I have not read anything by Crystal B Bright before. But I think I will again. This is book #3 in the Love and Harmony series. You do not need to read the other 2 to read this one.

This characters in this book Tassia and Hyde have known each other since they were teenagers and were on a T.V. series together. They got back in touch with one another when they were asked about doing a duet together. They each had their own separate reasons for wanting to do this together. Tassia wanted to advance her career and was hoping that by doing this with Hyde that that would happen. Hyde however wanted to be able to take a break and rest for a bit. The two are obviously attracted to each other, which is always a plus when you need to seen a duet to someone.

This was a sweet book. I am not sure if I would recommend this to friends. But if they asked me if I read it I would say yes. They now I don't finish a book that doesn't have some potential,

Reviewed by Shyla
Book provided by NetGalley

I loved this book. As a fan of the old school Mickey Mouse Club, it took me back to my roots. Two former child singers who were on a show that gave them their start, meet up again after near misses, and the sparks fly.

Hyde Love rocketed to stardom after the Ratty Rat days. Coming off a major tour, the country superstar has one thing on his mind, rest. His manager, however, has other plans. Ignoring his clients ( and son’s) request, C. Love hitched Hyde to a new project that turns his life upside down. After years of discipline and letting his manager take the lead, Hyde is read to put his foot down and doing something for himself, no matter who it effects.

Tassia has fought tooth and nail for her chance at stardom. Putting her time in writing songs, singing hooks, and touring as back up, she’s ready to break out on her own. When her record label suggests a duet album with her former co-star, who snubbed her in the past, her dreams feel further away than ever. Struggling with the need to move forward in her career, and deal with her saltiness, she’s swept in an adventure she never saw coming.

I love the banter, ups and downs, and self-discovery that Ms. Bright wove into the plot expertly. Their issues were real, and emotions were raw. I understood the motivation behind their actions even when I didn’t agree with all of them.

I wanted to like this story. I prefer diverse romances, and the description sounded like it had potential. But the story starts off with flashbacks to childhood, which I am not crazy about, and immediately dimmed my interest. I got several chapters past that intro, but I just couldn't force myself to continue further. I think it's more that I didn't like the tropes used in this story than that the writing is bad. If you enjoy stories with those tropes, about celebrities, and second chance romances for adults who knew each other as children, and characters with A LOT of family/ emotional baggage, this might be the book for you. Maybe I'll try to finish it someday. For now, it just wasn't for me.

Crazy on you features two musicians with very different backgrounds who through some shady circumstances have to collaborate on an album together. Tassia is well known for one of her hooks on a popular rap song and Hyde is a bad boy country music star. Tassia has a beautiful voice but has been trying for years to break into music on her own as a solo artist. The last thing she thinks will happen is her collaboration with a country star. As they get to know each other, they start to fall for one another.

I really liked this book. The hate to love trope is one of my favorites. This is just all around a feel good summer romance. I can picture lounging by the pool with some country music playing and reading this in one sitting. Cute. Would recommend.

I enjoyed this romance about a country singer and a R&B singer who have some history as children and are thrown together again as adults. The premise was good, the characters were fantastic but I just didn't completely connect with this one ... there are some inconsistencies in the story that stuck out to me and then I had a hard time buying some of the decisions that were made and when they were made and how they were made. It made for a book that was good but not great for me. It sounds like that may be the case for a few other readers when I look at the reviews. The story and the characters made for a good read so if you don't mind a book that needs some editing, this may be one to try!

Crazy on You is the third book in Crystal B. Bright’s Love and Harmony series where R&B divas start out collaborating with someone from outside their musical lane for purely professional reason but end up finding the type of love that had Jill Scott off to work, beaming all the way down 3rd.

In this installment, which works well as a standalone for those who haven’t read the previous books in the series, it’s Tassia Hogan’s turn to get boo’d up and her love interest is none other than the hottest thing in country music— and her former childhood crush — Hyde Love. To say that Hyde and Tassia have a complicated history is putting it mildly. They worked together as kids on The Ratty Rat’s Fun Crew but their careers have gone on wildly different paths since then. Tassia’s career isn’t exactly on the struggle bus, but it’s not where she wants it to be and it’s nowhere near the mega stardom that Hyde’s found. If you want a real world comparison for Tassia and Hyde, think of Justin Timberlake and Rhona Bennett from The New Mickey Mouse Club. Rhona’s done well but you can argue she should be much more successful given her talent whereas Justin Timberlake is... Justin Timberlake.

