“They’ve been keeping you hidden,” he said. “Ordinary. When you’re anything but.”

I’m not sure what to write…sometimes I just want to write a review that says

EXCUSE ME READ THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT WAS AWESOME

But I know that is useless to pretty much everyone, sooo

5 stars of cinnamon roll, dirty talking, music playing cuteness

“Extraordinary. Absolutely— fucking gorgeous—”
“Can’t believe you did that,” she hissed.
“— something so beautiful—”
“I could have embarrassed myself in front of all of Carnegie Hall!”
“— like we were made for each other, Gwen.”

Okay, first things first – Ama and Elliot – hi my lovelies, it was nice to see you again

“Keep going.” He shifted behind her as she moved into the next section— less wild than the first but still a whirlwind. And then he was behind her. Fitting into the space between her back and the back of the chair, sitting with his thighs on either side of her, his hands steadying himself on her hips.

Second thing: That quote above? THAT WHOLE SCENE *internally combusts*

Third Thing:

Alexander Fitzgerald.
Xander Thorne.
Alex.

He stared at her, like he’d lost his train of thought, and she watched him lick his lips. “Can I see you? After rehearsal? Any day. Or morning.” A hand shoved through his hair. “See, I can be on time.” (Give him praise, Gwen!)

This man was the definition of a tortured soul. I was living for all of their interactions, literally screaming during THAT SCENE. The cover scene. You’ll scream when you get to it too. Trust me. See quote above and combusting.

He sent her a shaky smile, quickly pressing his lips together.

He was so soft for Gwen lmao. He was this grumpy, tough person to everyone, he only ever had acquaintances (or partners as he called them) but with Gwen he was this little ball of mush, buying her tacos and coffee and asking her out all cute-like. Okay, that’s enough

“If you don’t want to be with me, together with me, I can understand,” he said, and she felt her knees wobble. “But, Gwen, please make music with me. I need you in my life. I need to be in your orbit in some way, and if you don’t want me to touch you and kiss you and fuck you, then let me make love to you onstage every night because it’s the most alive I’ve felt in ten years—”

I had such hatred for Nathan and Lorenz by the time we got to the end. I mean, I knew they were manipulative, arrogant assholes, but phew, they were the worst. And Ava…I didn’t like her either. Basically, everyone in Alex’s life was shit and used him and it turned him into this egotistical monster who had no care for anyone else (obviously until Gwen, but also, like a while after Gwen too). He really had everything stacked against him (but also had everything going for him too).

“Look, I don’t know what you want from me, but—”
“Anything.” Black eyes looked down on her, and he took a shaking breath. “Everything.”

Gwen and her “I don’t like long goodbyes or love songs” also lost a lot and just wanted security and stability. I relate to that – having stability is sometimes the only thing on your mind.

“I want to be clear,” he whispered, as she focused on the rose-colored smudges around her lips. “I want you. In every way.” She swallowed, and he watched her throat move. “I want to see you. And fuck you. And play music with you.”

The spice

He pulled back long enough to whisper against her lips, “I’m gonna fuck you until you scream tonight.”

THE SPICE

“Take off the robe.” Gwen swallowed, feeling a chill run across her skin. Oh, yes, how silly of her to forget. They’d had sex last night. They were now people who had sex. With each other, specifically.

Okay, I’m done. This was a mess.

Thank you Forever Publishing and the author for thie eARC!! Julie Soto is now an auto-buy author!




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How I am supposed to write a review for this piece of perfection?
Rtc 😭 (proceeds to write a fucking novel of a review)