Chaos (Mayhem, #3)

by Jamie Shaw

The third novel in Jamie's fantastic Mayhem series reunites lead guitarist, Shawn, with a girl from his past who is determined to show him what he's been missing.

From the moment she saw Shawn Scarlett perform at a school talent show, Kit Larson has loved two things: the guitar, and the gorgeous, green-eyed boy who inspired her to play. But one careless night in high school shatters her hope of ever being more than a notch in his bedpost.

Six years, two bands, and one mostly mended heart later, Kit s about to make her rock star dreams a reality as the new guitarist for Shawn's band, The Last Ones to Know. He may not remember their reckless night together, but Kit has never forgotten ... and she's determined to make him eat his heart out.

The release of their new album means a month cooped up on a tour bus, sleeping inches away from the ridiculously sexy musician she's never quite gotten over. And as Kit gets to know the real Shawn not Shawn Scarlett, the rock god, the player their attraction becomes too hot to resist. But the past is paved with secrets, and when they finally surface, Kit could lose everything: the band, the music, her dreams ... and Shawn.

• ISBN10: 0062379690
• ISBN13: 9780062379696
• Publish Date: 18 August 2015 (first published 21 July 2015)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 432
• Language: English

Reviews

[Cocktails and Books]

This review was originally posted on Cocktails and Books

I really loved this book! It caught my attention from the beginning and I didn’t want it to end and was sad when it did.

This is a story about Shawn and Kit. Shawn and his best friend Adam have been best friends since grade school and have been playing music together for almost just as long. During a school function where Shawn and Adam were playing their guitars is where Kit first saw and heard Shawn and fell in love at the tender age of 8 years old. When she became a freshman Shawn was graduating and she crashed a graduation party where she hooked up with Shawn and never heard from him again. Flash forward 6 years and that’s where the story picks up – Kit now a guitar player herself auditioned for an open spot in Shawn and Adam’s band and gets the job. Unfortunately she clearly remembers Shawn but it seems Shawn doesn’t remember her at all and the story goes from there.

First I have to say I love the names of the main characters Shawn Scarlett and Kit Larson – so good! As the relationship develops between Shawn and Kit I found myself rooting for them more and more – the book is told from Kit’s POV which I usually don’t like the single POV but in this case not always knowing what Shawn is thinking was not a bad thing. Also you could tell what type of person he is by the things he does for those around him, Shawn is the leader of the band and its obvious through his actions. This of course confuses Kit to no end. The story development was paced perfectly and I enjoyed the dialog between Kit and Shawn as they were getting to know each other first as friends and as something more. I had to keep reminding myself that Kit is young but the choices she makes throughout the book made sense and I could even relate to what she was doing when I think about being 21. I think Jamie gets that part dead on.

I also loved the secondary characters – I have not read the first 2 books in the series (will definitely do that here soon) and the band is great and 2 of the band members already had their own stories. The real concentration for the additional characters is Kit’s brothers – she has 4 brothers – 3 older and her twin Kaleb and they are fantastic. There is a subplot involving Kaleb that was great, I hope that Jamie Shaw is planning a spin-off series featuring the others. There is one more book left in this series with the band but I am going to keep my fingers crossed the brothers definitely deserve their own books.

I cant say enough about this book and highly recommend it whether you have read the first 2 or not.

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[Rowena]

Yep. I dug this one. I read it all in one sitting, I dug it so much. But now, I'm at work and my brain is fried from no sleep and I can't think straight to write a decent review so full review to come in a little bit.