Book Review: Play by Kylie Scott

Play (Stage Dive Series #2) by Kylie Scott

Blurb:

Mal Ericson, drummer for the world famous rock band Stage Dive, needs to clean up his image fast—at least for a little while. Having a good girl on his arm should do the job just fine. Mal doesn't plan on this temporary fix becoming permanent, but he didn't count on finding the one right girl. 

Anne Rollins never thought she'd ever meet the rock god who plastered her teenage bedroom walls—especially not under these circumstances. Anne has money problems. Big ones. But being paid to play the pretend girlfriend to a wild life-of-the-party drummer couldn't end well. No matter how hot he is. Or could it?

My Review:

I previously read and loved Played by Kylie Scott in July 2015, so this is just an adding on to my previous review. 

Anne is the type of person who always wants to fix other people's problems. She gave up her teen years to take care of her mother and raise her sister after her father died, she always takes on extra shifts at the bookstore she works at if her boss (and secret crush) Reece has a date, and she fronted her roommate money when she couldn't pay her half of the rent. How does that roommate repay her? By moving out while Anne is at work and taking half of their furniture. 

When Mal Ericson - drummer for the famous band Stage Dive - overhears Anne's phone conversation at a party that his band-mate David and his wife Ev are throwing (that Anne can't believe she's attending to begin with) Mal devises a plan to help them both out. Mal needs a fake girlfriend, Anne need to save herself from getting evicted for nonpayment of rent. 

It was just supposed to be a business arrangement. They weren't supposed to become a real couple. But Mal is wild and unpredictable and the closer Anne gets to Mal the more she wants to be with him, and the sexual chemistry between the two is scorching hot. Can this rock and roll fairy tale last? Or will her fear of commitment and his unpredictable ideas be the end of them?

Let me start by saying, I love Mal. He is my favorite book boyfriend of all time. He's funny, he's crazy, he's the life of the party. The first time I read this book I hadn't read Lick first so this time around I got to enjoy seeing Dave and Ev's relationship continuing in the background and their history makes sense. 

Anne is a character I can relate to in many ways, so she's my favorite of all the women that get paired up with the men of Stage Dive. I loved watching Anne and Mal fall in love all over again. The reader also gets to see the groundwork for Lead - Jimmy and Lena's story, my only confusion is the timeline... the end of Play shows Jimmy and Lena's story toward the end of Lead, but perhaps it was meant to be that way. 

Overall Play is the type of book, as well as the other books by this author, that you could read over and over multiple times and still love the story. A true favorite.

My Rating:

★★★★★

5 of 5 Stars!