Dream Maker (Dream Team, #1)
Kristen Ashley
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Dream Man and Rock Chick series comes a brand new story about love, friendship, and the bonds of sisterhood. Evie is a bonafide nerd and a hyper-intelligent chick who has worked her whole life to get what she wants. Growing up, she had no support from her family and has only ever been able to rely on herself. So when Evie decides she wants to earn her engineering degree, she realizes she needs to take an alternative path to get there. She takes a job dancing at Smithie's club thinking this would be a quick side gig, where she can make the money she needs. But with her lack of dancing skills and an alpha bad boy who becomes overly protective, Evie realizes this might not be as easy as she thought. Daniel "Mag" Magnusson knows a thing or two about pain, but the mask he wears is excellent. No one can tell that this good-looking, quick-witted, and roguish guy has deep-seated issues. Mag puts on a funny-guy routine so he can hide his broken heart and PTSD. But when Evie dances her way into Mag's life, he realizes that he needs to come face-to-face with the demons of his past if he wants a future with her.
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0Whew, this was a chunky book and I’m proud of myself for finishing it. I’ve read a few Kristen Ashley books before so I was excited to get to this one. While it wasn’t a favorite, it did remind me why I reach for her books. Action and super steamy romance.
Character-wise, I liked Evie and Danny. It was a classic KA couple but that didn’t bother me. There’s something in the way that she writes her alpha male heroes that get me every time. I couldn’t get enough of the macho moments from Danny.
I think my biggest downfall with Dream Maker was that I haven’t read The Rock Chick series. If I had read that series I would have been able to grasp more of the people and the past experiences that they were talking about. So many times I wanted to draw a chart about who was with who and who the rock chicks were. Speaking of them, I found it weird that the Rock Chick books are a thing in this book. Like our main character, Evie was reading them about people she was getting to know. Is that weird to anyone else?
I also felt like the ending was so anti-climatic. As much build up as we had over 500 pages I expected something better. Something that also felt like an ending after all of the drama and kidnappings.
All in all, I’m pretty sure ya’ll can see how I’m in the middle on this book. I enjoyed parts of it but I didn’t enjoy it as a whole. I do plan on continuing with the next book when it releases. I just hope I can understand and recognize more people.
I received an ARC via NetGalley for an honest review.
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03.5
For me the Rock Chicks are a found family/comfort read. This felt like going back to that world (cause you did!) and just loved being back.
I think as always KA is very hit or miss for people and this will not be for everyone. If you loved the rock chick or dream man series this is going to hit that spot.
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