The Actor

The Actor is a sweet romance, a little saccharine for my tastes, but enjoyable nonetheless. It's not escpecially unique, not especially special, but it is cute, innoffensive and a pleasant bit of escapism. Other reviewers have expressed surprise at how young the characters are, and I have to agree with them on that - I can see why it was written that way, but I'm not sure it worked in all ways. All in all, a nice enough holiday read for when you don't want to have to think or feel too much.

This story was cute. I liked the way that drug abuse was addressed and the serious tone that it gave to the book. The characters were solid and I truly wanted to love this book and have a quick and easy romance read.
The reason I had to give three stars is that the writing wasn't believable to me. These are 18 & 22 year olds who speak like they are 60 years old. Even if they are highly educated, (which they weren't) I have never met a 22 year old that uses the term "rear" or "mustn't." I appreciated the lack of gratuitous cursing, but opting not to curse and sounding like you are stuck in the 50's are two different things.
Yes, I do understand that plenty of times Colton was joking by overdoing the language. Which was funny! It was hard to see the joke when even the stream of consciousness sounded like a 60 yr old.

This was a good read. Great plot, great characters, well written.
Moira is Colt's manager and after failing rehab she hauls him to her cousins very isolated farm to sober up. He's a train wreck. Haven runs the farm and takes care of her mentally unstable mother.
She's got a brother who is no where around. She runs the farm (huge acreage) and expects Colt to help too. Guests, which he really isn't and he's sleeping in the bunkhouse with an outdoor shower, something this spoiled pampered Hollywood bad boy isn't accustomed to. Haven is pretty closed off.
Moira keeps tabs on both of them and Colt soon finds himself enjoying the farm and Haven.
He decides to give Haven a birthday present for her 18th birthday, with Moira's help he pays down some of the outstanding heavy duty bills she owes. She's both angry and grateful. Colt is still a spoiled boy and there are times when I wanted to knock him in the head. He's 22. Their ages surprised me a little but didn't effect the story. Colt steps in the manure more than once and does a great job at it.
When her brother who is a total jack hat returns home, drinking and running his mouth things really spiral out of control, just when their relationship seems to have reached a safe place for both of them
Never get comfy in this one, things come crashing down around Haven and with Colt gone she makes a beeline back to help her. Colt follows although he's been warned off. He feels like he needs to be there for her.
This was a soft peddle romance with very light sex only a couple of non dramatic scenes so I would deem this book safe. It's a good story and an easy afternoon read. I would have liked a little more spark between them, but consistent with their characters I get why they were soft peddled.

*arc from NetGalley and Publisher for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**