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Rockstar: Mirrors
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Expected 16 Feb 27Kline Thomas was supposed to save Aberdeen.
Rayne Harlow was supposed to use him.
Neither expected to change the other.
As Aberdeen struggles to survive the death of its legendary frontman, Kline is thrust into a role no one believes he can fill, least of all himself. Every song becomes a battle over legacy, identity, and who gets to decide what an artist is allowed to become.
Across Los Angeles, Rayne Harlow and the Painted Queens are still fighting for a door into an industry that has spent years keeping them outside. But when Rayne begins hearing something in Kline’s music that even he cannot fully understand, their lives and their art begin to collide.
What follows is a story of creation and exploitation, loyalty and ambition, intimacy and ownership, and the dangerous moment when another person sees something in you that you were not ready to see yourself.
Told through intersecting perspectives and excerpts from journalist Clara Cowley’s later account, Rockstar: Mirrors explores what happens when artists stop echoing the people who came before them and finally confront the reflections staring back.
Rockstar: Mirrors can be read as a standalone novel, though readers of Rockstar: Echoes will recognize the people, music, and consequences that brought them here.
Rayne Harlow was supposed to use him.
Neither expected to change the other.
As Aberdeen struggles to survive the death of its legendary frontman, Kline is thrust into a role no one believes he can fill, least of all himself. Every song becomes a battle over legacy, identity, and who gets to decide what an artist is allowed to become.
Across Los Angeles, Rayne Harlow and the Painted Queens are still fighting for a door into an industry that has spent years keeping them outside. But when Rayne begins hearing something in Kline’s music that even he cannot fully understand, their lives and their art begin to collide.
What follows is a story of creation and exploitation, loyalty and ambition, intimacy and ownership, and the dangerous moment when another person sees something in you that you were not ready to see yourself.
Told through intersecting perspectives and excerpts from journalist Clara Cowley’s later account, Rockstar: Mirrors explores what happens when artists stop echoing the people who came before them and finally confront the reflections staring back.
Rockstar: Mirrors can be read as a standalone novel, though readers of Rockstar: Echoes will recognize the people, music, and consequences that brought them here.
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Expected publication February 16, 2027
About the author
Zach Taylor
2 books21 followersFrom a multigenerational family advancing spaceflight, Zach Taylor is the 2015 recipient of NASA’s ‘Silver Snoopy’ award for outstanding achievement related to human flight safety. A resident of Huntsville, AL, the author is a proud University of Alabama, Huntsville graduate, a husband, and the father of three. A writer since his Granny caught him Xeroxing and selling musings to schoolmates, Taylor has written a sprawling number of books in the ever-evolving Rockstar series to be released in the next two years.
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Facebook: Zach Taylor, Author
Instagram: @zachtaylorbooks
TikTok: @zachtaylorbooks
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/zachtaylor
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Review of advance copy received from Author
Rockstar: Echoes was great, but Rockstar: Mirrors? ZACH TAYLOR, SIR. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!
Behind the music, ambition, and rockstar drama is a beautifully complicated story about love, acceptance, identity, and the things we chase in others that we sometimes struggle to find within ourselves.
And BABY, this one HIT.
Zach has a gift for creating characters so wonderfully flawed and painfully human that you can’t help but see pieces of yourself in them. His writing flows effortlessly, and somehow I devoured 839 pages like they were a quick little weekend read. RESPONSIBILITIES? NEVER HEARD OF HER. But what really got me was how personal this story felt. I finished it questioning my own friendships, relationships, and understanding of love and self-worth. That’s when you know an author has done something special.
Did the ending leave me wanting more? ABSOLUTELY. Maybe a little too abruptly for my liking, but after spending so much time falling in love with these characters, I selfishly wasn’t ready to leave.
This wasn’t an 839-page commitment. It was an 839-page addiction, and I WANT SECONDS!
Zach, respectfully, I need the next book. And possibly therapy for the emotional damage. 😂
Behind the music, ambition, and rockstar drama is a beautifully complicated story about love, acceptance, identity, and the things we chase in others that we sometimes struggle to find within ourselves.
And BABY, this one HIT.
Zach has a gift for creating characters so wonderfully flawed and painfully human that you can’t help but see pieces of yourself in them. His writing flows effortlessly, and somehow I devoured 839 pages like they were a quick little weekend read. RESPONSIBILITIES? NEVER HEARD OF HER. But what really got me was how personal this story felt. I finished it questioning my own friendships, relationships, and understanding of love and self-worth. That’s when you know an author has done something special.
Did the ending leave me wanting more? ABSOLUTELY. Maybe a little too abruptly for my liking, but after spending so much time falling in love with these characters, I selfishly wasn’t ready to leave.
This wasn’t an 839-page commitment. It was an 839-page addiction, and I WANT SECONDS!
Zach, respectfully, I need the next book. And possibly therapy for the emotional damage. 😂
Review of advance copy received from Author
Fame, ambition and the price of chasing the spotlight.
Rockstar: Mirrors is a great continuation of Rockstar: Echoes.
Exploring what happens when talent, loyalty and ambition collide in the music industry that can either make or break you.
There's plenty of tension beneath the surface, trying to be who you are in an industry dying to change you.
Kline is such a great complex character and I love how this story is showing you who he truly is despite of the industry struggles.
Thank you Zach for the advance reader copy.
Rockstar: Mirrors is a great continuation of Rockstar: Echoes.
Exploring what happens when talent, loyalty and ambition collide in the music industry that can either make or break you.
There's plenty of tension beneath the surface, trying to be who you are in an industry dying to change you.
Kline is such a great complex character and I love how this story is showing you who he truly is despite of the industry struggles.
Thank you Zach for the advance reader copy.
Review of advance copy received from Author
Holy cow… after the cliffhanger from Echoes, I couldn’t wait to consume my advanced release copy of Mirrors. TDLR; it delivered and left me wanting and waiting for the next book. Smartly written for a quick read, foreshadowing, teasing, and twists you are unlikely to predict. Kline is such a layered character and we continue to learn more about him but with every layer revealed more questions arose. Add this one to your Want to Read list if you enjoyed Echoes!
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