Nicole Wilde’s life is one of sell-out gigs, bunking on tour buses, trashing hotels and partying with the band all night long. But she’s not in the band. She is a music journalist, paid to be the world’s greatest groupie– and she loves it!
Nicole has the party lifestyle – and the hangovers to prove it – but no one stops her in the supermarket on a bad hair day. Until she is papped in an incriminating position with recently married mega-star Dylan King of The Burnouts and the tabloids start hounding her. This isn’t so fun. Especially when her make-up is a mess and she hasn’t yet had a chance to clean her teeth.
Dylan accuses her of ruining his marriage. His handsome PR agent, Charles, calls her a tart. She has to take gorgeous Luke from Two For the Road to hospital after a drug incident. And she’s dropped her mobile phone in the bath! Too much celebrity lifestyle for one week? Time to slow down and take stock? Maybe for somebody else. But Nicole Wilde is going to come out fighting.
I was SO excited when I received an email from Portia asking me if I would like to review this book as it had been on my Amazon Wishlist since it came out! The concept of the whole book fascinated me, especially as I started going to rock concerts when I was 14 and ALWAYS wanted to meet the bands afterwards, once or twice I got to do this to get pictures taken with them which always made my day, and I have ever since always wondered what it would be like to actually know the bands and to be on tour with them. So this was the perfect book for me!
I fell in love with this book from the start! I love that it is based on Portia's personal experiences because it made Nicole's life and situations so much more believable, most of the things in the book I doubt you could make up if you hadn't experienced being on tour with bands and spending a lot of time around rockstars.
I enjoyed learning about Nicole’s life, she described herself as a professional hanger-on and all she really wanted from life was to have fun, her job is even as a music journalist so even at work she gets to surround herself with her rock star friends and up and coming bands. She is so much fun and I want to be her best friend!
I absolutely loved Nicole’s friendship with Dylan, I was completely fascinated by the idea of being a rock star’s best friend. Although most things Dylan did got him into trouble you couldn't help but really feel for him and see what was underneath his rock star persona.
I found myself hooked on Nicole’s love life, it was complicated, unpredictable and I didn't have a clue which guy she would eventually choose. From the start I wanted her to choose Luke but as the book went on I started to wonder if she would end up with Dylan!
The way the book is written makes you feel like the whole thing is a conversation that you are having with Nicole, I think this makes the book so much more personal and makes you feel like you are experiencing everything with Nicole.
The story gives you an amazing insight into the world of groupies, bands, journalism and touring, and all the good and bad things that come with it. Some of the things that happen are so unexpected but they are written so well by Portia that you don't for one second think they are made up. This made me enjoy the book so much more. The impact that the press/paparazzi had on the bands and Nicole's lives was another interesting element to the book as we all see celebrities on the front of magazines and newspapers, but seeing it from their side was a huge an eye-opener and makes you realise you shouldn't always believe everything that is written!
I couldn't put this book down! I enjoyed it so much that I felt like I could cry when I turned the last page, I could of carried on reading about Nicole's life forever! Not one part of the book was bad, nothing was over-written or explained too much/ too little. It was just perfect! For somebody that has always loved bands it has given me the insight I always wanted!
Whether you like rock stars, want to be in/ touring with a band or not I would recommend this book to anybody. I have so much praise for this book and I am definitely going to read Between a Rockstar and a Hard Place as I am having Nicole withdrawal already!
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