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Play Me a Song
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Alicia wishes she could be anything other than regular. Living with her mom, attending night classes and working in a diner, her life is what anyone would consider as ‘ordinary.'
That is, until she meets Gabriella.
A shy girl by nature, Alicia never thinks she could be attracted to a woman. Always used to dating guys, the thought of experimenting with a girl had never crossed her mind, let alone a sassy blonde with as much game as all of her exes combined.
When Alicia meets Gabriella, her whole life is turned upside down. She finally decides to pursue music and give ‘extraordinary’ a shot, but it all comes at a price. Disgruntled mother, friends who let her down, drama in her new world, and all of a sudden regular doesn’t seem too bad.
Now Alicia had to choose: to stay behind and remain average, or to venture into the unknown?
Alicia wishes she could be anything other than regular. Living with her mom, attending night classes and working in a diner, her life is what anyone would consider as ‘ordinary.'
That is, until she meets Gabriella.
A shy girl by nature, Alicia never thinks she could be attracted to a woman. Always used to dating guys, the thought of experimenting with a girl had never crossed her mind, let alone a sassy blonde with as much game as all of her exes combined.
When Alicia meets Gabriella, her whole life is turned upside down. She finally decides to pursue music and give ‘extraordinary’ a shot, but it all comes at a price. Disgruntled mother, friends who let her down, drama in her new world, and all of a sudden regular doesn’t seem too bad.
Now Alicia had to choose: to stay behind and remain average, or to venture into the unknown?
138 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 3, 2017
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February 14, 2018
Ok, this is a do not finish book. the characters are stereotypical. the plot is jumbled, there is no clean moving thought in the book. Can't recommend and have wasted my time reading what I did.
January 22, 2024
Music Theory: Lesbian Style
Jessica Kale has music in her soul in addition to writing. It's obvious from the way she can make you feel the longing for a loved one expressed through a song. In her book, Play me a Song: a Lesbian Romance, love is expressed in many ways.
I'm old enough to remember when lesbian fiction consisted of girl meets girl, endures an agonizing length of time before they first kissed, then spend the rest of the book, well, you know.
This is not your elders lesbian romance. Jessica Kale writes a poignant and sometimes painful plot of growing up, learning not to repeat generational trauma and how to find oneself without a mentor.
Add in believable characters from wickedly talented college kids, the unusually supportive studio owner to the ubiquitous slimy record producers and in the middle are two top notes that make the scene.
When Gabrielle with her lustrous and shiny curls walks in to the diner where Alicia works, neither of them are ever the same. Alicia is dumbstruck by Gabrielle and rapidly becomes part of her band.
Highlighting Play Me a Song are the tender yet passionate love scenes where our girls learn to love each other and to be authentically vulnerable. So much so, that Gabrielle's writing and singing become transcendent. But hold on to your pocketbook, this is the first of three books in the series and there is much more to, um, come.
Jessica Kale has music in her soul in addition to writing. It's obvious from the way she can make you feel the longing for a loved one expressed through a song. In her book, Play me a Song: a Lesbian Romance, love is expressed in many ways.
I'm old enough to remember when lesbian fiction consisted of girl meets girl, endures an agonizing length of time before they first kissed, then spend the rest of the book, well, you know.
This is not your elders lesbian romance. Jessica Kale writes a poignant and sometimes painful plot of growing up, learning not to repeat generational trauma and how to find oneself without a mentor.
Add in believable characters from wickedly talented college kids, the unusually supportive studio owner to the ubiquitous slimy record producers and in the middle are two top notes that make the scene.
When Gabrielle with her lustrous and shiny curls walks in to the diner where Alicia works, neither of them are ever the same. Alicia is dumbstruck by Gabrielle and rapidly becomes part of her band.
Highlighting Play Me a Song are the tender yet passionate love scenes where our girls learn to love each other and to be authentically vulnerable. So much so, that Gabrielle's writing and singing become transcendent. But hold on to your pocketbook, this is the first of three books in the series and there is much more to, um, come.
August 16, 2019
Sorry, but this one really did not float my boat. Just felt too unreal - both the characters and the situation. There are some really good YA FF romances out there (look in the Goodreads lists or pickup one of Annameekee Hesik's books) but unfortunately this is not one of them.
If there are any more in the series I shall not be reading them
If there are any more in the series I shall not be reading them
January 20, 2018
i read this book to fulfil the goal read a book with an lgbtqt protaginist. this is not my favorite prompt ever, nor is this a great book. it had a ok storyline, but was quite vulgar and contained explict sex sences.
July 14, 2018
DNF at about 30%. You know when you're reading a romance and the characters are finally spending a lot of time together and even kiss and it's all just completely not interesting to you that you're not going to enjoy the rest of the book either.
April 6, 2020
DNF @ 15%. Woah this all started so wrong, not worth of my time. Kinda shame, because writing isn't too bad. But please, oh please, do not start a romance book w a prologue where the mc is the protagonist's dad and the protagonist herself is just a kid! Nope.
May 26, 2017
Good book
I found this story to be interesting and enjoyed reading it. I am interested to see where the story will go in the next book.
I found this story to be interesting and enjoyed reading it. I am interested to see where the story will go in the next book.
August 5, 2018
Excellent
I really like reading this book. It caught my attention right away and I am looking forward to reading the next book.
I really like reading this book. It caught my attention right away and I am looking forward to reading the next book.
August 17, 2018
This book could have been a love story for any gender couple. It has a good beginning, a nice flow &
an ending that satisfies. I enjoyed it as a straight woman.
an ending that satisfies. I enjoyed it as a straight woman.
January 11, 2019
Good fast read
It was short, and it started out a little choppy, but I still enjoyed the read. I wish we had more resolution on one of the characters, though.
It was short, and it started out a little choppy, but I still enjoyed the read. I wish we had more resolution on one of the characters, though.
April 6, 2020
It was not the complete story. I felted like something were missing. Started solid but didn't last.
May 6, 2020
There was alot of loose ends. The character development was not that great. The main character got on my nerves alot.
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November 19, 2020This read a lot like a fanfiction (especially the smut scenes) but it seemed to pick up towards the end.
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