Review: Great story! I Loved Trace and Taryn <3
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2014
4.5-5 starsThis was a great story! I have to say that I loved Trace and Taryn and really liked their story. This is the first story I've read by this author but based on this I'll definitely be trying more of her work in the future.Taryn is a 21 year old country music star. She's been in the music business since her teens and her mother is her manager. Her mother is a real witch (but substitute a B for the W) and not what anyone would call a good mother as she seems to use Taryn mostly as a meal ticket and treats her with little kindness and no love. Taryn's dad is a good man and she loves him a lot. He has a ranch back home in Texas which she goes to visit him at whenever she can fit it in to her busy schedule.Trace is a rapper from Chicago. His parents died when he was a kid and he ended up staying with his uncle and his cousin Dre. His uncle was a drunk and drug addict and Trace and Dre didn't have a good life. They did share a love for music though and it helped them stay out of gangs and trouble as they were growing up. Trace ended up becoming a rap star (with Dre as his mixer) but Trace has always felt something was missing and just takes advantage of what pleasure he can get out of life.The story begins at an awards show. Trace beats Taryn out for an award and there's an exchange between them that brings up an attraction between them. Taryn isn't too thrilled with Trace or his attitude when she first meets him but sees signs that maybe he's not as bad as his "image" represents. The night of the award show Trace gets in to some trouble and the record label decides that it would help his image to do a collaboration song with Taryn (who has been dubbed "America's sweetheart"). Neither are thrilled to be pushed in to the situation by their record label but they soon realize they work well together and get the song recorded quickly. Trace gets Taryn's cell number and they start chatting back and forth. They both end up on their respective tours and don't see each other for months but they do end up texting back and forth and calling each other as well. They become friends but neither is completely sure if the other feels the same attraction between them. At least until the time comes for them to record the music video for their song.When Taryn and Trace finally get face to face again the attraction is steaming between them. Their collaboration song is a love song about opposites attracting so the video shoot consists of some kissing and petting which just spikes up the feelings between them. Taryn's mother sees this and freaks, not wanting anything that might cause issues for Taryn's career. Regardless of her mother's freak out, Taryn wants to see Trace at a time when they can be alone and he's right there with her. They manage to sneak in a great date and they have fun but it doesn't go any further that night. It's not long before they end up in bed together though and man are they hot together. Of course the paparazzi get some pics of them together and their relationship gets blasted across all the tabloids and magazines. They decide to face it together and not try to hide things but it's not easy for them. They both have to go back out on tour and don't get to see each other hardly at all. The news and tabloids print lies about them both that forces them to learn to trust each other if they're going to have any chance of making things work. Trace tries to stay away from all the parties and groupies he's usually surrounded with and Taryn has to deal with her mother and a friend that wants to be a boyfriend and doesn't make it easy for her to keep him at a distance. Trace and Taryn go through multiple instances of drama and have to fight to stay together but they do and that is the important part. I really loved seeing them work things out together and not letting others dictate their actions or affect their feels for each other. The drama is dealt with though and overall things work out well in the end and I loved seeing them begin their HEA.I found this to be a really enjoyable story. I loved both Taryn and Trace and felt for them as they attempted to get past what people expected or wanted from them to be able to be together. Their relationship was sweet and hot and I really liked reading their story. It kept me engrossed throughout and I liked it enough that I'm sure I'll be rereading it in the future. I'd recommend this book. 2 thumbs up! :D