Reviewed by True
TITLE: Headlines
AUTHOR: Rob Sauthoff
PUBLISHER: Be Epic Media Group
LENGTH: 174 pages
RELEASE DATE: July 13, 2021
BLURB:
Chase James is a young and ambitious journalist, who left his hometown in North Carolina while still attending college and headed to the Big Apple for an opportunity working for one of the biggest magazine editors in the entertainment business. Thriving in his career Chase begins to travel the world, attending the most exclusive red-carpet events and hobnobbing with his new A-List celebrity friends. Along the way he meets a young, up and coming male R&B singer with whom he develops a close friendship with. They quickly become more than friends and this relationship takes Chase on a rollercoaster of ups and downs that he never imagined possible. As an openly gay man Chase struggles being involved romantically with a public figure that is on the “down low” and the complications that come into play. Everything he worked so hard to build in his life is put to the test and Chase must make some tough decisions.
REVIEW:
Chase lives in Queens, New York, working for the music publication Pulse Magazine.
He’s thirty-five years old, climbing up on the ladder, he’s ambitious, and lives a luxurious life among celebrities. You can find him walking from one event to the next.
At one of the events, he meets Miguel, a twenty-four years old upcoming R&B musician. Miguel is amicable with Chase and seeks more rapprochement. They meet again, for business and private reasons.
Chase develops feelings for Miguel, Miguel is vague about his.
So far so good. We can follow them with their undefinable relationship.
The scenery was exquisite, with influential people around at parties and events, good for the business. And that’s what this story is mostly about, business and parties.
That side of the story was entertaining and interesting.
Everything is widely described, the furniture, the brands of clothes, everything that had a brand, the title of the CD, the rooms, all the decor, it was easy to visualize. Everything was described except, for me the most important thing, the characters, their conversations, and their interactions, this remained superficial.
The content was quite entertaining, the business, the events, the diners, the fleeting quick contacts, that part of this novel was nicely done and attractive for a reader.
When I get to the structure and timelines of this narrative, the interactions, and the layering of the characters, I must conclude it was not enough, the author has skills but needs improvement.
Overall, it was an entertaining story, with an open-end, I understand there will be a continuation, it was energetic and vibrant, but definitely needs some refining.
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