Review: Jessica Topper is a writer to watch - Read this now - Kindle Crack
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 17, 2013
ARC kindly provided by PENGUIN GROUP Berkley, NAL/Signet Romance, DAW in exchange for a fair and honest review. Expected publication date: September 17th, 2013 - Spoiler free review. This is a stand-alone book and does not end with a cliffhanger.Katrina (Kat) Lewis lost her husband Pete to a horrific accident. Life for Kat and her toddler daughter Abbey will never be the same. Kat is devastated from losing Pete and must face life raising her daughter alone. They leave their NYC apartment to return to Kat's childhood house in the NY suburbs. While volunteering at a local library, Katrina decides to put together a children's music program. Katrina hunts down Adrian Graves, the singer/song writer of her daughter's favorite PBS cartoon, to see if he will perform. The sexy and weathered British rocker shows up at the library and captivates the children's hearts as well as Kats'. The slightly inebriated kiddie show singer turned out to be Adrian "Digger" Graves. He was the front man for the chart-topping, heart-stopping, panty-dropping 80's heavy metal band Corroded Corpse. Adrian led the rock and rock life of debauchery and excess...landing himself with a criminal record, substance abuse problem and a painful divorce. The heart wants what the heart wants, so inevitably Kat questions whether she is doing the right thing by letting him into her and Abbey's life. The two start to date and slowly let each other into their complicated lives. Katrina starts to understand) the complicated rock star whose old posters still adorn her brothers' bedroom wall. Adrian tries to break down Kat's emotional barriers. Will misunderstandings, lies, addiction and ghosts of the past allow these two damaged people to live louder than love?Louder Than Love happens to be Jessica Topper's first book. Truth be told I was surprised because her writing was flawless. This woman's writing style and storytelling ability has that special "it" factor that does not happen in every book. Topper carefully crafted each character's emotions and dialogue with such precision that the story felt as if it was non-fiction. Louder Than Love captivated me from the first to the last page. Topper took her time developing the emotional balance and energy between Kat and Adrian. Louder Than Love was a breath of fresh air. Topper changed up the whole rock star love story formula. This story isn't one of those "insta-love" stories where the girl falls head-over-heels for a banged up rock star, nor one where they have the best sex/chemistry and everything is perfect. There are a lot of hot rocker romance books out there...and I have probably read and loved most of them. This isn't a super smutastic book because there is a rock star in it. It's an emotional journey of two very fractured souls...who might have a second chance at love.Jessica Topper is a writer to watch. Five Metallica sized rock stars for Louder Than Love. This is some fine emotionally driven heavy metal Kindle Crack. Rock on and add this book to your TBR list!This review appears on [...] [...] Goodreads, Amazon and Twitter.