Review: A long and sometimes confusing storyline
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2013
I struggled with my star rating for this book as even though I had problems with a lot of things, I couldn't put my kindle down so the author obviously did her job!I was 9% into the story before I realised it was definitely set in England. Eve is from Derbyshire and Jax is from Sheffield but they meet when Eve moves to Huddersfield to attend University. I had to look the author up on Goodreads to check she was English as I felt like I was reading a book by an American author. I also noted that the author is a fan of Kristen Ashley. Well that was more than obvious as Jax talks just like a KA hero. Unfortunatley, being a Northerner myself and from Jax's neck of the woods, I found it irritating everytime I read his way of speaking. I doubt there are many Yorkshiremen who say 'babe' every two words and use the phrase 'clue me in'! Whilst I love KA myself, I couldn't take to Jax just because I knew he was supposed to be a Yorkshireman and they do not talk like that!Eve is 18 (although she comes across older). She likes to be referred to as 'E' but that irritated me, so I'll refer to her as Eve! When she was 13 something traumatic happened to her and she has been living with the cconsequences ever since. She has a twin brother who goes out with her best friend and they all end up in Huddersfield together along with their older brother Cam. Cam is friends with Jax. Jax is 23 and the lead singer in the band Room 103. Eve is instantly attracted to him but he is a bit of a man whore. However, it's not long before they are together but nothing and I mean absolutely nothing goes smoothly for this couple but Eve is always very forgiving.The story spans 3 years and a LOT happens in that time including Room 103 getting a recording contract, Eve becoming a singer herself then in Part 2 of the book, she is a top selling artist being interviewed on Radio One (I doubt Radio One really ask those type of questions!) and performing a raunchy duet at the Baftas. I think the author must have meant the Brits, because I don't recall acts like this at the Baftas and I certainly can't see a BBC televised programme allowing Eve to announce what she did at the Baftas!!There was so much going on in this book and it's a long book. Some of the plot I felt was really far fetched. Some of it I just didn't understand (what happened in Eve's past). When Eve and Jax have their 'fall outs' the reasoning and how quickly Eve forgives Jax each time was bit unbelievable for me. Life throws everything at Eve (no spoilers, read it and see!). In Part 2, she is 20 but she seems to have had a personality transplant as she's like a different woman and seems a lot older and wiser than 2 years would allow.I presume the author is also a fan of S C Stephens (Thoughtless) due to some similarities to that storyline. Jax lead singer in a band that plays in the bar where Eve is a bartender. He writes a song about her, he gets a tattoo blah blah blah. She even has Eve reference Kellan Kyle but Jax is no Kellan. Not even close. He says very little apart from 'babe'. They have a bit of conversation then a sex scene. There are a LOT of sex scenes in this book. I couldn't really believe in their great love affair as Jax didn't say enough. We get his POV in the epilogue but even that was a bit lacking. However, I don't doubt he will become a new 'book boyfriend' for some readers!It sounds like I am pulling this story to bits! Like I say, I found it hard to rate it. I assumed this was the authors debut novel but I see she has quite a few under her belt. I think if this book had been edited better (plotwise) and made a bit shorter with a tighter storyline, it could have been a 5 star read.If you liked Thoughtless and if you like Kristen Ashley alpha males, then I'm sure you will like this book.