The girl who played in the shadows has slowly learned to fly. However, can she keep her head above water when confronted with the ghosts of her past? Bright lights, big city. Broken hearts, shattered dreams. Devoted blends the wonder of newly discovered love with the ugliness that secrets can breed. J.C. Harroway characters are never easy to love, but the blessing lies in the lessons they learn along the way.
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Received an ARC for my fair review for netgalley. It was a pretty good book, but there was a lot of emotional baggage to deal with. The main character Tyler, is directing a movie telling the story of his younger sister who died of a drug overdose, and he feels a lot of guilt with it, because he feels that he was the one who introduced her to to the entertainment industry, which led her introduction to drugs. With that guilt, his relationship with his parents is strained, and he does not does not have good thoughts on relationship, thanks to a horrible ex. Next we meet Mallory, and she is a nice person, loyal, shy, but unfortunately I feel she is a doormat, in regards to her sister, who she also feels responsible for after the death of her parents. Her sister Bobby, is a spoiled brat, who is also an actress and starring in Tyler's new movie, and she has also battled with drugs. When Tyler sees Mallory, she is familiar but he can't place it, and she is mortified because he was her long ago crush, and his sister was her baby sitter. They do give to the chemistry, but they have a lot of battles to overcome, a lot of issues, inner emotionally and out. I was happy that Mallory finally spoke up to her sister, and this book deals with a lot of stuff that tends to be overlooked, however, I am going to say, that for the stuff that they were dealing with, I think they had much more sex, than actually dealing with the issues. Some of it, I feel just glossed over, but again that is just me, you might feel differently. ( )