Book Review: The Fix by Rae Stone
Want to know if The Fix by Rae Stone is worth the read? Here’s my full review to help you decide
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The Fix Info
Author: Rae Stone
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
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The Fix Summary
I’ve never felt more fucking alive than I do right now.
Toby Jeffers never thought he’d see the day where his band, As Above, slowed down.
With all the fame gained, the booze forever flowing, and the girls beyond willing, settling down was the last thing on Toby’s mind.
But when someone makes their way through the crowd and threatens to put the bassist right in the same stilled boots as his bandmates and brothers, the only option is to lay low.
Pretend that the outside world doesn’t exist. In a cabin.
With the last person he’d ever expect falling into his bed.
Can Toby find it in him to let go of the hardcore lifestyle in time to embrace the last thing he thought he’d ever have in this life?
The Fix Review
I will be honest I didn’t think I would like The Fix by Rae Stone as much as I did.
The first few chapters really read like your typical bad boy meets good girl tropes and I didn’t think the book would get REALLY deep into topics such as addiction (alcoholism specifically), anxiety, rehab and recovery struggles as well as mental health.
And when it did, it really did throw me for a loop, not that I didn’t enjoy it. I welcome the depth and nuance the book gave.
The book made me feel so deeply and care so much for the characters that I was praying for the author to give the main characters their happy ending.
JUST LET THEM BE TOGETHER DAMN IT.
I was initially worried about Toby’s drinking habit because it was definitely not normal amounts and I am so glad and happy that the author chose the rehab alternative as opposed to the usual love will conquer all (including addictions) trope because if they had, I would’ve lost all interest in the book.
Another aspect that I enjoyed from reading this book was how the main characters showed the depth and nuance of their character. It made them read like they could be real people and not fictional characters in a romance novel.
I honestly don’t know what else to say except I really enjoyed reading this book, it made me cry okay when never in my wildest dream I thought I would cry over what I initially thought was a bad boy good girl romance novel.
I mean the author even made me like the nickname Toby gave Anna. I won’t even say the nickname here because I thought it was too cringe but the author endeared me to the damn nickname. How the author made me come around to that nickname is beyond me.
Overall, love this book! Will buy the rest of the series ASAP!
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