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Heart Strings
Newly graduated music-lover Nicole Nero knows exactly what she wants out of a job at South Coast’s most prominent record label, a comfortable place to live, and the affection of the gorgeous and talented musician Elijah West. The only problem is Nicole is underqualified, broke, and invisible. As she fights to turn her luck around, Nicole discovers that not everything is as it seems, and some of what she once wanted isn't what she wants any more. Will she figure it out before it’s too late? Or will she lose everything and end up worse off than before?
540 pages, Paperback
Published February 14, 2018
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Claire Merchant
45 books8 followersClaire Merchant is an Australian author and storyteller. She is best known for her collection of fantasy, contemporary, and romance novels set in fictional South Coast. In 2019, Claire won ‘Top Female Author’ in the Fantasy and Romance categories as voted by The Authors Show.
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May 10, 2023
Nicole is a barista with dreams of working for a prominent record label. Her roommate Noah, a musician in a band with his brothers, decides they need another roommate, convincing her to allow his brother, Elijah, to move in on a trial basis. As both Nicole and the brothers are offered job opportunities that could lead to dreams come true, relationships begin to blossom as well. Will Nicole and Elijah be able to put aside past issues to make their romance work?
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I will start off by saying that the author's writing style was rather poetic, which fit well into the character's voice and the topic of the story. However, the romantic tension was often quite detailed, and sometimes it felt a bit unnecessary. There was one scene that I ended up skipping as a result. Additionally, I was uncomfortable with Elijah's disrespect for Nicole's boundaries when he refused to get dressed at the beginning of the story. In contrast, by the end of the story, he seems to have developed a lot more respect for others, especially Nicole, and I did enjoy seeing that progression. I also appreciate that there were other subplots and conflicts in the background, involving other characters and their relationships, and it was written in such a way that it wasn't confusing or hard to follow.
Opinion:
I will start off by saying that the author's writing style was rather poetic, which fit well into the character's voice and the topic of the story. However, the romantic tension was often quite detailed, and sometimes it felt a bit unnecessary. There was one scene that I ended up skipping as a result. Additionally, I was uncomfortable with Elijah's disrespect for Nicole's boundaries when he refused to get dressed at the beginning of the story. In contrast, by the end of the story, he seems to have developed a lot more respect for others, especially Nicole, and I did enjoy seeing that progression. I also appreciate that there were other subplots and conflicts in the background, involving other characters and their relationships, and it was written in such a way that it wasn't confusing or hard to follow.
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