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ninette's review against another edition
4.0
So this was over way too soon. It was so fun. Granted the small town shenanigans are like Gilmore Girls level ridiculous, but that's funny so I'll roll with it. I love the banter and the dynamic she sets up. And I love that it's not all light and fluffy. They both have issues.
The reason I am not giving this five Stars is primarily that as soon as they get together the PTSD that the heroine has been struggling with for years suddenly becomes a non issue - like within the span of 12 hours or so. Sure she had been making some progress on that front - baby steps really, but seriously it is still a major issue on Sunday morning and by Sunday evening it's gone?! I would have expected more work on that front. Also even before, her progress with that is pretty unidirectional. No setbacks. It would have been more interesting and more rewarding to explore that whole issue in the context of this new relationship. The book could have easily had like 100+ pages more without becoming overly long.
Besides that I am a little confused about the wife's death. Unless I am blind, we never find out how exactly she died and sometimes it sounds like it was rather sudden and other times it is implied that she had time to make requests and such. I'm hoping this will become a series and we find out more, but it should have been made clear in this book.
The reason I am not giving this five Stars is primarily that as soon as they get together the PTSD that the heroine has been struggling with for years suddenly becomes a non issue - like within the span of 12 hours or so. Sure she had been making some progress on that front - baby steps really, but seriously it is still a major issue on Sunday morning and by Sunday evening it's gone?! I would have expected more work on that front. Also even before, her progress with that is pretty unidirectional. No setbacks. It would have been more interesting and more rewarding to explore that whole issue in the context of this new relationship. The book could have easily had like 100+ pages more without becoming overly long.
Besides that I am a little confused about the wife's death. Unless I am blind, we never find out how exactly she died and sometimes it sounds like it was rather sudden and other times it is implied that she had time to make requests and such. I'm hoping this will become a series and we find out more, but it should have been made clear in this book.
lilyya's review against another edition
3.0
3,25⭐️
I absolutely adore Kylie Scott and I absolutely hate giving my favorite authors less than four stars but I couldn’t connect with these two. Overall, l it was a cute little small town romance.
I absolutely adore Kylie Scott and I absolutely hate giving my favorite authors less than four stars but I couldn’t connect with these two. Overall, l it was a cute little small town romance.
lauraak's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
latetotheparty's review
medium-paced
3.5
Kylie Scott is a favorite of mine for contemporary romance. I like her famous-musician and regular-girl characters in all the various series.I liked the small town aspect of this one and the locals. The conflict was a little light/too easy but I guess these characters had enough emotional baggage that they deserved a break. Re: the cover of the paperback edition I bought online: the hot guy cover was $2 cheaper than the "discreet cover" (retailer's description, just a guitar on a wooden porch); my grandmothers taught me to never pass up a good deal! Publishing is interesting to me.
zaza_bdp's review against another edition
3.0
3.25 ⭐
Bon bon bon ... Il semblerait que pour le moment, la fiche VF de ce roman n'existe pas ou du moins ne soit pas fusionnée avec celle de la VO, donc je dépose mon avis ici...
Voilà bien longtemps qu'on n'avait pas revu Kylie Scott en VF !
Les éditions Bookmark sortent ce mois-ci un one-shot combinant deux tropes souvent bien appréciés des lectrices : la rockstar + la small-town-romance.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'aspect petite ville, avec tous ces habitants qui prennent Garrett sous leur aile et mettent tout en œuvre pour garantir son anonymat, c'est à la fois drôle et touchant et donne un côté vraiment sympathique et bon enfant au roman.
Cette ambiance bienveillante et amusante à la fois, c'est typiquement ce que j'aime dans une small-town romance, et l'autrice a très bien réussi cette partie-là de son roman.
Malheureusement, je regrette un manque de profondeur des héros, et le fait que leurs problèmes de santé mentale soient balayés d'un revers de main. Kylie Scott a clairement fait le choix d'un roman feel-good, mais le retournement complet de situation des personnages, leurs peurs et troubles qui disparaissent en clin d'oeil sont bien trop peu crédibles à mon goût, et ça m'a donné l'impression qu'il y avait des chapitres entiers passés à la trappe, et c'est bien dommage car les personnages ont du potentiel. De même, le rythme de la relation amoureuse est bancal, car on commence par du slow burn et d'un coup paf, on emballe tout avec un joli ruban bien brillant et c'est terminé !
Les personnages secondaires sont agréables à côtoyer et retrouver, ils apportent humour et légèreté et sont de vrais alliés pour Garrett et Ani, notamment Smith en qui j'ai inévitablement vu un double (moins réussi) de Mal, le batteur des Stage Dive, avec sa malice et son petit côté sans-gêne.
