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Jaded Boys #1
The Boyband Reconnection
AN UNEXPECTED RECONNECTION WILL TURN THEIR HATE INTO SOMETHING NEITHER OF THEM EXPECT
As a teenager, when Victoria Chapman met Preston O’Doherty she never thought she would end up as the muse of a Pop Star. And of course, she didn’t know he would turn her into the villain of his story and make a song changing the narrative of what really happened between them. A song that made the entire world hate her without knowing who she was, and that would be at the top of the charts for more than twenty weeks becoming an anthem for an entire generation. Especially to those who are die-hard fans of The Jaded Boys, the most famous boyband on the planet.
Fifteen years later the boyband broke up and Preston started a solo career. Everything was good… until he accidentally revealed Victoria’s name during an interview in a Late-night talk show. Now, the entire world knows who she is and his fans hate her. Everybody hates her and there’s no other option than for his record label to do damage control.
Fans are going crazy.
The media captures everything.
He ruined her life.
She hates him.
She ruined his life.
He hates her.
His team is making them pretend they’re in a relationship so the public doesn’t discover the truth. And now that they reconnected, anything could happen… and only time & gossip sites will tell.
THE BOYBAND RECONNECTION is the first book in THE JADED BOYS series, and sophomore novel of Mayra De Gracia, author of JUST BUSINESS.
As a teenager, when Victoria Chapman met Preston O’Doherty she never thought she would end up as the muse of a Pop Star. And of course, she didn’t know he would turn her into the villain of his story and make a song changing the narrative of what really happened between them. A song that made the entire world hate her without knowing who she was, and that would be at the top of the charts for more than twenty weeks becoming an anthem for an entire generation. Especially to those who are die-hard fans of The Jaded Boys, the most famous boyband on the planet.
Fifteen years later the boyband broke up and Preston started a solo career. Everything was good… until he accidentally revealed Victoria’s name during an interview in a Late-night talk show. Now, the entire world knows who she is and his fans hate her. Everybody hates her and there’s no other option than for his record label to do damage control.
Fans are going crazy.
The media captures everything.
He ruined her life.
She hates him.
She ruined his life.
He hates her.
His team is making them pretend they’re in a relationship so the public doesn’t discover the truth. And now that they reconnected, anything could happen… and only time & gossip sites will tell.
THE BOYBAND RECONNECTION is the first book in THE JADED BOYS series, and sophomore novel of Mayra De Gracia, author of JUST BUSINESS.
336 pages, Paperback
First published April 29, 2022
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About the author
Mayra De Gracia
11 books73 followersMayra De Gracia is an international bestselling romance author and entertainment journalist from Panama. She fell in love with books at a very young age, and as a teenager, writing became her true calling. She released her first contemporary romantic comedy at the age of twenty-one.
When she’s not writing or reading, Mayra is probably adding songs to a playlist, finding a new show to watch, fangirling over a boyband, or buying concert tickets. She lives in Panama City with her family.
In 2025, she was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the category of Science, Education, and Creative Industries, recognized as one of the most influential young talents in Central America.
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May 19, 2022
I AM FUMING. Preston is by far one of the most selfish, horrible, male protagonist I’ve ever read about.
This man continuously hurt victoria in every way possible, from CHEATING (this isn’t spoilers they say it like 5 pages into the book) to gaslighting and manipulating her many times, to telling her random shit about how stuff is her fault when she hasn’t done a single bad thing to literally everything bad you could imagine.
This man was the worst of the worst and what made me even madder what that then randomly at around 70% of the book they started saying stuff about love. LOVE? What love? They barely had any civil conversation in THE ENTIRE BOOK, he was with OTHER WOMEN without blinking twice til like 55% of the book while the fl was suffering. They literally had no chemistry whatsoever. Everyone was trash and kept on pushing them together, even her bsf when anyone with a braincell can see she deserves 100X better than this piece of sh1t. I can’t comprehend what the writer was thinking when they thought they could make us believe this horrible man that has never, not even once, in the book though about anyone but himself was randomly in love with her, i can count with one hand how many conversations that had any substance they had in the entire book.
God im sorry for anyone reading this but not even slimy ben from November 9th made this mad.
Im also fuming because i was waiting the entire book for him to grovel and become a better person, for her to develop a personality (because her entire life was just about this man, nothing else) and also stop being a doormat, for them to have chemistry and not just random sex scenes and to be done with it. Genuinely i dont know what the point of this book was other than making the female lead suffer, every chapter something worse happened to her thanks to preston.
And then at the end we get a weak scene of him “spilling the tea” and saying the truth and how most of his fans thought it was “brave of him” and then a happily ever after.
WHAT THE FUCK. just thinking about this book makes me even madder.
The writing was good though, and the idea overall wasn’t bad the execution was awful. Everything else sucked.
This man continuously hurt victoria in every way possible, from CHEATING (this isn’t spoilers they say it like 5 pages into the book) to gaslighting and manipulating her many times, to telling her random shit about how stuff is her fault when she hasn’t done a single bad thing to literally everything bad you could imagine.
This man was the worst of the worst and what made me even madder what that then randomly at around 70% of the book they started saying stuff about love. LOVE? What love? They barely had any civil conversation in THE ENTIRE BOOK, he was with OTHER WOMEN without blinking twice til like 55% of the book while the fl was suffering. They literally had no chemistry whatsoever. Everyone was trash and kept on pushing them together, even her bsf when anyone with a braincell can see she deserves 100X better than this piece of sh1t. I can’t comprehend what the writer was thinking when they thought they could make us believe this horrible man that has never, not even once, in the book though about anyone but himself was randomly in love with her, i can count with one hand how many conversations that had any substance they had in the entire book.
God im sorry for anyone reading this but not even slimy ben from November 9th made this mad.
