Don't Mention The Rock Star

by Bree Darcy

[Leah]

When I first heard Stephanie Pegler of Chick Lit Club was releasing a novel I was chuffed to pieces. Who better to write a Chick Lit novel than one of the best Chick Lit bloggers around, with one of the most encylopeadic websites available to the Chick Lit masses! Going under the name Bree Darcy, I was very, very excited to get the opportunity to read Don't Mention The Rock Star a few months early from its release, and it's safe to say I went in to the novel with the highest of hopes.



Don't Mention The Rock Star is a novel that I've been putting off reviewing, because it brought up a lot of conflicting emotions in me. First up, the good stuff. Novels about rock stars are always my favourite kind, especially when they're about rock stars prior to them being rock stars. In Kellie's case, she dated Andy when they were both teens, until they were torn apart, but it's quite clear that even years on they still have unresolved issues, even though they're both married with kids. It was so interesting to see the "now" story and the "then" story unfold in alternating chapters, although sometimes it took me a few seconds to right myself to whether I was reading "now" or "then".

Kellie was actually one of the most enjoyable heroines I've read in a while, ditto Andy as the hero. Sigh. Who doesn't love a rock star whose still in love with his childhood sweetheart? My heart melts, it really does.



While I did love Kellie, I didn't love the way she acts sometimes. I didn't like that she kept Andy a secret from her husband, Curtis. It was almost as if she was playing with fire, especially when Andy came barrelling back in to her life and she started meeting him again. I just felt there was no need for her to do that, it was almost as if she was meeting Andy just for the sake of it so she could get one over on Curtis. Because she kept saying she was happy with Curtis, she wasn't going to break up her family, but then she went and met or texted Andy anyway and it annoyed me. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't stand Curtis - he was a bit of a lazy pig, when it came to domestic chores, but he deserved better than the way Kellie treated him sometimes. It was almost as if (at times) Kellie had people wrapped around her finger, and I just sometimes got this strange vibe from her.



I have to be honest and say Don't Mention The Rock Star had me conflicted. It's been a week since I read it, when I'm writing my review, and it's still hard to know what to write. The story and writing was very compelling, and Kellie and Andy were such great characters, although as I've said, at times I got a weird vibe from Kellie, but overall I liked the novel, Bree Darcy has written a very solid, very readable, very compelling debut novel and I look forward to her next read with great interest!{Leah Loves} http://leah-loves.com http://leah-loves.com/books-dont-mention-rock-star-bree-darcy/