Posted: April 22, 2015
He never noticed her before, but now she’s all he can see…Miles Carlisle is every teen girl’s fantasy. His rugged good looks and exotic British accent have helped catapult his boy band, Seconds to Juliet, to super-stardom. But after two disastrous and very public breakups, Miles isn’t interested in dating just any girl; he wants The One. And the only girl he’s interested in is not only his best friend’s little sister―and off-limits―but won’t even give him the time of day…
As a kid, Aimee Bingham had a huge thing for Miles…until he made fun of her for always tagging along. Now that she’s outgrown both him and her pigtails. the prospect of spending two weeks on tour with the childhood crush who broke her heart isn’t exactly enticing. Except now Miles seems interested. Very interested. And no matter how hard Aimee tries to resist him, her crush is definitely making a comeback.
But everyone knows that falling for a heartthrob is a backstage pass to heartbreak…
MY REVIEW:
When your parent’s divorce that’s trauma enough
for a 12 year old. But, to move you from
the UK to America is beyond what can be asked of any young boy. His dad had cheated on his mom changing his
view for a while.
Miles
Carisle is now “The Heartthrob” of all young girls everywhere that follow his
band “Seconds to Juliet.” His journey
there was a hard one. If it weren’t for
his dear friend Nick Bingham and family he’s not sure he would be where he is
today. When he met Nick through the Big
Brothers program, Nick’s class went to his school once a week, an integrating
program. They met the first day but he
wouldn’t talk, a total loner and all pissed off.
When Nick found him by the CD player they
bonded over their love for music. From
there they started hanging out after school and Nick’s teacher felt like he
needed to email Nick’s parents to let them know about Mile’s history. Nick’s parents being who they are doctors
out to save the world and will to take anyone in to their home and family did
just that and Mile’s mom too. Nick’s
teacher only made his parents open their arms wider.
Miles was just pissed at the world. His parents had split up, his dad’s was
caught cheating, and his mom didn’t give him a choice by moving him here to the
USA. Looking back now Nick is sure he
was depressed too.
Nick described him back then as smart,
passionate, and angry with nowhere to harness it. That’s when he found music and joined the
school band. He continued to warn Aimee (Nick’s
sister who had a crush on Mile’s since before he was famous) that he may have
changed some things in his life but a lot was still the same like his temper
and his short fuse. He’s used to getting
what he wants-whatever girl he wants too.
Aimee’s wall would get two bricks in place
then lose one. How can any of what Nick
told her be true? She had never seen any
of that. He was patient and sweet even
when she was being a total brat. He was
strong, confident, and sure of everything in her eyes. Was that just her old crush talking?
She wasn’t willing to stick her heart out
again. Not to mention her brother’s
warning. Last year she dated a guy who
was from Italy but then after a semester he had to return since the allotted exchange
was over. He said he was going to talk
to his parents about coming back to go to school not to worry he would come
back he promised. She waited and she
heard and saw nothing of him. Until,
Becky (her friend) was on Instagram and called her to get on. She did.
Finding out her guy has a new girlfriend-no wait in fact she is his
longtime girlfriend that Aimee never knew about. He had been cheating on his girlfriend with
her, Aimee.
First, Miles and then him the “Italian
Squid.” (My words not the authors.) She
was not willing to go there again especially with a guy who would never be
around for her. He would be on a tour
bus having millions of girls screaming and who knows what else to get his
attention. Then the bricks got higher as
she was told by her parents she had to be on the tour for 3 weeks since her
friend Becky got mono so she couldn’t stay with her until her grandma got home
from her vacation. Her parents were
called early to go to Doctors without Borders.
Since Nick would be interning for the summer with Miles band as a roadie
mom called Marsha, Miles’ mom, to arrange her staying with them for 3
weeks. Aimee was not happy with the
arrangements.
You see Aimee used to be Miles’ Biggest
fan. Had a major crush on him. She even had a blog about him. Until her brother, Nick, told her the truth
about what Miles thought of her. Nick
said Miles thought that she was a pest who had always had been a
tag-along. That crushed her crush. She got rid of everything Music, posters,
magazines, memorabilia, and asked Becky to get rid of the blog.
Her first day on tour, Miles walks up to
her as if he knows her and then it becomes very clear he had no clue who she
was. The funny thing was that he looked
at her in a sexually interested male.
Then, her phone rang and she said she needed to take it and walked
away. When she returned to the spot she
saw he was talking to Nick so she thought well Nick told him who she was. When she was only a few steps away she heard
Nick say “Bro Code” and “Stay away and don’t make me hit you.” Miles looked shocked when he looked at her
again.
You see she had a growth spurt over winter/fall,
her hair was longer and not so curly, and her boobs well grew too. She was smug, a little hurt and a whole lot
of MAD! She played it off. At first they just circled each other and
then they ended up clearing the air…
This was such an enjoyably sweet love
story. The writing keeps your interest
all the way through. In your mind’s eye
you could see the shenanigans unfold and find yourself smiling. There was such an innocence to this story
that you rarely see anymore. Two people
having an inner love, friendship and yet having good clean fun. I gave this 5
stars. Provided by Net Galley.
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