Im also fuming because i was waiting the entire book for him to grovel and become a better person, for her to develop a personality (because her entire life was just about this man, nothing else) and also stop being a doormat, for them to have chemistry and not just random sex scenes and to be done with it. Genuinely i dont know what the point of this book was other than making the female lead suffer, every chapter something worse happened to her thanks to preston.
And then at the end we get a weak scene of him “spilling the tea” and saying the truth and how most of his fans thought it was “brave of him” and then a happily ever after.
WHAT THE FUCK. just thinking about this book makes me even madder.
The writing was good though, and the idea overall wasn’t bad the execution was awful. Everything else sucked.
August 30, 2022
4/5 ✰ — the boyband reconnection review 💌
💌 thank you mayra for sending this book my way!
i have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. going into it, i was nervous because in the first few chapters, we find out the mmc cheated on the fmc 15 years ago. HOWEVER, it was really that time gap that made me give it a chance.
off the bat, im a big fan of rockstar romances AND second chance, so i really enjoyed those two aspects.
if i were to describe this book in one word, it’d be realistic. the drama, gossip, development of emotions made me feel like i was reading about REAL celebrities.
i have to say, at first i really wasn’t the biggest fan of preston. he pissed me off A LOT, and even at the end i wished a bit more for his development. if anything, i wish this book were a bit longer and that preston & victoria had MORE time apart so that preston could’ve grown a bit more. However, the development we DID get was pretty good & i can tell he’s going to be spending the rest of his relationship with victoria making everything up to her.
i did really like victoria’s character & was able to empathize with her a lot :) i enjoyed seeing her stick up for herself a lot more towards the end as well!!
overall, the writing was really entertaining & pretty easy to follow! & id definitely be interested in reading some more books by mayra de gracia!
💌 thank you mayra for sending this book my way!
i have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. going into it, i was nervous because in the first few chapters, we find out the mmc cheated on the fmc 15 years ago. HOWEVER, it was really that time gap that made me give it a chance.
off the bat, im a big fan of rockstar romances AND second chance, so i really enjoyed those two aspects.
if i were to describe this book in one word, it’d be realistic. the drama, gossip, development of emotions made me feel like i was reading about REAL celebrities.
i have to say, at first i really wasn’t the biggest fan of preston. he pissed me off A LOT, and even at the end i wished a bit more for his development. if anything, i wish this book were a bit longer and that preston & victoria had MORE time apart so that preston could’ve grown a bit more. However, the development we DID get was pretty good & i can tell he’s going to be spending the rest of his relationship with victoria making everything up to her.
i did really like victoria’s character & was able to empathize with her a lot :) i enjoyed seeing her stick up for herself a lot more towards the end as well!!
overall, the writing was really entertaining & pretty easy to follow! & id definitely be interested in reading some more books by mayra de gracia!
January 21, 2025
mezcla: post one direction era, enemies to lovers, fake dating, second chance romance y spicy 🥵🤍
realmente me gusto!
Post One Direction era, fake dating, second chance romance con enemies to lovers. Amamos!
Realmente disfruté mucho este libro, siento que fue muy fácil y rápido de leer por la historia. Me gustaron mucho los personajes principales y secundarios… eso sí Preston tenía sus momentos donde hacía cosas dudosas que no me encantaron pero como va cambiando por Victoria ayyy me gusto mucho.
Siento que fue un poco más slowburn de lo que pensé pero tiene mucha tensión y escenas que valen mil la pena como romcoms super cutes. Y ya saben que si un libro tiene escenas de Halloween me enamoran completamente y esta no tiene solo una tiene 2 entonces uffff me encantaron.
playlist de Abril🤍
realmente me gusto!
Post One Direction era, fake dating, second chance romance con enemies to lovers. Amamos!
Realmente disfruté mucho este libro, siento que fue muy fácil y rápido de leer por la historia. Me gustaron mucho los personajes principales y secundarios… eso sí Preston tenía sus momentos donde hacía cosas dudosas que no me encantaron pero como va cambiando por Victoria ayyy me gusto mucho.
Siento que fue un poco más slowburn de lo que pensé pero tiene mucha tensión y escenas que valen mil la pena como romcoms super cutes. Y ya saben que si un libro tiene escenas de Halloween me enamoran completamente y esta no tiene solo una tiene 2 entonces uffff me encantaron.
playlist de Abril🤍
April 12, 2023
Fan de que gire en torno a una Boyband.
Fan de las recomendaciones musicales.
Para nada fan de la pareja principal ni de la historia de "amor".
~PUEDE CONTENER SPOILERS~
No soy de dejar comentarios largos sobre los libros que leo, pero creo que este vale la pena el intento, porque no quiero que mis opiniones cortas queden a la interpretación.
Siento que crear un universo alrededor de los integrantes de una boyband es algo que me llamó la atención desde que supe de este libro, porque soy my fangirl, y me puedes poner hasta una boyband ficticia y ahí voy a quedar queriendo saber más de ellos.
Lo malo, a mi parecer, es que no me gustó la pareja principal. Nunca pude conectar con ellos y creo que lo mejor para ambos hubiera sido seguir sus caminos y tratar de ser felices con otras personas.
Primero hablemos de las actitudes narcisistas de Preston, y lo mucho que lastimó a Victoria, y es que la verdad, por mucho que las personas cambien, no es necesario perdonarlas. Yo creo en dar oportunidades, y esas cosas cheesy, pero creo que hay límites y Preston se los saltaba a cada rato.
Igual, siento que es algo bueno que lo hayan retratado de esa forma, porque muchas veces idealizamos a los artistas, los diosamos, y creemos que no tienen fallas, cuando pueden estar lidiando con cosas que nunca vamos a saber, porque lo que muestran es lo que queremos ver que viene a resultar el 1% de sus vidas. Sin hablar de las cosas terribles que la industria los empuja a hacer.