Si je n'ai pas trouvé dans ce roman ce que je cherchais, et si je ressors finalement assez peu impressionnée, je pense néanmoins que son côté feel-good plaira, et que le trope de la nana banale qui noue une relation avec une superstar dont elle était fan leur mettra des étoiles dans les yeux ! Pour ma part, c'est un rendez-vous manqué, mais peut-être en attendais-je trop ...
Bon bon bon ... Il semblerait que pour le moment, la fiche VF de ce roman n'existe pas ou du moins ne soit pas fusionnée avec celle de la VO, donc je dépose mon avis ici...
Voilà bien longtemps qu'on n'avait pas revu Kylie Scott en VF !
Les éditions Bookmark sortent ce mois-ci un one-shot combinant deux tropes souvent bien appréciés des lectrices : la rockstar + la small-town-romance.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'aspect petite ville, avec tous ces habitants qui prennent Garrett sous leur aile et mettent tout en œuvre pour garantir son anonymat, c'est à la fois drôle et touchant et donne un côté vraiment sympathique et bon enfant au roman.
Cette ambiance bienveillante et amusante à la fois, c'est typiquement ce que j'aime dans une small-town romance, et l'autrice a très bien réussi cette partie-là de son roman.
Malheureusement, je regrette un manque de profondeur des héros, et le fait que leurs problèmes de santé mentale soient balayés d'un revers de main. Kylie Scott a clairement fait le choix d'un roman feel-good, mais le retournement complet de situation des personnages, leurs peurs et troubles qui disparaissent en clin d'oeil sont bien trop peu crédibles à mon goût, et ça m'a donné l'impression qu'il y avait des chapitres entiers passés à la trappe, et c'est bien dommage car les personnages ont du potentiel. De même, le rythme de la relation amoureuse est bancal, car on commence par du slow burn et d'un coup paf, on emballe tout avec un joli ruban bien brillant et c'est terminé !
Les personnages secondaires sont agréables à côtoyer et retrouver, ils apportent humour et légèreté et sont de vrais alliés pour Garrett et Ani, notamment Smith en qui j'ai inévitablement vu un double (moins réussi) de Mal, le batteur des Stage Dive, avec sa malice et son petit côté sans-gêne.
Si je n'ai pas trouvé dans ce roman ce que je cherchais, et si je ressors finalement assez peu impressionnée, je pense néanmoins que son côté feel-good plaira, et que le trope de la nana banale qui noue une relation avec une superstar dont elle était fan leur mettra des étoiles dans les yeux ! Pour ma part, c'est un rendez-vous manqué, mais peut-être en attendais-je trop ...
1bookobsessionconfessions's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 STARS
Short, light, sweet small town romance meets rockstar in hiding.
Ani and Garrett’s story is sweet, sexy and has heart.
The secondary characters are really great and considering the shortness of the book, I felt like they were multi-dimensional and a big part of the appeal, the fun and warmth of the story.
I loved the small town quirkiness, it was an adorable setting for a rockstar romance.
This story was too short for me to really feel the connection and romance strongly, however I really did like the characters and their story.
I think despite the short length the author was able to give a good amount of backstory on the main characters, really good setting and vibe for the town and secondary characters.
The romance doesn’t happen early and the build up is oddly short in my opinion. It goes from 0-60 MPH basically. It’s very insta-love. I’m not a big fan of insta, I would have liked more build up to their romance.
I did enjoy the story and I think the characters are really entertaining.
Ani and Garrett’s sexy scenes are hot, the banter between them was very cute and clever.
I did enjoy their initial adversarial relationship. It gave it a bit of fire and heat.
It’s a really sweet, fast romance with great characters.
I’d love it more if it was longer, there were a few serious issues that I think could have been explored more and it would have made for some good angst and an overall deeper story.
I enjoyed it quite a bit despite not being an insta-love fan. It’s a light, fun story.
I’d love to see Garrett’s band mate Smith get a book, he was charming, arrogant and surprisingly kind. I think his story could be very interesting.
Short, light, sweet small town romance meets rockstar in hiding.
Ani and Garrett’s story is sweet, sexy and has heart.
The secondary characters are really great and considering the shortness of the book, I felt like they were multi-dimensional and a big part of the appeal, the fun and warmth of the story.
I loved the small town quirkiness, it was an adorable setting for a rockstar romance.
This story was too short for me to really feel the connection and romance strongly, however I really did like the characters and their story.
I think despite the short length the author was able to give a good amount of backstory on the main characters, really good setting and vibe for the town and secondary characters.
The romance doesn’t happen early and the build up is oddly short in my opinion. It goes from 0-60 MPH basically. It’s very insta-love. I’m not a big fan of insta, I would have liked more build up to their romance.
I did enjoy the story and I think the characters are really entertaining.
Ani and Garrett’s sexy scenes are hot, the banter between them was very cute and clever.
I did enjoy their initial adversarial relationship. It gave it a bit of fire and heat.
