First I want to thank #Matador and #Netgalley for this advance reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

Where do I start? I wanted to like this book. I really did. The plot was promising. I thought it was a book about a band and music. I recently read Daisy Jones and the Six, and I was thinking I was reading something more along those lines, but to be honest, I'm not even sure what this book was about. It had way too much going on and that made it hard to keep characters and situations straight. At times the plot moved so fast that I couldn't keep up. I found my mind wandering while reading and that made it hard to get into it. I couldn't drum up any compassion for the main character, Nick. So many situations just seemed far fetched.

I'm sure this book has an audience out there, it just wasn't me. It was too plot driven and so much was crammed into it that there was no character development.

This was OK.
It's about a young lad who formed a band, wrote a song, song gets picked out for a movie soundtrack, makes a ton of money. Unfortunately the band splits after youth, naievity and love triangles get in the way of friendship etc. Our hero, Nick, does try and contact the others to share the money but they don't want to know. I never quite got why, because he didn't really do anything outside of youthful ignorance to deserve being stonewalled, but I guess the others were young too, so sulks and grudges and angst etc. Anyway, Nick matures a little and sets up a business - and we're told numberous times he 'built the business' - and makes a success of it, marries, has a daughter.
The past catches up with Nick as it is wont to do with all of us. The reader is kept guessing what it is that Nick has done which causes him so much grief and, not wanting to give away spoilers, I won't reveal it here. But I wasn't entirely convinced that A, any reasonably intelligent guy would have got himself into that situation, and B, he'd have allowed it to go on so long.
Parts of the story also made no sense. I never quite got Luke's motivations for what he wanted done with his share of the money, and certainly why he never told Trish or his boy come to that. Bit spiteful not to. And, as it turned out, caused all sorts of unnecessary grief for people he claimed to love as well as those he supposedly disliked.
I'm also afraid the action scenes were a little overcooked for me. They didn't fit with the vibe of the book. I mean, for the most part of this book I was reading a very readable coming of age about loves and friendships, and to throw in a few violent moments doesn't turn the book into a thriller, at least it didn't for me. A clumsy fistfight or two is one thing, but any more than that and the feel of the book gets dislodged and suddenly it's like the odd violent scene has been shoehorned in from a different story for the sake of adding drama.
So, whilst this book is very readable with an ok storyline, it felt a little unpolished and the characters a little jagged around the edges. I never felt I knew any of them well enough to like or dislike. I didn't trust them. It's not going to stop me picking up another book by this author, because his writing style is clear and easy and with a more solid and consistent story it will be a book I'd look forward to.
Thanks to Matador and Netgalley for the ARC.

I enjoyed this story, it was well written, had good narrative and good pacing and the characters were well developed and relatable. I read this quickly and would definitely recommend it

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I enjoyed Nick Hunter's character. This story line usually isn't my favorite but as I kept reading it kept getting better and better! The story is so unique and good!not had me turning the pages with such force my Kindle kept freezing..... LoL
Really enjoyed reading this ebook copy. NetGalley, Matador and Fraser for this intense ebook copy!