Beat by Vi Keeland Review

4 Smooches!

Synopsis

From New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Vi Keeland comes a steamy new standalone novel about a rockstar. Or two.

Dimpled smile of a boy
Hard body of a man
Sings like an angel
Fucks like the devil

I was stuck between a rock(star) and a hard place.

At fifteen, his poster hung on my bedroom wall. At twenty-five his body hovered over mine. Every girl’s fantasy became my reality. I was dating a rockstar. Yet I was slowly falling for another man. The problem was—the two men—they shared a tour bus.

Flynn Beckham was the opening act.
Dylan Ryder was the headliner.

What happens when the opening act begins to shine so bright, it seems to dim everything else in its wake?

I’ll tell you what happens. Things get ugly. 

Review

The daughter of a famous rock star and a famous rock ‘n roll drummer, Lucky owns a karaoke bar, named after her, that was purchased by her drummer father when he left the road and the rock star lifestyle behind to put down some roots and give his daughter young daughter some stability. Life on the road, living on a tour bus, had been the norm for Lucky and her dad, and when he made the decision to leave it behind, Lucky’s mom chose to continue pursuing her career as a famous rocker.

“That is one beautiful man.”

Flynn Beckham is a rock star in the making. Gorgeous, humble, sweet and sexy, this man is a talented musician. He meets Lucky at her bar one night, the spark between them ignites and a connection is made. A natural flirt, Flynn doesn’t realize the girl he’s met, the one he can’t stop thinking about, is Dylan Ryder’s girlfriend, the lead singer of Easy Ryder, the band that his band, In Like Flynn, is about to join on tour as their opening act.

“I’m going to make you forget that there’s anyone else.”

Like millions of teenage girls everywhere, as a young girl Lucky developed a crush on Dylan Ryder. She had his poster on her wall, and she met him at the bar. Years later they met again and Lucky began to date the rocker ten years older than her. Lucky thought she was in love, she thought she had everything that she wanted, she thought she was living her dream. Until she met Flynn.

“Flint to spark. Fire.”

Flynn was smitten with Lucky from their very first meeting. Those feelings only intensified as they got to know each other while on tour with Easy Ryder. Lucky is confused by her feelings for Flynn – she’s in love with Dylan, right? – but she can’t help the attraction she feels for him. Over the month that they’re on tour and working together, her feelings continue to grow, her attraction continues to deepen, and she is very slowly giving in to it.

“The question isn’t what are we going to do. It’s what are you going to do. Because I’m right here waiting for you to figure it out.”

Lucky is consumed by guilt, Flynn is consumed with desire, and Dylan is consumed with his own ego. He is not a very nice guy, he’s got a monster-sized ego, but the aging rocker seems to be almost jealous of Flynn’s youth, good looks and talent that rivals his own, and, as a result, he treats Flynn terribly. He treats Lucky almost indifferently, but yet still possessively. She is the perfect candidate to be his wife: she’s the child of rock and roll royalty, she’s laid back and she’s gorgeous. Even with all of that, it’s not enough for him to stop living as a single rock god, though he does so more discreetly. Readers should know that this story contains infidelity, which is a big trigger for a lot of people. I’m typically not a fan of cheating in the books I read; however, I won’t avoid what looks to be an interesting book otherwise simply because it contains cheating. Vi Keeland handled this issue well, and it’s truly an essential part of the plot line. I was not bothered by it at all, and I believe that most people will take into consideration all of the circumstances that play into this piece of the plot.

“We’re two souls colliding, rocking as one person, doing something I never realized I hadn’t done before. Making love.”

Vi Keeland created a sweet and swoony rocker in Flynn and a truly likable heroine in Lucky. It was a well-written story, and it gets a solid 4 smooches from me!

“I found the man of my dreams. Only this time, he was real.”

~ Danielle Palumbo

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