It’s a really sweet, fast romance with great characters.
I’d love it more if it was longer, there were a few serious issues that I think could have been explored more and it would have made for some good angst and an overall deeper story.
I enjoyed it quite a bit despite not being an insta-love fan. It’s a light, fun story.
I’d love to see Garrett’s band mate Smith get a book, he was charming, arrogant and surprisingly kind. I think his story could be very interesting.
trudyd's review against another edition
4.0
Oh My, how I have missed reading Kylie Scott's books. She has such a diverse group of characters. They are realistic, and for the most part, very likable. My heart wept for Garrett, the rockstar, who lost his wife two years ago. He moves to small town Wildwood in the middle of the night.
Ani watches as someone moves into the house next door. It sold years ago, but remained empty until now. Ani is cautious. Ani is fearful. Why move in cloaked in darkness? What are they hiding? She is soon drawn to the new neighbor and he is drawn to her.
Famous in a Small Town is a beautiful romance about two broken people. The journey to happily ever after may seem fast, but they deal with a lot. It is time to let the past go. When you know, you just have to accept and go with it. Garrett and Ani are just perfect. Of course they had a little help from Smith, one of Garrett's band members. I would really like to read his story.
Ani watches as someone moves into the house next door. It sold years ago, but remained empty until now. Ani is cautious. Ani is fearful. Why move in cloaked in darkness? What are they hiding? She is soon drawn to the new neighbor and he is drawn to her.
Famous in a Small Town is a beautiful romance about two broken people. The journey to happily ever after may seem fast, but they deal with a lot. It is time to let the past go. When you know, you just have to accept and go with it. Garrett and Ani are just perfect. Of course they had a little help from Smith, one of Garrett's band members. I would really like to read his story.
notpopeyesolive's review against another edition
The only reason I got to 65% into this was because I was at the seaside and my options at night were either this book or the loud trap music of the 16 year old neighbours I had in the room next to me. I still wonder if perhaps I made the wrong choice.
This story is pretty much the result of hitting a "random trope generator" button and then putting those on page with the writing skills of a low level Wattpad fanfic. It was lacking in any sort of flavor and even tho' my expectations weren't high I was still severely underwhelmed by the amount of cringing I was doing. Really, my shoulders need a deep tissue massage at this point.
Unfortunately would not recommend, the author has better romances. DNF.
This story is pretty much the result of hitting a "random trope generator" button and then putting those on page with the writing skills of a low level Wattpad fanfic. It was lacking in any sort of flavor and even tho' my expectations weren't high I was still severely underwhelmed by the amount of cringing I was doing. Really, my shoulders need a deep tissue massage at this point.
Unfortunately would not recommend, the author has better romances. DNF.
fullabooks's review against another edition
4.0
“She makes me want to keep living. She makes me want to write songs and get up in the morning and go out and actually have a fucking life. I cannot overstate her importance to me.”
I really liked this book! I think the storyline was great, but it did feel like insta-love close to the end, and I wasn’t a huge fan of the ending. I still gave it 4 stars because it kept my interest peaked. Garrett was obviously my favorite character and I loved how all in he was with Ani. For being only 226 pages, it could’ve been a bit longer to really tie up the ending, but never the less I enjoyed it.
I really liked this book! I think the storyline was great, but it did feel like insta-love close to the end, and I wasn’t a huge fan of the ending. I still gave it 4 stars because it kept my interest peaked. Garrett was obviously my favorite character and I loved how all in he was with Ani. For being only 226 pages, it could’ve been a bit longer to really tie up the ending, but never the less I enjoyed it.
mycatismybookmark's review against another edition
4.0
"This is the problem with having a celebrity crush. For as long as they're out there in the big wide world somewhere, being unattainable, it's fine. But when they move in next door, things get complicated."
Famous in a Small Town somehow blends slow-burn and insta-love into this unique combination that works for this fun, quick, steamy read. Perfect for anyone looking for a shorter read (it's about one-hundred pages shorter than my average romance read) that delivers all the heartfelt emotions, sweet and tender moments, and humor without a lot of complications. With a small-town feel and potential for more character stories─maybe Smith and Astrid?─you'll want to add Famous in a Small Town to your to-be-read list.
3.5 stars
Advanced review copy received in exchange for an honest review from SocialButterflyPR
Famous in a Small Town somehow blends slow-burn and insta-love into this unique combination that works for this fun, quick, steamy read. Perfect for anyone looking for a shorter read (it's about one-hundred pages shorter than my average romance read) that delivers all the heartfelt emotions, sweet and tender moments, and humor without a lot of complications. With a small-town feel and potential for more character stories─maybe Smith and Astrid?─you'll want to add Famous in a Small Town to your to-be-read list.
3.5 stars
Advanced review copy received in exchange for an honest review from SocialButterflyPR