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The Road to Rocktoberfest 2024
Broken Chorus: Road to Rocktoberfest 2024
Change has never come easy for Aaron, even when it’s been for his own good. He avoids it when he can, rebelling against anything the least bit uncomfortable. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do to prevent the implosion of his band. Now he must decide how to deal with the fallout.
Quit?
Or help his best friend and former bandmate build something new?
He wished the choice was easy, but there are too many triggers buried in his head and old memories dredged up when ghosts from his past reach out to him.
~~~
Hawk loved making music. A life of travel and performing was the only one he’d ever pictured for himself. When an accident left him the guardian of his brother’s three children, he was forced to make some tough decisions. The ripples sent shockwaves through his band and decimated friendships in the process.
His choice gave him an instant family.
But does it have to cost him the man he loves?
Hawk might be on his way to the grocery store while Aaron heads for the desert, but there are many roads to Rocktoberfest and many ways of uniting a family.
Broken Chorus is part of the multi-author Road to Rocktoberfest 2024 series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not read them all and see what antics our bands get into next? Hot rockstars and the men who love them, what more could you ask for. Kick back, load up your kindle and enjoy the men of Rocktoberfest!
Quit?
Or help his best friend and former bandmate build something new?
He wished the choice was easy, but there are too many triggers buried in his head and old memories dredged up when ghosts from his past reach out to him.
~~~
Hawk loved making music. A life of travel and performing was the only one he’d ever pictured for himself. When an accident left him the guardian of his brother’s three children, he was forced to make some tough decisions. The ripples sent shockwaves through his band and decimated friendships in the process.
His choice gave him an instant family.
But does it have to cost him the man he loves?
Hawk might be on his way to the grocery store while Aaron heads for the desert, but there are many roads to Rocktoberfest and many ways of uniting a family.
Broken Chorus is part of the multi-author Road to Rocktoberfest 2024 series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not read them all and see what antics our bands get into next? Hot rockstars and the men who love them, what more could you ask for. Kick back, load up your kindle and enjoy the men of Rocktoberfest!
447 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 22, 2024
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About the author
Layla Dorine
110 books211 followersLAYLA DORINE lives among the sprawling prairies of Midwestern America, in a house with more cats than people. She loves hiking, fishing, swimming, martial arts, camping out, photography, cooking, and dabbling with several artistic mediums. In addition, she loves to travel and visit museums, historic, and haunted places.
Layla got hooked on writing as a child, starting with poetry and then branching out, and she hasn’t stopped writing since. Hard times, troubled times, the lives of her characters are never easy, but then what life is? The story is in the struggle, the journey, the triumphs and the falls. She writes about artists, musicians, loners, drifters, dreamers, hippies, bikers, truckers, hunters and all the other folks that she’s met and fallen in love with over the years. Sometimes she writes urban romance and sometimes its aliens crash landing near a roadside bar. When she isn’t writing, or wandering somewhere outdoors, she can often be found curled up with a good book and a kitty on her lap.
Layla got hooked on writing as a child, starting with poetry and then branching out, and she hasn’t stopped writing since. Hard times, troubled times, the lives of her characters are never easy, but then what life is? The story is in the struggle, the journey, the triumphs and the falls. She writes about artists, musicians, loners, drifters, dreamers, hippies, bikers, truckers, hunters and all the other folks that she’s met and fallen in love with over the years. Sometimes she writes urban romance and sometimes its aliens crash landing near a roadside bar. When she isn’t writing, or wandering somewhere outdoors, she can often be found curled up with a good book and a kitty on her lap.
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October 22, 2024
I felt like this book had really great bones, but desperately needed more editing.
I really liked the themes explored in this book - plenty of issues and angst without being too heavy (though there could maybe have been a little more relationship angst…?).
I felt like the book mostly explored Aaron and his issues, and Hawk and his issues didn’t get a lot of screen time. It might have been better if either the book had been entirely from Aaron’s point of view or Hawk got a bit more attention.
I didn’t have much of a sense of place. It probably said where they lived… somewhere… but I missed it or I forgot and ultimately I have no clue where in the world they existed, really. At one point, I was super confused as to whether they were at Aaron’s place or Hawk’s place.
The language thing was kinda weird. I mean, maybe it’s a thing? But it seemed odd that each (former) band member would learn and be fluent in a different language. Best way to get fluent = practise! Best way to practise = have people to talk to! It would have been more believable if they all learnt the same language. (And I didn’t really see how it was relevant to the story, anyway.)
And please please please get a proofreader. The unrelenting typos were unrelenting. So distracting.
