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Erin Mallon
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Ashley Jade
About this listen
From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ashley Jade comes an edgy, enemies-to-lovers standalone romance about mistakes, forgiveness, and second chances.
He was the talented bad boy everyone wanted. I was the irrelevant geek everyone hated.
He was the sun...drawing all of us in. I was a black hole...taking up space. He was destined to be a star. I was destined to remain an insignificant no one.
Until he made me believe I was special...and then he destroyed me.
I never thought I'd see Phoenix Walker again after he broke my heart, but fate had other plans. One tour. Eight weeks. Forty shows. Countless opportunities to make him pay.
The world thought he was a god...but I know the truth.
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- Sam Ramsay
- 2025-03-22
Loved this book
I absolutely loved this book . The storyline , the plot and spice .. delectable . I don't know why I waited so long to read it .
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- Jessie Holt
- 2023-06-26
Amazing!
Such excellent narration, point of views and story! A couple unexpected twists, and the spice was perfection :)
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- TeagzReads
- 2023-10-28
Excellent performances!
Teddy Hamilton and Erin Mallon did an incredible job with this one! It was a re-read for me, so I already knew I enjoyed the story. Audio doesn’t always work for me but I think in this case I liked it even better on audio!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2024-01-28
love, then hate, than love?
It's like car crash that you cant stop listening to and whiplash but is enjoyable.
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- Rosemarie Battista
- 2022-10-12
Amazing! 🥰🥰🥰
this is one of the best books I've listened to this year. I couldn’t stop listening.
poetically beautiful 😍
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- Elysia S.
- 2025-06-06
Overall enjoyable
The female narrator has the tendency to elongate the last word of every sentence. It happens throughout the reading but its very noticeable at the end of sentences and pauses. It distracts from the story.
Overall the book was enjoyable.
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- shaysshelf
- 2022-12-03
This broke my heart and pieced it back together
As a lover of rockstar romances, this one truly has it all. The ONLY reason I docked a quarter star, is because I felt like considering it's such a substantial sized book I felt the ending was slightly rushed.
Holy shit, Lennon and Phoenix, that was a trip. Literally SO much happens in this book. SO MUCH.
We meet Lennon and Phoenix in high school where she becomes his tutor and they bond over their passion for music. Then Phoenix pulls a MAJOR selfish dick move and that girl Lennon can hold that grudge for YEARS.
Phoenix's life begins to spiral out of control living the life of a rockstar when the only person his bff and band mate can think of who hates Phoenix enough to be his sober companion and not take his bullshit turns out to be Lennon.
Phoenix had a shitty childhood but Lennon's was no walk in the park either. Once Phoenix finally decides to get his shit together and do the ring thing to get the girl, Lennons world comes crashing down.
The chemistry between these characters was obvious and hot🔥🥵. I love to see a thicc normal chick who's a total badass (insecurities aside) snag the hot af rockstar.
In conclusion if you're like me and a total sucker for rockstar romances, this is worth the read. Regardless of its 700+ pages I still crushed it in like 2 days.
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- Alethea Branwen
- 2023-06-15
The best read I’ve had in a while
Started and was unsure if I could finish, but once I got through the harder stuff, I ended up absolutely loving it. Lots of spice, amazing storyline, really good story arch! 10/10 recommend! Check trigger warnings first
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-10-21
Excellent!
I so so loved the story and the narrators performances we’re just perfect! Well done!
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- Shelby
- 2023-06-16
Overall stunning
My first read on Audible, I was unsure how to feel about it at first.. but after listening to the first few chapters, I was in a trance. This book was all I could think about! Teddy did a great job creating the right “attitude” I envisioned for Phoenix. The author did excellent making Lennon relatable to my real life struggles with weight! I’m so thankful I gave this book a read, it will forever hold a place as one of my favorites
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