Review: Rhye & Syn
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2013
I always liked Rhye, the stoner musician with a strong love for Jay, so strong that he took Jay to Kane one night because he knew they were meant to be together. But wow, this book wasn't anything like I anticipated. Rhye is now a famous musician with all of the stereotypical addictions - hard drugs, alcohol & girls. He is destroying himself, and his career, because of JT's death and also for what happened to his bandmate Chris. He is feeling guilty & sorry for himself. In one last ditch effort he is forced to work with a writing team in Nashville & have his very own babysitter/therapist/drug tester. Syn is a fresh-faced country singer, a virgin, working with the same writing team & they hope Rhye & Syn can write & sing a beautiful duet together which they do, about Rhye's wasted heart. I felt like Syn put her heart & soul into saving Rhye while he still battled with his demons & his past. She went above & beyond, even driving him to see Jay to talk everything out. I just felt like Rhye would keep relapsing, continuing to be tempted to screw any groupie that was nearby, and would eventually break Syn's spirit. I wasn't left with a great feeling about these two. I typically hate books about bands because of that reason - they have women throwing themselves at the band members left & right and it is too difficult for them to commit to one woman. But yet Syn is expected to pull the weight of the relationship, to worry all the time?