Mariana Zapata

Twenty-six-year-old Gaby Barreto might be a lot of things (loyal, sarcastic, one of the guys and a pain in the butt depending on which family member you ask), but dumb isn't one of them. When her twin brother invites her to go on tour as his band's merch girl, she isn't exactly screaming at the top of her lungs with joy. With no job opportunities pounding on her door, an ex-boyfriend she would still like to castrate, and no end in sight to moving out of her parents' house in Dallas... it would be dumb to say no to the chance of a lifetime. Two bands, three continents, one tour. Spending the next ninety-plus days with three beloved idiots and eight complete strangers shouldn't be a big deal, right? If on the singer of the headlining band didn't have tattoos... a great personality... a fantastic body... and if he wasn't so funny.... Let's be real: Gaby never had a chance against Sacha Malykhin.

Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin

Gaby Barreto is at a turning point in her life when her twin brother, Eli invites her on tour selling merchandise for his band, Ghost Orchid as they open for headliner, The Cloud Collision.  Traveling with both bands on one bus is a tight fit and Gaby finds herself bunking right above The Cloud Collision lead singer, Sasha Malykhin.  Gaby is immediately impressed with Sasha's voice and stage performance, and as the tour heads into Australia and Europe, she finds herself fighting an attraction that she fears is one-sided.  

Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin would be a much better novel if it was set in high school since most of the dialogue, conflict, and behavior is a very juvenile.  Also, the story is filled with internal monologues only from Gaby's POV, leaving several characters underdeveloped.  In addition, not much of any significance happens in this book, making it feel pointless, and the conclusion is very unsatisfying.  Overall, Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin is a weak story.  I've now read two books by Mariana Zapata and haven't enjoyed either, so I'm beginning to wonder if her novels just aren't for me.   

Lynn Braden

Gaby Barreto is at a turning point in her life when her twin brother, Eli invites her on tour selling merchandise for his band, Ghost Orchid as they open for headliner, The Cloud Collision.  Traveling with both bands on one bus is a tight fit and Gaby finds herself bunking right above The Cloud Collision lead singer, Sasha Malykhin.  Gaby is immediately impressed with Sasha's voice and stage performance, and as the tour heads into Australia and Europe, she finds herself fighting an attraction that she fears is one-sided.  

Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin would be a much better novel if it was set in high school since most of the dialogue, conflict, and behavior is a very juvenile.  Also, the story is filled with internal monologues only from Gaby's POV, leaving several characters underdeveloped.  In addition, not much of any significance happens in this book, making it feel pointless, and the conclusion is very unsatisfying.  Overall, Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin is a weak story.  I've now read two books by Mariana Zapata and haven't enjoyed either, so I'm beginning to wonder if her novels just aren't for me.   

Isabella 

1.5 

It was a fast and easy read. It's a good book; it was cute and all that, but nothing really remarkable. Didn't like some 'jokes' in it as well.

Ana Luiza

3,5⭐️
Muito fofo e divertido. Fiquei com um sorriso bobo em todas as cenas românticas (eu quero um Sacha pra mim!) e ri horrores com a interação da Gaby com os meninos, especialmente com o Eli. Adoro ler livros com irmãos que são próximos e se ajudam muito. 
Em geral, foi uma leitura divertida com um enredo muito legal e uma relação saudável. Muito gostoso de ler mas nada demais.

a 3.5 stars but gonna round it to 4 bc gabysacha are babies

okay i went into this thinking i would give it a fair shot bc this one seems to be on the bottom of MZ’s book, but im now about 20% in and i see why. i thought it was going to be her classic slowburn but this was soooo rushed even though they didn’t get together until the last 10%. i feel like this book just suffers from 2010s writing if that makes sense, bc gaby was annoying and giving “pick me” and “im not like other girls”. there was a lot of misogynistic comments and slut shaming too. you can tell her writing has developed since this book.

Danyella Barajas

celene

i am dead,,, im deceased,,, this is just the ghost me speaking,,, *moment of silence*

anyway let's talk about the cause of death,,, sacha,,, mr sacha malykhin,,, dont get me wrong but i usually dont like the singer/musician trope bc the hero usually is cocky wc i cannot stand *shudders*, playboy, bla bla the list goes on,,, but sacha *dreamily sighs* sacha my sweetheart,,, he's like the total opposite,,, he's kind and sweet and thoughtful, totally not cocky, and FUNNY (wc is always a plus btw), and silly and a total goofball,,, you get the picture he's totally dreamy,,, AND he's adorable and hot at the same time?? mygoodness *fans self* that's just- im- it really is mind boggling u guys im-

and u know when the type of girl that becomes a complete mess w the guy she has a crush on? yeah thats gaby barreto right there wooo and wow shes such an interesting character shes quirky and fun and funny! and sarcastic and also a goofball i just love how she loves esp w her twin love her!! 

