Wow! My first Kate Golden book and it will not be my last. This story was so fun! The music, the lyrics, the yearning!!! I had so much fun reading this book. Can’t wait to recommend it to others!

This is an extremely romantic story about with just the right amount of (very large) spice. The writing is sharp and witty and it immediately sucked me in. Clementine’s humor made me laugh out loud over and over and Tom’s way with words had me swooooooooning. I love the whole found family and how they are this crazy mix of personalities but they mesh together perfectly. I legitimately cared about every character… except Jen, she’s the worst.

This book is everything—I absolutely loved it! The chemistry between Clementine and Thomas is electric, and their journey from the stage to unexpected romance is so captivating. I couldn’t get enough of Clementine’s strong yet vulnerable character, and Thomas? A total poet-rockstar dreamboat. The way they clash and grow together over the course of the tour had me hooked every page. And honestly, a Hozier-inspired novel? Perfection. This was the ultimate fangirl dream come true.

I’m not usually a musician romance girlie but I do love me the dulcet tones and the ethereal nature imagery of a certain Irish singer songwriter and this totally delivered on what it set out to do.

I was kicking my feet giddy reading this. I think I’ll put me on a romance trend for the next couple of weeks because Ill be chasing the rush of all this second hand yearning between halloran and clementine.

I can’t say it was the *best* romance I’ve read. But I simply had too good of a time to care. I would be curious what the experience would be for reading not aware of the lore and/or said Irish singer songwriters aesthetic/appeal. So YMMV.

This one was written for the women who have dreamed of having a song written about them by Hozier.

This was ROMANTIC. The meet-cute was everything. Although, at times I was annoyed by Clementine & her denying herself of so much… it felt real. & her first love in her early twenties, while dramatic at times, also felt more real because of it.

Tom was… well, everything. Between the lyrics of his song & his overall personality… I am just so in love with yet another fictional man.

I thought the writing flowed smoothly, great succession of events. The imagery was also incredible & appropriate given how magical the story felt throughout.

A+ rockstar romance. The slow burn. The yearning. It's just SO GOOD. I honestly didn't know that this premise was missing from my life, but I am so happy to have discovered it. Obtaining a print copy might be the only thing to make 2025 worth living through. Will definitely be keeping an eye out for more contemporary romance from Kate Golden in the future.

Kate Golden writing this book was 10000% the move. If you like swoony romance about two musicians that takes you on a tour throughout the states while they maybe… probably… definitely fall in love— then you’ll def want to add this one to your TBR!! Kate combined charm and wit and emotional complexities so beautifully in this story about a woman with a once in a million lifetimes opportunity to perform on the world’s stage alongside a mega star. INFMB has so many of my fav tropes—he falls first, sneaking around, and a found family (to name a few lol). It’s going to leave you starry-eyed and desperately wanting to go listen to some live music!

This was my first Kate Golden book and I can say it won't be my last.

This was such a sweet romance where the girl, Clementine, was the cynic about love and the guy, Tom, was the romantic. So that was a fresh take. I loved Tom's Hozier vibe. I admit that was who I was picturing as I read. I loved Clem and how Tom called her out on her BS. It was a fun read with a great cast of characters, I really enjoyed reading it in one sitting!

4.5⭐ | This was soooo fecking good! 🤗🤗🤗

I fell in love with every single character in this book. It was so refreshing to not have mean girls in a book, like THANK YOU Kate Golden. Molly & Indy were perfection.

TOM... PURE PERFECTION. He does no wrong. The way I was swoooooning when he said "atta girl"

I'm unsure if I'll recover.

"your body short-circuited my brain" I LOVE CLEM + TOM!!!!

-rockstar romance
-Hozier inspired
-hopeless romantic
-he falls first