Не останах очарована от втората книга в поредицата. Вдъхновението е напуснало Саманта Йънг с двете книги в поредицата, най-вероятно ще бъде същото и с очакваната през март 2019 новела към Play On. Цялото това прескачане САЩ-Шотландия ми идва много и от „Дъблин Стрийт“ насам се изтърка като похват. Да не говорим за развитие на сюжета в рамките на 5 седмици, които като четеш книгата ти се струват като година, докато в един момент ти се поднася информацията, че „познаваме се от 5 седмици, ама наистина ли за толкова кратко се случи еди-какво-си“ и цялата книга ти се струва супер прибързана (най-малкото). Надявам се скоро да продължи с Хартуел и да напише историята на Емъри и Джак и да не ни занимава с подобни недоизмислени както трябва сюжетни линии. Вече четох коментари на върли фенове, че книгата е страхотна, прекрасна и какво ли още не. Аз също харесвам авторката, но мога да забележа кога една история е добра и кога не е. Както и да е, ако Ориндж издадат поредицата, сигурно ще си я купя и ще я прочета веднъж, но едва ли ще я препрочета и ще влезе в класацията на любимите ми книги/поредици.

As Dust Dances (Play On #2)

The New York Times Bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series and PLAY ON returns to the world of the arts in this intense and emotional standalone romance about love, sacrifice, and surviving both.

Once upon a time Skylar Finch was the lead singer of a hugely successful American pop-rock band. But fame made her miserable. When years of living a lie suddenly ended in tragedy, Skylar fell off the map.

Eighteen months later she’s sleeping in a tent in a cemetery in Glasgow, making just enough money to eat by busking on the streets. She manages to avoid recognition, but not the attention of one of Glasgow’s ambitious A&R executives.

Killian O’Dea works at Skyscraper Records, Scotland’s most successful record label. Raised by his uncle and owner of the label, Killian’s upbringing would have been devoid of affection entirely if it wasn’t for his loving sister. Killian is unflinchingly determined to bring the label more success than ever, and the young homeless woman who busks on Buchanan Street is going to help him do that. Her music speaks to him in a way he refuses to over-analyze. All he knows is that if it can touch his dark soul, it’ll set everyone else’s alight.

Skylar makes it clear that she doesn’t want to sign with him. But when she experiences the dangerous reality of a woman sleeping rough, Skylar has no one else but Killian to turn to. An undeniable connection forms between them. But Skylar doesn’t want the career Killian is trying to forge for her, and when her past comes back to haunt her Killian will be faced with a decision that could ruin him. He must either free Skylar from his selfish machinations and destroy everything he’s ever worked for, or lose a woman who has come to mean more to him than he ever thought possible…

Hold On (Play On #2.5)

Autumn O’Dea has always tried to see the best in people while her big brother, Killian, has always tried to protect her from the worst. While their lonely upbringing made Killian a cynic, it isn’t in Autumn’s nature to be anything but warm and open. However, after a series of relationship disasters and the unsettling realization that she’s drifting aimlessly through life, Autumn wonders if she’s left herself too vulnerable to the world. Deciding some distance from the security blanket of her brother and an unmotivated life in Glasgow is exactly what she needs to find herself, Autumn takes up her friend’s offer to stay at a ski resort in the snowy hills of Montana. Some guy-free alone time on Whitetail Mountain sounds just the thing to get to know herself better.

However, she wasn’t counting on colliding into sexy Grayson King on the slopes. Autumn has never met anyone like Gray. Confident, smart, with a wicked sense of humor, he makes the men she dated seem like boys. Her attraction to him immediately puts her on the defense because being open-hearted in the past has only gotten it broken. Yet it becomes increasingly difficult to resist a man who is not only determined to seduce her, but adamant about helping her find her purpose in life and embrace the person she is. Autumn knows she shouldn’t fall for Gray. It can only end badly. After all their lives are divided by an ocean and their inevitable separation is just another heart break away…