Book Review: All My Love, Alec Brock
By: Chelsea Uzomah
Tags: Books, Books And Authors, Bookreading, Book Review, Book Review Writing

I’m not into all these girl and celebrity love stories but Larissa Lopes has turned my view on the genre. Unlike most books within the line, All My Love, Alec Brock, published in 2020, starts with a real world scenario–an actual real world scenario– where the main character, Linda Gonzalez, a sixteen year old girl thinks she has been dating the superstar, Alec Brock, thanks to a very cunning guy. It’s not a friend of hers and you’re not going to find out who it is in the first book. You’re going to have to get the second book and I assure you it will be worth it.

Going back to the subject at hand. Linda decides to surprise her boyfriend, "Alec Brock" by visiting him in L.A. Going to one of his CD signings where she finds out that the Alec Brock she loves doesn't know or recognize her even a little bit. At first she thinks it's a joke, he's playing a prank right? But unfortunately he isn't. She leaves the signing broken hearted and can't come to terms with it. Linda confronts her internet boyfriend, the Alec Imposter or Imposter Alec as she later saves his number. The confrontation doesn't lead to much. The guy just gives her his name, simply as James. What the heck is that?

She decides to get over Alec Brock but it's not easy when his pictures are everywhere, from her little step sister's cup to every television and billboard in L.A. She goes to one of his concerts to say a final goodbye but faints due to her not eating since the Impostor revelation. This is where things start getting slightly unreal. What would you expect? This is a work of fiction afterall! Alec wants to meet her and he does but she doesn't, he asks her how she is–if only all Superstars were like that right?–and actually gets a date out of her with her Dad's approval. My mouth literally dropped but they had to get together somehow.

At the date, Linda tells him everything about Imposter Alec and to say Alec original is shocked is an understatement. He later decides to help her, getting the police, an investigator and a psychiatrist on board. Seriously, if all Superstars were like this guy. 🤩 Then again they'd have more than imaginable drama to deal with. So the real world will just have to do.😔

Anyway, Linda gets close to Alec's family and the later fall in love. Seemingly general ending for all books of this sort until you read the later pages.😏 Like I said book 2 will be a must.

The book shows us the prospect of internet dating might be fun, wild and wonderful, you don't really know whose behind the screen on the other end. Reading the start of the book sent warning bells off in my head and I was ultimately waiting for the revelation to happen but the way Imposter Alec orchestrated the whole thing was just cunning, twisted and in a part of my mind, genius. When Linda found out the emotions coming off the character were a little bit on the real side. Making you question if such a thing really did happen to the author or if it was just written there for the book itself.

The book had a sort of loaded but gentle feel to it. It will pull at your heart a little bit for Linda, Alec and even the Imposter. It is quite understandable for Linda or anyone else in her situation to hold a little feelings for someone like Imposter Alec, it's okay. You believed or still believe you know the person wouldn't do any heinous actions with your personal stuff. It's okay to be angry, feel stupid and still hold a little affection. I personally think it's best to forgive and forget. That is until you find the perp and make him/her pay but forgiveness is okay.

All My Love, Alec Brock is the first book in The Alec Brock Series.

Author's Bio

Born in Brazil and naturalized French, Larissa is a real citizen of the world, trying to write her own story the best way she can. Romance, personal growth and multiculturalism are the core of her writing. And when she isn't secretly living her characters' lives in her head, she's working as a researcher, as a teacher, or inspiring people to become their best version with #TheBestVersionOfMyselfMovement.

You can find her here on:

Her Website: https://www.lalalopes.com/alecbrockseries

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alecbrockseries/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlecBrockSeries

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/AlecBrockSeries

You can find the book here:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/49983979-all-my-love-alec-brock

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/All-My-Love-Alec-Brock/dp/195034407X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/all-my-love-alec-brock-larissa-lopes/1134333260?ean=9781950344079

Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/fr/book/all-my-love-alec-brock/id1484722935

Thanks to Larissa Lopes herself and Literary Crush Publishing for the free book.