Segundo, la red de apoyo de Victoria es caca. Si el man le hace daño, porque quieren que la otra vea al Preston como "el amor de su vida2 o sea no. Necesita sanar ella, no me la presionen.
Tercero, no me parece que Victoria olvide todo lo que ha pasado por culpa de Preston, y por lo que la hace pasar solo porque anda horny.
Creo que al no poder conectar con ellos, no me creí su historia de amor, y la vi muy forzada, creo que de eso se trataba lo del fake dating, pero no me convence como se vuelve "amor".
¿Seguiré leyendo la serie? Sí, le tengo muchas ganas a la Mayra's Version de la historia de Beckett y Marina. Despues de su aparición en una antología necesito saber más de ellos... Y tambien de Atticus, por la cara que le puso la autora.
Al final, si te gustan las historias de amores tortuosos y de moral discutible, adelante con este libro. Tomen esto como lo que es: Ficción.
PS: Sí se nota mucho la influencia de Julia Quinn, espero seguir viendo esto en los proximos libros, pero tambien empezar a sentir la esencia de Mayra, más marcada.
Fan de las recomendaciones musicales.
Para nada fan de la pareja principal ni de la historia de "amor".
~PUEDE CONTENER SPOILERS~
No soy de dejar comentarios largos sobre los libros que leo, pero creo que este vale la pena el intento, porque no quiero que mis opiniones cortas queden a la interpretación.
Siento que crear un universo alrededor de los integrantes de una boyband es algo que me llamó la atención desde que supe de este libro, porque soy my fangirl, y me puedes poner hasta una boyband ficticia y ahí voy a quedar queriendo saber más de ellos.
Lo malo, a mi parecer, es que no me gustó la pareja principal. Nunca pude conectar con ellos y creo que lo mejor para ambos hubiera sido seguir sus caminos y tratar de ser felices con otras personas.
Primero hablemos de las actitudes narcisistas de Preston, y lo mucho que lastimó a Victoria, y es que la verdad, por mucho que las personas cambien, no es necesario perdonarlas. Yo creo en dar oportunidades, y esas cosas cheesy, pero creo que hay límites y Preston se los saltaba a cada rato.
Igual, siento que es algo bueno que lo hayan retratado de esa forma, porque muchas veces idealizamos a los artistas, los diosamos, y creemos que no tienen fallas, cuando pueden estar lidiando con cosas que nunca vamos a saber, porque lo que muestran es lo que queremos ver que viene a resultar el 1% de sus vidas. Sin hablar de las cosas terribles que la industria los empuja a hacer.
Segundo, la red de apoyo de Victoria es caca. Si el man le hace daño, porque quieren que la otra vea al Preston como "el amor de su vida2 o sea no. Necesita sanar ella, no me la presionen.
Tercero, no me parece que Victoria olvide todo lo que ha pasado por culpa de Preston, y por lo que la hace pasar solo porque anda horny.
Creo que al no poder conectar con ellos, no me creí su historia de amor, y la vi muy forzada, creo que de eso se trataba lo del fake dating, pero no me convence como se vuelve "amor".
¿Seguiré leyendo la serie? Sí, le tengo muchas ganas a la Mayra's Version de la historia de Beckett y Marina. Despues de su aparición en una antología necesito saber más de ellos... Y tambien de Atticus, por la cara que le puso la autora.
Al final, si te gustan las historias de amores tortuosos y de moral discutible, adelante con este libro. Tomen esto como lo que es: Ficción.
PS: Sí se nota mucho la influencia de Julia Quinn, espero seguir viendo esto en los proximos libros, pero tambien empezar a sentir la esencia de Mayra, más marcada.
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January 8, 2022
Mayra never fails to write amazing books and this is DEFINITELY an amazing book. I have been so excited to read this book since Mayra announced that she was writing it and she never disappoints.
The characters, the plot, everything about this book just had me hooked right from the beginning and I could not put it down. The whole story comes to life on the page and it felt like I was with the characters through the entire book. It had me feeling so many emotions in the best possible way. I know this is a book that I will always love and reread.
If you enjoy fast paced books full of the best tropes (enemies to lovers, angry love confessions, fake dating) then this book is 100% for you. I would recommend this to anyone who loves books with traveling, romance, second chance love stories, and books that you can just fall in love with.
The characters, the plot, everything about this book just had me hooked right from the beginning and I could not put it down. The whole story comes to life on the page and it felt like I was with the characters through the entire book. It had me feeling so many emotions in the best possible way. I know this is a book that I will always love and reread.
If you enjoy fast paced books full of the best tropes (enemies to lovers, angry love confessions, fake dating) then this book is 100% for you. I would recommend this to anyone who loves books with traveling, romance, second chance love stories, and books that you can just fall in love with.
June 10, 2022
Dnf 67ish%. Not my cup of tea. The characters are just way too annoying for me and I HATE HATE HATE the main couple. Preston is one of the most horrible , manipulative, arrogant, disgusting idiots I’ve read. I dislike so much when a female character can’t be straight forward with her decisions, even when she knows that the guy is trash OH BUT HE’S SO HOOOTT 🙄
This one was just not for me.
1,5 cause MUSIC RECOMMENDATIONS? HELLO????
Ps: If I lived in world where Preston Buttlicker existed I would be Michael Scott and he would be my Toby.
This one was just not for me.
1,5 cause MUSIC RECOMMENDATIONS? HELLO????
Ps: If I lived in world where Preston Buttlicker existed I would be Michael Scott and he would be my Toby.
March 4, 2023
3,5 stars
Sometimes romance books are far from reality but this book was so realistic and it made it so much better
And the tropes?
rock star romance? much gossip? And second chance romance?
