Review: Creative Glitches
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2014
Rating:  3 StarsI was sooo looking forward to this story!  I wanted to know more about Drake (tormented, sexy, 31 year-old rocker who has to medicate himself with large quantities of booze to sleep at night and keep the nightmares at bay) and Lana (17 year old sister to Layla, best friend to Drake, who seems to ease his nightmares) from book 2 "The Rocker That Savors Me".  While I liked the story and the series, it fell a bit short of my expectations.The prologue did not disappoint as it flashbacked to another sad incident from Drake and Emmie's childhood.  With each prologue in the series, you really start to understand Emmie's heartbreaking childhood and love her character more.  We also learn why Drake has the nightmares and needs the booze to cope.  I was shocked and surprised by it.  I probably had a love hate relationship with Lana.  During certain times, she was so strong and other times, I thought she was a b-itch.  I got her, then I did not get her.  I think some of Emmie's comments about Lana totally summed up my thoughts on her.Emmie continues to be a kick-a** heroine.  Her character alone keeps me invested in reading this series.  Shane's story is up next and I hope I have the opportunity to read some new and creative storylines, which were lacking in this book.Why Not 5 Stars?Repeating storylines -  I could not believe that the same exact situation/drama that happened between Emmie and Nic from book one, "The Rocker That Holds Me" happened between Drake and Lana!!  The same father storyline from  "The Rocker That Savors Me" was also repeated, this time it was Lana's turn.  I'm not understanding why this happened.  Their story could have gone into so many other new directions to keep it fresh.  This was not creative writing in my opinion.Repeating Scenes from different POV's -  One chapter/scene is from Lana's point of view, then the same chapter/scene is repeated from Drake's point of view.  This can be effective for some very big scenes, but it happened way too much.  At some point, I started skimming because it did not add any additional value or offer any additional information to the story.  I started to wonder if this was done to add more pages/content to the book.  I hope this does not continue in the series.  It's a take-away for me.