Let me start my review off by saying that, despite the fact that I am rating this novel three stars - and I'll be getting to my reason why in a moment - Want has to be one of the cutest and most adorable reads that I have read this year, and that is thanks to the fact that I absolutely adored the way Kayti McGee showed me the friendship and love between ex-boyband member turned soloist rock star Jake Ryder, and actress on the rise Marlee Reed;
Friendship and love that had me devouring this story from page one.
Friendship and love that had me highlighting passages on almost every single page.
Friendship and love that made these characters' chemistry spark and ignite all the more.
But as much as I absolutely adored and craved those moments between Jake and Marlee - moments that're honestly just too cute for words, and moments my heart were racing for more of - I could not ignore the fact that I could not connect to, and therefor was not enjoying, the writing itself.
That was one of the most frustrating things for me, because I was enjoying the story and I was excited to see where it was going next, but the writing itself was stopping me from loving it. And it's because of that, and the fact that I felt like the pace of the story was moving too fast, making it so I felt like we would go from one scene to another without much warning, and conversations were then ended abruptly making a lot of scenes feel choppy, is why I'm rating this novel three stars.
But those are just my own issues, and it doesn't take away from the fact that the storyline is very unique and enjoyable, and that this book as a whole is a very entertaining read from beginning to end. I mean, this is a Hollywood romance - a friends-to-lovers one too - and I love Hollywood romances, and told in a dual POV, Want did not disappoint in delivering me all the things I love most about Hollywood romances, and all the things I love about friends-to-lovers romances too.
This is quite a quick read so you will fly through this novel, but all in all Want was good, and I was outright swooning and sighing and just falling in love with the love and respect both Jake and Marlee have for one another; it's a fun and flirty and a little bit of a cheesy read, but it's also hot and sexy, and it's a story I enjoyed from beginning to end, one with scenes that always brought a smile to my face and had me laughing out loud at the banter, the humour, and just the overall romance of it all.
But it does have to be said that, in my opinion, this book could've been better and more enjoyable if the writing had done it justice.
ARC provided by author for honest review