Vi Keeland

At fifteen, his poster hung on my bedroom wall. At twenty-five his body hovered over mine. Every girl's fantasy became my reality. I was dating a rockstar. Yet I was slowly falling for another man. The problem was-the two men-they shared a tour bus.

Beat

Raven Dean

We were introduced to Flynn Beckham in Throb as the Bachelor on a reality TV show. In Beat, we learn what is going on in his life after the show. After falling for Kate, Flynn vows to not go after a woman who is already with someone else. So when he meets Lucky and learns she is with the lead singer of the band he is going on tour with, he realizes he is in for some trouble. 

Lucky has had a thing for Dylan Ryder since she was 15 and had his poster on her wall. Now she is living the dream of being his girlfriend until, Flynn walks into her life. 

With a band member of Easy Ryder gone for a little bit, Flynn is asked to take his place on the tour and Lucky is joining as well as Flynn's voice coach. It gets intense between the two and Dylan with feelings of lust, love, and guilt on the tour bus. 

I honestly loved Flynn in Throb and felt bad for him when Kate chose Cooper over him because he was an absolute sweetheart. I fell even more for him in this story. I am really happy that he finally got his HEA with Lucky :)

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If I'm being completely honest I have to say rockstar romances are not my favorite thing. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed a fair few of them in the past. I just don't tend to gravitate towards them the way others do. Vi Keeland, on the other hand, is a go-to author of mine, so I knew I had to read this book. I'm so glad I did because I REALLY enjoyed Beat.

I have to start out by saying that Beat will not appeal to everyone. As you can tell from the blurb, there is a love triangle and (spoiler alert) cheating. If either of those things aren't for you, you probably shouldn't read book. But, if you are willing to overlook the cheating and give it a chance, a great book awaits.

My favorite thing about Beat was, hands down, Flynn. I loved his character. Despite his rising stock as a rockstar, he came off like a "real guy." I liked him from the very start and he grew on me even more as the book continued. I liked Lucky, too, but she was a little too wishy-washy for me at times. I get it she was torn between her past and what could be her future, but it didn't seem like a tough choice to me. Even considering her history with Dylan, there was absolutely question as to who the better match/nicer guy was. (Not that Dylan treated her poorly or anything... he was just too self-centered for me.) But who knows, maybe if I was in her situation I'd have given it the same amount of pause.

Beat struck a chord with me because Flynn was not your typical romance book rock star. (Or at least he was different from most of the guys in the ones I've read.) I loved how committed he was to Lucky, even when things were unclear between them. I've grown so tired of the "I can't have her because reasons so I'll sleep with anything in a skirt and parade them in front of her" mentality from so-called swoony book boyfriends. I'll take loyalty over that *any* day of the week. I was crushing on Flynn hard during this book. 

Beat had a good mix of romance and drama. The drama wasn't overly dramatic or too angsty, yet I still had a serious case of the feels while reading it. I was definitely #TeamFlynn, which led me to get a little frustrated with Lucky at times, but I still enjoyed her character as well. This was one of those books that sucked me in from the early pages and I found myself finishing it in one sitting. To say I was invested in the story would be a gross understatement. It was sweet and sexy and I just couldn't get enough of the chemistry between these two characters. 

I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

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