Played by the Rockstar: A Laugh Out Loud Rom Com Escape! (Mile High Rocked, Book 1)

I really liked this story, so 4.5 stars would be more appropriate. I love the rock star trope, I am all about it. I’ve never read one with a reformed groupie who ends up with a rocker, so that was seriously a surprise, and a pleasant one at that. Both Becca and Linx were so likable, and I loved them together. I also loved the sense of humor and their internal monologues. It was my first time reading anything by this author, and now I’m really committed to reading the next book in this series. The one thing that took away from what could’ve been a 5+ star rating is the ending. It didn’t feel like a proper HEA, just a happy for now kind of deal. There were no “I love you”’s exchanged. And that was because the book is fairly short, and there was no time to get to that part. There definitely was a mental connection there, and lots of lust. But no “I love you”.

Wow, just wow! Becca and Linx Have a truly amazing story. I truly laughed until I cried and to me that makes an amazing book. I really love Gibson and how much linx cares about him. Any man that can love a cat that fiercely is OK in my book. The scenes at the nursing home had me roaring and falling off my chair. Please keep the funny coming it’s so enhances the story. Can’t wait for Courtney and Bax’s story.

Have all of Christina Hovland’s books! Each one is engaging, captivating, heartwarming and roll on the floor funny! Love the laugh out loud humor in each story. The characters in each book are great and truly feel like friends. Can’t wait for the next story.

I absolutely loved this book! I was so excited to be back in the Mile High Matched Universe. This book is everything you need it it be in that world. The main protagonists are wonderful and I loved every second of this book.

The title says it all. It is a LOL escape. Cedric and Becca are NOT together and perfect for each other. Throw in favorite Mike High Matched characters and it's a solid 5 star read.

3.5 starsI’m going to admit I picked this book for review because I love rock star romanced, the cover caught by eye and the synopsis was intriguing. I liked parts of this book quite well, but overall it fell a bit short for me. This is my first book by the author Christina Hovland and I enjoyed her voice, but for me the characters were lacking development and there was too many side stories that took away from the relationship building between the two main characters. I am interested to see where she takes the other characters that were introduced and because I did enjoy parts of this book, I will definitely give her another try.Becca Forrester is on an extended break from her job in Portland as a certified behavioral counselor she’s returned to her home town of Denver mainly because she has friends there and can live for free in the apartment above her parent’s garage, she also plans to waitress at her friend Brek’s bar. Job burnout has left her needing a break from her life so fun, friends, and a job where she doesn’t have to think all appeal to her. She was planning a break from men as well and then he walked in the bar and considering she spent a year as a groupie to his band, she knows she’s screwed but she’s determined to be smart about it.He happens to be Cedric “Linx” Lincoln bassist for the rock band Dimefront and he’s in town because his band members are jacking around again and he needed a place to land and the band’s ex-manager Brek is someone he doesn’t mind being around. What he doesn’t expect when he walks into his buddy’s bar is a stunning woman who knocks him on his ass but seems to want nothing to do with him, but he sees the interest and he plans on figuring out how to get her in his bed.This isn’t your typical rock and roll band story as Dimefront is on hiatus and Lynx is not happy about it. He’s bored, he wants to make music, and even though he adopted a cat he needs more in his life. I actually like Linx, you could tell he was at the point in his career where he was past the partying stage and just wanted to make music and although he had a notorious past with women for the most part he was respectful and interested in only one throughout this book. He was a bit of a grump because things weren’t going his way, but that was understandable. I enjoyed the scenes with his family but we never really got to know much about Linx and I missed that. I wanted to know more about his childhood, his time before his band made it big and even at the height of their success, but we didn’t see any of that and therefore I felt like we barely scratched the surface of his character. There seemed to be more to him, but we never got the chance to know him and for that matter neither did Becca.Becca seemed like a caring and competent therapist because even though she tried she seemed to want to help everyone that came across her path which led me to believe that’s why she burned out. She eludes to that a bit but once again we never really got much info on her background. We meet her Mom and her friends and it’s easy to see she’s well liked and adored by her family, but she’s pretty one dimensional and therefore it was hard to really feel anything for her. I do think she and Linx were good for one another, there was no doubting their chemistry but without knowing the characters, it’s hard to imagine them long term.There were so many side stories in this book that the relationship between Linx and Becca got lost; there was the Dimefront drama, some weird nursing home scenes that honestly did nothing to further the story and didn’t really fit, there was some drama in Linx’s family, not to mention the guys Linx decides to jam with while he’s waiting for his band, and Becca’s mom constantly talking about her sex life with Becca’s dad…seriously it was too much, it was distracting and so much of it had very little to do with the main story.Played by the Rockstar had some good moments but too little character development left me feeling something was missing throughout.Review copy provided for a voluntary review.