Title: ⟫ Volatile (Black Diamond – Unlucky 13 Novel #6)
Author: ⟫ JR Gray
Rating: ⟫ 4/5
Blurb: ⟫ Welcome to Black Diamond Resort and Spa… and my exile…
A guy in a skirt wouldn’t turn a straight guy on, right?
I spent the last decade performing next to him. I’ve never looked at him as more—until I walked in on him in a skirt.
He’s as broken as I am.
We survived our childhood together. And when he’s finally trying to embrace the parts his father tried to beat out of him, I can’t handle it. He’s taunting me with smeared eye-liner and a filthy smile, singing to a sold-out crowd, and it’s getting too hot under these stage lights.
I can’t look him in the eyes. I can’t be with him—not like that—but I can’t stop thinking about him.
He's pushing me over the edge.
Now we’re banished to this forsaken celebrity timeout—to play emotional chicken—and he’s determined to make sure I lose.
He’ll push every button I possess until I give in.
Review: ⟫ I still haven’t figured out if I think Royal and Aspen are actually good for each other – Aspen seemed to be such a mess in terms of how he dealt with things, and I struggled with his attitude. He might have been defending Royal to his brother, but at the same time he was constantly pushing him in a way that I wasn’t always comfortable with.
Apart from that, the relationship between the two of them was hot af, full of steamy scenes whether they were on stage or not. I appreciated how, when Royal decided he was all-in, he really was all-in. He turned away from his father’s teachings, was honest with his mother and made sure that Aspen knew that their relationship was his number one focus and I truly thought that was wonderful.
There were links to other works by JR Gray (the Pretty Broken series) and I did enjoy catching those. I have also read most of the book in the Black Diamond series and this is the first one (for me) where the outside world was featured more and I enjoyed that too.
Messy rock stars falling in love and getting steamy on stage – can’t really ask for more than that. I enjoyed reading this and look forward to more in the Black Diamond series.
I received an ARC from GRR.
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