First I want to apologize to the author and the tour organizer for my post going up late. We had severe storms that passed through last night and wiped out our cable modem. Thankfully it's plug and play with the new one so I'm back online and reading to roll.
After finishing design school six months ago, Erin Angelo left her tragic past behind in the States and started a new life in Milan, Italy. Burying the grief, silencing her demons, and living a life without any real attachments has worked well for her so far. But when Erin secures her first real job as a budding clothing designer, her controlled world is shaken to its core by the mysteriously sexy director of the local symphony.
Alek Dostov is a man who knows what he wants and how to get it. He’s successful, hot, the son of a millionaire, and women all over the world flock to see one of his performances. For Alek, Erin represents the ultimate challenge: sexy, smart, and unaffected by his charms…or so she thinks. Just like Erin, Alek avoids attachments that leave him emotionally vulnerable. But unlike Erin, his pursuit of all things pleasurable is ruthless.
Knowing how wary they both are concerning any kind of committed relationship, Alek finds a way to pursue Erin, satisfying the intense attraction between them without sacrificing the freedom they both enjoy. Sometimes the deepest passion brings out the darkest emotions. And Erin finds herself completely unprepared for the forbidden world of the young maestro and his truths and even his secrets, as she struggles to deal with her own.
Music, passion, betrayal and forbidden love spun together in one of the most romantic cities in the world.
This novel contains sexual situations and mature language. It is intended for an audience at 17+ years of age.
MY REVIEW
“…the prelude is the part of a song that pulls you in,
hypnotizing you with beauty. The
beginning of a song hooks people inside its spell and never lets the person go
until the last note trickles through their mind.” A fitting quote from the book that takes the
simple notion, intertwines it into a love story full of depth and leaves you
even thinking about it after you read the last words.
The Prelude is about two people from opposite worlds, both
with secrets and both trying to find a way to fix the broken parts of
themselves. The author draws you into
the story with characters that you want to know more about. Characters that you find yourself vested in
from the time you meet them. Throughout
the story you feel their despair, their attraction, their needs while also
feeling that sinking feeling of knowing that there’s more to their life stories
that want to touch the surface but keep getting buried time and time again.
Erin, a designer, unkowningly meets the maestro aka Alek
Dostov that has hired her design house to create the costumes for his upcoming
production. Over the course of a few
uncomfortable mishaps she discovers who he is.
The sparks are there from the beginning, but we get to see the
characters wrestle with their inner demons while they being a relationship,
working and otherwise, together. Not
only do you experience that, but you also feel the characters changing,
evolving, and coming to grip with reality through each page. It’s not very often you get to experience
this with such a poetic flow.
While this is not my usual genre, I enjoyed it and recommend
across the board. I am only giving 4
stars though, because there are parts of the story that even though there are
meanings behind why they are in it, the story would have done better with them
in the background and not touched on as they were. In the end, it made for a bumpy ride at times
but I would happily get back on and go for another round.
There are some explicit sex scenes, so I recommend this to a
more mature New Adult reader.
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About the Author
I live in the City of Alchemy and
Medicine, North Carolina. I write about people doing fantastical things in
magical worlds. Sometimes they fall for each other and make sacrifices for
their friends. Oh, and sometimes they love music and nature too. I live with my
two sons, a guinea pig, a cat, and two dogs. Now that I have completed my MFA in
creative writing, I find that I have a little extra time to play CLUE more
often. I live in an L-shaped house dedicated to my grandmother. It has a secret
library complete with fairies, venetian plastered walls, and a desk made out of
clear blue glass.
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Great review Marni! I love KaSonndra's work. I still need to read The Prelude! Hugs to you both!!!
ReplyDeleteTina...I'm not big into contemporary romance, but this just knocked my socks off!
DeleteThank you for taking the time to read and review the Prelude! I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed it. :-)
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
KaSonndra Leigh
KaSonndra,
DeleteThank you for writing awesome books again and again!