Review: A spin on the "Romeo and Juliet" cliché…without the cliché and drama!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2014
I liked this one…kinda a spin on the “Romeo & Juliet” cliché…without the cliché and drama!  I especially liked that even though the two main characters Taryn & Trace were an interracial couple, the focus of the story wasn’t about that, because let’s face it… that would have been the lazy way of creating drama and I admire the authors, Michelle Lynn and Nevaeh Lee for not going that route.Taryn is the current hot country music star with the “America’s Sweetheart” image and Trace is the newest hot bad boy rapper that portrays the image expected of him.  But neither Taryn nor Trace are quite what the world perceives them to be.  I really liked the way these two characters were portrayed, because it gives an insight that even though it may appear that they have everything they want and the “world by the tail”; we get to see how truly lonely they can be with little to no personal time for themselves.  I normally wouldn’t feel much sympathy for the “celebrity lifestyle” but Taryn and Trace are such decent and down-to-earth individuals, I started to feel badly for them and the sacrifices that particular lifestyle demands.It was also refreshing that Taryn and Trace initially got to know each other by texting and talking on the phone, rather than just jumping right into bed and “sexland” first.  That’s not to say that when they did get to that point in their relationship it wasn’t hot… cause it was sizzling and they had such wonderful chemistry!  Overall this was an awesome book and I give extra snaps to the fact that even though two different authors wrote “Collaboration” it just flowed so incredibly well that you’d never know it.  Great work Michelle and Nevaeh!4 Stars  ~Kathy