3.25 Stars
Easton Harrison is a musician with writer’s block. Ireland is a cocktail
waitress in Vegas. He needs inspiration and upon meeting Ireland he finds his
muse.
Easton isn’t your typical rocker, which is quite refreshing. He doesn’t
drink or do drugs, and he hasn’t had sex in a year. That’s like light-years for
a rockstar.
I liked Ireland in the opening scenes from Easton’s POV, but not as
much in her own POV. She has issues from a past failed relationship which she
keeps projecting on this one. One minute she’s keeping Easton at a distance,
the next moment she’s professing insta-love. Her hot/cold didn’t work for me, specifically
in regards to the following instances.
“It might seem too fast for some, but we’ve spent more time together than most couples in their first few months of dating. We’ve just done it all at once.”
This quote really had me seriously side-eying the heroine. What’s she’s saying makes no sense. These two have known each other less than a
week, been secluded together less than 2 days. Vacationing together in a bubble
is not the same as negotiating a relationship in the real world over the course
of time. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy romantic fiction with this premise—where the
hero and heroine get to know each other void of OW/OM drama—but the message
that the heroine is trying to convey here is naïve at best, possibly even a
little delusional.
Ireland is also a bit reckless. A guy you just met and who you think is
only going to be in your life temporary should not be a man you’re having
unprotected sex with. Sure in
romancelandia the reader knows they’ll get their HEA, but romance is also
realistic fiction, and this gal wasn’t being very realistic….or practical…or
responsible. If he reaches for a condom, let him freaking use it!
This started off strong and the pair has some steamy encounters, but it
slipped as the story progressed. The misunderstanding is ridiculous on the
heroine’s part given she already knew enough pieces of Easton’s backstory
to put it together.
The pitfalls of a novella length showed at places such as times where scenes
seemed to switch abruptly and with the insta-love. This was not a romance that
convinced me these two had staying power.
The story ends at 74%.
~Also in The Cocktail Girls Series~
The Cocktail Girls is a shared world between 14 romance authors!
Each novella is a stand-alone story set in the city of sin.
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Each novella is a stand-alone story set in the city of sin.
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