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Syncopation
By Anna Zabo
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A rock band’s struggling lead singer learns to follow the lead of their sexy new drummer in this steamy male/male romance.
Twisted Wishes front man Ray Van Zeller is in one hell of a tight spot. After a heated confrontation with his bandmate goes viral, Ray is hit with a PR nightmare the fledgling band so doesn’t need. But his problems only multiply when they snag a talented new drummer—insufferably sexy Zavier Demos, the high school crush Ray barely survived.
Zavier’s kept a casual eye on Twisted Wishes for years, and lately, he likes what he sees. What he doesn’t like is how out of control Ray seems—something Zavier’s aching to correct after their first pulse-pounding encounter. If Ray’s up for the challenge.
Despite the prospect of a glorious sexual encore, Ray is reluctant to trust Zavier with his band—or his heart. And Zavier has always had big dreams; this gig was supposed to be temporary. But touring together has opened their eyes to new passions and new possibilities, making them rethink their commitments, both to the band and to each other.
Praise for Syncopation
“The very best thing about Syncopation is the relationships between and among the bandmates. Ray, Dom, Mish, and Zavier love each other in a way that’s messy and sometimes hurtful but is always deep and steadfast. The central relationship between Ray and Zavier is immensely satisfying, but the best love story in Syncopation is among the found family of bandmates.” —Trisha Brown, Book Riot, Best Books of 2018
“Anna Zabo has such a wonderful way with words and Syncopation will leave you with happy tears and a warm heart.” —Wild Heart Reads
Twisted Wishes front man Ray Van Zeller is in one hell of a tight spot. After a heated confrontation with his bandmate goes viral, Ray is hit with a PR nightmare the fledgling band so doesn’t need. But his problems only multiply when they snag a talented new drummer—insufferably sexy Zavier Demos, the high school crush Ray barely survived.
Zavier’s kept a casual eye on Twisted Wishes for years, and lately, he likes what he sees. What he doesn’t like is how out of control Ray seems—something Zavier’s aching to correct after their first pulse-pounding encounter. If Ray’s up for the challenge.
Despite the prospect of a glorious sexual encore, Ray is reluctant to trust Zavier with his band—or his heart. And Zavier has always had big dreams; this gig was supposed to be temporary. But touring together has opened their eyes to new passions and new possibilities, making them rethink their commitments, both to the band and to each other.
Praise for Syncopation
“The very best thing about Syncopation is the relationships between and among the bandmates. Ray, Dom, Mish, and Zavier love each other in a way that’s messy and sometimes hurtful but is always deep and steadfast. The central relationship between Ray and Zavier is immensely satisfying, but the best love story in Syncopation is among the found family of bandmates.” —Trisha Brown, Book Riot, Best Books of 2018
“Anna Zabo has such a wonderful way with words and Syncopation will leave you with happy tears and a warm heart.” —Wild Heart Reads
Author
Anna Zabo
Anna Zabo writes romance for all colors of the rainbow. They live and work in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which isn’t nearly as boring as most people think. Anna has an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and a BA in Creative Writing from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Rating: 3.8823529999999997 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/52,4 stars
This was all around not very good for me. It handled interesting topics like aromanticism (I don't know weather Mx. Zabo is own voices for this, but based on an aro review, it seems to read true) and BDSM (I very much enjoyed how consent heavy the BDSM side was).
Other than that, I found the writing pretty mediocre, the characters unbelievable and overdone, the plot had promise but kind of fell flat (Carl ended up feeling like a villain for the sake of being a villain, without any believable motivation other than what the author came up with by the end, whichs felt forced).
I'll also admit to skimming parts of this books, which is not something I often do, but I just couldn't force myself to pay attention to text that didn't really seem to have any value either by its own merits or for the sake of the story.
Probably won't be reading anything else from this author anytime soon.
Also! That cover is awful.
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