If you’re looking for a fun, cute, on the shorter side, beach read this summer, then Sing by Vivi Greene is for you. Pop star Lily Ross is fresh off a break up and has an album full of love songs about her ex-boyfriend due out soon, with an upcoming tour at the end of the summer where she’ll have to perform those over and over again all over the world. She has three months to retreat to a small island in Maine with her two dear childhood friends, where she can write new songs, work on finding who she is outside of a relationship, and re-center herself. That plan is pushed aside pretty fast when she crashes her friend’s Prius into a local fisherman’s pickup truck, and the gorgeous Noel Bradley enters Lily’s life.
A Pretty, Down To Earth Pop Star…
Lily Ross isn’t a complete diva; she’s down to earth, nice, and pretty wholesome. She appreciates what she has and the fans that have gotten her there, all while keeping a pretty level head about her. Think Taylor Swift with the famous boyfriend revolving door. She always winds up alone, and she’s beginning to think it’s her, not them. Her two best friends, Tess and Sammy, work for her, and they flee to a cottage on an island to recoup for the summer. While Lily should be working on herself and writing new songs, inspiration isn’t coming easy, until she meets Noel and starts seeing him regularly. It’s with him that Lily’s character really starts to shine. Otherwise, she’s a bit flat and non-committal at times.
A Full-Time Fisherman Who’s There To Stay…
Noel Bradley hasn’t had the easiest life, but he doesn’t outwardly show his struggles. He treats Lily as if she’s a normal person, never giving her special treatment. While he left college to help take care of his younger sister and father, he doesn’t complain about his situation—he makes the best of it. And when falling for Lily comes into his life, he hesitantly takes the plunge. Because he knows that she can make him wish for things that he shouldn’t want, or that he isn’t willing to compromise his privacy for.
I give Sing a four out of five. With great, fun scenes between Lily and her friends, along with deeper, more contemplative ones where Lily has to figure out what to do with her life, I enjoyed this clean journey of a pop star finding her way with a normal boy’s help. Whether they ultimately wind up together, I won’t spoil it, but the ending felt true to the book. There’s a bit of an identity crisis with this book, however, and I wasn’t sure that the age of the main character Lily and the tone of the book really fit with the young adult feel. She was on her own, dating an older musician, and she doesn’t live with her parents, so it only seemed like she should be a bit more mature than she was. The main secondary characters had some great growth and depth, and the island setting was fantastic. I really liked this as a quick beach read, and I can’t wait to see what Vivi Greene comes up with next.
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This sounds like such a cute summer read! And I really want to know if they end up together or not. Great review!
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Sing was a really cute book. You should definitely check it out, Amanda! I’m not going to spoil the ending, and don’t go reading the reviews on Goodreads unless you really want to know–some people do spoil it on there! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
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