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Adam Blue is destined to be a rockstar. As lead singer of Viral Blue, he knows it's just a matter of time before he's on his way to fame and fortune. If he can just get a studio to sign his band and get his songs on the radio, he knows he'll make it big. When they land a spot onstage at a popular nightclub downtown, Adam hopes to get noticed. But he doesn't expect to meet sexy Paulo Raucci, owner of Raucci Entertainment, a local studio looking for fresh talent. Paul likes Adam's sound and, more importantly, likes Adam, as well. But when Paul brings the band into the studio, his partner Lewis isn't quite as taken with Adam's rockstar attitude. Lewis doesn't want to sign the band until Adam proves he's willing to work. Unfortunately, the band takes second priority to Adam's growing interest Paul... an interest that has nothing to do with his musical career. The stress of recording their first studio album threatens to tear the band apart, and Adam's ego further drives a wedge between the members of Viral Blue. Paul does his best to keep the band together, but ultimately it's Adam's call. Adam wants it all -- his band, his first record, and his new lover. Now that his dreams are finally within reach, what does he have to do to make them come true?… (more)
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I disliked Adam from the first page - I'm pretty sure I was supposed to so all is going to plan so far. He's lazy, arrogant, rude, disrespectful... I could go on and on. Basically,
Paol is a talent agent who falls in lust at first sight with Adam and happens to believe he's talented as well. The electricity between the two is zinging from the first time Paol gropes Adam at the bar (before he introduces himself) and remains hot as they head for Adam's car.
Severe case of blue balls for Adam because Paol apparently isn't the kind of guy who picks up blokes who are ten years younger than him at clubs and takes them back to their cars and rubs his mouth all over their cocks then leaves without explanation. Except he is. So, after than introduction, it's hard to buy Paol as anything other than a bit of a sleazebag.
Adam continues to antagonize everyone around him except for Paol, who is blinded by Adam's cock. At the half way point, I realised I was only continuing to read because I wanted to see Adam taken down a peg or two. I wanted to see him get the smackdown he deserved because by now, my feelings for him went far beyond dislike.
So he finally does get taken down a peg or two but instead of him getting the message the secondary characters have been trying to get through his thick skull and humbly going off to lick his wounds and take in their critique, he is turned into a victim of an evil protagonist who is hurting him to get back at Paol. Self-realisation comes as he, Paol, and Lewis turn an abrupt 180 in character that makes my head spin.
Lewis, Paol's partner at the record company, is a tough guy. Paol says he and Adam are two peas in a pod. I don't see it, myself, but if it were true, Lewis has worked for everything he's achieved and has earned the right to be arrogant. Adam - 23, living at home with his mum, unemployed, no friends except his band members who don't seem to like him much half the time - hasn't.
But I digress. I liked Lewis until close to the end where he goes from a tough guy who isn't sure he wants to sign an egomaniacal ass to his label to spiteful and vindictive. His behaviour made little sense, even once it was explained. He was cutting off his nose to spite his face and it didn't really fit with his character.
I did like the secondary characters - Trace and Mike. They were funny and quite sweet which was a nice contrast to Adam's ego and Paol's lack of professionalism.
My dislike of the MCs made this story tough going for me, though. There was too much asshole and not enough vulnerability to make Adam a likable rogue and the drama of his 'redemption' wasn't believable. And Paol was just a fool. He made no attempt to be anything like professional until 76% of the way through the story and Adam had driven everyone else off.
This wasn't a badly written story. I just didn't like the characters or the mecurial nature of their personalities. It was generally a decent plot and flowed nicely (although I think I would have liked to have seen those long conversations between Adam and Paol instead of being told that they happened).