Shandra's Reviews > The Replacement Guitarist

All for You

The Replacement Guitarist has a lot of that 'I just can't quit you' vibe going for it; Lori Toland can definitely convey the depth of emotion the characters feel for each other. I never doubted Blaze or Jason. They're very transparent for male characters. I appreciated how Toland chose to make it okay for Blaze to be a twenty-three-year-old male virgin since it honestly made sense with his personality type just as it made sense for Jason -powerful manager and son of Hollywood royalty- to have a hidden vulnerability to him. I couldn't have asked for more well-rounded characters.

I will say I could have asked for better editing. There were several places where I was pulled out of the story by strange pacing -days passed in what seemed like minutes or the timing was simply poorly portrayed- and I totally lost the thread of their romance when there would be words missing or misspellings. I'm generally not one to get hung up on grammar or typos. I think it was only because they were too frequent which dampened my enthusiasm.

Overall, I enjoyed the love story between Blaze and Jason. I'll be back for the rest of the series. I just know I wouldn't call this Lori Toland's best work.