OUR REVIEW:
Once again, Julie Soto knocked it out of the park. In Not Another Love Song, we get to meet two talented musicians: Gwen and Xander (Alex). She's a talented violinist who plays with the Pops Orchestra and he's a talented cellist who also plays in the Pops but is also uber famous for the band he's in. She knows who he is because she's crushed on him for a while....he has no clue who she is until they meet at a wedding. He quickly becomes enamored with her, while she's nothing but flustered, and bam! one brief post-wedding meeting where he insults her and she gets her feelings hurt and we're off to the land of romance.
Over the course of months we get to see him fall for her, see her try to reject him, see him continually put his foot in his mouth, see her mistrust and doubt throw them curveballs, and see his mistrust do the same. We get to see him realize how truly talented she is, to see her get to shake him up out of his protective bubble, and see them merge into what could be a musical super couple. Of course nothing is ever that easy. There are bad guys, past histories that mess with their heads, and yet....and yet they have people hoping and rooting for them to figure it out.
I enjoyed Not Another Love Song so much. I loved being in the world of orchestral music and all of the intrigue there could be there. I'm so glad I found Julie Soto and I just am so very eager to see who/what she writes next.
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SYNOPSIS:
Two string players fight their attraction for each other as they compete for center stage in this spicy and emotional romance.
Gwen Jackson and Xander Thorne are both musical prodigies, but each has had very different paths to success. Xander was born into classical music royalty, while Gwen had a natural ear for music that was nurtured by a kind shop owner.
After Gwen performs at his friend’s wedding, she’s mortified when she realizes Xander has no clue who she is—despite having worked together for a year at the Pops Orchestra. But she’s more furious that he arrogantly critiques her performance.
When Gwen is offered the role of First Chair of the orchestra, something Xander had secretly coveted for years, their existing hostility goes up a notch. But their respect for each other's music is undeniable, and their onstage chemistry off the scale. As they begin to explore their feelings for one another, suddenly they're box office dynamite and the fragile romance that's growing between them is in danger of being crushed beneath a publicity stunt...
