Strong by Kylie Scott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Strong (Stage Dive #4.5) (ARC) was graciously provided to me by Inkslinger PR for an honest review.
The Musical Chords of Love and Strength…
First and gleefully foremost, to say that I was honored and blown away by the opportunity to read an early copy of a new book from one of my most favorite series..would be an understatement. I may have fan-girled just a little bit at this discovery, as I have loved the Stage Dive Series by Kylie Scott ever since the first page of Lick from the series. So, needlessly to say, an utmost need and wanting to voraciously read this new and upcoming book with such eager anticipation of yet another great book was put into place immediately.
SQUEEE! I could not be more happy at the conclusion of my most recent read of a much-anticipated new book from such a beloved series. So much so that I need to re-read the entire series from start to finish all over again..like, right now. I adored reading once again a storyline that is fun, gripping, sizzling, as well as addicting with characters who are so realistic that their lives become such brilliant and well-developed entities that readers simply need to keep up with the lives of these characters. It was quite an exciting and pleasurable read and to have experienced such an overabundance of emotions was an amazing feat that I greedily hope for again.
Strong by Kylie Scott was such a great and welcomed read, and predictably, such a super book. I loved every minute of it! As a novella, it was able to draw me in quickly as the characters were just as fantastic as ever. These down-to-earth, absolutely adorable, family-oriented, hilarious, sweet, sexy, perfectly-written characters, that speaking for this reader, were so enticing, that, I already need more of them. Clearly, I just loved being blissfully immersed within the lives of all of the characters while getting caught up with all of them. I squealed, cheered, laughed my butt off, teared-up, and I even got just as hot-under-the-collar and flustered as well.
As previously mentioned, this is a novella, an almost like wonderful tease for readers, as readers of this author are always eager for more of these characters from this popular series, and, this was the time to meet Sam and Martha as they come to grips with their budding and disguised relationship. Sam Knowles *dreamy sigh* oh how I loved him.. This former Navy Seal turned security expert, is a drool-worthy, without-a-doubt, prime example of male perfection. I wish I could just wrap him up and place him in my pocket..or something. His character is a muscular, dedicated, sincere, and devoted kind of absolute male yumminess. Martha Nicholson is intrinsically a good person, enjoys doing good for others, and with a softer side hidden underneath a sharp and naively brave shell, is also a woman who has the capacity for growth. In all honesty, this is a character who actually got on my last nerve. But, despite this, her underlying good could also be seen throughout the story as well, as the writing is that good. I loved being able to venture down the road that Sam and Martha had finally taken and had welcomed all of the excursions that had been taken as well.
Strong by Kylie Scott is one of those stories that could be considered as having an ongoing storyline and because of this, while this book could definitely be enjoyed as a standalone, it could also be enjoyed twice as much with the accompaniment of the previous books having been read beforehand. While the writing was so smooth and enticing and incredible with its ability to weave the absolutely squeal-worthy members of the band, the mysterious past of one of the main characters, all the while successfully interweaving the most epic and surprising of twists successfully..I also needed more. I needed more depth to the main characters as well as more development to the ending to be understandably complete with the storyline.
However, as a whole, this book..THIS BOOK.. Strong, being part of the Stage Dive Series by Kylie Scott is one hugely incredible book, that is indeed one of the most highly-anticipated books of 2018, that will be read over and over and over again, because it was that good of a novella, one that I drank in its greatness as it was over way too soon. As a result, as books from Kylie Scott always have readers reaching for more, speaking for this reader, I will sit with great anticipation for the next book, as there are already so many intriguing possibilities as a result of this most recent read, and I can-not-wait..:)
*star rating: 4.49 ‘I really liked it’ short story stars*