I have to say this book made me feel so much emotions at once : anger, sadness, love and even funny momens.
I am still unsure if I like the male main character or not but one thing I am sure about is that I love the female main character
Victoria is a kind-hearted young woman who had to go through a lot at a young age.
She really is an angel on earth and would do anything for her friends.
Her relationship with her father is very close, but unfortunately not with her mother since she hateful comments against her.
Preston is hot, a well-known musician and former band member of the Jade Boys. His lifestyle changed drastically after one of his songs, "my memory", and since then he's been enjoying the life of fame and hasn't had any problems until he accidently revaled the person the song was addressed to.
Seeing both characters reunite due to Preston's mistake didn't make me that happy at first.
Preston wasn't a gentleman to Victoria and made her life to hell.
Seeing Victoria suffer and Preston not wanting to see it really pissed me off.
However, over time everything became more understandable and Preston also realized his mistakes and tried to make everything right again.
While they are both a very sweet and loving couple, I still can't forgive Preston to 100%.
While the way he fought for her was very touching and genuine, I don't think he really deserves Victoria but on the other hand I am a person who thinks second chances are important.
I have to say I'm undecided...
Honestly I cant wait to read the story of Victorias best friend and another member of the former band. (They were just too sweet!)
Sometimes romance books are far from reality but this book was so realistic and it made it so much better
And the tropes?
rock star romance? much gossip? And second chance romance?
I have to say this book made me feel so much emotions at once : anger, sadness, love and even funny momens.
I am still unsure if I like the male main character or not but one thing I am sure about is that I love the female main character
Victoria is a kind-hearted young woman who had to go through a lot at a young age.
She really is an angel on earth and would do anything for her friends.
Her relationship with her father is very close, but unfortunately not with her mother since she hateful comments against her.
Preston is hot, a well-known musician and former band member of the Jade Boys. His lifestyle changed drastically after one of his songs, "my memory", and since then he's been enjoying the life of fame and hasn't had any problems until he accidently revaled the person the song was addressed to.
Seeing both characters reunite due to Preston's mistake didn't make me that happy at first.
Preston wasn't a gentleman to Victoria and made her life to hell.
Seeing Victoria suffer and Preston not wanting to see it really pissed me off.
However, over time everything became more understandable and Preston also realized his mistakes and tried to make everything right again.
While they are both a very sweet and loving couple, I still can't forgive Preston to 100%.
While the way he fought for her was very touching and genuine, I don't think he really deserves Victoria but on the other hand I am a person who thinks second chances are important.
I have to say I'm undecided...
Honestly I cant wait to read the story of Victorias best friend and another member of the former band. (They were just too sweet!)
April 30, 2022
“I feel something so profound that resembles the fine faint line between regret and forgiveness-among hate and love."
Boyband, Enemies to lovers, fake-dating, second chance romance, dual POV, and SMUT!!! What else need to be said?!
I was so excited when the author sent me this book because I had been following along and wanting to read this. As soon as I got it I read it immediately and I loved the storyline and build up between Preston and Victoria. Another thing I really enjoyed was the media aspects since Preston is from a famous boyband and how that affected personal relationships and the individuals. Overall this book was a lot of fun to read and I cannot wait to read about the other Jaded boys!!!
Boyband, Enemies to lovers, fake-dating, second chance romance, dual POV, and SMUT!!! What else need to be said?!
I was so excited when the author sent me this book because I had been following along and wanting to read this. As soon as I got it I read it immediately and I loved the storyline and build up between Preston and Victoria. Another thing I really enjoyed was the media aspects since Preston is from a famous boyband and how that affected personal relationships and the individuals. Overall this book was a lot of fun to read and I cannot wait to read about the other Jaded boys!!!
June 25, 2022
Nah man. DNF at 45% and lemme tell u why. Sooo many damn exclamation points. Bad formatting. Simple and weak writing. At best average MCs. Male lead is a pathetic weak excuse for a Love Interest (since he's the most selfish and ignorant person ever). But mostly the whole way the book was written and formatted was so shitty. Felt like I was reading the first wattpad fiction attempt from a 12yo about 1D. Eh
May 30, 2022
So, I created a boyband and I’m now obsessed with them. 😩🖤
June 20, 2022
As a directioner, backstreet lover and boyband fanatic in general, I feel this book portrayed the fangirl & boyband life PERFECTLY. It may be difficult to understand or to comprehend for people who have never experienced being a hard-core fangirl, because it really has a lot of hints and direct references to people in the show biz which makes it even funnier and cooler as you read.
I’m not gonna lie, I DESPISED Preston almost til the end of the book, but at the same time I knew where he was coming from. I’ve seen plenty of boyband members act like this and it’s just normal for fame to get to your head with everything that he went through. I’m not justifying his actions tho, he’s the biggest dick ever, but I just understand why he was that way. I loved that even when he was a toxic mf his backstory wasn’t the typical of “boy who grew in a toxic family household, his dad beat him, his mom never cared, blablabla”. This backstory ACTUALLY made sense.
I must say at the beginning I thought the plot was going too slow, but as soon as the whole “spilling the name” thing happened, I couldn’t stop reading. I literally said I would read 100 pages and continue later but I couldn’t put it down and finished it right away.
As I said, I hated Preston 80% of the book, but I found myself screaming in my head when Beckett was trying to make him realise he loved Victoria. When the accident happened, I feel like he hit rock bottom (and this happens even in real life) and that’s when he actually knew he couldn’t live without her. I love how he actually mend things honestly for the first time in his life and actually started to change.
