The Girl on the Half Shell

The Girl on the Half Shell by Susan Ward

My rating (out of 5 stars):

3 stars—I liked it.

My thoughts:

My first thought…what a horrible title. But alas, I started reading anyway. I was strangely drawn into these super dysfunctional characters even through they were contradictory and underdeveloped. I saw some promise in this author, though, but then she ends without a resolution. Not a cliffhanger exactly…but a bad ending. So now she is still writing about these same characters, there are already 4 books and who knows when it will end. So, even though I was interested in the characters I have to tap out because I absolutely hate these stories that never end!!

Description Goodreads.com:

“People think Chrissie Parker has a picture-perfect life. She leads an opulent lifestyle in Santa Barbara, her father, Jack, is a beloved music icon from the sixties, and she possesses a wealth of musical talent that will certainly lead to a promising future. But behind the façade, everything is far from perfect.

When Chrissie journeys from Santa Barbara to New York City for an audition at Juilliard, romance is the last thing on her mind. She never anticipated encountering British Superstar Alan Manzone, a musician fresh out of Rehab, tormented by his own weakness and troubled past. Alan's life is everything Chrissie's is not; exciting, glitzy, and an all-out train wreck.

Chrissie is soon consumed by Alan's shocking pursuit of her, his dark secrets, and his desires. Determined to save Alan from himself, is it possible Alan, this beautiful and brilliant musician, is really rescuing Chrissie from her artfully concealed secret addiction that even her best friend is unaware of?

Can two lost people find a love meant to last a life time in only three weeks?”