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Synopsis
Once upon a time, I was Fallon Dunbar.
Rock and roll, drugs, and bad decisions were the life I lived.
I’d fallen so deep into the dark rabbit hole that I was certain I would never make it out alive. People like me didn’t get second chances. People like me didn’t get lifted from the darkness. So when the opportunity showed up, I had to take it.
I walked away from everything I loved, everything that was killing me, and I became Fae Dunham. After that, I hid behind makeup, long sleeves, and a closed-off heart.
All was well until I met Dane Pearson. He wasn’t convinced of the new me, and whenever he was near, I felt like the old me, the real me, filled with passion and a love for music. Every day was a struggle of self-discovery. Every day was a fight to not fall back down the rabbit hole. And every day, somehow, someway, I slowly began to discover what it meant to find myself.
It was a hysteric ride, but it was ours. And I wouldn’t change a thing.
Review
“People like me don’t get second chances, but for some reason, I was standing knee-deep in one.”
The Hysterics is an fast and easy rocker read that I was very excited to read. I went into this book pretty blind and was delighted by how much I enjoyed reading about Fallon and Dane. At under 200 pages I read the whole story in one sitting and it left me excited to read more from this group of characters in the future.
“No more musicians. Don’t do it.”
Fae Dunham is a new editor at the magazine that Dane works at to support his music career. He is instantly taken with her and wants to know everything about her. The one problem . . . Fae isn’t real. Fae used to be Fallon Dunbar a famous drummer who overdosed and everyone presumed dead when she never re-emerged in the spotlight.
“If you can’t love him completely, then don’t love him at all.”
While Fallon and Dane definitely have some instant chemistry they both have hard past they need to overcome and only time will tell if their feelings for each other are strong enough to withstand all the drama that follows. Fallon loves music but being in the spotlight led her down a nasty rabbit hole and she is very happy in her life as Fae. Dane loves being a music journalist but his dream is for his band, The Hysterics, to take off.
“Why so serious, Romeo?” “It’s the worst part of my day – leaving you.”
When Kristen wrote Dane she must have been picturing the perfect man. He is a employed journalist, a rock musician , has tattoos, is protective but is one of the sweetest written book boyfriends ever. Even he agrees that when it comes to Fallon he is basically whipped and would do anything if it meant her happiness!
“You’re a damaged, wrratic, closed of mess and I love every bit of you for it.”
The Hysterics was a great start to what I hope is a whole series of books. I do wish it was a bit longer but only because I loved Dane so much I just wanted more and more of him (I am greedy like that.) Too often rocker books are what I like to call Tour Bus Lovin books so for me I was delighted to find out that The Hysterics was more about their emerging relationship and less about steamy times in a cramped space. Great job Kristen and I look forward to seeing more of your books on my kindle soon!
~miranda
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