Who He Is

FireNine #1

By: S. Q. Williams

Narrated by: Veronica Meunch

Eliza Smith has never been the one to seek a relationship. She's never dated a guy in her life, never even hugged a man (outside of her father/manager of the hot and popular rock band, FireNine) but when she decides to spend her summer on tour with FireNine, it all changes. Eliza really gets to meet Gage Grendel - her former crush from high school and the lead singer of FireNine - and witness sides to him to which she'll begin to truly despise. She'll ignore him, she'll dislike his ways, she'll do anything to try and stay away from him until Gage finally gets her to slip up and give in. She agrees on a casual fling with Gage, but soon they'll both see how the fling will blur into something they can't control, and when it's finally time for Eliza to go and accomplish her own dreams, she'll know there's more she took from Gage than she ever thought possible.

©2013 Shanora Williams (P)2014 Tantor

LOVE! LOVE!

Would you consider the audio edition of Who He Is to be better than the print version?

Haven't read the print version.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Who He Is?

When he meets her.

Which scene was your favorite?

The house party.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Both.

Any additional comments?

The Veronica Meunch is so great, I've looked for books that are narrated by her. I liked the book so much that I've listen to the it twice.

Loved this Rocker book - Yummy !!

Any additional comments?

When I first started this book, I was excited because I love stories about wild rock-stars that fall in love. This one hooked me in from the beginning, I instantly loved the chemistry between Eliza and Gage. I was addicted to the sexual tension between these two. They become involved and are soon smoking up the sheets. Hot stuff !

Eliza has had a tough childhood, if you can even call it a childhood. Her mother never cared about her, and let her get physically abused, but not in the sexual sense. Eliza isolated herself, not letting anyone in. She wanted normal, and to feel safe. She finally moved in with her homosexual father Ben, who happens to be the manager of FireNine, a rock-band. Ben tries to get her to come out of her shell. He invites her on to go on tour with them before heading to school. She reluctantly agrees, even though she doesn't want to be near Gage. A guy she has had a crush on for the longest time. Now, he seems to be interested in her. She tries not to fall for him. He insists on pursuing her.

Gage is the lead singer, guitarist and lyric writer from FireNine. He has also had a troubled upbringing, one he tries to hide from everyone. He covers up his pain in music, booze, and women. That is the only thing the numbs he feelings. Then he meets Eliza, his manager's daughter and he instantly wants to know her. She is different from any other girl. She makes him feel again. He relentlessly tries to have her, no matter how many times she pushes him away to just be friends. He knows he isn't good enough for her but the attraction is to strong - he falls in love :)

Veronica Meunch does an excellent job narrating. She bought this book to life :)

WOW... I'M OFFICIALLY A FAN

I'm going to have to make this review quick because I've become so emotional invested in Gage and Eliza's tempestuous, sizzling, beautiful, cruel, sweet, heartbreaking journey that they're both on that I just have to download book 2 ASAP and times a wastin.

Gage a drool-worthy, handsome, bad boy Rocker and Eliza a beautiful timid Virgin, both have scars from their pasts but, despite everything that's thrown at them by the author, they begin to trust and lean on each other.... then fate steps in their way to show them that's it's just not their time. Now I'm off to find out just how they can salvage their broken hearts (and mine for them).

Worth a credit? I think you know what I'm going to say YES - it was such an enjoyable and addictive listen as is slowly and painfully built, with great but deep secondary characters that have stories of their own begging to be told and a storyline that stays with you long after the last words have been said.

Was she ill?

I enjoyed the story. It kept me going. I love the connection between the characters. The one thing I didn't like was that the narrator sounded like she was sick with a stuffy nose. I did get use to it after awhile but it was still irritating to begin with.

Not As Hot or Complex as Sinners by Olivia Cumming

What did you like best about Who He Is? What did you like least?

Rocker books seem to be the subject du jois, this was not as hot or complex as Sinners by Olivia Cummings...

The opening paragraph introduces us to girl and her dad, a rock star. She is stuck on tour with them as her father thinks she is too much of a wallflower and needs to become more sociable.

