Review "Music of the Heart by Katie Ashley"

For Abby Renard, the plan was supposed to be simple—join her brothers’ band on the last leg of their summer tour and decide if she’s finally ready for the limelight by becoming its fourth member. Of course, she never imagined stumbling onto the wrong tour bus at Rock Nation would accidentally land her in the bed of Jake Slater, the notorious womanizing lead singer of Runaway Train. When he mistakes her for one of his groupie’s, Abby quickly lets him know she sure as hell isn't in his bed on purpose.

Jake Slater never imagined the angel who fell into his bed would resist his charms by promptly kneeing him in the balls. Of course, the fact she seems like a prissy choir girl makes her anything but his type. So he is more than surprised when after betting Abby she wouldn’t last a week on their tour bus, she is more than willing to prove him wrong. But as Jake’s personal life begins to implode around him, he finds an unlikely ally in Abby. He’s never met a woman he can talk to, joke with, or most importantly make music with.

As the week comes to a close, neither Abby nor Jake is ready to let go. Can a sweetheart Country songstress and a bad boy of Rock N Roll actually have a future together?

Title: Music of the Heart (Runaway Train #1) 
Author: Katie Ashley
Publisher: Katie Ashley Productions 
Edition: Kindle
Amount of Pages: 369
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Music 

Date Read: 23-03-2019 - 24-03-2019

Favorite Quote: “Just remember that forgiveness is so much easier than regret.”

Review:
First thing that comes to mind when I think about this book is the word: unrealistic. It doesn't feel like it would fit the setting and the character. Their interactions where off. It's hard to explain it. For rockers they aren't really how they are described. They are described as womanizers, *ssholes etc but their actions say the complete opposite. Jake was a bit all over the place, as was abby. It's like the author is trying to make two opposite personalities fit withing one person and it's not really working. 
Jake and Abby fell in love way to fast. They really liked each other in 24 hours, in 48 they where falling for each other and within a bit over a week they where completely in love. 
I also felt like Abby didn't really accept all of Jake. She sometimes seemed like it but then was criticizing followed by running away. And Jake was almost always apologizing, even for things that I didn't think he needed to apologize over. 
I felt like Abby was glorified allot, to much actually, by all the characters in the book. Like she could do no wrong in the eyes of anyone and she didn't really do all that much to deserve that in my opinion. 
The sex scenes where a bit ruined by abby, not because she was a virgin or anything but how she reacted to several things. When Jake was complimenting her by saying something like how she felt so good, she got pissy and judgy, accusing him of using lines etc. I was like the h*ll girl, he is complimenting you. It might just be me though, I do like some dirty talk. 

I couldn't connect with the characters, it all felt a bit to over the top for me. Another word that comes to mind when I have to describe this book is boring. I really felt bored after the 50% mark, maybe even sooner. I started to skim more to just get to the end of it. 

Rating:
2 decent stars