Review: Music, hot guys, and fractured souls.....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 21, 2013
I was so sucked into this story after reading the synopsis and seeing the gorgeous cover, that I couldn't wait to read this book. Super excited when it came out, I bought it up, and added to the top of my TBR. Unfortunately, my world came crashing down when I was letdown a few chapters in. The writing is just ok, and the depth of the story didn't go very far. I felt that there was so much potential for this story to be wonderful. And was bummed that my expectations weren't met.I sort of kind of liked the characters. For instance, Rhane is wishy-washy and she just annoyed the bejesus out me. Uncle T was too much of an enabler. He is a great uncle, just wasn't uncley/tough lovey enough. And then you have Gwen. She is sort of like the mom figure to Rhane but she ended up being the nanny, cook, and house cleaner. Yes all mommish stuff, but she wasn't meant to fill in as mom. She was made to be the caretaker of the house/watchdog. But I liked her a ton. In fact I felt that her character was the best one in the story. And then there's Ian. I thought I was going to fall in love with Ian. He had the makings of Mr. Perfect written all over him, but then he slowly jumped ship with the rest of them and the story sort of went down the tube.Ian and Rhane's chemistry was there. Hot, fun, flirty, and sexy. But there just wasn't enough dialogue between them for me to be happy. It's a slow played romance, that infuriated me more than anything. And again there isn't depth to their relationship. There could be so much to them. Tons. Their story just needed more work. Especially when there's an added person in the mix. It just could have brought more to story the and their story.Overall this is a so so story. It was just lacking in certain aspects for me and I was underwhelmed. Now don't get out the pitch forks and come trudging after me because I didn't enjoy it as much as you, but understand that when I read a story I am looking for originality (which this story had), depth, superb characters, and realistic characters. Plus some other things. I look forward to reading the sequel to this story----As we get Ians POV....I LOVE Male POVs the most! They always carry more fun and insight into the lives of the characters. This is a 3.5 Star book for me :)