3.5 Stars for Sing to Me

Blu is the lead singer for legendary rock band Balefire. He's all about sex, booze, and rock 'n' roll. With the band on a break from tour, Blu heads home to spend time with his mom. He manages to piss off the neighbor next door, who is most definitely not Old Man Smith. Ashleigh is a music reviewer who loves gardening and the band Balefire. But when she meet's Blu, of course she's drawn to him - the man's voice causes hundreds of women to shed their panties - but she wants nothing to do with him. She can't be a one-night stand, groupie kind of girl. What will it take for Ashleigh to give Blu a chance? Can he convince her he wants her for more than one night?

I really liked Blu & Ashleigh, they had such cute/funny banter! I just felt that the progression from "frenemies" to dating happened so quick. Blu goes from sharing groupies with his band mates to a committed relationship in the blink of an eye. I wish we got to see more of his internal deliberation and growth into only wanting to be with Ash.

I wish we got to see more of how the band comes to accept Ash with Blu. I definitely wanted to know more about the other band members, what little the reader got of them in this book didn't really sell me on the rest of the series. I wasn't chomping at the bit to read the other books to get their storylines. The big "plot twist" that separates our main characters was almost too easily resolved and nothing was really done in response to it. I felt like with rockstars there would have been more drama!

All in all, this was a quick and easy read that made me wish for my own rockstar next door neighbor!

Sing for me

This rockstar romance relatable characters and solid character and plot development.

Ashleigh and Blu are likable and well written. I enjoy the build of their relationship and Blu's determination.

I particularly liked Blu and Ashleigh’s relationship with Blu's mother.

This book is part of an interconnected series, but can be read as a standalone.

Rockstar romance anyone??

This book was a fun and quick read for those who like their classic romance books. It's fun to just see the guy fall in lust with a girl he can't have because she's just so darn hard to get so that he does everything in his power to change his mind. It's super cheesy, but I'm also super here for it! We all need some cheese at some point!

Overall, it was fun, there was music, lots of cat and mouse chasing on Blu's part (also I love his name, Blu Blu Blu), and very steamy for the lovers of spice!

Thank you to NetGalley and Warrior Romance Press for the earc in return for an honest review.

Ashleigh and Blu are the typical player man-whore celeb and quiet girl next door story line. Which is a storyline i usually get excited about. They had some good banter tho I just didn't love them. I wished for more drama and surprises.
Overall it was a sweet romance book it was a nice light read. The storyline was good but I found it very predictable. It's got a lot of missed potential. I felt like there were important parts that were missing, skipped over and rushed. Which made it hard to fully connect with the characters. I did really like Blu’s mom and her being Ash’s neighbour. I enjoyed their friendship.

That was absolutely adorable.
I loved that they had some difficulties setting up their relationship as most books just fall into one and of course they had a fight and a temporary break up. I would’ve liked though for the fight to be a bit longer seeing as he did agree to do something he shouldn’t have and he should have said no. He also should’ve at least fired him or something. I loved her relationship with Diane and I wish we could’ve gotten something about her at the end, but the Dakota teaser is bringing me unprecedented amounts of joy and I simply cannot wait!!

This fantastic rockstar meets girl next door (literally!) romance story is fast paced, believable and engaging. Tam DeRudder Jackson has used the perceived stereotype of rockstars to great effect and created a very worthy second book in the Balefire series.

Ashleigh loves the garden at her rental place and she has negotiated a reduction in her rent in exchange for maintaining it. When she's not gardening she is working as a substitute teacher or writing concert reviews for a local paper. She fast becomes friends with her neighbour Diane who loves having Ashleigh around and they regularly eat together whilst making small talk.

Blu is the lead singer in the famous band Balefire and after a gruelling first leg of their world tour, he returns home to spend some time with his mother before hitting the road again. He's never liked the neighbours so he makes sure his arrival on his Harley Davidson is as noisy as possible, only this time it's Ashleigh who wakes up!

Ashleigh takes him for the obnoxious self-centred rock star the media has made him out to be and cannot understand how her lovely neighbour can be his mother. Ashleigh goes to great efforts to avoid Blu, but Blu will have nothing of it.

Thank you for a lovely story with a happy ending. Looking forward to Dakota's story next.