fave things:
-their meet cute lol so cute and funny hahaha gaby ur the man xD
-i love the friend dynamics aside from the mcs,,, so just- amazing!
-the shampoo scene u guys it's just so cute for me i cant- im-
-im loving the height difference u guys! i! love! it! shes 5'2" and hes like 6'1" ish i think woo 
-i did not expect to laugh out loud like literal LOL,,, theyre just freakin hilarious,,, man,, mygas so cute together uwu (i.e. the ‘if you gotta go, you gotta go’ scene hahaha i laughed so hard that i had to pause for a sec xD fave)
-friends to lovers woot woot theyre bffs u guys thats just uwu
-i love that gaby and eli are half italian and half brazilian while sacha's russian thats cool
-gaby x eli moments that just warms my heart and then makes me laugh like an idiot and make me go 'mhhmmmm' bc theyre just dang relatable w them being siblings and whatever 
-i like sacha's sleepy/jwu face uwu + gaby's too
-i like how sacha loves eating uwu
-lol dancey!Sacha is also cute am i even surprised? nope. (i totally am)
-the airplane scene u guys uwu :((
-the drool thing scene in the airplane scene u guys that shiz is soft :((
-so many cute moments gaaah
-the lullaby scenes that shiz is soft and adorable
-when sacha comes to her room every night scenes,,,yeah im- they cute
-'i dont know why every time i thanked him, he smiled. always.'- uhm this line made me emotional??? what the fudge??
-when sacha made gaby his wallpaper in his phone,,, and its a silly pic of her thats just uwu :((
-'this fucking guy was going to be the death of me.'- this is always my mood for sacha and guess what,,, i did die :(( lol ok bye
-the tattoos story time was cute and funny and uwu
-the epilogue is so soft i think i cried??

Jasmine

4 Stars
I think it is impossible for me to dislike Mariana Zapata's books each one always has these incredibly likable characters and the most perfect slow burning romances imaginable. While I had a hard time at first believing that everyone was in their mid to late twenties because of the way they acted a lot of the time. I ended up growing to love all of the guys in this book and their friendships. I especially loved the strong brother and sister dynamic in Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin because no matter how much they made fun of each other they had each other's backs. Personally coming from a family of three brothers I know how easy it is to revert back into children when we hang out and I liked reading about that type of relationship. The romance was perfect I fell so hard for Sasha & Gaby. This is a really sweet book, sometimes maybe a bit immature, and other times completely hilarious. Overall it was a lot of fun to read!

Catarina Vieira

Um pouco de medo por toda a gente dizer que este juntamente com ‘Lingus’ (que ainda não li) são os piores livros da Mariana Zapata.
O facto de ser uma tour e seguirmos as bandas por três continentes diferentes foi engraçado de ler assim como a dinâmica de uma banda no autocarro. Alguns comentários incomodaram-me imenso sobretudo sobre o sexo feminino e isso foi o que estragou o livro para mim. Embora tenha gostado dos protagonistas, as personagens secundárias davam-me vontade de desistir do livro em cada capítulo. 
Apesar disso, o romance valeu a pena e a história, mesmo sendo pequenina, era fluida e bem desenvolvida.

ingrid

sachagaby were really cute but the transphobia and homophobia in this book was terrible and made me very uncomfortable

nory

this mz book is so underrated. gaby and sacha are hilarious and i absolutely loved their relationship from the moment they met. almost gave it 5 stars bc i simply adore them sm but the ending felt a little rushed and underwhelming. despite that i still enjoyed it a lot and was a super fun and easy read <3

catia

"Everyday. I want you everyday. You're the best thing in the world. You make me so fucking happy, Princess. You have no idea."


Well this one wasn't a favorite but definitely was really cute. Their friendship was one of the best things in this book and how Sacha was so freaking in love with Gaby since day one, just so freaking cute!! I had some problems with some stuff the guys said but overall it was a short fun read tbh and I love Mariana Zapata too much!!

Sage 

Touring, laughter, tension, spice… this book had it all. Mariana will always be one my favorite authors and I can’t believe I didn’t know this book existed till today. Love, Love, Love!!

Lisa

Emilie Adele Rognmo

4.25 stars

so so cute. i absolutely adore sacha. and now i really want to go on tour with hot musicians. AND THE SIDE CHARACTERS PLS I LOVED THEM SO MUCH. especially eli and mason, and their bond with gaby. i’m jealous.

but gaby’s jealousy episodes were so childish and annoying i wanted to choke her. like why would you ignore sassy for a whole ass week. mad stuff.

tamara ortiz

SOOO BORING 
i have been reading this since last month

Amanda J 

Funniest one. Very light and frothy-not much angst. Happy to see the two characters get together.

Alice

Samantha Emery

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★Book Basics★ 


  Genre
: - Cont. Romance 

  Series
: - Stand Alone

  Love triangle?
 - (view spoiler)[No (hide spoiler)]

  Cheating?
 - (view spoiler)[No (hide spoiler)]

  HEA? -
 (view spoiler)[Yes (hide spoiler)]

  Would I read more by this author/or in this series? 
- Yes

  Rating 
- 4

★Review★

This felt a bit different for a book by this author.

It was still a slow burn romance, but the hero was actually rather lovely, and not at all grumpy.

It was a touch more light hearted too, with a great cast of secondary characters, and experiencing the relationship between the heroine, her brother and two best friends, was as great as experiencing the slowly building friendship between the heroine and the hero.

And I loved it, but I think I just prefer her grumpier heroes.

A great 4 star read, it is a slow burn, light hearted lovely romance. But even though Sacha was a more open and friendlier hero than her norm I felt like I had less of an impression of him as a man, than in say Kulti or The Wall of Winnepeg. He just felt like he had less layers and was a slightly flatter charter.

Still, in saying that this is still massively better than 99% of anything I have read in the last year.

Funny and sexy, with the amazing slow burn I've come to love from Mariana's books. I am, however, gonna need her to write faster since I only have one more of her backlist titles to read before I'm done with the lot of them. 

Review to come!

Bibi Disco

Lacey

4.5 stars – my 4th favorite MZ book, right behind Kulti, Winnie, and WFI. I LOVED Sacha!!

Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin

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