Victoria is a lovely character and I felt the need to hug her every once in a while. Having anxiety myself made me feel so close to her and her feelings. The conversation she had with her mom was also lovely and relatable. I would have loved, however, to know a little more about her and her life. Her hobbies, more about the work she did… but even if we didn’t have much of that, I still love the fact that her life didn’t revolve around Preston (besides from the publicity stunt thing). I loved her friendship with Marina, her relationship with her dad, and how she always saw the good in people.
Mayra’s writing has improved so much since Just Business and I can’t wait to read her next books. So proud of my friend and how talented she is. I always tell her I admire how someone can create such elaborate stories, because I honestly could write 2 pages and that’s it.
PD: even if he’s the bad boy, I can’t wait to know more about Travis. I just know he’s gonna be my favorite JB member and I’m already rooting for him no matter how bad he is. 🤪
I’m not gonna lie, I DESPISED Preston almost til the end of the book, but at the same time I knew where he was coming from. I’ve seen plenty of boyband members act like this and it’s just normal for fame to get to your head with everything that he went through. I’m not justifying his actions tho, he’s the biggest dick ever, but I just understand why he was that way. I loved that even when he was a toxic mf his backstory wasn’t the typical of “boy who grew in a toxic family household, his dad beat him, his mom never cared, blablabla”. This backstory ACTUALLY made sense.
I must say at the beginning I thought the plot was going too slow, but as soon as the whole “spilling the name” thing happened, I couldn’t stop reading. I literally said I would read 100 pages and continue later but I couldn’t put it down and finished it right away.
As I said, I hated Preston 80% of the book, but I found myself screaming in my head when Beckett was trying to make him realise he loved Victoria. When the accident happened, I feel like he hit rock bottom (and this happens even in real life) and that’s when he actually knew he couldn’t live without her. I love how he actually mend things honestly for the first time in his life and actually started to change.
Victoria is a lovely character and I felt the need to hug her every once in a while. Having anxiety myself made me feel so close to her and her feelings. The conversation she had with her mom was also lovely and relatable. I would have loved, however, to know a little more about her and her life. Her hobbies, more about the work she did… but even if we didn’t have much of that, I still love the fact that her life didn’t revolve around Preston (besides from the publicity stunt thing). I loved her friendship with Marina, her relationship with her dad, and how she always saw the good in people.
Mayra’s writing has improved so much since Just Business and I can’t wait to read her next books. So proud of my friend and how talented she is. I always tell her I admire how someone can create such elaborate stories, because I honestly could write 2 pages and that’s it.
PD: even if he’s the bad boy, I can’t wait to know more about Travis. I just know he’s gonna be my favorite JB member and I’m already rooting for him no matter how bad he is. 🤪
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May 2, 2022DNF at 55٪ so no rating
I was expecting so much more from this and instead, I got... Preston...
My man Preston is one of the most infuriating characters I've ever read. He's bratty, spoiled, immature... everything that I hate but in the beginning I let past all of that because the book was entertaining but when he said "you ruined my life because you took my heart when I was a teenager and never get it back".... Preston, my man, she lost her job and is getting death threats because of you. You definitely ruined her life.
the fact that this manchild sleeps around every chance when they're supposedly in a -fake- relationship for his benefit but he makes a hissy fit if she dares to stand up for herself and call him out
That behavior plus the fact that these two have zero chemistry made me DNF this book. I love fake dating and boybands but in romance, I need to root for the couple and nothing will make me support Preston getting our heroine.
I'll definitely be reading Beckett and Marina's book and the rest but I can't stand our hero so I'm done.
I was expecting so much more from this and instead, I got... Preston...
My man Preston is one of the most infuriating characters I've ever read. He's bratty, spoiled, immature... everything that I hate but in the beginning I let past all of that because the book was entertaining but when he said "you ruined my life because you took my heart when I was a teenager and never get it back".... Preston, my man, she lost her job and is getting death threats because of you. You definitely ruined her life.
the fact that this manchild sleeps around every chance when they're supposedly in a -fake- relationship for his benefit but he makes a hissy fit if she dares to stand up for herself and call him out
That behavior plus the fact that these two have zero chemistry made me DNF this book. I love fake dating and boybands but in romance, I need to root for the couple and nothing will make me support Preston getting our heroine.
I'll definitely be reading Beckett and Marina's book and the rest but I can't stand our hero so I'm done.
August 30, 2022
super good!!
seriously when I started I didn’t really expected anything but I honestly loved, it’s a perfect mix of my favorite things in the world, books and boybands, I remember when I was little and fell in love with every one direction boy, so reading this brought up so many memories and so much comfort. super recommend reading this I can’t wait for the next books but I’ll already say here that I have a soft spot for the first couple, but I’m highly intrigued about Dante’s history, will he and Daniella reconnect or he will find another love? ah I’m so excited, and of course I love Beckett and Marina already.
seriously when I started I didn’t really expected anything but I honestly loved, it’s a perfect mix of my favorite things in the world, books and boybands, I remember when I was little and fell in love with every one direction boy, so reading this brought up so many memories and so much comfort. super recommend reading this I can’t wait for the next books but I’ll already say here that I have a soft spot for the first couple, but I’m highly intrigued about Dante’s history, will he and Daniella reconnect or he will find another love? ah I’m so excited, and of course I love Beckett and Marina already.
May 4, 2022
Fui lectora beta de esta historia y Voy a hacer el review en español para los lectores hispanohablantes.
