Review: Review: The Green-Eyed Monster (Crucifox, #1) by Melanie Tushmore
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2013
Title: The Green-Eyed Monster (Crucifox, #1)Author: Melanie TushmoreCover Artist: Ria ChantlerPublisher: Storm Moon PressReviewer: SeanGenre: ContemporaryType: RomancePairing: BisexualLength: NovelHeat Rating: ♨♨♨♨Rating: ★★★★★Blurb:Sky Somers is an ex-traveller; the son of a folk musician and a new age hippy. Sky's form of rebellion is electric guitars, and he wants his own band. His desire is to set the world to rights through music. Brandon Cruikshank is new to London, recently arrived from Glasgow. Charismatic, charming; a natural born performer. Brandon is openly bisexual, with a penchant for dressing in women's clothes. His desire is to be adored.From the moment Sky meets Brandon, he knows he has to have him. Brandon, in turn, wants Sky. But that's when it becomes clear they both have very different desires in mind. Brandon wants Sky as a lover, yet Sky only wants Brandon as a singer in his band. Misunderstanding set aside--or apparently so--Brandon and Sky become firm friends. To escape equally troubled pasts and families, they change their names. Now, Brandon Fox and Sky St. Clair are ready to take over the world.As the years roll on, Brandon's desire for Sky still simmers, waiting. Then a chance night sharing a hotel room sparks the desire between them, and this time, Brandon wants it all. Sky has never explored his desires before. Now, the passion and jealousy Brandon has unleashed in him threatens to shake the whole band apart.Review:My goodness! I think that was like the best journey I had ever follow in a book. I know absolutely nothing about band group and how their life looked like until I read The Green-Eyed Monster. The way the author described their lifestyle was so realistic and I absolutely loved the characters.I really loved Sky's personality in the story. How snappy and bossy he got was hilarious to read. Sky was as far as the best character that had so many flaws from all other books I read in the past. There was nothing perfect about Sky, which actually made him a perfect person. Brandon was an interesting character as well. Sometime he'd act so tough and other time he wasn't. He probably would be the bravest of all characters that was mentioned in the book. He didn't care what others thought of him due to the way he dressed. I loved the fact that he wore kilt.As for the band group name, I loved how the author created the name based on Brandon's personality. It was cool. The name suited them really well. I often wondered where did "The Green-Eyed Monster" come from, until the near ending I finally understood why. This story focus on Sky and Brandon, but I still got enough information from all other characters. For the minor character, Star was one of my favorite characters. She was so brilliant in the book.During the music scene, I totally wanted to be there and watch them doing their stuff. It was very interesting to learn how they actually do things in the backstage and how nervous they felt every time they came onto the stage. What I was trying to say, I learned a lot from this book even though this one was a fiction. The author mentioned in her acknowledgement that she used to work for the band, which to me, made the story more real. I hope I made any sense.This is a book I'd easily recommend to anyone. Seriously, this book has a lot of characters with flaws. There was nothing perfect about these characters. I despite the books that have perfect characters because that would make the whole book fake. The Green-Eyed Monsters had the real thing about it. So, yep, highly recommended!