Review: I couldn't have asked for a better book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2014
"What I need is a girlfriend... well, a pretend girlfriend, and you, Anne Rollins, are perfect.First a quick history lesson... I read Lick, the first Stage Dive book a few months before and it wasn't bad but I didn't love it either. It was a very okay three star read for me. So that's been the reason why I waited this long to start reading Play. And shame on me. SHAME ON ME FOR THAT! I should've read it sooner and I really regret it now because I loved Play to bits and pieces!MAL! Oh god, how do I even begin to describe him or my love for him. He's my ultimate rockstar wet dream. Not only is he unbelievably sexy,  he also has a sensitive side in him. And of course he's freaking hilarous. I mean just look at some of the quotes below—I can't even...He was quite the hyper active person. I was getting exhausted just reading about him (in a good way). He sure was a lot of work. AND he's the drummer of Stage Dive. I loooooove drummers! So basically he's perfect. He really is. And damn, he was fantastic in this book! I couldn't get enough of reading about him. I even had to stop myself from reading at some points because it was getting really late. It was getting out of control, seriously. Don't you just love books like that?"Life’s a song, Anne. Let’s play."Not only did I enjoy this book because of Mal—although he was a big, big, big part of it—I also genuinely liked Anne, which came as a bit of a surprise to me. I loved her voice and inner thoughts. She was pretty funny too. I also liked the way she was concerned for a little sister and the way she could handle Mal. I mean, seriously, not a lot of people can handle Mal. He's... Mal.Of course not the whole book was fun and games. There were some pretty glum parts and scenes where I was feeling really sad but it gave the story a little more of the depth that I was looking for in Lick. It's always nice to see a book or series getting better, especially if it's #2 in a series since you don't often see that. I loved it.Good god, this man had energy to spare like he snorted sugar.We also saw some more about the characters we got to know in Lick like Evelyn and the other Stage Dive members. It was kind of nice seeing them again, seeing how they're living now. Also the premise for the next two Stage Dive books was definitely set already with soms things in Play. Very nice done, I'd say!Overall, Play by Kylie Scott was a perfect sequel to Lick. Even more so, I enjoyed it loads more than the first book... Kylie Scott definitely has won me over with her Stage Dive series. I couldn't get enough of it, loved it, was so engrossed in it... I couldn't have asked for a better book! And I'm definitely looking forward to Jimmy's story in Lead! Bring it on, baby!