Review: 4.5 Funny, Sexy Stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
Audience:18 & older. Low-Mid Level SteamCharacters:Micha: Dark hair, blue eyes. Hot, famous, playboy, actor. Avoids relationships, in favor of no-strings attached flings to focus on career. He's sweet but cocky, smart but misguided about love thanks to his parents history. Very easy to fall in love with even when he's being a jerk. Some of the things he said had me in stitches.Maddie: Brown hair, brown eyes. Film school graduate, currently working as an assistant camera operator with aspirations to produce and direct her own films. She's just trying to make it in the film industry after making a mistake in the very beginning of her career, resulting in the shunning from a famous director. She doesn't do flings.Secondary Characters: Sam, PA that harbors a crush on Maddie. Lulu, Micha's mom. Fudge, Micha's bodyguard and my favorite (Can Fudge get his own book please?). Bree, Maddie's wild childhood best friend, who just happens to be Beaumont's assistant. Adam, Maddie's boss. Beaumont, pompous director.Plot:Micha and Maddie had a chance encounter right after Maddie graduated college but nothing ever came of it. Flash forward 7 years and they end up on the same film together. Sexual tension abounding, Micha wants to have a casual fling with Maddie to get her out of his system. Again, Maddie doesn't do flings. Can Micha change her mind or are they destined for more?The Feels:I loved this story. I laughed throughout the whole thing and at one point was almost in tears. This story is pretty low on the angst but the ride is anything but smooth. I connected with all of the characters and of course swooned over Micha. But, I really enjoyed Maddie because she knew what she wanted and wasn't willing to budge in the long run. Compromise, yes, but she stuck to her guns. Plus there is that one scene in the beginning of the book where she "pays up" for what she owes. Yeah that was pretty awesome.I want to read more about Fudge though, I think he deserves his own story. I'm willing to campaign for one on Laurelin's page.Writing:Very well written. Told in 3rd person from alternating POV's. I was really drawn into the story with the descriptions of Maddie's job as camera operator and the different aspects of the film-making process. I was really able to get a good grasp on Michah's playful personality, as well as his soft side.Quotes:“You're going to break me," she whispered. But she was wrong. "You're the one who's going to break me." She would. He knew it now. She was going to break him into so many pieces he wouldn't be able to recognize himself. And he was totally looking forward to it.”"Imagining any guy, let alone Sam, with you--touching your incredibly soft skin, fondling your adorably perky breasts--feels like I'm being stabbed in the gut." her unrolled her from the comforter so their skin met. "And now I have to fondle you breasts since I was talking about it."*I received an ARC from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.