More Than Music
My Rating: five-stars
Published by: Createspace on June 17th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, New Adult, Adult
ISBN: 1499607997
ASIN: B00KWSAIMU
Pages: 303
Series: Chasing the Dream #1
Disclosure: I was invited by to read this title in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. I received no monetary compensation, and all comments are subjective and mine alone.
They can't resist each other, but their secret romance might tear their band apart...
Classical musician Maddie Taylor secretly dreams of a louder life, but geeky girls like her don't get to be rock stars. That is, until tattooed singer Jared Cross catches her playing guitar and invites her to join his band on The Sound, a reality TV show competition.
Once on the show, Maddie discovers there’s more to Jared than his flirty smile and bad boy reputation. With each performance their attraction becomes impossible to ignore, but when the show pressures them to stay single they’re forced to keep their relationship secret.
As the competition heats up, Jared will do whatever it takes for his band to win, and Maddie must decide if following her dream is worth losing her heart.
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I enjoyed “More than Music” by Elizabeth Briggs a lot. I thought it was well written. I liked the author’s writing style and voice, and the story line was a nice change of pace from the typical new adult books where the female main character is running from a secret, or the male character has a secret, or both.
I really liked the game show idea. It made the story very relatable since most people have heard of the various singing reality show/competitions, even if they don’t watch them. It was an interesting backdrop to the romance and gave it a little forbidden element.
I liked the characters quite well. Maddie was very relatable. She was unsure of her skills and where she fit into the band. I think we can all relate to not knowing where we fit in at some point. She also has feelings for Jared that confuse and set her off-balance.
Jared was a little harder to pin down. He had two personas. One in front of the camera and one when the cameras turned off. As the story progresses it was easy to understand the need for this, but early on his true feelings were fuzzy. But he turned out to be a really nice guy. And I always like the nice guys…especially the hawt ones that can sing.
I would have liked more development in the supporting characters. There were a lot of areas where this could have been done, especially with the other two members of the band. I really love secondary characters and think they can add so much to a story.
Bottom line: If you are looking for a quick, sexy read, this book is for you. The plot was good, the characters were likable and the writing was well done. I recommend.
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