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A review by openallnight
Heart's Insanity by Ellie Masters
3.0
3.5 Stars
First impressions review... maybe I will come back and beef it up later.
I've been juggling a few books but nothing has really been able to snag and keep my attention. I mean, 2020 was a psychotic bitch and we are all trying to make it through the next stage of this never ending pandemic so there is a LOT to compete with in my head.
So.. color me surprised when I thought.... "ooooh Rockstar book... let me just read the first chapter before bed." Terrible idea. TERRIBLE. It's been so long since a book held me in my grip and made me stay up WAY late that I was unprepared.
The good: I read it straight through. I loved the premise of the book and really enjoyed the characters for the most part. I mean, Ash wasn't as dominant as I'd have liked and Skye wasn't written as consistently as she could have been, but it wasn't significant enough to impact my enjoyment. Yes, it was insta-lovey but it wasn't gross insta-love (for me anyway). So story engagement was high as I wanted to see how the Doctor folded into the world of the Rock Star.
The less then Good: The author took on some major lifting with the history she created for our h, Skye. A tortured background that left her with severe PTSD and emotional scars. The issues were so intensely serious. Yet, the author never really gave them the weight that they deserved. I'm all about suspending belief but c'mon. The last 40% of the story wasn't as focused as it could have been, reverted to a heavy case of "telling vs showing" and tried to incorporate multiple different issues that eclipsed the relationship. The ending was a total cop-out and I really felt like the author wrote herself into a corner and didn't know how to get out of it.
This book would have been fantastic if she spent more time focused on the relationship between two very different people trying to merge seemingly impossible lives together and the chaos that generated from that. Or, if she gave page time to Skye's journey to recovery.
All that being said, I'm totally reading the the next installment.
First impressions review... maybe I will come back and beef it up later.
I've been juggling a few books but nothing has really been able to snag and keep my attention. I mean, 2020 was a psychotic bitch and we are all trying to make it through the next stage of this never ending pandemic so there is a LOT to compete with in my head.
So.. color me surprised when I thought.... "ooooh Rockstar book... let me just read the first chapter before bed." Terrible idea. TERRIBLE. It's been so long since a book held me in my grip and made me stay up WAY late that I was unprepared.
The good: I read it straight through. I loved the premise of the book and really enjoyed the characters for the most part. I mean, Ash wasn't as dominant as I'd have liked and Skye wasn't written as consistently as she could have been, but it wasn't significant enough to impact my enjoyment. Yes, it was insta-lovey but it wasn't gross insta-love (for me anyway). So story engagement was high as I wanted to see how the Doctor folded into the world of the Rock Star.
The less then Good: The author took on some major lifting with the history she created for our h, Skye. A tortured background that left her with severe PTSD and emotional scars. The issues were so intensely serious. Yet, the author never really gave them the weight that they deserved. I'm all about suspending belief but c'mon. The last 40% of the story wasn't as focused as it could have been, reverted to a heavy case of "telling vs showing" and tried to incorporate multiple different issues that eclipsed the relationship. The ending was a total cop-out and I really felt like the author wrote herself into a corner and didn't know how to get out of it.
This book would have been fantastic if she spent more time focused on the relationship between two very different people trying to merge seemingly impossible lives together and the chaos that generated from that. Or, if she gave page time to Skye's journey to recovery.
All that being said, I'm totally reading the the next installment.