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The VIP series were the first books that I've read by Kristen Callihan and I've been dying to read Jax's story. To be honest, it has been a long time since I've read this series, so I think a re-read is in order. I can't say that I have a whole lot of rockstar romances that I absolutely love, but this book will always be a fave. We get to see the much deeper side of this life and how absolutely crazy it can be. I fell head over heels in love with Jax and Stella and just their story, overall. It's emotional, it's real and absolutely beautiful. With all the fame, there can also be a much darker and painful side that many never see.
I could never imagine being famous nor would I ever want to be. To me, there's nothing appealing about being in the spotlight, I feel like eventually, it takes its toll on you and just sucks your soul! In this book, we witness 2 years after Jax hit rock bottom and he's still trying to figure everything out in his life. And in enters Stella Grey, who just comes crashing into his life. The first chapter was easily one of my favorites, it's when they first meet and it's absolutely comical. Every man should know that you should never come between a woman and her sweets! My husband knows better and reading this hilarious event unfold had me in fits and I fell in love with Stella almost instantly.
I really enjoyed how their story started off with a lot of humor and banter that'll have you snickering for days and it transitions into another layer where we see some depth of Callihan's main characters. When a new job that Stella takes on ends up having her being neighbors with Jax, once they get past all that loathing, she begins to see past his attractive ways. And she quickly realizes that she understands him more than he thinks she does, there's definitely something akin between these two.
Jax has a bit of a battle to get through before we see that happy ending. And I appreciated the way Kristen wrote about Jax and handling his mental health. It's something that's very real and relatable and I loved that she didn't gloss over it or try to tuck away in a corner to be ignored.
Stella was more than willing to walk next to him and give Jax everything he'd need to get past his demons. But Jax needed to take that big leap into the unknown with her. To love, to trust; something that didn't come easy for the both of them.
I can't tell you enough about how much I loved this book, it's easily my favorite in the series. It was easily a one-sitting kind of read and don't even get me started on the number of times that I teared up reading their beautiful story. Callihan flawlessly weaves us a story where we're quickly transitioned between lightheartedness and the feels.
FALL is a book that everyone needs to add to the top of their TBR!