Professional jealousy and awkward childhood crushes aside, there’s also the teeny, tiny fact that Hyde’s team once refused to hire Tassia as a background singer for one of Hyde’s tours and that humiliation is something Tassia hasn’t forgiven or forgotten. Seriously, sis is stomping the yard in her petty boots and is not taking them off anytime soon. With all of that in play, you can imagine why Tassia is none too pleased when her record label informs her that instead of her long awaited solo album, they want her to record an album of duets with Hyde. Frustrated and feeling undervalued, Tassia agrees to the meeting, if only for the pleasure of turning Hyde and his people down to their faces.

For his part, Hyde isn’t exactly thrilled with the prospect either. He’s overworked and beyond tired of the grind. He’s desperate for a break but his father, who doubles as his manager, isn’t trying to hear any of what Hyde’s saying. Hyde’s nothing if not polite though, so he agrees to go to the meeting so he can decline the offer face to face.

But, because in Romancelandia the best laid plans of songstresses and superstars often go awry, Hyde and Tassia end up agreeing to the project for very different reasons. And at this point, dear reader, you will want Tassia to aim the pointy toe of her petty boots squarely at Hyde’s crotch and kick him. Hard. Repeatedly. Because his reason basically falls apart when you ask the question “Aren’t you a grown ass man, though?”

But anyway, Tassia and Hyde go on a writing retreat to work on the album and that’s where things really get interesting. Between the tension of both of them fighting their mutual attraction and Hyde’s guilt mounting, it isn’t long before Tassia finds out the real reason why Hyde’s taken her to the backwoods of Bumblefreak, Tennessee. She doesn’t hold back and Hyde, realizing he deserves every bit of her ire, makes a sincere apology. After a mishap with a bear (yes, I said a bear) and a hilarious heart to heart with Hyde’s cousin Pepper, they agree to start over.

Once they’re on the same page, they quickly go from making beautiful music together to burning up the sheets. But like every good country song and R&B ballad, the course of true love does not run smooth. Tassia and Hyde have killer chemistry and get along great between the sheets, but can’t seem to keep the easy connection going when they have too keep their clothes on. There’s more than one misunderstanding and between Tassia’s pride, Hyde’s control issues and both of them saying one thing and then doing another, they struggle to hit any of the right notes outside of the bedroom.

And that’s where Hyde’s family comes in. Hyde’s hideaway is a stone’s throw away from his paternal grandparents and Mabel and Efrem Love, along with the aforementioned cousin Pepper, know true love when they see it and through a mix of good old fashioned truth telling and gentle encouragement, they guide the pair towards each other and help them find the courage to open their hearts to one another. Just when everything seems to finally be on the right track, Hyde’s insecurities derail them and Hyde’s father, Clever, turns up like a bad penny. With a mix of truth, lies, and videotape, Clever threatens both Tassia’s career and the love they’ve managed to find. When Tassia runs home to her father, Hyde is left alone to confront his and in the process, we find out that Clever was a lot more than a “stage dad”; he was an emotionally abusive dad.

But Hyde isn’t a child anymore and he’s done being Clever’s victim. Remember up there when I said that Hyde’s reasoning behind his actions fall apart when you ask “Aren’t you a grown ass man, though?” Well, with Efrem and Mabel backing him up, Hyde proves to us that the answer is an emphatic yes. While the Petty Betty in me wanted his takedown of Clever to show the man far less grace, Hyde finally shows his father that he’s an adult and that Clever isn’t running anything but his mouth. And with that mission accomplished, he commits one swoon worthy grand gesture that shows Tassia, along with the rest of the world, just how much he loves her. The HEA is satisfying and there’s a sweet little epilogue that’s just the cherry on top.

For the most part, I really enjoyed this book. The characters are clearly defined and even when you don’t agree with what they’re doing, you generally understand why they’re doing it. Hyde isn’t perfect but his flaws come from places of real pain and he does finally get it together. Tassia likewise has her own issues to work through (I didn’t even tell y’all about the dude that she was wasting her time with at the beginning of the book. A MESS, honey. Just oh no, Tassia baby what is you doing?) and throughout the course of the book realizes Hyde isn’t the one who has daddy issues and sits her own, well meaning but way out of pocket, father down for a long, overdue talk. Hyde and Tassia are flirty and fun and while the pace of the romance moves fast, it’s completely believable give their personalities and chemistry.


