8/13/2023 0 Comments Dreamie maker![]() ![]() My least favourite trope, but okay, I was prepared to give him a chance.ĪND THEN he shows up at Evie's house to pick her up for their date AND HE STARTS READING HER TEXT MESSAGES!!! Before he arrives, we're told he's a manwhore who's slept with half of Denver because his ex broke his heart. I find it incredible that in the ONE hero where Ashley tried to make him 'compliant with modern sensibilities' or whatever, he ends up being soooo much worse than any Rock Chick hero ever was.ĭaniel 'Mag' Magnusson appears in Evie's life when they're sent on a blind date together by his friend Mo and her friend Lottie. With all her faults, though, I would a thousand times pick her over. She's vulnerable to manipulation by her crappy family, is easily impressed by the horrific 'commando' hero (more below) and pretty much has the spine of a jellyfish. I get the impression that someone somewhere told Ashley, 'Your heroines need to sound more like they're from the 21st century', and this is the result.Īpart from these randomly shoehorned-in smatterings of popular culture, Evie is like every other Rock Chick. ![]() (For the record, I'm Generation Z, so I have no dog in this fight). She's essentially a composite of what a Generation Xer thinks millennials are. Basically, it reads like Ashley woke up one morning and realised that she's getting older while her readership is getting younger, and so she went all-out to create a heroine who's a walking stereotype. None of this felt like an organic element of her character. She's a millennial! She's totally into texting! Because did you know she's a millennial? And she's got a bee in her bonnet about global warming! That's what millennials care about! She dresses exclusively in Urban Outfitters (which according to its Wikipedia page targets 'young adults') and wears shoes made from recycled plastic bottles! What else would a millennial wear? This fact is then absolutely hammered into us for the next 50 pages. The very first thing we learn about her is that she's a millennial. For now, let's start with.Įvie (though weirdly, my ARC constantly calls her Evan, which I'm guessing is a recurrent typo and not her full name) is, naturally, introduced to us on. I don't consider that this review has any spoilers: there is literally nothing in this book that hasn't been done in every other book she's ever written. I'm going to take you on a journey with me through the first 15%, which is as far as I got before I started frantically skimming. You know why? The writing is crap, and the plot no better. I haven't read an Ashley book in a while, but I read this book to see if her writing still holds any of the old magic for me. The action, the romance - I totally ate it up. Unnecessary OW drama, a hero who should actually be in prison, and a stale plot.īack when I was fourteen or fifteen, I bloody loved the Rock Chick series. Apparently I also hated it so much I've written what might be my longest ever review. I hated it so much I felt like throwing something. But when Evie dances her way into Mag's life, he realizes that he needs to come face-to-face with the demons of his past if he wants a future with her.ĪRC provided in exchange for an honest review - thank you! Mag puts on a funny-guy routine so he can hide his broken heart and PTSD. No one can tell that this good-looking, quick-witted, and roguish guy has deep-seated issues. But with her lack of dancing skills and an alpha bad boy who becomes overly protective, Evie realizes this might not be as easy as she thought.ĭaniel "Mag" Magnusson knows a thing or two about pain, but the mask he wears is excellent. She takes a job dancing at Smithie's club thinking this would be a quick side gig, where she can make the money she needs. So when Evie decides she wants to earn her engineering degree, she realizes she needs to take an alternative path to get there. Growing up, she had no support from her family and has only ever been able to rely on herself. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Dream Man and Rock Chick series comes a brand new story about love, friendship, and the bonds of sisterhood.Įvie is a bonafide nerd and a hyper-intelligent chick who has worked her whole life to get what she wants. ![]()
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