Resonance: An MM Rockstar Romance

--Rockstar X Ex ballerina turned MUA-- Rehab friendship-- Accountability pact-- Second change meeting-- Friends to lovers-- Touring Europe via band tour-- Close proximity-- Addiction recovery-- Found family-- Let me start off by saying this book has a very deep theme, addiction. Which an make books very difficult to read imo. While there is a lot of struggling Iggy & Bodhi go through together and separately, the ultimately find love, acceptance, happiness and a future together. The book starts off With Bohdi entering Rehab. As we slowly start to get to know him, we are introduced to Iggy. These two love birds are polar opposites. Bodhi is all dark clothes, rock music, tattoos and overall grumpy. While Iggy is bright pink hair, slender build, grumpy in a lot of aspects but still a ray or sunshine in Bodhi's world. Their relationship really builds off the need to be seen. Not the façade they show the world, but the deep truths of who they are as people AND their struggles. We go through rehab with them in multiple flashback moments throughout the book that really helps us understand their codependence on each other. Their romance doesn't even begin until later on in the book. After their second chance meeting, when they have no proper time to really discuss what is going to happen now that they are together again. Between nosy bandmates, constantly being surrounded by their addictions and their attraction finally coming to light, you really feel dragged down with the…

I had never heard of Lily James before I saw a posting about Resonance, but I really enjoyed this one. "'It doesn't have to be perfect,' I said softly, holding his gaze. 'To be beautiful.'" Bodhi and Iggy are two puzzle pieces that have fallen off the whole, and James tells their story in a mix between past and present, letting us see the creation of their relationship as well as how it's evolving when they meet each other in the "real world." I thought the story was well paced, and even though I don't typically love a boomerang timeline, this one was well done. The dives into the past were well chosen, not to mention well-written, and it always felt like we were being brought back to their rehab moments for a good reason. Between Iggy and Bodhi, I don't think I could pick a favorite. Iggy had a longer, harder mountain to climb, and beneath his sassiness and vibrant hair, he's got a gooier, more vulnerable center than Bodhi, so while I wanted to hug them both many times, I'd totally give him just that extra squeeze. There were a lot of moments that I found myself highlighting, which isn't always the norm for me either, but James has a great "writing presence," and some of the lines were just too pretty to ignore. "Love wasn't always bouquets and perfect first dates and kisses in the rain. Sometimes it slipped in quietly, like a thief in the night, and took root while you were busy surviving. And by the time you noticed, it had already changed the shape of your life."…