Friday, 19 December 2014

#028

#028 16th June 2014- ROCKED, CARI QUINN

**I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review**

I thoroughly enjoyed this book; it was an intense relationship from two people on different sides of the music industry mixed together with a bit of band rivalry and some scrumptious sounding foods.

The main characters Hadley and Deacon are brought together during a music tour, Deacon being the musician and Hadley being a chef with the tour. Both have been around the music industry from an early age, Deacon but being in a band from an early age and Hadley touring across the country with various bands with her parents. Hadley is determined at the start not to let another musician steal her heart after a run in with one when she was a teen; however Deacon makes it practically impossible to stay out of his way. Hadley is strong, stubborn and argumentative with a more than shady past involving several run ins with the police. Whereas Deacon is pretty much a straight arrow, a boy scout in many ways but mostly because he is always prepared- except for shower sex. The relationship between them is on a time frame and very explosive especially when the band is going through a rough patch. It is interesting to watch both characters who want to be successful at what they do and how it causes conflict.

The secondary characters such as Simon, Nick, Jazz and Gray add to the difficulties of the relationship between Deacon and Hadley as there seems to be very little time the two can truly spend alone. But Jazz actively encourages the relationship and tries to help them get their much needed time together.

The pacing is great as it gives us loads of build up before the relationship really hits off between the two main characters. It also takes into consideration other things that may be equally important to the storyline, and plays them out to the full extent. I also like that there is still a fantastically planned out finale to end the book off on a very high note and that quite easily could lead into book 2 which I will defiantly be reading when it comes out.


3.5 stars a really really good read.

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