pity party constantly, it was really frustrating to read, especially when I’ve related to her in some ways. It is okay to be different and to have some sort of learning difficulty, but I don’t think that was portrayed enough within the story; not until the end when she was given a correct diagnosis (that was found online by the way) compared to going to a doctor to confirm it for sure…

Logan was an absolute sweetheart and not that much older than Autumn, but I feel like there was a BIG difference in maturity levels and that while they feel as though they’re meant to be, I feel that Autumn isn’t right for Logan. They’re most definitely at different stages in their lives and while Logan is progressing fast and doing well for himself, Autumn makes it more about her and seems to struggle to trust him despite the fact that he’s barely given her a reason to until she finally gets to see him, AND EVEN THEN SHE DOESN’T COMMUNICATE PROPERLY. I don’t know if it was the minor age gap or what, but the immaturity and how quick they fell for one another just didn’t do it for me.

Despite the negatives,I would like to talk about one thing that made the story enjoyable for me and that was the relationships between band mates and family members. Not everyone has the perfect family or friendship and yet the relationships portrayed within this story were so genuine and lovely that it warmed my heart. Rachel was an ultimate BFF to Autumn and Autumn’ family have a heart of gold! Then the band mates of Logan’s? The way they welcomed Autumn in was wonderful and so kind. It really stood out and made it easier to enjoy.

All in all, I did think about DNFing this story a few times, and while I’m happy to of finished it, I don’t think it is for me.