Review: Drive Me Crazy by Tracy Wolff (Shaken Dirty #2)
Drive Me Crazy is the second novel in the Shaken Dirty rock romance series by bestselling author Tracy Wolff and is the story of Quinn Bradford, keyboardist for the band, and Elise McKinney, a classical pianist. They met while both participating in piano competitions at thirteen, and while they were prank-playing rivals, they were also able to provide each other with support and soon found themselves falling for one another, only to have Quinn walk away after too many years of abuse at the hands of his father at the age of seventeen. One decade and a devastating car accident that leaves Elise questioning the future of her career, they meet again. This has an enemies to lovers feel with a dose of second chance romance to it, but once again, the author has taken her own creative spin to a well-worn trope and breathed new life to it.
Elise already got her heart broken once before when she didn't hear from Quinn after he left his old life behind. Now that he's back, resisting the tattooed temptation that Quinn has become is proving to be far more difficult than she anticipated, especially since he's made it his mission to take care of her while she recuperates from the car accident that ended the life of her manager and ended her career as a concert pianist and recording artist. I was so expecting this story to be filled with angst and drama because of what happened between Elise and Quinn ten years ago and because of what both of them are facing in their musical lives--Elise no longer being able to play the piano as well as she once did and Quinn unsure of where Shaken Dirty's future will lead due to two shake-ups--but this was a surprisingly lighthearted read.
Quinn and Elise had a different dynamic from the one Ryder Montgomery and Jamison Matthews shared in the first book, Crash Into Me. Both couples have known one another for years, but Quinn and Elise have a romantic history and I liked the sneakiness that these two had to employ when it came to planning their pranks. Another thing I appreciated about this sequel was that the overall arc about the band's future never strayed too far in the background and remained an essential part of the story. I'm glad that there was a resolution met regarding bassist Micah Tarrent's future with the band and I think that the author took an interesting route, although had she gone the other way, it was have also been quite an intriguing one to watch play out. Drive Me Crazy drove me nuts...in a fantastic Shaken Dirty groupie way. Five stars. ♥
Date Read: 19 February 2016
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