3⭐️ (rather than 2) because believe it or not, overall I enjoyed it.
I really liked the themes explored in this book - plenty of issues and angst without being too heavy (though there could maybe have been a little more relationship angst…?).
I felt like the book mostly explored Aaron and his issues, and Hawk and his issues didn’t get a lot of screen time. It might have been better if either the book had been entirely from Aaron’s point of view or Hawk got a bit more attention.
I didn’t have much of a sense of place. It probably said where they lived… somewhere… but I missed it or I forgot and ultimately I have no clue where in the world they existed, really. At one point, I was super confused as to whether they were at Aaron’s place or Hawk’s place.
The language thing was kinda weird. I mean, maybe it’s a thing? But it seemed odd that each (former) band member would learn and be fluent in a different language. Best way to get fluent = practise! Best way to practise = have people to talk to! It would have been more believable if they all learnt the same language. (And I didn’t really see how it was relevant to the story, anyway.)
And please please please get a proofreader. The unrelenting typos were unrelenting. So distracting.
3⭐️ (rather than 2) because believe it or not, overall I enjoyed it.
October 24, 2024
WOW! WOW!! WOW!!!
BROKEN CHORUS!! Not only a newer band name but a REMARKABLE Group to go with it. Hawk and Aaron had a lot of ground to cover. Old habits, lost music and kids to raise. Aaron had to see Hawk become a struggling great man away from music. Hawk had to watch Aaron create without him. Sober, he and Kelly had to go on without leaving everything behind. Micah and Declan brought magic they didn't know they needed. This is put together so flawed, that when you look closely, it seems flawless. THIS is deeper. THIS is stronger. THIS is Broken Chorus in all its tattered glory. Taylored by LAYLA DORINE in new songs and rhythm. The ROAD TO ROCKTOBERFEST 2024is the golden ticket. I Loved This Book. I Can't give this enough stars. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND THE ROAD TO ROCKTOBERFEST 2024 SERIES!!!!!!!!!!
BROKEN CHORUS!! Not only a newer band name but a REMARKABLE Group to go with it. Hawk and Aaron had a lot of ground to cover. Old habits, lost music and kids to raise. Aaron had to see Hawk become a struggling great man away from music. Hawk had to watch Aaron create without him. Sober, he and Kelly had to go on without leaving everything behind. Micah and Declan brought magic they didn't know they needed. This is put together so flawed, that when you look closely, it seems flawless. THIS is deeper. THIS is stronger. THIS is Broken Chorus in all its tattered glory. Taylored by LAYLA DORINE in new songs and rhythm. The ROAD TO ROCKTOBERFEST 2024is the golden ticket. I Loved This Book. I Can't give this enough stars. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND THE ROAD TO ROCKTOBERFEST 2024 SERIES!!!!!!!!!!
January 12, 2025
I'd been interested in the story since reading the synopsis HOWEVER the copious amount of typos and other errors made me want to DNF this book numerous times. I'd expect a more polished version once it releases to KU but somehow the AR team, betas, proofreaders, editor, and author missed it all... or just did not care. I don't know, I cannot understand HOW so many errors could have been missed if there were a team in place. It was very disheartening.
That said, I liked the cast although Aaron is kind of a jerk due to his upbringing. But maybe because of it, he should have learned to not be so dang judgemental of Micah and Declan.
I really like Kelly and Hawk, and the kids, and Cade... yeah, the cast is great.
The story concept, too, was really good.
I finished it but not without a struggle. The errors took me out of the story several times. The ending was solid enough but lacked a dynamic structure... it fell a bit flat.
That said, I liked the cast although Aaron is kind of a jerk due to his upbringing. But maybe because of it, he should have learned to not be so dang judgemental of Micah and Declan.
I really like Kelly and Hawk, and the kids, and Cade... yeah, the cast is great.
The story concept, too, was really good.
I finished it but not without a struggle. The errors took me out of the story several times. The ending was solid enough but lacked a dynamic structure... it fell a bit flat.
October 23, 2024
Loved Loved Loved
This is the first book of Rocktober Fest 2024 that I thoroughly enjoyed. Each character we met seemed to have their own complexities and a depth to them that previous books barely touched on. I really liked that we dug deep into involving kids in the story and how to resolve past trauma with therapy and family. I hope we see this band again in the next Fest's season. Well done!
This is the first book of Rocktober Fest 2024 that I thoroughly enjoyed. Each character we met seemed to have their own complexities and a depth to them that previous books barely touched on. I really liked that we dug deep into involving kids in the story and how to resolve past trauma with therapy and family. I hope we see this band again in the next Fest's season. Well done!
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