Release: Review of Shooting Star by Michelle Mankin

Author: Michelle Mankin
Publication Date: January 2025

EVERYONE OVERLOOKS HER BUT HIM.
 
Peace Jinkins prefers books and music to people. Unlike her famous parents and her twin sister, Peace is painfully shy. She has no friendships outside her family. 
Until she meets Bo. 
 
EVERYONE SEES HIM AS TROUBLE BUT HER.
 
Robert ‘Bo’ Jackson is good at one thing. He is an amazing guitarist like his father. Not that his father will ever admit it. They don’t get along. In fact, like most people, Bo’s father thinks he is a lost cause. Bo hides his hurt behind a wall of bad attitude. He doesn’t let anyone close.
Until he meets Peace. 
 
Bo confronts his critics head on, sometimes violently. Peace quietly retreats from them. But with their fathers being in the same rock band, they understand each other and form an unlikely friendship. 
 
What happens when external pressures almost immediately conspire against them? Will they become enemies? Can they remain friends? What about the forbidden attraction between them? Will confessing their secret desires to each other make them closer or will it ultimately destroy them in the end? 
 
Shooting Star is a Tempest next generation friends to lovers romance with sizzling tension and heart-twisting emotion. 
 
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My thoughts:

 I  will admit to having mixed feelings about Shooting Star.  Overall, I did like the friend to lovers story.  Having Bo and Peace find their HEA was satisfying.  The overall message of realizing you are worthy of love and finding your person was really good. So, while I liked all of that, there were a few things that I didn't enjoy.  

The book was way too long and the pacing was often slow.  I had a big issue with Peace and Bo's families.  What parent is concerned about their kids reading too much and takes away books as a punishment?  Also, if you are rich and famous, why wouldn't you use every resource to get your son help for his dyslexia?  I haven't read the original books about the Tempest band members, but from hints in this book, their journeys weren't easy.  So, why not make it easier for your own kids?  I do think fans of the previous series would enjoy this next generation series.  Give it a shot

About the author:

MICHELLE MANKIN is the New York Times bestselling author of over 40 romance novels.
Romance that rocks the heart. Text ROCK BOOK to 33777 for release alerts and a chance to win a signed paperback on release days-US only.
When Michelle is not prowling the streets of her Texas town listening to her rock and Nola funk music much too loud, she is putting her daydreams down on paper or traveling the world with her family and friends, sometimes for real, and sometimes just for pretend. She also runs Wild and Windy Book Events with her business partner Nicole Huffman.
 
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