Thank you NetGalley and Warrior Romance Press for providing me with an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

3/5 stars

Ash and Blu are the typical high profile celeb and girl next door story line. They had some good banter. And I enjoyed that Ash didn’t fall head over heals with him right away. I do wish Ash had a bit more of a back bone as whatever Blu wanted she just went with. They were dating and it was hard to tell if she was okay with it or just going with it.

I really liked Blu’s mom and her being Ash’s neighbor. That was a fun dynamic. I also enjoyed that the band members were wary of Ash.

Lastly the main antagonist really should have had some consequences. It felt like the story wasn’t finished as there wasn’t any conclusion with that plot line. I also would have liked to see some scenes with how they handled being apart. There wasn’t really any angst for the reader. They fought and then boom got back together.

Overall it was a sweet romance book. I love the girl next door trope and this one was a fun read.

This is the second book in this series but can definitely be read as a stand-alone. I enjoyed it but it definitely could use some editing to tighten it all up. It does have potential to be better. It is an enjoyable , quick read. Thank you to netgalley for the ARC.

I love a good rocker love story and really looked forward to my first book by author Tam DeRudder Jackson.

Sing for Me is about Blu, who is the lead singer for the rock band Balefire and he lives up to his rockstar status with a different groupie (or two) every night,
When the band goes on hiatus after a tour, Blu goes home to spend time with his mother. When he is introduced to the cute teacher next door, he is attracted to her instantly and will do everything in his power to get her into his bed. Ashleigh's favorite band is Balefire and she's shocked to find out that the lead singer's mother is her neighbour. When she meets Blu, she is drawn to him but doesn't want anything to do with him because she is not a one-night stand kinda girl.

I liked this book, but I felt like something was missing.

Brilliant. Sexy, romantic and not at all clichéd. Some great writing to get you really pulling for for Blu and Ash to get their stuff together. The plot is not new but it is told really well and the twists are woven in to the story. The sex scenes are steamy and hot and add to the growing relationship and give you more reason to have everything crossed for our couple. Making it work is made possible and you really do believe that Blu can put his hedonistic lifestyle behind and put it all on the line for Ash. And who hasn’t wanted to up and disappear and run when a loved one really makes an idiot of your and himself.

Let me start off this review by saying - I had high expectations after not being able to read for pleasure for a year. Also, I like a good rockstar meets and falls in love with down-to-earth girl book. So, I feel a mix of happiness, frustration and disappointment after finishing the book in one day.

Frustration began to build up from the beginning of the book. I felt cheated out of their encounter in Ash's garden and their first kiss. I wanted to read what had happened, how they both felt about it, what had been said exactly. Instead, I got a retelling of some cryptic clues about the situation. I feel like this also contributed to me not understanding why Blu did an 180 from player to committed boyfriend. It didn't seem very natural to me. I also couldn't quite get why Ashleigh was so cold to him, it couldn't have been from him revving up his engine that one time. That explanation only came after I had read half of the book, which is way too late in my opinion.

A lot of the time, I couldn't quite get the transitions between chapters. It wasn't always clear to me where and when they were, what had happened, etc. The storyline, however, was quite predictable and follows in the line of what I'd already read before in this genre.

Overall, I enjoyed the setting, the banter, and the story, but it felt like I was beta reading instead of reviewing, like it was still in the writing and editing stages and needed a lot of work to really become a great book. It's got a lot of missed potential, I guess... That explains the 3 stars.

Rock Star Next Door!!
Balefire is the hottest rock band out there and Blu is the lead singer. When he comes home off a long tour his mother’s next door neighbor just blows him off but he’s used to getting what he wants.He wants her bad!!

“Beautiful, gorgeous, pretty woman, sweetheart—why bother learning the names of the women who can’t wait to get naked with you

Ashleigh is not about to fall into bed with him even if he is her celebrity crush.
I love watching these bad boy rockers get hit with the love stick.

“I know exactly who you are and who I’m with. You’re my girl, Ash.” Because I couldn’t help it,

“I’m going to spend the rest of the night proving to you that you’re my girl, Ash. I hope you’re up for that.”
This is another winner. Slow burn perfection.

Enjoyable, yet somehow it felt unsatisfactory. The beginning and middle were well written and great to read, but the ending felt like it was a little rushed. Though I still liked it nonetheless.