Victoria y Preston son unos bobitos 🤣 estos dos se odian pero no lo suficiente. Todo inicia cuando Preston esboza el nombre de Victoria como la inspiración a su canción más famosa y obviamente todo el mundo le cae encima a la pobre (entendible el enojo de La Niña porque el que tuvo la culpa fue él y no ella, lo contrario a lo que dice la canción). La verdad me divertí muchísimo leyendo este libro, gritarle a la pantalla YA BÉSENSE PLEASE, porque eran tan estúpidamente idiotas de que se seguían amando pero no querían aceptarlo. Me hizo recordar mucho mi época full Directioner, imaginando que pasaría en la vida de mis cinco muchachos y no puedo esperar a descubrir el resto de las historias de los chicos (TRAVIS VOY A TI). Si eres amante de las Boybands, imaginaste alguna vez estar con un famoso y te encanta el enemies to lovers este libro es para ti. 🔥🔥
Tiene escenas SPICY 🌶 🔥🔥Also, Mayra nos lleva de paseo as always a lugares muy lindos🥰🥰 para terminar: DIVIÉRTANSE LEYÉNDOLO que me lo baje en día y medio porque tenía que tomar notas no porque no quería acabármelo disque el mismo día
Victoria y Preston son unos bobitos 🤣 estos dos se odian pero no lo suficiente. Todo inicia cuando Preston esboza el nombre de Victoria como la inspiración a su canción más famosa y obviamente todo el mundo le cae encima a la pobre (entendible el enojo de La Niña porque el que tuvo la culpa fue él y no ella, lo contrario a lo que dice la canción). La verdad me divertí muchísimo leyendo este libro, gritarle a la pantalla YA BÉSENSE PLEASE, porque eran tan estúpidamente idiotas de que se seguían amando pero no querían aceptarlo. Me hizo recordar mucho mi época full Directioner, imaginando que pasaría en la vida de mis cinco muchachos y no puedo esperar a descubrir el resto de las historias de los chicos (TRAVIS VOY A TI). Si eres amante de las Boybands, imaginaste alguna vez estar con un famoso y te encanta el enemies to lovers este libro es para ti. 🔥🔥
Tiene escenas SPICY 🌶 🔥🔥Also, Mayra nos lleva de paseo as always a lugares muy lindos🥰🥰 para terminar: DIVIÉRTANSE LEYÉNDOLO que me lo baje en día y medio porque tenía que tomar notas no porque no quería acabármelo disque el mismo día
July 12, 2022
Okay wow! I need the second asap!! So so good! Mayra is an amazing author and has a way with storytelling. The world she created around the Jaded Boys is so amazing and I loved every minute of it. This book had everything: enemies to lovers, second chance romance, fake dating, the spice, etc. I am so honored that she selected me to beta read this because I had the best time reading this book. If you love the tropes I mentioned and have a love of boy bands then this book is 100% for you. I am so excited for the rest of the series!
September 23, 2022
1/5
One of the worst books I have read so far this year. The protagonists don't appeal to me at all. Especially the love interest Preston is just an arrogant asshole who only cares about himself and thinks the world revolves around him. As a character he's just a piece of trash to me & it just doesn't make sense that Victoria still gets together with him despite all his faults. She deserves someone better. Also, they had no chemistry and I wasn't looking forward to them getting together. I also didn't like the author's writing style at all, especially with the literal speech.
One of the worst books I have read so far this year. The protagonists don't appeal to me at all. Especially the love interest Preston is just an arrogant asshole who only cares about himself and thinks the world revolves around him. As a character he's just a piece of trash to me & it just doesn't make sense that Victoria still gets together with him despite all his faults. She deserves someone better. Also, they had no chemistry and I wasn't looking forward to them getting together. I also didn't like the author's writing style at all, especially with the literal speech.
June 12, 2022
People sometimes don’t take others seriously when they talk about the love they have for their favourite artists. But I get them.
Amé este libro y me estresé con él por partes iguales.
My Boyband Reconnection es el primer libro de la saga The Jaded Boys escrito por la autora panameña Mayra De Gracia, se enfoca en los ex-miembros de la boyband ficticia The Jaded Boys y este primer libro trata sobre Preston, el líder de la banda, y Victoria, su primera novia.
Cualquiera que me conozca sabe que amo las bandas, y que mi debilidad siempre han sido las boybands desde que se estrenó Big Time Rush como programa de televisión cuando tenía 8 años. Crecí siendo fan de boybands, escuchando música de boybands y yo no sería la misma persona si no hubiera tenido la música de los Jonas Brothers, Big Time Rush, One Direction, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, 5 Seconds of Summer (aunque ellos en sí no son una boyband pero esa es una conversación para después) y más recientemente boybands coreanas, como PENTAGON, Stray Kids, ONEUS, TO1, VERIVERY, ENHYPEN, TXT, etc.
Así que, cuando estaba hace unas semanas en tiktok y vi a la autora promocionar un libro sobre una boyband que se separó y cómo el protagonista se reconectaba con su primer amor quien además había sido la inspiración para todos sus grandes éxitos inmediatamente dije necesito este libro ya.
Claro que ser estudiante universitaria y además trabajar limita mucho tu tiempo libre para leer libros, pero como leer libros es mi forma de descansar, decidí tomarme un descanso y leer un poco más. Y así empecé a leer esta joyita.
Cabe aclarar que este libro tiene algunas tropes que no me gustan en lo absoluto y que casi siempre me hacen abandonar un libro (te estoy hablando, cheating trope, aunque sea en pasado, presente o mencionado), sin embargo creo que aquí ayudó que dicha trope haya pasado hace más de una década atrás y que la historia de los personajes sea distinta.
Tenemos hate to love, second chance trope, first love, fake dating y todo eso lo amo. Y también me fascinó como Preston va evolucionando a lo largo del libro. No es para nada una buena persona, tampoco es malo, simplemente es una persona con sus muchos e interminables defectos y muchas cualidades. En este libro se muestran las dos caras de la industria musical y cómo presionan a los artistas, sobretodo si están en una boyband. Algo que sabemos todos los que hemos sido fans de algún artista o banda en algún momento de nuestras vidas.
