TITLE: Letters & Lyrics
AUTHOR: Leah Parker
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: August 5, 2022
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Hollis Brown was my first everything. He moved into town, showed me what love was, then left me shattered in pieces.
I tried finding love again in college, but that left me bruised and broken. Deciding I’d rather be alone than risk any more pain, I focused all my attention on my career.
Then Hollis came back. As the lead singer of world-famous pop-punk band Yellow Lines, he sings (and screams) of love and loss for everyone to hear. His lyrics are the roadmap of our failed relationship.
Hollis says he wants me back—that we can make it work this time. But giving Hollis another chance means risking everything I’ve worked for these last ten years. I have to decide if I’m willing to give up everything I’ve built for a chance at the one thing I’ve always wanted most—another shot with the love of my life.
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MY REVIEW.
3 Stars from Tiffany!
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Didn't Hit the Mark for Me.
In Letters and Lyrics, Leah Parker gives here readers a story about love and loss, as we travel from present to past to see how the main characters ended up in the situation we first find them in.
Hollis is a musician and the love of Lily's life. They met as teenagers and with a lot of young love stories, things happen and they find themselves a million miles away from each other as adults. Now we are learning all the ins and outs of thier lives and hope for the best at the end.
There wasn't much of a connection for me with these characters. I don't know why, but in the ten years apart neither one could move on really bugged me. I'm sure it happens all of the time, however I couldn't wrap my head around it and it felt very forced when these two were together. Leah Parker tried to give them some angst, but it wasn't the kind I enjoy reading. For me, this type of past and present book works the best with a mystery or darker story line. A romance like Hollis and Lily's started to feel draggy.
The book is well written, however wasn't my cup of tea. Letters and Lyrics reads as a standalone, with Lily's friend Kenzie looking like she could be up next.
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A Massachusetts native, Leah currently resides in New Hampshire with her husband and their five cats. She's been an avid reader since elementary school when she fell in love with the Dear America books and Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events. When she's not writing, she's likely reading. If she's not home, she's probably at the beach. Leah works as a mental health clinician by day and writes by night. She received an MFA from Southern New Hampshire University in 2020. Leah enjoys Italian food, wine, candles, tea, and being outside. She hates cold weather, pants, staying in one place for too long, and going to bed (though she does love sleeping.) Leah has always had a passion for writing, but it wasn't until the Winter of 2015 that she finally got an idea in her head for her first novel, Clemency, which she wrote the following summer.
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