Review: Before He Was Famous – Becky Wicks

One guy, one girl. One in the spotlight. One in the shadows.

Falling in love with your best friend isn’t always a great idea, especially when he’s Noah Lockton – the sexiest, most famous new talent on the planet. When 21-year-old small-town photographer Chloe Campbell is offered the chance of a lifetime – to join her celebrity childhood friend Noah on tour as an exclusive blogger for a New York magazine – she’s certain both have put what happened four years ago behind them. But his eyes still burn; his voice is still a jackhammer to her heartstrings; all his songs are about her. Is it possible that that night still haunts them both?

The music industry is a machine, spinning hype and rumors as much as his records. It’s not just Noah’s girlfriends who’ve got it in for Chloe (there’s no stopping the Twitter-obsessed, cat-loving pop-star Courtney Lentini for starters). Pretty soon, the jealousy and media frenzy surrounding these so-called-friends takes a life-changing turn and it seems making love means making enemies at every turn. When tragedy threatens to pull the final curtain on their relationship, both Chloe and Noah must make a choice. As much as this world leaves them starstruck, is living their dream really worth living without each other?

A story of lifelong friendships, love and hope, set in a world of celebrity, fame and social media gone very, very wrong.

Series: HotFlush #1
Release Date: May 25th 2014
Publisher: Self Published
Source: Provided by Author (for tour)
Reviewer: Shannon
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

BEFORE HE WAS FAMOUS was a cute story.  I always enjoy a storyline where the main characters are lifelong friends, best friends or any variation of that.

I liked Chloe and Noah.  They definitely had their life long friendship working in their favor as a couple, but it seemed like everything else got in their way.  Noah’s rock star potential after winning an American Idol type show definitely plays a role in getting in their way.  But their worst enemy was themselves.

Noah and Chloe had real feelings for each other, but they constantly pushed those to the side.  I felt like it they took a moment and were truly honest with each other none of the heartbreak and frustration would have happened.  It was pretty clear to everyone how they felt for each, they should have owned up to it a long time before.

There was a little suspense to the storyline, in the form of a stalker, that would have been an added depth to the story had it felt (at least to me) that the stalker element was really because of Noah and Chloe.

I did enjoy reading the story.  Noah and Chloe may not have gone about things the way I would have wanted, but the story was still entertaining.