Blurb:
He was my first love.
My first heartbreak.
The boy who made the one mistake I’ll never forgive.
Roderick Wilder and I grew up side by side—two kids tangled up in music, mixtapes, and lyrics that felt like they belonged only to us. Then he destroyed everything we had and disappeared, chasing a future without me.
Twelve years later, he’s back.
Not the rising star I remember, but a man who’s broken, scarred, and desperate to rewrite his story.
The problem? I’ve already started falling for someone else—an anonymous stranger I trade late-night messages with, sharing lyrics and reliving the bands that shaped us.
He feels safe.
He feels new.
He feels like everything Roderick isn’t.
But soon I might need to choose between the stranger who makes me believe again . . .
and the boy who once destroyed me.
From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa comes a nostalgic second-chance romance of mixtapes, dial-up confessions, and the one boy who broke her heart before the world ever knew his name.
(Not So) Simple Lyrics is an emotional, nostalgic second chance which features your favorite tropes:
🎸Slowburn
🎸Rockstar
🎸Bad boy
🎸First love, childhood crush, it’s always been you
🎸Wounded /Damaged / Tortured Hero
🎸Epistolary novel
🎸Redemption
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My Review - 4 of 5 stars -
I loved the anonymous interactions between Kit and Roderick. They did not know that they were from each other's past. Roderick had worked hard to clean up his own situation, helping me fall in love with him as well. Kit herself was working on being stronger. When they came into physical contact, it was entertaining to see that the attraction was still there, but the past was holding them back. So many songs were mentioned through, and there were quite a few that I was not familiar with, but it was definitely a different way to reconnect.
The narration by Erin Mallon and Jason Clarke added to the enjoyment of this story. They brought out the emotions of both characters, giving them a little more dimension.
This is my unsolicited review.
