Published
on September 18, 2016
340 pages
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cover
When Grant Hardy,
Meltdown’s lead singer, falls off the stage in the middle of a concert while
under the influence, his record label has no choice but to step in and take
control.
The solution is simple.
Send Grant to rehab and avoid a public relations nightmare by covering it up as
a bad case of the flu.
When the rehab facility’s recommendation for extended treatment starts to
affect the label’s bottom line, they are forced to find an alternative solution
– hire an in-house counselor for the duration of the tour.
There’s just one problem.
Grant Hardy isn’t an addict.
My review
This is the
first book I read for RB Hillard and I know I said it often, but I wish I did
not wait 2 years to read it. Music always been an important part of my life and
I always enjoy reading book about it. It’s a good mixt of thriller and romance
in a universe that I like to know more. The author wrote in a way you can think
there are real and it’s almost impossible to put the novel down before you
reach this end.
At the
beginning, I wasn’t sure that I will connect with Malory, she was distant and
barely talked about herself so the reader did not really know her. Fortunately,
she started to trust Grant more and we learned that she is a nice person who
only wants to protect herself and forget her past. I understood her reason and
I admire her for what she did. I will let you read the book to discover what
happens, but it totally worth it.
I was also
scared that Grant became a cliché of a popular singer who takes drugs and tried
to get his fans sympathies, but I was wrong. He is full of surprises and I
enjoyed his point of view and learns more about life on the road. There are two
other books were the other bandmates become main characters and I put them on
my wish list.
This story
have two alternative point of view and I mostly enjoyed to see the difference
between male and female thinking. The only thing that bothers me a little, the
author goes back a few times so the reader can see what the other character was
thinking while the event was happening. I felt it was a repetition, but not
enough to be annoying.
I also
loved that the book has different antagonist and every time you though someone
was guilty of what happened to Grant, you realized it might be the wrong
person. The author was great to keep the secret until the end. Chelle was the
one character I like to dislike. As a blogger, I could have connected to her,
but her behavior gave me chills and I hope I will never act like her. I think I
did not like her that much because I wanted Grant to end up with Malory and not
her. I still think it might be interesting if she comes back and the reader
learns more about her. We know she is a huge fan of the band, but why did she
decide to create a blog and how she became so famous in that world.
I missed
going to concert and this book helped me to get through that nostalgia. I
recommend it if you like music as much as me and I hope you will enjoy it.
Excerpts
Today I
feel like an intruder. Two weeks ago, I walked onto that stage in Houston at
the top of my game. Now I felt like a stranger in a world I’d created. I’d had
plenty of time to stew while in rehab. Disappointment and regret had become my
closest friends. (p.27)
I gave all that I am.
I’ll never be that man again
Stop trying to bring him back
He’s never coming back
Never coming back (p.115)
So what if I smoked weed every now and again? Who fucking cares if I
drink a fifth of bourbon after I pour everything, I have onto the stage night
after night? I’d paid my dues. I’d spend years playing every backwoods dive bar
in Texas. I’d slept on friends’ sofas and ate tasteless Ramen for weeks on end
just to make ends meet. (p.118)
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