Y también siento que es una gran reflexión sobre cómo nunca sabremos la verdad absoluta de la vida de los artistas que seguimos a menos que ellos hablen abiertamente, y sobre todo, el odio irracional que reciben las parejas de las celebridades masculinas, sean famosas o no. (Las estoy mirando haters de Olivia Wilde).
La escritura es muy buena y el libro es muy adictivo, me lo devoré en un par de sentadas. Ya quiero saber la historia de los demás Jaded Boys y no puedo esperar para leerlos.
Y por si se preguntan "¿Cómo puedo leerlo en español?" La autora dijo en Instagram que saldría el libro en español más adelante en el año👀 así que toca esperar.
Mis frases favoritas del libro:
We went from friends (who were almost like brothers) to bandmates. Then from bandmates we turned to rivals. And finally, from rivals to strangers.
I admire the determination and fascination female fans have for us. It is the same as when men are screaming in front of the TV during a football game. People call women hysterical, and I hate that term.
Why should I be the one who suffers just because they want to sell more records? Why must I be the one who deals with the consequences of his actions?
“Don’t you dare talk about her!” Preston strikes his chin. “Don’t you dare touch or think about her again or I will rip your arm and shove it up your ass! You worthless dick.”
“And you took my heart years ago and never gave it back.” He whispers and my throat closes. “It’s not my fault I can only write songs about you.”
Victoria studied and I did music and won awards. Both of our lives turned out great. Both are valid. Both are fine.
“You realising you fucked up is the first step. Owning up to your errors and actually changing is the second one.”
Why do people feel entitled to judge your life? How is that okay? My life is mine. I can choose the path I think is best for me. If I decide or not to get married, it’s my choice. If I decide to have children or not, it’s my choice. Mine and absolutely mine.
“Parents should let their children make mistakes, so they learn. But forcing things that aren’t up to them to decide ruins everything.”
“You should’ve forgotten me from the beginning. You should’ve let me go when we were kids. It would’ve been easier for everyone.”
“You’re impossible to forget. Believe me, I’ve tried.”
“I can’t believe you! Don’t you understand?”
“And don’t you understand I’m dying without you?”
“My world always revolved around your memory. My world now revolves around you.”
April 29, 2022
4 estrellas de 5
Hace 5 días que comencé a leerme este libro, gracias a que Mayra (la autora) me lo envió con anticipación para poder reseñarlo antes de que saliera la venta (29/04).
Si buscas un libro con los tropes de Enemies to lovers spicy, fake dating, second chance y kinda of sunshine + grumpy character, este es tu libro. The boyband reconnection es una rom-com que nos muestra la vida de Preston O´Doherty, un ex integrante de la banda the jaded boys. Preston continúo con su carrera como solista luego de que la banda se desintegrara, logrando sacar con exito su primer album, pero en una entrevista dice algo que nadie sabía, revelando lo que varios de sus fans querían, solo que esta acción traería consecuencias para su vida y para su carrera, envolviendo la vida de alguien más en este problema, y esa persona resulta ser Victoria Chapman, su ex de hace 15 años, que lo odia con cada fibra de su ser.
Es una historia entretenida, fácil y rápida de leer, logra hacer que te identifiques y encariñes con los personajes, sufres, ríes y vives con ellos a través de los capítulos, de las palabras que les dan vida. Tiene buenos personajes, tanto principales como secundarios. Cuenta con un buen desarrollo de personajes, la playlist del libro es simplemente magnífica (la pueden encontrar en spotify) , y no puedo esperar para poder leer el siguiente libro de esta serie.
Hace 5 días que comencé a leerme este libro, gracias a que Mayra (la autora) me lo envió con anticipación para poder reseñarlo antes de que saliera la venta (29/04).
Si buscas un libro con los tropes de Enemies to lovers spicy, fake dating, second chance y kinda of sunshine + grumpy character, este es tu libro. The boyband reconnection es una rom-com que nos muestra la vida de Preston O´Doherty, un ex integrante de la banda the jaded boys. Preston continúo con su carrera como solista luego de que la banda se desintegrara, logrando sacar con exito su primer album, pero en una entrevista dice algo que nadie sabía, revelando lo que varios de sus fans querían, solo que esta acción traería consecuencias para su vida y para su carrera, envolviendo la vida de alguien más en este problema, y esa persona resulta ser Victoria Chapman, su ex de hace 15 años, que lo odia con cada fibra de su ser.
Es una historia entretenida, fácil y rápida de leer, logra hacer que te identifiques y encariñes con los personajes, sufres, ríes y vives con ellos a través de los capítulos, de las palabras que les dan vida. Tiene buenos personajes, tanto principales como secundarios. Cuenta con un buen desarrollo de personajes, la playlist del libro es simplemente magnífica (la pueden encontrar en spotify) , y no puedo esperar para poder leer el siguiente libro de esta serie.
February 13, 2023
I'm usually not a fan of second chances, I've always said that you should never look back, always move forward and the past is the past and that's it. But I do like boybands and romance with someone from a boyband is a dream many of us experienced at some point in our lives. So this book collection by Mayra De Gracia will surely present all the dream fantasies and tropes one hopes to read. This first one was entertaining and really witty. Mayra has a way with words, I am almost convinced that she has the mind of a guy. Some female authors are not really connected with that side and portray male protagonists that are unreal with their thoughts and feelings, but Preston, our protagonist here, is a man, 100%. He makes the wrong decisions over and over again and has no idea how the female mind works, he's ocassionaly saying the wrong things at the wrong time and not knowing how to fix things. I will not spoil things for you and I really hope you give this story a shot. Thumbs up Mayra! I cannot wait to read the next book about Marina and sweet Beckett!
