My rating: ⭐⭐⭐
To be honest, I’m not too sure if I like this whole setting where… drastically one-sided relationship in terms of loyalty is normalized. Somehow generalized, at least. I don’t know if I can put it that way, but this book attempted to define what “love” is several times, but I think it failed by contradicting itself. When Daisy married Nicky, she realized that it wasn’t love because love wasn’t war. Love wasn’t supposed to be about fighting. Love wasn’t like that. But then later in the book, Camila defines love as getting your heart broken. No matter who you love, they will break your heart, that’s what she said. And she accepted it.
No matter how many times she got her heart broken and no matter how many times Billy made it so conspicuous that he was in love with Daisy, she simply accepted it and called it practicing “trust” and “hope.” Hmmm.. Billy was out there loving two women and he didn’t even apologize or tried to get far away from Daisy. I kept waiting for him to take some kind of action but it was Daisy who finally left. I don’t see what made Billy so worth it that Camila pushed herself through all the wounds and heartbreaks he gave her to pretend nothing happened…
I did find this book intriguing and engaging with all the backstage stories of what it’s like to be in a rock ‘n roll band and the untold, complex aspects of being torn between pleasing the audience and constantly facing the conflicts within the band. It made me wonder if that’s what celebrities actually have to deal with in reality. The wild, candid, yet complicated anecdotes coming from different perspectives of members were fun to read as well. Just the central theme and the characters' personalities... yep. That's what I didn't like.
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