Format Acquired: Kindle Edition
Date Published: April 2, 2017
Series: Summer Storm #2
Genre: Romance
Five-minute girlfriend. That's what Jett signs up for when she meets Adrian and his band Arabella at beach music festival Summer Storm. One kiss and the attraction is too electric to ignore, but Jett has no room for love and Adrian is Mr. Relationship who's getting over his recent breakup. The solution? Keep it simple. Keep it casual. For three months (that's the rule about breakups, right?), Jett helps Adrian move on and Adrian shows up on Jett's bed whenever she wants.
Then the three months are up and neither of them are in a hurry to be the first to leave. Does Jett walk away from a potential disaster or does she finally let someone into her closely-guarded heart?
Then the three months are up and neither of them are in a hurry to be the first to leave. Does Jett walk away from a potential disaster or does she finally let someone into her closely-guarded heart?
To say that I liked this book is an understatement. It is that good. It was dramatic. It was happy. It was funny. It was funny. It was sad. It was 'kilig' inducing.
So, the story starts off with Jett being Adrian's five minute girlfriend. How hard can that be? Right? But obviously, with this kind of setting, things will get more complicated as time goes by. Obviously. When I met Jett, it's easy to relate to her. She knew what she wanted. She wanted Adrian for sex and help him get over his ex.
It's never simple. It's always gonna come back to you and me.
For this kind of trope, you may say it's cliche but the way Six handled Jett was amazing. She developed Jett's character, instead of just focusing on the romance. Jett's heart is black, or so she believes. She doesn't fall in love. She believes that no one can love her with the baggage she carried on a daily basis. All love is temporary. It doesn't last.
Relax, it's not like I'm gonna fall in love with you or anything stupid like that. I don't have enough feelings to do that.
In a way, I understand why she's like this. People do get weird. They lose themselves when they fall in love. They are broken as their hearts at the end of the process. But it's fun to see characters like Jett who thinks they figured everything out already, like nothing ever surprises them anymore. It makes the story more compelling. Clearly, this is really just Jett's story and she's just trying to regroup her feelings for Adrian.
Adrian, on the other hand, is well, at first he seems like a lost puppy. He's the kind of guy who loves you 100%. Giving all and doesn't even bother taking some. That's dangerous, I think. He was just so lost and heartbroken because things ended with his ex and dragging their band down with it. I felt his pain. I knew that from experience.
Take a chance on me, Jett. Don't think of me as just another side quest in the main story.
Their story was the push and pull. It's not just about them simply falling on love and living happily ever after. It's about the struggle they endured and the fears they conquered. Jett wasn't a damsel in distress and neither was Adrian. Suffice to say, this has been a memorable book.
Rock my world, rockstar.
Of course, I'm not going to end here. I need to talk about the band Arabella and how I wish they were real. Damn it, they're just so funny. It's mostly Michael Brian and Franklin being little shits in the story but that's also another thing that makes this story really good. The other characters help the main characters grow throughout the story. They are the anchor. Am I really crazy that I wish they were real? I mean, I found myself poring over songs on Spotify as to see which band fits the description of Arabella. But alas, they are just fictional.
Six de los Reyes has been reading and making up stories for as far as she can remember. In fifth grade, she learned to write about the stories she wanted to read. As a pretend grownup, she writes contemporary romance novels. Her day job doing science has something to do with with being part-time mermaid and a part-time labrat. She currently lives next to the see. Check out her other titles:
- Just for the Record
-Beginner's Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions
-Sounds Like Summer
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