Surrender combines lots of interesting elements. First, you have your rockstar romance. Then you have a bit of lusting after a friends mom. You have a single mother. Seriously, there is a lot going on!
Andrew (Drew) is a 36 year old rockstar who is beginning to feel like he is missing out on life. His band mates are all happily married and Drew is nowhere close to that. He has beat his drug addiction, but his life feels unfulfilled. I don't really like rockstar romances, but this twist on the trope worked for me. He has had the fame for years, gone through the crazy parties, drugs, women, and booze and come out the other side (only slightly damaged).
Bronte became a mom young, married a man who didn't love her, then found herself raising 3 kids alone. Now her oldest son is a rockstar (thanks to the help of Drew), her middle daughter started college, and it's just her and her youngest daughter. Bronte has been nothing but a mom for all these years and now that her kids are grown and living their own lives, she realizes how lonely she is.
Drew proposes a 1 week deal for he and Bronte. This kind of rubbed me wrong because I felt like Drew was thinking this was a fling. He is helping out his friend's mom by giving her a week of fun with a hot rockstar. Bronte thinks that's how he feels. It didn't make me love him. But, of course, that isn't Drew's plan and he is battling he own demons (as well as a bat crap crazy ex). The chemistry these two have in Surrender is GREAT. Drew manages to add touches of humor to everything that keeps it light. Not-Dad was amazing and his interactions with Amelia were simply adorable.
If you want your romance to have mature characters who have been though rough life experiences, quirky humor, and just enough angst to make it interesting, then Surrender is a solid pick for a quick weekend binge!
- POV: dual 1st
- Tears: no
- Trope: rockstar, fling
- Triggers: spoiler
- Series/Standalone: stand alone
- Cliffhanger: no
- HEA: yes with cute epilogue
Lick by Kylie Scott, Idol by Kristen Callihan, Royally Screwed by Emma Chase, Superfan by Sarina Bowen...then you will probably like Surrender!
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