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Midnight Stage by Sheridan Anne

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Raleigh and Ezra claimed each other since she was 13 years old as soon as he walked through the door with her brother to start a band. With their age difference, nothing happened physically, but they were each other's everything. All that is no longer true because after their band blew up, she hasn't seen him for years. They always promise to take her with them if they get famous but leave her . What they don't realize is that they left her with a monster. So this book goes from past to present. I loved that they never really did anything as kids but very much loved each other. I was a little stunned about what happened to make them see each other again. And the fallout after that meeting. I love a second chance, and this is very much about different factors holding them back. Ahe is keeping big secrets, which one of them I understand, but the story line of some of her life didn't make sense due to the people and funds she has available. Also, it really was redundant once she was hired to help with the band how much of the same conversation her and Ezra had over and over. The last scene with her father was a lot, and that didn't make sense either on how public the storyline was. It kinda gave me the big ick. Please read the trigger warnings with this one.