Now, no tea, no shade, no pink lemonade, what frustrated me about this book was that there was a level of inconsistency to the characters actions that made me want to reach into my Kindle and shake them. They would say they weren’t going to do something and then immediately turn around and do the thing. Or they would do something so completely illogical that it was on some 2+2= banana type wave that I couldn’t get down with (looking at you, Hyde) and that happened more than once.

And while I wouldn’t say the slut shaming is heavy, it is noticeable. Tassia keeps reiterating she’s not “that” type of girl just because her biggest claim to fame is singing super racy song lyrics. Then there’s the way Hyde and Tassia assure each other that they don’t fall into bed with just anyone and the way that Tassia’s father seems to disapprove of her best friend, at least partly, because India is “that” type of girl. I’m not going to rehash the whole Cardi B. versus Ayesha Curry “type of girl” debacle that went down on Twitter in 2016 except to say this: A person can be either, neither, or a little bit of both “types” and they still deserve love and respect. Period.

Even though Tassia and Hyde are an interracial couple, race doesn’t overtly play a major factor in their relationship. That said, there are some moments where it comes up and for the most part, I think it’s handled quite realistically. For example, there’s a point where Tassia is relieved that Hyde’s family has been so open and accepting of her because she wasn’t sure what she’d be walking into, given where they were (rural Tennessee). There’s also a part in the book where they sneak out to go to a drive in movie theater and Tassia is instructed to duck down so she can’t be seen (so she isn’t recognized) and she asks “Why? Are we going through Klan country?” Some people may find these parts offensive or unrelatable but listen, as a Black woman who lives in rural Texas...I understood exactly where sis was coming from. Where the representation didn’t work so well for me was a part of the book when Tassia and Hyde are arguing and she starts to ask him if he’s afraid his country fans will be upset about their being together and he angrily cuts her off and tells her not to make assumptions about people who listen to country music. Listen, Hyde, don’t make me read you like my name is Bianca Del Rio. While we aren’t going to say every country music fan has a klan robe in the closet, what we absolutely are not gonna do is pretend that wasn’t a valid af question. Him straight up dismissing her extremely valid concerns, and having an attitude while doing so, was not okay in the least and the fact that she just let it go and didn’t address it bothered me.

So, there you have it. The great, the good, and the things that made me go hmm. Overall, this was a good read for me and an excellent introduction to a new (to me) author. I plan on going back and reading the other two books in the series now.

Content Warnings: slut shaming, fat shaming, discussions of mental health issues, discussion of parental death, discussion of terminal illness, discussion of parental abandonment, discussion of childhood emotional abuse.

Tassia Hogan is afraid that her singing and musical career have hit a peek at being a one-hit wonder. She does not want to be remembered that way or for the things being said by the roadie that she was with on the last tour. Now hoping for a solo project after years of being with the same label she is only offered a duet album with a country star. Her best friend talks her into going to the meeting. Hyde Love is having problems with his music, life divorced and just about everything. Not wanting to go into this meeting he does and vaguely remembers Tassia back when they did a show when they were 11. Now seeing her she has changed for the better. The meeting ends up with strong words being said all the way around until she sings and then walks out. Hyde goes after her and she agrees to work with him. Problems still exist though behind the scenes when they become a couple. Some people don’t want them to be together, his father for one and both still have issues from the past to work out. A very good story that goes along with the other books in this series. I liked the characters as well. I have liked all of this authors books being that I am in an inter-racial marriage it’s nice to read stories about couples getting together.

I picked up Crazy on You because it reminded me of another book I recently read (You'd Be Mine, review coming soon) which also features two musicians who are thrown together and forced to collaborate. I enjoyed that book so much that even the hint of something similar was worth checking out. I felt like the premise of Crazy on You had so much potential.

Unfortunately, I wasn't impressed with the plot choices or the writing of Crazy on You. First of all, there were some continuity issues for me. Maybe I missed something, but there were times I couldn't follow the writing because Crystal B Bright would bounce between the present and character flashbacks without making it obvious which time period the character is describing.

