Superstar by Cali Black Review

 

Superstar is the awesome first book in Cali Black's The Nashville Series. I absolutely loved it, though it did take me a while to read. For two reasons. I had some other books I had to get to first. Plus, this book is quite long. Don't get me wrong. I am NOT complaining. Just explaining why it took me a while to read it. That said, once the other books were out of the way and I hit the 50% mark, I could not put this book down. I sort of zinged through the last half of the book. 

There is romance, and it can get a bit sizzly, but don't worry, no inappropriate spice. I very much appreciated that Sierra was a Christian who stuck to her morals. And there is action and suspense. Yes, I love my suspense. This story has a stalker, one who keeps increasing the peril in the attacks. But there is also tension coming in the form of a contract that can't be broken. Causing our main characters, Jayce and Sierra to have to sneak around and avoid the paparazzi. And there is a possible conspiracy and intrigue. But there is also humor and friendship and music and family.

Jayce and Sierra are thrown together as judges on The Noise of Nashville, a country music competition show. Jayce, the bad boy of country music, is attracted to her right away, even though he is not supposed to be pursuing women. Sierra, an up-and-coming indie musician known as America's Sweetheart, on the other hand isn't fond of his attitude and does everything she can at first to discourage him. However, she has always admired him as a musician and she finds herself falling for him. 

I loved the close friendship circle Sierra had and the fun that they had, including the bets concerning Sierra and Jayce's relationship. And Jayce also had his friends. Plus there are the other two country artists who make up the other team on The Noise of Nashville, people who also become close friends. There is a lot of camaraderie and celebrating, plus coming together in times of need. 

I was rooting for Jayce and Sierra's relationship, hoping it could stand strong in the face of the many obstacles they were facing. There were definitely some tears shed, it was very emotional at times. But that just showed me that I was quite invested in these characters that Cali Black had brought to life.

While faith wasn't a huge part of this story, there are characters who are Christian and morals are stuck to. Forgiveness also plays an important role in this story. Though I do wish it was mentioned that we have forgiveness through Jesus. I was really hoping for that during a time of struggling. 

All in all, I love this book and can't wait for the next book in the series. I'm looking forward to visiting with these characters again.