Too Many Reasons by Kristen Strassel - FMR REVIEW

TITLE: Too Many Reasons (Spotlight Series, #2)

AUTHOR: Kristen Strassel

RELEASE DATE: February 9, 2015

SYNOPSIS:

Abby Gauthier is close to getting everything she's worked so hard for. The band she manages, Sinister Riot, has been offered a major record contract. But it comes with a catch: the band must add Eli Jamison, winner of the talent show The Spotlight, to the lineup.

Devon Sinclair is the singer of Sinister Riot, and he's Abby's best friend. She's in love with him, but fears she'll lose him if she makes the first move. Devon knows adding Eli to the band is a mistake, and he's right. Eli's interested in more than just making an album. He wants to take control of the band, and he wants to get to know Abby better. A lot better. When tensions between Devon and Eli threaten to destroy Sinister Riot, Abby must act on her true feelings or lose everything she's ever wanted.

REVIEW BY: Fidah

Too Many Reasons is the second book in the Spotlight series. It can be read as a standalone as we follow two different characters in each book. However, you could be spoiled if you do not read them in order.

I have a mixed feeling regarding this book. Call it a love-hate relationship if you will. I love the relationship between the two main characters. I've read a ton of best friends to lovers books and not many have met my expectation. This book has definitely done it. I appreciated the development as the story progressed. Additionally, I loved the amount of support and determination Abby and Devon had for each other. They weren't trying to figure out their relationship but career as well.

However, there were bits that annoyed me. There is a minor love triangle but it doesn't play a huge role in the book. Although I knew that relationship was bound to fail from the beginning. Another issue that rubbed me the wrong way was Abby's insecurity. Despite the members compliments, she was uncertain and unsure about her capabilities as a manager. She's done it for quite some time. I expected her to get over it quicker than she did in the book. Nonetheless, I liked the ending and how it all resolved, too well I might add.

All in all, this was a rather decent book with great developments in the characters. Not the best new adult contemporary I've read, but I still enjoyed it.

3 Stars

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Kristen shares a birthday with Steven Tyler and Diana Ross. She spends each day striving to be half as fabulous as they are. She’s worn many hats, none as flattering as her cowboy hat: banker, retail manager, fledgling web designer, world’s worst cocktail waitress, panty slinger, now makeup artist and author. She loves sunshine, live music, the middle of nowhere, and finding new things to put in her house.

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