All My Love
by Morgan Elizabeth
Synopsis
Riggins has been in love with Stella for as long as he can remember. As kids, they’d sneak out and spend long nights under the stars writing songs together, sharing their deepest confessions, and dreaming about getting out of their small town. When his band gets a record deal and a headlining tour, he convinces her to come see the world with him, and she agrees.
It doesn’t take long before he gets too far into the rockstar lifestyle, everything starts to fall apart—including their relationship. When she leaves without a word and never looks back, it leaves him shattered, spiraling, and confused.
Until he finds out why…
Nine years ago, Stella went on tour with her childhood love. When things fell apart, it broke her, and she’s spent every moment since putting herself back together, crafting a facade that will please everyone around her while forcing herself to survive. It’s going well until one day, Riggins shows up at her house in their small town of Ashford, New Jersey, and blows her safe little world apart. Now they’re stuck piecing together their versions of the past together and seeing if they can move forward together.
TROPES:
Second Chance
Rockstar
Childhood Friends to Lovers
Mental Health Rep
Right Person, Wrong Time
Secret Marriage
by Morgan Elizabeth
Synopsis
Riggins has been in love with Stella for as long as he can remember. As kids, they’d sneak out and spend long nights under the stars writing songs together, sharing their deepest confessions, and dreaming about getting out of their small town. When his band gets a record deal and a headlining tour, he convinces her to come see the world with him, and she agrees.
It doesn’t take long before he gets too far into the rockstar lifestyle, everything starts to fall apart—including their relationship. When she leaves without a word and never looks back, it leaves him shattered, spiraling, and confused.
Until he finds out why…
Nine years ago, Stella went on tour with her childhood love. When things fell apart, it broke her, and she’s spent every moment since putting herself back together, crafting a facade that will please everyone around her while forcing herself to survive. It’s going well until one day, Riggins shows up at her house in their small town of Ashford, New Jersey, and blows her safe little world apart. Now they’re stuck piecing together their versions of the past together and seeing if they can move forward together.
TROPES:
Second Chance
Rockstar
Childhood Friends to Lovers
Mental Health Rep
Right Person, Wrong Time
Secret Marriage
Review
Last year, I read Morgan Elizabeth's Tis the Season for Revenge and I LOVED IT. It was sweet and sexy and funny. It had so much heart. So, when the opportunity to review Elizabeth's All My Love arose, I was definitely all for it. And boy, did it deliver.
This is a heartbreaking and beautiful story surrounding the love story of Riggins and Stella. Riggins and Stella are childhood friends who fall in love as young adults and then, through life and rock and roll, lose each other. But don't worry - it wouldn't be a love story if they didn't find each other again.
I absolutely loved reading from both Riggins and Stella's POVs from both the present and the past. There are chapters that take us to the past to see how this friendship came to be something more. There is so much heart in the relationship of these two have that it was impossible not to care about them and root for them too. It wasn't protrayed as this simple love story between a musician and his muse. No, not at all. All My Love talks about some pretty tough stuff like substance abuse and mental health issues. AND Riggins isn't the only rockstar we're talking about here - that's all I'm gonna say.
I recommend this book to all romance book readers. This couple is exactly what I wanted in a love story - strong individuals who happen to be flawed and loved regardless of those flaws. It's what I'd like real life to be, honestly. HOWEVER, content warnings for those readers who find it difficult to read about substance use/abuse and for difficulties with mental health that involves depressive episodes.
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