Strong: A Stage Dive Novella

I feel like I need to use a standard disclaimer when it comes to 1001 Dark Nights novellas at this point: "If you're curious about an author or series and are not sure if you want to commit, read a 1001 Dark Nights novella and you'll be sold!" (or something like that). I've read (and loved) Kylie Scott before, but this was my first foray into her Stage Dive world and I'm hooked! I have to know more about Martha and her evil ways - I don't even think seeing her get her HEA will spoil it for me. I also think it will be really cool to go back and read the series from the beginning to see if there are traces of Sam's feelings towards her in the previous books. Strong was another reminder as to why I find May-December romances so appealing (not just in books, but irl too as long as we're talking a reasonable age difference and comparable maturity levels). Sam is EXACTLY what Martha needs to mellow her out and encourage her to be more than she thinks she's capable of being. It's really very sweet. And hella sexy! 4 out of 5 wine glasses.

Martha as always a character I didn't like in the Stage Dive Series, whilst Sam I always wanted to learn more about. Seeing a different side to Martha made me appreciate her more and my love for Sam as a character just grew.

Good

I liked that she didn’t change her bitchy attitude and still kept her apart of the group and successful!!

I actually found this novella rather dull. I paid $9.35 for it (print edition) and that was definitely priced way too high. However, I thought going into this book it would be superb so it was worth with the hefty price tag attached. I was wrong. The actual story was less than 100 pages with content that was just eh, so I think I wasted the precious money on this one. I'll think twice about purchasing another (almost) $10 by 1001 Dark Nights in the future.