Book review: LAST CHORUS, by L.M. Halloran

A Perfect Song duet - part 2

Like the author promised, this was an angsty ride where she wrenched my heart, and the hearts of Eva and Wilder. In the previous book, Eva and Wilder had a calamitous ending where she asked never to talk again, Wilder accepted, full of guilt, and they have been living for six years on the fringes of each other’s lives, keeping their distance at awards and music events. Still, her parents are very worried because Eva is a shadow of the vibrant girl she used to be, and they fear she’s in the clutches of a very controlling man, Clay Eaton.

They ask help from Wilder, he takes a peek at them during  a New Year’s Eve party, and decides she does need help. And the rest is a story of love, giving, rescue, awakening a glorious woman to her wondrousness, and winning again that unfathomable soul mates love that has always lived within but had nearly extinguished with trauma, guilt, and addiction. 

There’s a little bit of suspense when you’re dealing with an unscrupulous man who wants revenge, of the PR nightmare type, delight in watching a very mature Wilder, who had won the battle over his addictions and now manages his anxiety successfully; he’s in charge and ready to claim his woman. Eva is initially lost and floundering, but she starts to see, and live, and do her music again, as she recovers. 

Their second-chance love story is beautiful, emotional, passionate, funny, and completely wonderful to read. 

Purchase links

https://a.co/d/6nLiN89 

Available in KU 

About the author

When not writing or reading, the author can be found gardening barefoot or chasing her spirited daughter. Some of her favorite things are puzzles, podcasts, and small dogs that resemble Ewoks. Home is Portland, Oregon.

Connect with L.M. Halloran:

https://www.lmhalloran.com/links/

Book review: FIRST VERSE, by L.M. Halloran

A Perfect Song Duet #1

Wilder & Evangeline

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This author is the queen of angst and I am a willing subject.  I love how she shreds my heart, how she makes her characters so perfectly adorable and broken, and their story so compelling.  

Wilder and Evangeline are the children of the Breaking Giants rock band; Evangeline is Matt Sullivan’s daughter, Wilder is Julian Ashburn’s son.  Like their fathers, they’re insanely talented and have been making music since children.  They had their own band when they were teenagers, and right after high school, Wilder debuted in the high stakes world with his band Night Theory, and with Evangeline doing keyboards and harmonizing with his voice.  They were magical together but inside, they were broken.

I truly loved this story, stopped many times because I didn’t want it to end.  I was completely captivated by both characters and also saw that they were poison to each other.  Wilder was obsessed with Evangeline and not in a healthy way, and Evangeline was constantly hurt by Wilder’s selfish wants.  I saw the love, the need, their co-dependency, loved how they harmonized together, like they were soulmates, but they feel unfinished, like they were not ready for each other.  Both needed to grow up, to learn to love themselves first before they could love unselfishly and wholeheartedly.  It was such a beautiful story, full of love and yearning, and I even loved that it ended in a cliffhanger because I understand that they needed a little more growing individually before being together.  Now I can’t wait for the next book and read what it brings!

Purchase links

https://a.co/d/2OkZiGQ 

Available in KU 

About the author

When not writing or reading, the author can be found gardening barefoot or chasing her spirited daughter. Some of her favorite things are puzzles, podcasts, and small dogs that resemble Ewoks. Home is Portland, Oregon.

Connect with L.M. Halloran:

https://www.lmhalloran.com/