Review: Halo by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine
SYNOPSIS:
Massive world tours. Over a hundred million albums sold. Groupies galore.
Every day is a party for Viper and the guys of TBD, the biggest rock band in the world. But it all comes to a screeching halt when the lead singer walks out of the studio one day and never comes back.
Ear-blistering vocals. Butchered lyrics. Fame chasers.
After months of lackluster auditions, Viper, the lead guitarist and resident bad boy of the group, is ready to find solace in the bottom of a bottle. Time’s running out and the pressure’s on to find a new singer, but it isn’t until an angel walks through the door that the band’s prayers are answered.
Charismatic. Talented. Magic behind the mic. Halo is everything they’ve been looking for.
With a voice to match his stunning good looks, it isn’t long before Viper’s taking notice. But there are several reasons this is a bad idea:
1. Interpersonal relationships in the band are discouraged
2. Viper has already broken rule #1—big mistake
3. Halo is straight
Too bad Viper’s body isn’t listening to his head—at least not the one on his shoulders. But you can’t fake chemistry, not onstage and certainly not off it, and Viper and Halo? They have it in spades.
As both men try to resist the fire blazing between them, and the band is forced to reinvent themselves, it’ll be a complicated rise back to the top. But from the ashes of what was, something beautiful is born. Something better. And when the world finally sees Halo stretch his wings, they’ll discover what it’s like to fall for an angel.
REVIEW:
Took a break on my Ella Frank/Brooke Blaine reading but I couldn’t stay away for long. There was just something about a rockstar romance that was calling to me, so with that I dived into this story. And what an epic, sizzling slow-burn this story was.
Seriously, the chemistry between Viper and Halo is instantaneous and the tension is tangible between these two. The book was a slow, long game of cat and mouse and I was immediately sucked right in. From the sexual banter to the endless teasing, Halo and Viper just work perfectly together. Viper with his endlessly confidence and knowing exactly what he wants, while Halo was discovering a new side of himself. I wanted learn more about them as individual characters but I guess that will be filled in the next 2 books?
The band was perfection and throughout the story you get peeks of lyrics here and there, which I adore. It really helps me submerge myself in this new world. The comradery amongst the members had me smiling, they had a certain level of comfort and friendship that you could help but love. But I am dying for more details, why does Brain behave the way he does, what happened to Trent, what is Halo’s real name?
The story was heavily centered around Viper’s pursuit of Halo and my only complaint is that I wanted more background details. I wanted to hear how Halo signed the record deal and how he had the money now to do x, y, and z. I wanted to hear about what jobs he was working prior to stardom and it seemed a lot of these details got tossed aside. And while the book was scorching hot, these details would have made for more well-rounded characters in my mind.
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