Title: Tectonic
Author: Heidi Hutchinson
Reviewer: Aly
Book Blurb:
No matter how solid something seems, if enough pressure is applied, hearts and lives will shift.Shane Brookings, passionate surfer and accomplished athlete, was not a rock star, as much as he tried to represent himself as one throughout most of his adulthood. Mostly, Shane had always been kind of a jackass. A talented jackass, but still. So it really came as no surprise to him that the only two women he had seen a future with, chose actual rock stars to hitch themselves to.
Feeling cold and hollow, he returned to California to focus on growing his brand. Determined to now stay serious about his life choices, he never anticipated Greta O'Neil's blatant shove into his life.
Greta O'Neil, avid artist, surfer chick, and baby sister to a rock star, had a life that was anything but boring. Having a knack for pulling sad men out of their funk, she sets her talents on Shane Brookings. She has no intention of breaking her rules, which include getting too close, letting him in, and accidentally falling for the guy.
But Shane is not like her other projects. Not only is he built like a Greek god, he's hardworking, passionate, clever and heroic. (Not that he believes any of those things about himself.) The rules she has so firmly set down to protect herself, are more than shaken up with Shane's every push into her life.
Even as they both compromise to make room in their hearts for the other, outside forces put pressure on their burgeoning relationship. Shane's dream is put into jeopardy, ex-lovers surface at the worst moments, and their own faults threaten to violently tear them apart
Review:
Tectonic starts out a bit differently. And that's new, and good as well. Especially because we're given a familiar character and I was glad that Shane got his chance to have his story told. Even though he didn't have the best first impression, I've grown a bit attached to him. At least enough to know that he'll get his story and hopefully his happy ending.
Throughout Tectonic, you obviously get a more in depth view of Shane but it does nothing but prove that really, after he changed, he's an amazing guy. And that was great. Not to mention that we got peeks of some of the band members but they weren't the focus. Which was a really good thing considering it's Shane's book and while he does have connections with the band, he's also not part of the band.
Then there was Greta. She was spunky and entertaining without making it seem difficult(Which is a lot harder than it looks). Although her need to fix men who have had drops in thier confidence confused me. I didn't really understand why she did that until we were given something at least to explain why she needed to fix these men. Not that someone can't want to help others but it seems like an odd way to go about helping them.
What was also really cool was that the title seemed to be more and more relevant as we got into the book and you understood a bit more why it was chosen.
There was also a bit of a refresher on some of the characters which really helped me out. As bad as it sounds, I honestly didn't remember who Cody was until it was mentioned in the book about what she had done. And then it clicked for me. So that was great.
There were lots of sweet, sighworthy moments in Tectonic and while it was different from the other books, it also seemed to fit well and the writing was similar as well.
I really loved this book as well as this series, and you should give it a chance.
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