Happy Pub Day! Thank you to @BerkleyRomance for the free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: For One Night Only
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Jessica James
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 347
𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: Valerie is an actress/singer that recently has had a lot of bad press. She comes up with the idea of getting her old band (Glitter Bats) back together thinking that it would change her image. She suggests the idea to her manager, while he talks with the rest of the band, she takes it upon herself to talk with Caleb (her ex, her first love). Caleb left the industry behind and became a choir teacher. He has no desire to go back - he suffers from severe anxiety and the stardom is a trigger. However, he can’t say no to Valerie…it’s only for the summer, for one concert but his heart is telling him something different!
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬:
Rockstar Romance
Second Chance Romance
Dual POV
Fake Dating
Miscommunication (or lack of)
Mental Health Rep
Queer Rep
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝:
• Love the chemistry that CalErie had!
• Beautiful Cover
• I always enjoy when a book has news clips, text messages, song lyrics & social media posts
• I really enjoyed the other band members even though at times Valerie REALLY annoyed me!
• Great character growth (although I think Valerie could use a little more)
• Such a cute ending!
𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: This is a such a great debut novel by Jessica James! I really enjoyed the story itself. I did have a hard time liking Valerie. I thought she was really selfish and walked all over everyone but at the same time, I felt sorry for the way that the media really drug her through the mud. I did feel that Caleb and the rest of the band members forgave her a little too easily for ALL of the things that she did. I love Cinnamon Roll MMC’s and Caleb certainly fits the bill! I think it would be amazing if this was turned into a series and we could really get to know the other band members better!