But perhaps my biggest issue was how both characters couldn't stop thinking about each other in a sexual context. Obviously, when we find someone else physically attractive there's a level of doing so that's sexual, but I don't understand how every positive trait or experience between these characters sparked sexual thoughts. You can appreciate someone's talents without thinking about jumping them constantly. And unless your relationship is only based on sex then you will have other positive thoughts. And if not, then that's not a relationship I care to read about. And if that's not bad enough, the first encounter was just laughable. I mean there's body wash... And even though it wasn't specifically stated this way... It just isn't supposed to go... inside. And that's all I'm going to say about that.

After I got to the body wash scene, I needed to take a break, and after I put Crazy on You down for 30 minutes or so to complain to Husband, I realized that no one was forcing me to go back. And if I can go on with my life knowing I'm not finishing a story and it isn't going to drive me crazy not knowing how things end, then that's the type of book I can DNF and move on to something I'll enjoy more. Crazy on You: DNF'd at 63%. Have you read Crazy on You? What did you think? Let me know!

Tassia Hogan will forever live in infamy after rising through the music charts with a hook that makes her sound like she’s a maneater. Except she’s hustled a lot to get where she is but hasn’t received her dues. She’s gone from child actor in a Barney-esque show, to college, to background singer and songwriter, and has ended up touring with a famous R&B singer for her catchy, sensual hook. As tour finishes, though, she’s forced to face her reality: her label hasn’t approached her about a solo album, her roadie hook-up breaks off their relationship, and she hasn’t written any new songs while on tour. Tassia decides she needs a break to recharge and rethink what she wants to do in her life when she’s called into a meeting with label execs exactly as the media starts to spread false rumors about her. Expecting the worst, she’s surprised when they approach her to be a part of a duets album with the person she least expects: Hyde Love.
Hyde Love has left his child actor image many millions of dollars ago. He’s blown up as the hottest and most popular country singer around, surpassing the likes of Taylor Swift. His fame and fortune have amounted, but so has the grip his dadager has on his life. On the verge of burnout, he’s seeking for a way out from his responsibilities and just… chill. When he’s tapped to do a duets project, he thinks maybe this could be his time to slack off and let another do the work for him while he rests. The tables turn when he finds out that his collaborator is Tassia, the girl he had a crush on when they worked together as children. But Tassia won’t allow him to slack off; she’s laser-focused on getting this project off the ground and clear her name in order to gain traction as a serious artist.
After that, things go off the rails as Hyde convinces her to run away with him to his private estate in Nashville, where they could work on the album without the distractions of their lives. Cut off from the general population, Tassia is expecting Hyde’s team to arrive, only to find out they’re gonna be spending their entire time together. Alone. With nowhere to go. (Yes, it sounds as creepy as it is.) Tassia gets appropriately angry and requests he take her home or at least to the airport. Before he does, she meets Hyde’s cousin, a peppy young woman named Pepper, who also chastises him for his actions. All of the righteous anger aid in bringing down Hyde from his egocentric trip, and he begins being genuine towards himself and Tassia. As songs and emotions start flowing openly, sparks fly between them, and in no time they come together to create the perfect harmony.
Of course, there is trouble in paradise, but it only happens 90% in the book. The resolution is quite quick and the way the characters resolve their problems seemed too proposal-ex-machina. They’re not shown actually talking over the problems that were brought in at the end, so the fact that he proposes to her and all their problems seem to vanish is just. ridiculous. However, because they’re a celebrity couple, and celebrities do weird stuff, I guess it’s on theme. Also on theme: the name of their baby. Wow. So bad. The “songs” they were writing weren’t Grammy material, I don’t know who the voters were.
However, I did think the first 90% of the book is quite good. I appreciated the fact that they’re able to get past their differences and actually talk about why they did things certain ways and call each other out. Also, their love scenes are incredible and well-written, even the most ridiculous ones don’t come off as awkward in the grand scheme of things.
By far, the best scenes occur when they’re being private and opening up to each other, showing their development from when they were antagonizing each other at the beginning of the book. It’s incredible in character development, which is one of my favorite things in books. I also enjoyed the family dynamics in Hyde’s family, and I even thought the dynamics between Tassia and her dad as well as Hyde and his abusive dad were interesting (in that, the psychology between show dads and their children is fascinating, not the abuse).
In the end, it was an enjoyable book, and I would be interested to read the author’s other offerings.

This story felt almost deja vu since the first book in the series centered around an R&B singer and Country singer pairing up to record music together.

