A Song For Us (White Trash Love Song) by Teresa Mummert-a review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 22, 2014
In this highly anticipated follow-up to White Trash Damaged, Cass and Tucker have finally found their happily ever after, but can Eric, the band’s brooding drummer, ever let go of his past and find love?
From a small-town boy with fantasies of superstardom to rock star on tour with the suddenly famous band Damaged, Eric’s life has not been an easy journey. Now he struggles to let go of his past of physical abuse, a past that still haunts him. His anger is causing him to spiral out of control and he risks losing everything he has worked so hard for.
Only one person has ever gotten him to open up about his past: Sarah, the lead singer of Filth, the opening act on their first national tour—a fellow rocker with a confident façade that masks her own painful secrets. But their bands’ rocky past and Sarah’s tumultuous relationship with her bandmate and boyfriend Derek force her to keep Eric at a distance. As their friendship begins to grow into something more, Eric has to find a way to let go of his tortured past, or it could jeopardize his only chance for a happy future…
REVIEW
4 out of 5 for this reader folks!
A Song For Us by Teresa Mummert is the final book in her White Trash Trilogy and I have to say I was pleased with the way all ended. Unlike the first two books, this third book revolves around two back story characters that you couldn’t help but fall a little in love with in the first two books. Eric and Sarah.
Eric is the drummer of the rock band Damaged. While touring with another band called Filth he became really close and bonded with their lead singer Sarah. Sarah however, much like Eric, is perfectly flawed, both sharing a history of child abuse. They never crossed the line of romance though, as Sarah was heartbroken over her broken relationship with a fellow band member Derek. Now, both bands have reunited for a couple of weeks to celebrate the marriage of Cass and Tucker (the focal characters on the first two books) and while Sarah and Derek have reunited as a couple, there is much left unsaid between Eric and Sarah.
As they spend more time in each others company, clearly they are meant to be together .. well clearly to all but them! LOL Derek is the predictable douchebag cheating on Sarah, but you can see his tender moments shine through making you think that he is redeemable. Damaged band manager Donna, who is a strict stick in the mud also let’s down her hair and warms to Eric and becomes a “friend with benefits”. As all of this is going on, Eric and Sarah realize they need to face their true feelings towards each other and make a decision about their future one way or another. Of course no story is complete without the humour filled antics of the other crazy band members to ease the high level of angst that goes with this story. LOL
A great wrap up to a great trilogy. Told by the POV of both Eric and Sarah, this is an absolute new adult romance, contemporary, full of conflicted characters, love triangles and life tragedy. Mixed in are some hilarious one liners, crazy banter and a group that despite pasts, personality and present circumstances truely make the pages comes to life. Highly recommend for anyone who adores rock bands with a twist of angst and humour!
HAPPY READING! 🙂
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Reviewed by Rachel T.
