4 Smooches!
Synopsis
From the moment they meet, their connection is perfect in every way but one.
It’s New Year’s Eve, 2007, and Justine James is fronting her dead-end band for a less-than-adoring crowd. But there’s one person there who sees what she could be—one person who changes everything for her.
Dillon Pierce clawed his way up from the LA streets with no one to count on but his best friend, Ash. Their years of struggle finally pay off when their band, Outlaw Rovers, gets signed and their single takes off. With Ash as the magnetic lead singer and Dillon as the band’s musical soul, they’re destined for greatness, provided Dillon can keep Ash from self-destructing first.
Dillon might not be fronting Outlaw Rovers, but he’s always been the only one Justine sees. She’s followed his career from afar and when he shows up at her crummy New Year’s Eve gig, nothing will stop her from meeting him. They forge an intense connection, rapidly moving from friends to musical soul mates. Justine wants much more, but she’s not willing to climb over groupies and industry bottom-feeders to make it happen. Dillon becomes a fixture in her life, but she has to figure out how to keep him out of her heart.
Outlaw Rovers begins to implode as Justine’s star is on the rise. The years that follow bring equal parts fame and ruin. For Justine, a new love supplants her old heartbreak, and Dillon has to reboot his life after losing nearly everything that matters. Despite the odds, Dillon and Justine remain devoted friends and musical collaborators. After all the missed chances, wrong turns and painful detours, can they finally find the happiness together that seemed destined from the start?
Review
This story follows 2 people involved in the music industry. Justine James is the lead singer of the band Failsafe. Dillion Pierce is the lead guitarist/producer of the popular rock group Outlaw Rovers. One New Year’s Eve gig in Los Angeles, changes the lives of these 2 and opens the door to relationship. When drugs, sex, and rock and roll collide, will Justine and Dillon have their happily ever after?
Amanda took me on a journey through the lives of Justine and Dillon. Chapters were described as months/years and it was good touch. It did help me keep up with the time frame as it did change often. I was about 20% of the book when I felt like I didn’t know what the book was going to take me. It is one heck of a ride and I kept telling myself “there just has to be a happy ending.” I am glad that Justine has her head on straight. The temptations of the road never got to her. Now Dillon was a different story. “Always” depicts a growth within a relationship in a long time frame. Sometimes love isn’t so quick to grow. And there can many realistic hiccups along the way. This love story was not all rainbows and butterflies. Death, success, desire and strength molded these characters.
Music lovers will enjoy this book since it takes you behind the scenes and on the road. Now for those that love a good smutty read, you would have to go elsewhere. While there is sex, you were told it happened. No descriptions. But there is a surprise at the end 😉 It was a nice change and a good read. 4 smooches for Always by Amanda Weaver.
Sarah