After a short stint on a kid-ensemble show, the next time we encounter Tassia is when she's on stage singing a salacious hook that has embarrassingly made her famous. She's tired of being a one trick pony so she is more than ready to take a well-deserved vacation. Before she can lock her front door she's blindsided by vicious TV gossip that she's a pretender that has taken credit for songs she didn't write. Realizing that she has to fight to clear her name she meets with the record label executives Chantel and Truman (Charisma Music) to plot strategy.

The meeting doesn't go exactly as planned since Chantel and Truman don't feel it's the right time for Tassia to release her debut album. Tassia vehemently disagrees and when they present the idea of a duets project with her former kid-show cast-mate -- now <i>Global Superstar Famous</i> Hyde Love, she is very, very unhappy. In part, because she can't forget his past rejection of her when she auditioned to be one of his back-up singers. She brings it up over and over and over again.

<i>Tassia's friend India said it best ...</i>

<b>"You've been up to bat twice already. Once with the TV show and now with your Charisma contract. You know that a lot of opportunities don't come around that often. Charisma is a good label. You've worked steadily for them for years."</b> She looked around Tassia's bedroom. <b>"You're in a sweet-ass condo down at the Oceanfront. I don't know many people your age who have it like that. You should have said yes to any off given to you."</b>

The music industry is a business and talented people are rejected everyday. I have a friend that has been trying to get a record deal for years. Her vocals can blow away many of the folks topping the charts today -- <i>out of the water</i>. She is the real deal and the complete package that labels seek -- unfortunately, she is not fourteen years old. Many of the stars we know and love to listen to were signed at an early age (Mariah Carey, Usher, and Alicia Keys) just to name a few -- and craftily groomed for successful longevity in the business.

Tassia had a sense of entitlement was off-putting and I couldn't connect with her. At times she was difficult to like and the lack of chemistry between Hyde and Tassia didn't help. There just was not enough of showing a connection between the two before they tripped into bed -- way too soon. This was before I discovered that what read as a matter of days were supposedly two weeks.

I would love for Tassia's friend India to have her own book because she was the voice of reason and she owns how she chooses to live her life.

I was very interested in Crazy on You's plot. Two child actors whose paths split quite differently come together, under the advice of a record label and marketing team, to create music that would blend their respective genres.
Neither is happy with the idea, for different reasons, but they agree to it because it would ultimately be beneficial for both of them.
I didn't find Tassia and Hyde to be very likable characters. I tried to find a way to relate to them but they were quite off-putting at times. Though this is a pretty quick read, it took me a very long time to get past the first half of the book. I found the writing to be stilted at times. With music at its secondary character, I expected the novel to pull me in from the very beginning but unfortunately. Solid premise, but it missed the mark for me.

First and foremost, I’d like to say thank you to Kensington Books and Netgalley for this advanced reader’s copy of Crazy on You by Crystal B. Bright in exchange for an honest review.

This is my first time reading anything from the author and I have to say it was an entertaining experience. Crazy On You is a hate-to-love romance story centered around the two main characters.

Tassia Hogan (pronounced Tasha) and Hyde Love were both relatable characters who both have a passion for music in their respective genres, R&B and Country. Bright did a great job of taking us from their time as childhood actors on a well-beloved show to the present where Tassia works as a dancer/songwriter itching to make her mark on the music scene herself. And where Hyde is a lovable top-charting country music star. Harboring resentment toward each other from the past, they are brought together through Charisma, the record label Tassia is signed to, to create a duet album.

The plot was a bit predictable but didn’t deter me from wanting to continue reading and I was pleasantly surprised at certain parts. Bright definitely has a secret weapon, her writing style is equal parts descriptive as it is entertaining. She has the it factor, the ability to grab the reader’s attention and transport you directly into her story. Whether it’s on stage in front of thousands or in a private music studio.

Most of the characters were lovable apart from maybe one, (I wish I had a cousin like Pepper) each having distinct voices and personalities that were clear to decipher on the page.

For the first half of the book, the pace was steady, giving readers enough information about the characters, their backgrounds and how it meshed with the overall storyline. However, the second half of the book felt a bit rushed.

Overall I found the story did a great job of mixing love and romance with music and it was enjoyable. I will definitely be picking up more of Bright’s books in the future.