This is the 2nd book in this series of rockstars. I really enjoyed this one. I really enjoy how the female lead has a strong mind and role in her own life. This is a story about the lead singer Blu and his girl next door Ashleigh. She is a writer of music and knows who this guy is next door that comes home to see his mama. She tries to keep things at a distance, but of course her resolve is chipped away. I would definitely recommend this book and look forward to the next one that is coming out.

3 1/2 Stars for this rockstar romance

Blu is the lead singer for the rock band Balefire and he lives up to his rockstar status with a different groupie (or two) every night, When the band goes on hiatus after a tour, Blu goes home to spend time with his mother. When he is introduced to the cute teacher next door, he is attracted to her instantly and will do everything in his power to get her into his bed. Ashleigh's favorite band is Balefire and she's shocked to find out that the lead singer's mother is her neighbour. When she meets Blu, she is drawn to him but doesn't want anything to do with him because she is not a one-night stand kinda girl. Will Blu be able to win Ashleigh over by convincing her that he wants her for more than one night?

Although I liked Blu & Ashleigh ... I just didn't love them. The storyline was good but I found it very predictable ... no surprises or twists and I love to be caught off guard. I did like that the rest of the band took a long time to warm up to Ashleigh, showing that everything was not peaches and cream. I liked the interaction between the characters, but at times I found the banter awkward.

I received an early copy courtesy of Warrior Romance Press through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.

I'm usually a big fan of rockstar comes home and redeems himself after a rocky start romances, but I must admit in this case I couldn't quite let myself go along with the redemption of Blu after a pretty yuk showing in the first few pages (or Ashleigh as she starts out being pretty awful too). Neither of the MCs really stood out to me as relatable characters, and I couldn't stop feeling like I just didn't like them. His mum was a lovely character and I enjoyed the gardening, and some of the moments of banter. Plus the steamy moments were good. But I must admit I really struggled to finish it.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is my first read by this author and I was pleasantly surprised. Although I feel as though this story has been told before by other authors, it was a good story with likeable characters. At times though, I thought the main character was a bit gullible and should have asked more questions and stood up for herself. Overall though, I will also read the next book in the series.

I have just finished Sing For Me. I do love a romance novel, but I’m definitely more attracted to rom-coms. However, I fancied a change and requested this book.

The main character, Ashleigh, is a pain. She’s not very likeable, except for exposing her vulnerability around money and trust. On the whole she’s hugely annoying.

Blu, the rock-god, is a member of a world famous rock band. His Mother (Diane) lives next door to Ashleigh. Ashleigh and Diane have a nice friendship and I liked the dialogue and story that resulted between them.

When Blu met Ashleigh she was vile to him. She then dangled him constantly, before pulling away and acting hard done by. Her character was very volatile and inconsistent. Btw, where did her good friend Jaime go?

I actually liked the story and found the steamy elements enjoyable to read. My main gripe with the book is how substitute teacher, and part time music reviewer Ashleigh was all of a sudden the most lusted after female on the planet! Not one male could meet her without telling the room how hot she was *rolling eyes*

I found myself skipping long pages of internal dialogue from Ashleigh. I think this book would work so much better if Ashleigh was a bit more ‘normal’. Every man in the book did not need to want her, nor did they need to state her hotness. Did she really need to move house because she thought she’d been cheated on??

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for my advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review 📚

Sing for me
Blu is the sexy good looking rockstar and he loves his sex, liquor and rock & roll. It’s kind of strange but usually I start off disliking the rockstar not the girl in the story but that’s exactly what happened in this story. Blu’s mom who’s Ashleigh’s next door neighbor and friend wanted to introduce him to her but when his mom asked Blu to go get Ashleigh for lunch she acted like a self righteous ass. I continued to read this book but honestly I wanted to stop right there. So I continued to be tortured with this girl’s bad attitude and honestly even though she’s a pretty girl I don’t know why he’s putting up with this harpy and at this point I don’t know why I’m putting up with this book. There are pages and pages of internal dialogue in Ashleigh’s head and it’s pretty much the same boring stuff. I’m 60% into the book and I just can’t read anymore of it. Usually every book I request I finish but this book is just boring and I don’t care about either one of these characters.