
Dedicated: A Rhythm of Love Novel
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Narrated by:
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Greg Boudreaux
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By:
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Neve Wilder
About this listen
“Our greatest hit is a love song I wrote for my bandmate. And he has no idea.”
Messy-haired, soulful-eyed, off-kilter lyricist Les Graves holds tight to the hedonist’s credo of consumption in every avenue of life. He has trouble staying still, trouble staying sober, trouble turning down a good time - but put a pen in his hand, and he’ll set a page on fire.
Music was Evan Porter’s ticket out of the backwater mud puddle he was born in, the passion keeping him warm as he busked on street corners. Every chord, every song, every ounce of sweat has been devoted to making Porter & Graves a success. He’s the level-head, the quiet maestro, the seatbelt that keeps Les from flying too far out of control. And he’s getting pretty tired of playing savior.
Their onstage chemistry is electric, offstage it's… complicated.
After Porter & Graves’s third album bombs, the pressure is on for the duo to redeem themselves with their fourth. While sequestered in an East Tennessee cabin to compose, things take a turn for the worse when an event from their past comes back to haunt them in an embarrassingly public fashion and forces them into an unusual position that tests a partnership already hanging by its bloody roots.
Can Evan and Les find harmony or will they - and their music career - go down in flames?
Dedicated, the first standalone in the Rhythm of Love series, is a steamy, bisexual friends-to-lovers romance featuring semi-kinda forced proximity, a fake relationship, angst, snark, a cock-blocking greenhouse, really poor decisions involving social media, and a HEA guarantee.
©2018, 2019 Neve Wilder (P)2019 Neve WilderMy first Neve Wilder, but definitely not my last!
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The interviews and little tidbits at the start of some of the chapters were great. They were fun and told a lot about Evan and Les's personalities.
I liked Evan and Les. I found Les's interest and longtime crush on Evan, a whole lot more believable than Evan's. Maybe because Les was a playboy whereas Evan was demisexual? I don't know, it was just difficult to believe Evan's attraction in some instances. *shrugs* Still, their relationship got better as the book advanced, so there's that.
I'm not particularly fond of graphic or semi-graphic sex scenes with other characters that aren't the MCs, so yeah, you can say that didn't work for me. Neither did the flashbacks of the first time Les and Evan were together, maybe if it hadn't been cut into a million pieces until we got all the scene, but then again maybe not, I've never been fond of going back and forth between present and past. Plus, the book was overly long, with lots of inner thoughts and it dragged a bit.
So, yeah, while the book was entertaining to listen to, it took me a long time to warm up to the story, Les and Evan were good together and it was lovely (and hot) to see their relationship progress, even if my favorite part of the book was Greg's narration.
Entertaining!
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Ms. Wilder gets deep into these characters and I enjoyed seeing them interact through the drama that comes their way. The sparks between Les and Evan are obvious from the outset, and continued to grow as they face their blooming physical attraction. Without spoiling it for y’all, we get a fabulous happy ending!
I’m not usually a fan of flashbacks, but the way Wilder intersperses them with the present day and the alternating points-of-view is very effective. I can't think of a better way to explain the history in an established relationship.
Greg Boudreaux is always spectacular and gives a wonderful performance in Dedicated. His smokey, southern accent never fails to give me chills and he makes the most of it here.
I received an audiobook copy of Dedicated (Rhythm of Love #1) in exchange for my review
Clever Story, Boudreaux is Fabulous
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Friends to lovers...
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I really enjoy the rock star trope and found this to be probably, one of the most down to earth of all I have listened to.
Evan and Les couldn’t be more opposite in their characters but compliment each other artistically and balance each other out in their friendship. Les is all chaos and sexual energy whilst Evan is the calming influence, but is restrained and finds it difficult to connect with people.
After their 3rd album is trashed by the critics, they are under pressure to produce a hit album. They return to a secluded cabin to work on new material and try to mend their damaged friendship.
I really enjoyed the interviews with Evan and Les prior to each chapter, they were insightful and funny.
Highly Recommended
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Captivating
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What an amazing listen
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I really enjoy Neve’s books.
Great writing, great characters, great story, great narration.
Definitly a must listen audiobook by a must read author.
Really Awesome
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Evan Porter and Les Graves are interesting characters and their music tells the tale of their feelings for each other. It was quite interesting to see them start their relationship as a pretend coupling for press purposes, but as their true feelings start to show through to each other, they face some interesting truths and challenges. Highly recommended Contemporary MM romance.
Porter & Graves - love and music
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This has everything, friends/enemies to lovers, fake romance and hot rock stars.
The first half of the book has flashbacks to an event 6 month previous, I really liked this style as it really helps you understand where both the MCs are at emotionally whilst its happening rather that it just being talked about. I also like the dual POV throughout.
Les and Evan danced around each other a lot and this is definitely a slow burn but so worth it. Where Evan is pretty closed off and keeps things very close to his chest, Les is pretty open although he has kept his feelings for Evan hidden. I really felt for Les in the latter stages of the story, yes he was pretty flawed but also pretty loveable.
Rocker Romance
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