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Release date: October 29th 2013
Purchase: Amazon
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Rising-star blogger Milla Kierce knows she's arrived when she sees the swag basket in her dressing room on the night of her late-night television debut. But before she can bite into the muffin that symbolizes her success, gunfire echoes through the TV studio. She's just hidden herself (mostly in plain sight) when the door flings open. Instead of a gunman, there stands one of the world's most popular rock stars, Gage Daxson, looking for his own way out of danger.
Thrown together, they'll battle a venomous man seeking revenge and his own sexual pleasure, but they may never leave the building again. Distracted by fear, fame, and infamy, can these two somehow find their way to each other?
Equal parts horrifying and hilarious, Debra Anastasia's Late Night With Andres offers more than a few twists and turns—and, of course, enough heat to keep things interesting.
My Thoughts
Definitely an interesting read! Milla Kierce is a blogger who has suddenly become famous in the media for her wit and advice with her online persona. Now she's waiting to be interviewed by late night talk show host, Andres. Things don't happen the way she expects however when a crazed gunman comes to the studio, throwing together her and rock star Gage Daxson, into a mutual fight for survival. Now all they have to do is stay alive until the police are able to get them out of there, Will they find they have something more in common than they ever thought? I was already a fan of Debra when I read this novella, having read her book Poughkeepsie and absolutely adored it. So I went into this one expecting something mainly hardcore and intense in it's rendering. What I got instead was something slightly hardcore, with a very big sense of humor!
Gage and Milla are both bad-asses but the gunman himself is a caricature most of the time, making me laugh while making me cringe and fear for their lives. Probably the biggest caricature in this book is Andres himself, the talk show host who is basically a complete asshole and uses the entire situation to break back out into on the scene reporting. He has hidden cameras in the dressing rooms, tries to obstruct justice by denying the police access to anything and everything - oh and he'd like nothing more than for someone to die and make his story all that much more exciting! Probably my biggest disappointment was that the novella length didn't really allow for any serious character development and the romance felt very, very rushed and superficial. The thing with the toes (I won't go into detail, so as not to spoil it) was funny and weird, but overall I just didn't feel like they could really say they loved each other based on the interactions they had. Overall, it kept me entertained and was a fast, fun read. I would recommend it, and I hope Debra decides to maybe expand it into a novel someday!
VERDICT: 3.5/5 Stars
*I received an ARC from the author. No money or favors were exchanged for this review. This book was published October 29th, 2013.*
Playlists
Gage: I felt like Gage would probably be a really big fan of ballady, 70s and 80s rock bands. Gage probably listens to a lot of Journey and Foreigner on his downtime, with some AC/DC mixed in for good measure, just to make sure people know he's a bad-ass! For newer stuff, I see him as being a fan of Seether, Blink-182 and maybe some Imagine Dragons.
1. For Those About to Rock - AC/DC
2. Faithfully - Journey
3. Cold As Ice - Foreigner
4. Fake It - Seether
5. What's My Age Again? - Blink 182
6. Amsterdam - Imagine Dragons
1. For Those About to Rock - AC/DC
2. Faithfully - Journey
3. Cold As Ice - Foreigner
4. Fake It - Seether
5. What's My Age Again? - Blink 182
6. Amsterdam - Imagine Dragons
Milla: She's not a fan of Gage's music, which leads me to believe that she might be more into stuff that doesn't neccessarily hit the mainstream. Here are five songs that I think Milla would probably like (the last is kind of what I think her preconceived notions of Gage match up with):
1. The Beekeeper - Aoife O'Donovan
2. Open-Ended Life - The Avett Brothers
3. Tell Your Heart - Schuyler Fisk
4. Helplessness Blues - The Fleet Foxes
5. Talkin' Smooth - Kate Voegele
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Debra Anastasia grew up in New York and got a bachelor's degree in political science at SUNY New Paltz. At the start of her marriage, she moved to southern Maryland with her husband. She still doesn't trust crabs and all their legs, though everyone else in her family thinks they're delicious. Her favorite hobbies include knitting, painting furniture and wall murals, and slapping clowns.
Her writing started a decent handful of years ago when along with the dogs, cat, kids, and husband, the voices of characters started whispering stories in Debra's ear. Insomnia was the gateway for the plots that wouldn't give up, wouldn't let go. In the shower, a twist would take hold and--dripping and frenzied--she'd find somewhere, anywhere to write it down.
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