On ['the road' she meets a couple of the stars in the band who think she's cute. One of them Montana, I think comes on strong but she is more into the other rock star, Gage. We are treated to eight hours of angst, as the different rock stars hook-up with groupies leaving the Eliza sad and lonely but in the next few minutes happy and in love with the other Gage. Oh I forgot to mention, she is a virgin-never kissed a guy, nothing.

As above 8 hours of Gage hanging out with groupies but in between in moments of honesty and clarity he makes out with, pleasures, allows her to pleasure him, everything but cross the line. I was intrigued and interested at first but after about five hours I just wanted it to be over I wanted something to happen and it finally did.

Near the end of the book this grown man is beaten up by his stepfather Eliza jumps in to make it stop. How emasculating for the man? But he is more concerned that she could've been harmed by the stepfather. I really got lost at the end.

This is a series that I will not continue

The narrator was solid but nothing out of the ordinary.

There were a lot of five-star reviews for this book and I don't understand why. However, there are several low star people of people like-minded to me so I guess it's a matter of taste.

Notes: mature themes, strong language important factor.

Credit worthy/$: I got this on sale for $5 or less. I would not advise using the credit on it. I am glad that I got it on sale but cannot recommend it

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LOVED IT!! Now on to audio book #2

I really enjoyed this story and bravo to the narrator. I don't know how many times I have listened to audio books where there are steamy scenes but the narration makes it come across as cheesy. I have honestly found myself steering clear of audio books where I know there will be allot of erotic scenes because they just never come across good due to narration, I find I enjoy them better if I read the book because the story doesn't get ruined by the voice playing out the scene. This was probably one of only a few audio books where I can honestly say I loved everything about it. Anxious to start audio #2 to see how this story plays out.

Sexy, Frustrating, Hot, Infuriating!

There are so many emotions going through me right now that it is hard to keep them straight! I feel like I am still on a roller coaster going from happy they are figuring their sh*t out to being ready to throw my kindle against the wall because I can't physically smack the crap out of the characters. By now you would think I would know going into ANY rockstar romance that I would end up feeling this way but I keep going back in. Although, I must admit, S.Q. Williams took the rockstar book in a far different direction than I have read before. By the end of this book, I thought I had it all figured out and expected the typical HEA. That is, until I realized this was BOOK 1 IN A SERIES!!!! I was told by my book bestie that i had to read it ASAP so rather than read the blurb or find anything out about the book, I went in blind. Let's just say, that bestie received quite a few hate messages once I finished for not warning my that it ends in a cliffhanger. Well, looks like it's time to jump right into book 2....

The narration was great. This is the first book I have listened to by Veronica Meunch and plan to listen to many, many more!

It pulls you in!

If you could sum up Who He Is in three words, what would they be?

Stubborn, a jerk, and sensitive

What other book might you compare Who He Is to and why?

Rock with me but it was written much much better

What does Veronica Meunch bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She was great with the different characters. I had to get use to the sound like she had a stuffy nose.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

So conflicted!

I totally like the story.... BUT.... I totally was bored throughout it...

The beginning was exciting and interesting... then meeting the band was interesting too...but the story started to drag with all the angsty parts...

Don't misunderstand... the story had all the hot smexyness one would think to this story... Yes it was very very smexy...at times... it is the times the story wasn't about the smexyness...in those parts... I was rather bored...just wish the story would move on...

THEN the ending...WT...F? I was so upset... So now I am just conflicted... Great, Great Story...but boring in parts and hated the ending... So there you go... listen at your own angsty risk!

Narration was ok...

Good Sale... haven't decided if I spent my credit wisely or not...because again... I am conflicted.. I liked it...but I didn't!

Uhhhh, yeah. *sigh*

This book seemed very juvenile. I've read a lot of mixed reviews about it and decided to listen for myself. If the sex scenes were toned down it would be perfect for the YA crowd. The torturous angst-y depiction of the romance just made me cringe. The relationship pitfalls were so simplistic I lost all respect for the characters, feeling like they made dumb choices. The use of language made the characters sound much younger than their supposed 20-something ages. The story moved me enough to care about the characters and the cliffhanger ending sucked me into the next book hoping for more, fingers crossed. Really, though I didn't get a lot of "Rocker" feeling for this book.

Can't fault Veronica Meunch's narration, she delivered good discernibly different voices for the characters.

I have to say it was OK, but definitely not great.