January 5, 2023
hi¡Wow! No sé qué decir con respecto a este libro, me gustó mucho, tuve muchas emociones con este. En un principio odié a Preston, bueno en realidad era un amor odio. Ame a Victoria, aunque quizás en algún punto quise que fuera más dura con Preston, pese a todo la entiendo. La evolución de cada personaje fue muy linda de leer, el cambio de la mamá de Victoria no me lo esperé; pero, que bueno que cambió. Rob se ganó mi corazón, y el padre de Victoria también. Necesito saber más sobre Marina y los demás miembros de la banda. Creo que hace unos años le hubiera dado las 5 estrellas al libro, porque no miento cuando digo que me gustó mucho, y por sobre todas las cosas me divertí leyéndolo y no podía parar; sin embargo, le faltó algo, no sé que, o quizás simplemente sea mi orgullo en contra de Preston que no me permite perdonarlo del todo. En fin muy buen libro, lo recomiendo muchísimo.
4,6/5 ⭐️
4,6/5 ⭐️
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 4, 2022
🎤🎤🎤🎤. 5/5
Ahhh este libro lo ame, los protagonistas los ame a ambos, los comprendí y adore su historia.
Si ustedes son fans del cliché cantante famoso como yo definitivamente van a amar este libro.
Tiene de todo, un poco de spicy, escenas con situaciones bastante delicadas y muy bien tratadas, tiene escenas divertidas y unas que te sacan lagrimitas de los ojos.
Me quedé con ganas de escuchar esas canciones por que de verdad me han dejado con la curiosidad.
Es un libro bastante rápido de leer y fácil.
Ahhh este libro lo ame, los protagonistas los ame a ambos, los comprendí y adore su historia.
Si ustedes son fans del cliché cantante famoso como yo definitivamente van a amar este libro.
Tiene de todo, un poco de spicy, escenas con situaciones bastante delicadas y muy bien tratadas, tiene escenas divertidas y unas que te sacan lagrimitas de los ojos.
Me quedé con ganas de escuchar esas canciones por que de verdad me han dejado con la curiosidad.
Es un libro bastante rápido de leer y fácil.
August 29, 2023
Definitely one of the BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ IN MY LIFE!! From the moment I saw it I knew I had to have it and when I started reading it I was super hooked on the plot. It has everything from drama, spicy scenes, a bit of action and above all romance 🤍 It was my first physical book and I would read it a thousand times more! Also meeting a super talented Panamanian writer like Mayra gives you another perspective on the book... The Boyband Correspondence, I'm coming for you! 🩷✨
August 27, 2023
Ame la historia, como poco a poco entre ambos fueron evolucionando y entendiéndose.
El finaaal😻
Si aman el enimies to lovers les va a ENCANTAR, esta muy entretenida y te engancha super rápido
Sin duda 10/10
El finaaal😻
Si aman el enimies to lovers les va a ENCANTAR, esta muy entretenida y te engancha super rápido
Sin duda 10/10
October 14, 2024
Had to DNF :( this just was not it.
I love a second chance romance, but wdym the mmc cheated on the fmc and wrote songs blaming her about everything and then when they met 15 years later after he said her name in front of press, he continued to say I would do it all again because look where it got me???? Hello??? Sorry, this just wasn't for me.
Thank you, Mayra for sending me a copy of The Boyband Reconnection
I love a second chance romance, but wdym the mmc cheated on the fmc and wrote songs blaming her about everything and then when they met 15 years later after he said her name in front of press, he continued to say I would do it all again because look where it got me???? Hello??? Sorry, this just wasn't for me.
Thank you, Mayra for sending me a copy of The Boyband Reconnection
March 28, 2022
I LOVED THIS SO MUCH. REVIEW COMING SOON.
June 1, 2022
DNF at 53%
I honestly don’t know what I read … I kept waiting for it to get better or to understand why people enjoyed it but I just couldn’t.
Preston is the absolute worst character, he was a pig from the first page, only thought about himself and still never apologized for cheating… which he did multiple times, I don’t care if it was a fake relationship or not …
Victoria, I tried to like her but she was just weak, there was absolutely no reason she “needed” Preston… her father is a diplomat, she would have had her own connections if she “feared for her safety”.
The characters had zero chemistry, they throw random important plot points into the mix then move on without any explanation or back story.
This book reads like a poorly edited wattpad book. The spelling and grammar mistakes were very obvious.
I truly need to stop getting books based off booktok, lately they all seem to be a disappointment.
I honestly don’t know what I read … I kept waiting for it to get better or to understand why people enjoyed it but I just couldn’t.
Preston is the absolute worst character, he was a pig from the first page, only thought about himself and still never apologized for cheating… which he did multiple times, I don’t care if it was a fake relationship or not …
Victoria, I tried to like her but she was just weak, there was absolutely no reason she “needed” Preston… her father is a diplomat, she would have had her own connections if she “feared for her safety”.
The characters had zero chemistry, they throw random important plot points into the mix then move on without any explanation or back story.
This book reads like a poorly edited wattpad book. The spelling and grammar mistakes were very obvious.
I truly need to stop getting books based off booktok, lately they all seem to be a disappointment.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 25, 2022
Me encantó 😍
Se lee muy rápido y el enemies to lovers con fake dating está muy bien elaborado ♥️
Quiero conocer más de la historia de Beckett y Travissss 😍
Se lee muy rápido y el enemies to lovers con fake dating está muy bien elaborado ♥️
Quiero conocer más de la historia de Beckett y Travissss 😍
October 11, 2023
4⭐️ necesito más de los chicos Jaded 🥹😍❤️🔥✨👨🏼🎤🎶
May 30, 2024
when the lights go out
she's all i ever think about
the picture burning in my brain
i look back now and know
that nobody could ever take the memory
no, i can't forget my english love affair
she's all i ever think about
the picture burning in my brain
i look back now and know
that nobody could ever take the memory
no, i can't forget my english love affair
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