Ellie is a really awesome heroine. She has so much spunk and doesn't take any crap. She genuinely cares and that is something that I love. She pushes Tate, but isn't a doormat. And, her relationship with her brother is awesome. the pacing felt a bit off to me somehow? if you’d ask me, i wouldn’t really be able to tell you how i think it should’ve been, but i feel like at some point it did feel a bit rushed (it is a quite short book so i guess that’s to be expected? idk)

But when a member of Perfectly Broken drops out of a headlining tour, the studio scrambles to find a replacement. Their best option: Ellie. h) was set to be married in two days, until everything goes downhill and she discovers that her fiance married her step-sister instead. All out of funds and nowhere to live, her brother has the bright idea of calling his best friend 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐞 (H) to help her out of the situation. She has always had this love hate relationship with him and are each other’s safety nets when they need someone to confide in. When they rekindle their friendship now that they are roommates, old feelings and memories resurface. i felt like i was robbed of the band action and scenes of them having fun touring and stuff, but i guess that’s one of the minor issues.I appreciate that the story is a clean story, but I felt like maybe there could have been just a bit more detail included to show the couple was moving forward in their relationship. I kind of felt like all of a sudden it was implied they were sleeping in the same bed, but no confirmation of anything. Maybe I missed it, who knows?

This is a sweet romance, it was refreshing not to have a bunch of naked scenes. Particularly when I find some things placed in them completely unsexy and want to gag. However, where is the balance. One scene with some passion would not hurt. Even implying the act and actions and not going into explicit detail would have been engaging. I will say Vi is definitely one of my favorite of the women, I definitely respect her character. Vi stood up for herself and never let her shyness be an exuse to accept mistreatment and always reminded herself of her self-worth. In reality, I would give this 2.5 stars, but Good Reads only allows me to give whole stars, so I rounded down. So, when a night out of her comfort zone ends up in a nightmarish elevator, all the risks she never took spill to the stranger in the corner: actually see The Goonies, ride a rollercoaster, and get that heart-melting kiss people will write books about.

Ratings & Reviews

She has no idea why, and she certainly doesn’t care. The kiss was a mistake, and she’s over it. She’ll just keep avoiding him and wooing his best friends and bandmates until he’s red in the face. The secondary characters are awesome. I loved seeing Bridge and Alexis get together. You get to see more of the band. The family dynamic between the characters is awesome. I can't wait for the next story in the series. The grumpy, annoyingly sexy drummer of Perfectly Broken tilted her world once, but now spends his free time shooting her with dagger eyes. The mini-bad, is that I found this super angsty. As in, it felt really angsty and overwrought. The pacing also felt a little clunky. Tate and Ellie went from having real communicating issues to sorting it out like overnight. This in itself wasn't bad per se, I'm just listing why I enjoyed this less than the first installment in the series. It wasn't as exciting as I pictured but it was good. You really get to know the characters. If there were more passion it would have been rated higher. Not of the sexual naked nature but implied or more want for one another physically.

i had expectations for the story and some plot points based on the synopsis, but i feel like most of what i was looking forward to didn’t happen. or at least, it wasn’t shown the way i had expected. and yeah ig, my bad for placing expectations, but when some of them are literally written in the description of the book, i think i wasn’t exactly wrong to expect to see them in the actual book. Perfect for readers who love a good mix of sweet and sizzle, toe-curling kisses, swoony book boyfriends, and a happily ever after.It was longer then it needed to be but not to a point where I couldn't finish or grew weary of the characters.. HEA on many fronts and her storylines are cute and fun. I want to read more about their brother and his intern. Her segways leading to next book are exciting. Couldn't wait to read about Tate and Ella. tate was really rude to ellie for the first half of the book and even though i knew why and kind of understood, it was just a bit too much for me to truly be able to excuse it. i mean, it wasn’t THAT bad, but like, he was pretty hurtful in a not-so-funny way sometimes and when it comes to someone i’m looking at with a relationship in mind? i have a zero tolerance, so that fact that it wasn’t ”THAT bad” is not enough for me. The love/hate relationship in this book is one of the best enemies to lovers tropes out there. I love how they really want each other, but Tate has his walls so high up. But, he can't help but fall for Ellie. I enjoyed him as a swoony book boyfriend. He is extremely sweet and is such a big teddy bear. I love how he cares for Ellie.