Kylie Ryan’s has
the dream of most Southern Girls who can sing, make it in the country music
world and be as big as Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift, after her father
dying and her step monster kicking her to the curb she hops on a bus from
Oklahoma to Nashville to pursue her dream. When she gets a lucky break and is
given the chance to tour with Trace Corbin she can’t believe it.
Trace Corbin is
a platinum selling artist in the country music world, but he is also a drunk,
when Kylie joins his tour she calls him out on his shit, and he slowly falls
for her, while pushing her further away at the same time.
Caisey Quinn had
me with the opening page of this book and the plot was fantastic and I think it
helped that I love country music and want to live in a southern state of America. I loved the sexual, heated and argumentative tension
between Kylie and Trace, Caisey wrote this book in a way that even though Trace
is a major douche bag and an alcoholic you route for him and Kylie to get together.
This book was also funny, there is one scene that stuck in my mind when Kylie
plays Poker with Traces band mates and manages to swindle them out of $400 by
pretending she doesn’t know how to play.
Trace has had a
troubled past, but that does not excuse him for missing sound checks and
sometimes shows altogether and Kylie being the spitfire she is doesn’t take it,
because it’s not only his dream he’s ruining its hers. After a big blow up
because Kylie had a glass bottle thrown at her because Trace was a no show,
everything kicked off and Kylie told Trace exactly what was on her mind and
something that was said must have changed something in him because the next
night he was on stage performing.
“Damn, the boy could sing. And Lord,
those jeans. Oh no. She was becoming a Trace Corbin fan girl. She could feel it
happening and she was powerless to stop it.”
This book flowed
great, and I enjoyed the battle Kylie was having with herself at times, not
knowing what was going on in her head, because how could she be falling for
Trace Corbin the biggest arsehole in country music? But sober Trace was making her
lose her heart, the one who took her to see his family, had a mud fight with,
lost her virginity too. But like every good book nothing lasts for ever and it
all came crashing down.
I thought Kylie
was a good strong female character, very admirable. Strong willed, talented,
innocent, and not afraid to fight for what she wants and a right spitfire. The
way she stands up to everyone is amazing. I didn’t like Trace at the beginning,
I thought it was very cocky but when he started to sober up and Kylie was
falling for him, I was falling for him too. I was so wrapped up in the book I
was feeling what Kylie was feeling and I love that about books and I’m so happy
Caisey made that possible.
The book being
about country music, it of course contained music and the lyrics to songs that
were written were included in the book which was fantastic, they felt like real
songs and tied scenes together and tied up mood and feelings and were a big
part of the book which I loved.
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