Disappointing story

Sadly Crystal B Bright’s Crazy on You just didn’t resonate with me. I found both Tassia and Hyde difficult characters to like and relate too. I didn’t feel the chemistry I’d hope for and expect in a romance to have any sizzle.
I received an advance reader copy via Netgalley.

Crazy on You is the first book I have read by this author and as you can see I’m prove that this book can be enjoyed as a stand-alone even though it’s the 3rd and final book in A Love & Harmony Romance Series.
Tessia and Hyde have history they were both childhood stars on the same tv show, he was the shy kid that crushed in his co-star and she was the girl showed kindness to everyone but Tassia moved on and the last person she expected to meet again let alone be asked to sing duets with is Hyde Love.....
This romance is all about love , trust and second chances, it has characters you can’t help loving and it will captivate from the first chapter. I really enjoyed this book and I will certainly be checking out the previous books in this series as soon as time permits.

I enjoyed this book generally, although a few parts didn't ring true (the "kidnapping," their history, particularly the audition, to name a couple). Hyde and Tassia had a lot to work through, and a lot stacked against them, but boy were we rooting for them the entire time!

3.75⭐
Crazy on You was an enjoyable read and I liked the idea of this story a lot. But honestly, it was just missing a little something that would of made me connect with and enjoy it much more.
However the characters were likable and in some ways charismatic, if a little immature. And I really liked that Tassia and Hyde are an interracial couple and that the way it was approached was fresh and nice to read.
As for the romance it was sweet and had a few hot moments. But as a couple they never really sizzled. Although the potential was definitely there, and even though this is the third and final book in the series I never once felt like I was missing out having not read the earlier two.
And so I would recommend this story to others. Especially if you are a fan of this series/author or are just in the mood to try something new.

This was a disappointment.

The heroine, Tassia, made a lot of assumptions about everything but especially the hero and I just couldn’t handle it. The hero, Hyde, kept going back and forth about a thing I needed that to stop as well. They were both annoying me and because of that, I wasn’t feeling their chemistry and wasn’t connecting to them. If I can’t connect, I can’t believe in their HEA and isn't that what I am here for. So I decided it would be best for everyone if I marked this as a DNF.

Tassia and Hyde were both child actors but their paths have diverged widely since then. Now, a marketing "genius" thinks that they should make an album together- merging her R&B and his country. Hah! Neither one of them thinks this is an especially good idea but then they begin to work on it. This gets steamy fast. Thanks to net galley for the ARC. A fast light read.

Definitely different. Two musicians, one country singer, one r&b singer. I think the second chance/friends to lovers wasn't executed to my liking but I really enjoyed.

The plot of this book sounded great on paper and had all of the elements that are normally my catnip - both leads are famous or semi-famous, both are singers/songwriters although in different musical fields (he's a country singer, she's R&B), they worked together as kids but haven't interacted in years, both are reluctant to commit to a new project together, and it's an interracial love story. Unfortunately, while all of those elements are present in the story, they didn't gel and this book didn't really work for me.

The basic plot is that Tassia and Hyde worked together on a children's show in which the main character was a giant rat. They were 10-11 at the time and both were managed by their respective fathers. Tassia loved to perform and was outgoing and talented while Hyde was talented but also shy and introverted. Ultimately however, Tassia left the show suddenly due to a decision by her father and has struggled to get her career going ever since, although she's a talented singer and songwriter, while Hyde stayed on the show, also started writing songs, and became a mega-famous country star. As the book opens, both are wrapping up tours, Tassia as backup to a famous rapper, Hyde as a headliner, and they are asked by Tassia's record label to work together on a duet album that they will both write songs for and perform together.

So far, so good. Unfortunately, the execution of the plot was where the book didn't succeed for me. One big problem was the writing. I feel like the author was let down by her editor. There were numerous grammar errors, odd choices of phrases, inconsistent characterization, and disjointed scene shifts that should have been caught in the editing process. The writing felt unpolished, as if this was the author's debut book.

My other big issue with the book was with Tassia and Hyde. I never connected with either of them and didn't find either of them particularly likable. They were both characters who were easily used and manipulated by the people around them. Tassia was stronger than Hyde in that she was at least trying to be an adult and take charge of her career, but Hyde still acted like a young boy. When he was a kid, his manipulative father had controlled his career, and now, as a 25 YO country star, he was too lazy or too weak (I'm not sure which) to break away. By the end of the book, I didn't feel that he'd even begun to grow up, so I found the HEA to be unconvincing.