Book Review and Giveaway for Kozart by J Nathan

KOZART
by J NATHAN

Kozart Savage is the world’s biggest rock star. At twenty-five, he’s got it all. Money. Fame. And the adoration of fans everywhere. He thought that was enough to make him forget his past. Enough to transform his distrusting heart. Turns out that’s not how it works...Then he meets a girl in a bridesmaid dress hiding out in a hotel bar. Probably the only girl on the planet who doesn’t know who he is. But she seems to be the one girl who can give him something no one else can.

Aubrey Prescott just discovered her boyfriend cheating—at her sister’s wedding. Trying to escape humiliation, she seeks refuge in a hotel bar, where she can drown her sorrows. While she’s trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces of what was supposed to be an amazing senior year in college, a handsome stranger interrupts her wallowing. A stranger who quickly makes her forget why she’s there. After one unforgettable night, he disappears without a second glance.

But walking away doesn’t always mean letting someone go.

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REVIEW: 4.5 STARS

"I want to text you every day and talk to you every night."

The minute I read this synopsis, I knew I had to read it. I am always looking for the next rockstar book to make me fall in love with the genre again. Some are hit and miss, but I keep coming back for more. Well, I feel like this hit every rockstar fantasy that I could think of. Grand gestures, a realization that you're the one, being swept up in the whirlwind of a high profile romance. I loved it all!! I am still smiling while I am writing my review. What a great book!

I love the way J Nathan pulled me in with this one. The synopsis obviously had me excited for how the book was going to go, but knowing how she has written before, I wondered how she was going to get the story across with the grit it needed. A rockstar and a college student? I mean, c'mon. If you think about it, that would be a very difficult thing. Studying, tests, world tours, traveling, love, drama....and other women. Mmm mmm. Newp. That was going to get hairy pretty quickly - AND I WAS HERE FOR IT!!  (I'm still smiling)

While the story was getting set up, the meeting between Kozart and Aubrey was nothing short of smile inducing and giggle producing. I absolutely adored their meeting and their banter was spot on!!! It was completely pivotal to the entire storyline - but also what carried it throughout, and that made me <sigh>. Their dynamic worked so well for me. I didn't question much, and if I tried to - there was a viable explanation immediately following. I just loved the flow of the book, the story, the love...ALL of it!! It made my day reading this one. (and....still smiling)

Kozart was not your typical looking rocker to me, so the cover threw me for a loop when I saw it, but as I read his story and his personality came out, it was so fitting for him. For him. I was absolutely smitten with Kozart. I liked his vulnerability. I liked the way he was truly the "Rock God", but I enjoyed the more intimate side of him that came out when his world got rocked by Aubrey - pun intended. I think the best part, for me, was that sense of normalcy only Aubrey could provide. She was just a little more and her strength and understanding made me love her. But, along with that comes the worst part, and that was realized early on. The added scrutiny you would get being in the public's eye - talk about intense!! To be in their position? What a conundrum - not only was he in, but she was too. Holy cow. J Nathan gave me a story that had me thinking and smiling 95% of the time. Clearly there is some drama to work through, but that was easily followed and understood. Even though I may not have liked it, it was a nice, due course that needed to play out in the story and it worked perfectly well. (and I'm still smiling...see a pattern?)

I'm pretty sure J Nathan is the sweet to my bitter. I like the angsty, heavy hitting books (she writes the perfect sweetness with a hold on your heart). I like the triangles (she hates) and love the alphas (she loves). I am pretty sure we are soul sisters (stalker? same thing) because #margaritas. This was my favorite book by her and cannot wait to read more. I am sincerely hoping she gives the band members each a story as well because I like what she's done with Kozart's story, but there is more to be told.

"Failure's not an option."

~BEE

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A LITTLE EXCERPT FOR YOU:

I gave myself one last look and grabbed the handle on the door. I stepped out, gasping as someone grabbed my arm and pulled me out the nearby exit door.  My heart raced as I pulled free, spinning around in the dark alley we’d ended up in. 

Kozart stood in front of me, a ball cap pulled down low on his head and a smirk on his face. 

My eyes widened. “What are you doing here?”

He dug his hands into the pockets of his torn jeans. “I was in the neighborhood.”

I glanced around the windowless alley with its giant dumpsters and foul odor. 

“I was in town,” he clarified. “I just wanted to grab a drink and low and behold, here you are.”

“Said every good stalker.”

He threw his head back and laughed. The sound was just as sexy as it was over the phone, if not more as it echoed in the alley. 

“And I’m sure I don’t need to mention the dragging-me-out-of-the-bar-into-a-dark-alley thing,” I added. 

He chuckled, his eyes lowering to the pavement.

~MEET J NATHAN~

J. Nathan is the author of the new adult romances For Finlay, Before Hadley, Until Alex, and Since Drew. When she's not writing, she's a total romance junkie! Add an alpha male who's unlikable in the beginning... even better. Happy endings are a must. Love triangles and negative people are the bane of her existence. Her family, friends, guys in backwards hats, and watermelon margaritas are the light…

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