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Mini Review: For the Record


An electrifying rom com of rivalry and redemption, perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Daisy Jones and the Six, from New York Times bestselling author Emma Lord. Once the most notorious rivals in the music scene, pop princess Mackenzie Waters and punk rockstar Sam Blaze electrified audiences as their bands clashed on stage. But behind the scenes, their simmering tension grew into something more - until suddenly both bands fell apart, and the idea of Mackenzie and Sam did, too. Two years later, Sam has traded the rockstar lifestyle for a quiet life raising the son he didn't know about. Meanwhile, Mackenzie is dealing with a postoperative change in her voice by only singing under a pseudonym. The only way to revive their public careers? A joint comeback album. With fans over the moon and their futures on the line, Sam and Mackenzie face their biggest challenge yet: giving up the old rivalry and learning to work together. But as old sparks fly and new secrets emerge, they set off a chain reaction neither of them could have anticipated - one that proves that sometimes, the greatest hits are the ones yet to be written.



“Maybe some songs take a few years - and the right person - to finally be heard the way they’re meant to be.”


Themes & Tropes:

  • Second Chance
  • Frenemies to lovers
  • Rivals
  • Single dad
  • Co-parenting
  • Musicians
  • Dual POV
  • Self-discovery
  • Found Family
  • Female Friendships
  • Close proximity (forced to work together)
  • Celebrity romance
  • Hashimoto's

Review:


Let me start by saying I love that a character has Hashimoto’s. Granted I wish the character had more symptoms and that it was shared. There just wasn’t enough of the thyroid autoimmune disorder to really give people an idea of what living with Hashimoto’s is like. You don’t see Hashimoto’s mentioned often in fictional books so it would have been nice to have more of the symptoms, along with the highs and lows. Hashimoto’s is no picnic and this story kind of blows over everything even if the female main character had surgery.

Mackenzie Waters (popstar) and Sam Blaze (pop-rocker) were on tour together with their bands and they had a friendly “rivalries” that the fans just eat up. Is it really a rivalries or just a stunt? I really enjoyed the characters and the story in this one. For the Record had a great plot and storyline.

 

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