This Chick Read: The Garden of Lost Secrets by Kelly Bowen.

It’s Monday, what are you reading? (5/22/23).

“I do recommend this book to lovers of the genre of contemporary romance, though I am going to try and hold myself back a bit before going on to #4, I will definitely be going there sooner rather than later.” Omnivorous Reader Book Review If you’re looking for your next rock star, you may want to start with the first novel, Play, but I think this whole band is going to rock your world. I liked Anne and was able to root for her right from the get go.Īll in all, this was a fun novel with a couple of hidden surprises that helped me enjoy it even more. Of course the narration was from her point of view so we heard those inner feelings and knew she was screaming like a girl who just saw her every dream realized. She was calm and hid her inner feelings really well. She could be you, me or the girl who bags my groceries. Thankfully the conflict had heart and emotion, something I really needed from Mal in order to round his character and make him feel more attainable.Īnne was totally the girl next door. No spoilers here, but that wasn’t it at all.

He was just so over the top! He felt kind of like he was manic depression and honestly, I thought that’s where this novel was heading.

Ok, who doesn’t love the fantasy of having a rock star fall in love with an average woman? That’s why we read these right? Mal, to me, was easy to like but hard to love. It could have easily gone down the crazy guy road and Andi Arndt made them real instead of caricatures. I felt like the balance of those two characters also gave the narration a kind of sanity. Mal was kind of a crazy character and Anne gave him a kind of calm he needed to survive what was going on in his life. I really enjoyed this novel and thought Andi Arndt did a great job narrating all of the characters. Is there a reason for his wanting to convince everyone that he’s happy? Of course. In actuality it doesn’t take much convincing since Anne has had a longtime crush on Mal and pretty much finds him irresistible. Play is the story of drummer Mal Ericson who meets Anne Rollins at a party and decides to convince her to become his pretend girlfriend.

I remembered I really enjoyed the first novel also narrated by Andi Arndt and wanted to give this second one a try. Alright folks, it’s been awhile since I’ve read a rock star romance and I had this audiobook in my files.

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