Over You by Stevie J. Cole
Rosa's rating: 4 of 5 iScream Cones

"—but fame was a four-letter word, a virus that was slowly killing every part of me, every part of him. Each last piece of us."

My rockstar addiction struck again and I couldn't pass up the chance to read this story. Knowing in advance that it was a second-chance romance I knew that I would probably have to deal with a broken heart after the 'first' chance. And I was right..

The story starts in the middle, or the beginning of the end if you will. I really enjoyed the way the author took me back and showed me glimpses of their beginning and what made them fall in love as teenagers. It made the heartbreak even more painful when it wasn't enough. Their love was so strong, and the fall was so far.

The author didn't write a fantasy driven insta-love bad boy rocker meets good girl next door and they live happily ever after. Nope, their story isn't a fairy tale. He might have rescued her back then, but he was no knight in shining armor now. He couldn't get more tarnished than he ended up being as his band rose to stardom. Sometimes getting everything you ever wanted is not enough.

"Any idiot knows love doesn't just go away. It morphs maybe, possibly even into hate, but a person can only hate someone they loved. And the way I saw it, hate was the heart's defense mechanism."