LIVE NOW!!! The Girl in the Love Song by Emma Scott! + MY REVIEW

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At Santa Cruz Central High School, they called them the misfits, the outcasts, the weirdos. But most of us knew them as the Lost Boys…

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The Girl in the Love Song, book one in the Lost Boys, an interconnected coming-of-age series of standalones, from USA Today bestselling author Emma Scott, is live!

Miller Stratton is a survivor. After a harrowing childhood of poverty, he will do anything it takes to find security for himself and his mom. He’s putting all his hopes and dreams in the fragile frame of his guitar and the beauty he creates with its strings and his soulful voice.

Until Violet.

No one expects to meet the love of their life at age thirteen. But the spunky rich girl steals Miller’s heart and refuses to give it back.

Violet McNamara’s life hasn’t been as simple as it looks. Her picture-perfect family is not so perfect after all. Her best friend Miller is her one constant and she is determined not to ruin their friendship with romantic complications.

But the heart wants what it wants. As Miller’s star begins to rise to stratospheric heights, what will it take for Violet to realize that she’s the girl in all of his love songs?

The Girl in the Love Song features two original songs written by Emma herself.

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MY REVIEW:

Emotional, angsty, young love. Childhood best friends to forever love that’s the basis of this story featuring the fabulous couple, Violet and Miller. Violet is a nerdy teen with her future map out as a doctor when the homeless boy stumbles out of the woods and into her heart. Vi is the muse for Miller’s budding songwriting and she mesmerized by the beautiful boy. Their relationship is an angsty love fraught with hidden feelings and mistimed realizations. It takes a while for the two to get on the same page and in the meantime their parents are not very parental. It seems that horrible parents are currently a theme in stories and this one has some doozies. Vi’s parents have a terrible relationship and a secret that isn’t revealed until late in the story and affects Vi’s future. Miller has a mother trying her best but missing the mark and a father that’s MIA. I loved Violet and her relentless passion for knowledge especially the kind that helps Miller with his health issue. She turns from the nerdy young girl into a strong, sweet young woman that reaches for her future with both hands. She’s a terrific heroine. But the star is the poor young musician that writes from a heart that belongs to Violet. He’s a dream hero with his tortured songwriting persona and the school bullying target. Until he befriends the other loners, Ronan and Holden, and the Lost Boys are born. The guys friendship is terrific and I can’t wait for Ronan and Holden stories. Vi best girlfriend, Shiloh, is another fantastic character. This story was a little too angsty for me and there are a lot of elements to the story. I think some were pieces that will fit into future stories but seemed incomplete in this one. This was emotional all the way to the end with the separation of the lovers and Miller’s continued health issues that culminated into a life or death situation. The resolution was interesting and not too much of a surprise. I love this author’s emotional love stories but this one was maybe a little too young for me. It was intensely emotional with a few heartbreaking moments that kept in in suspense. A great start to the Lost Boys series and the hints of what’s to come with Ronan and Holden left me wanting more.

About Emma:

Emma Scott is an internationally bestselling author whose books have been featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, New York Daily News and USA Today’s Happy Ever After. She writes emotional, character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in which love always wins. If you enjoy emotionally-charged stories that rip your heart out and put it back together again, with diverse characters and heroes with a heart of gold, you will enjoy her novels.