Daisy and the Front Man

I got the chance to read this book for free, in exchange for my honest opinion by YA Bound Book Tours My Review: It's pretty safe to say that Rebekah L. Purdy is one of my all time favorite Young Adult authors, so when this tour came about I got all kinds of excited! This book was life for the week and a half that I read it, and I didn't want anyone to bug while reading this either. This book is just hands down amazing, I had no idea this series even existed! Apparently I've been missing out, because each book in the Backstage series is written by a different author. In this book, Daisy has won a homecoming date with one of the band members from Seconds to Juliet, and her choice was Trevin Jacobs. However, the night of homecoming, Trevin ditched Daisy, and she was crushed. Worse of all, news crews and classmates where there to witness this event. After he stood her up, Daisy seeks to take revenge out Trevin, she doesn't know when or even how this will happen, but it will. About nine months after Trevin ditched her, Daisy is finally granted her wish of seeking out revenge. Daisy's dad who happens to be a bodyguard for Trevin's band, has asked Daisy to spend the summer with him. The whole summer is spent with Trevin trying to win a bet he made with his band mates to make Daisy fall for him, and Daisy trying to get her revenge. I felt that both Trevin and Daisy are immature. Trevin for the bet he made, I mean we all knew it was not going to well, so why even make the bet, or for that matter why didn't he drop it when he knew he was actually falling for Daisy. Daisy's attitude towards men is also annoying, I know she has felt scorned by men in her life, but even so, I felt her character to be a little too stand offish. I think the plot of this book was a little bit too predictable, however that didn't bother me, and there was a point in the book where the plot did take me off guard so kudos. I enjoyed seeing all the members in the band and how they interacted with each other, they definitely provided a lot of funny moments, and I look forward to reading each of the boys' own books. Even though I have read many books and watched a lot of movies with the whole "betting you can't get the girl" plot, there was just something about this book that I loved and found myself unable to put down. I guess it was the dynamic between both main character, and wanting to see how it would play out. Also Trevin was definitely swoon-worthy. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was a fun, cute, and at time humors read. I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to read a cute YA romance, with some definite swoon-worthy moments. This book does contain some adult language and sexual situations, so that's something to keep in mind before you read. Read more at: http://enchantedbooknook.net

3.5 stars — There were parts of this book I really loved, and then there were parts that made me want to beat my head against the wall. I know this publishing line often has predictability to it, and sometimes I actually like that. But the outcome of this book was predictable almost from the very beginning, and that was a bit of a bummer. It’s like you know a train wreck is going to happen, you know exactly what the train wreck is going to look like, and I think it makes it a teensy bit harder to just let go and get lost and captivated with our characters. I guess my main bummer with all that is that Daisy hung onto the revenge thing longer than I wanted and kept coming back to it. It didn’t always feel realistic, and more like just a plot device. Similarly, Trevin hung on to the bet thing longer than I wanted. They both waffled back and forth, but then they’d jump back on the train because without those things, the conflict wouldn’t have worked. And hence predictability. I think I was more bummed with Trevin, because the way he would banter back with Ryder about the bet made him seem like a dick, and he just didn’t feel bad enough about it. Initially I thought this one might be my fave so far, but I think the above might have affected me more than I thought. So the endless debate about rounding up or down. When they weren’t holding on to those plot devices, I actually liked both of them. Daisy was very jaded, but I got it. And I appreciated that we got to see some growth with her relationship with her Dad and stuff. And Trevin had some very sweet moments. It was fun to watch them date, even as they had these conflicting emotions in the background. I kind of wish that we’d seen some closure between Trevin and his Dad, otherwise why was it there? So yeah. Writing all that out, I think I’ll be rounding down. It had great potential, but I wanted it to be more.

Great read! The last place Daisy Morris wants to be for her summer break is on a tour bus with S2J! After front man Trevin Jacobs caused her ultimate humiliation in front of her entire school by not showing up as promised for the prom, she have vowed to hate him forever! Trouble is, he's a really nice guy and giving him the cold shoulder gets harder and harder! This was very well written and I really enjoyed the characters. The story moves along at a great pace as well. Overall a very entertaining YA read that I definitely recommend.