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Swoon Thursday #12

Swoon Thursday is a weekly event hosted by YA Bound.This is how it works:

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag #YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the adorable button above and share it on your blog.

This week, I’m SWOONING over:

Title: Girl With Guitar

Series: Kylie Ryans #1

Author: Caisey Quinn

Published: May 22nd 2013

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

Rating: 4/5

Goodreads | Amazon | Review

"Before she had time to ask him what he was doing, Trace's strong hands gripped her and lifted her onto the counter. His laboured breathing the only sound she heard as he used those same hands to spread her keens apart. Kylie whimpered when he moved forward to press himself between them. This was not the Trace Corbin she was used to. This man had pleading eyes and was trembling to the point of vibrating with…want. Or maybe it was need. Kylie wasn't sure. The muscles holding her ridged relaxed under his warm hands. He trailed them up her thighs, to her hips, finally reaching up and touching her face with a gentleness that she hadn't expected him to be capable of. His thumb grazed her bottom lip and it sent a shock straight through her, causing her to arch into him."

What more could you ask for than a hot musician vibrating with want & need??!!

So what's making you swoon this week?

Book Review: Girl With Guitar (Caisey Quinn)

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Title: Girl With Guitar

Series: Kylie Ryans #1

Author: Caisey Quinn

Published: May 22nd 2013

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

Rating: 4/5

Goodreads | Amazon

BLURB:

After Kylie’s dad dies in a freak accident, he leaves her with nothing other than her crazy step-mother, Darla, and the ability to play guitar. When Darla kicks Kylie out and she loses her job all in the same day, she hops a bus to Nashville determined to make her late father’s dreams come true. Waitressing and saving her pennies to record a demo, her big break comes when she’s asked to join a tour going down the tubes with once platinum album-selling country music superstar Trace Corbin. But touring with Trace is hardly a dream come true since he’s pretty much drinking his career down the drain. If Kylie can’t pull Trace out of his rut, he’ll pull her and her dreams down with him.

***Mild Spoilers***

REVIEW:

The story:

After Kylie's father dies, following her dreams of being a country music singer is all she has left and she throws everything she has left into making it happen. Although she has big dreams I still felt she had realistic expectations - getting herself setup is her first priority - starting work at a bar to pay rent.

After singing her version of one of famous musician Trace Corbin's songs at an open mike night, she catches the attention of his management team and is offered a spot as a warm up artist. At first Trace is not too trilled to have her along for his tour believing she's just another nobody with little talent, but soon discovers there is a lot more to Kylie than her just her looks. The two get to know each other through their love of music and without realising it, help each other with their personal demons.

The characters:

At first I thought Kylie was going to be a bit of a push over, and although she does makes some bad decisions, she can still manage to stand on her own & take care of herself. She also had a fiery spark that Trace seemed to bring out in her - which I loved!

Trace was a hard character love, but just as difficult to not. With his self destructive behaviour he often hurt the people around him - including Kylie. Trace could be so sweet to Kylie & I believed he truly cared about her. But then (in the word's of Kylie's BFF Lulu) he'd go do or say something so stupid I just wanted to 'junk punch' him! But I could never stay mad at him long and neither could Kylie *sigh*

The romance:

What I loved about Trace & Kylie's relationship, is that she didn't let him push her around. When he was putting the tour at risk (and her chances at making it) she took charge - at one point she pours all his liqueur down the sink. In the past everybody around Trace had only enabled his behaviour. Kylie is exactly what Trace needed - someone to help him & not take any of his crap. And in return Kylie needed the love and affection that Trace gave her. This very much a give & take relationship.

The Witting:

I felt the pacing was handled very effectively - there was never a time where I felt the plot dragged. The plot developed at a steady rate leading up to the climax of the story. I was also pleased to see that Quinn gave this story a proper ending with no major cliff hangers. She has however left some story lines open for the text book, which I'm very much looking forward to.

FINAL WORD:

I really enjoyed this one, the music setting was interesting and although Trace was difficult to love sometimes I still really enjoyed the relationship between him & Kylie. It will be interesting to see how they deal with touring separately in the sequel.

CONTENT:

Sexuality: strong / descriptive sex scenes

Violence: mild

Language: medium / several f*ck

Drugs & alcohol: medium / Trace is a heavy drinker