GRR Reviews Fallen Idol by Nikki Lynn Barrett

Kyra was a teen country sensation until a car accident got someone killed and crippled another for life. Kyra was convicted of manslaughter, sending her into a downward spiral that ended with her taking a long hiatus from her career. Six years later, she's on the verge of her comeback tour, with a new single on the radio. But a fire in her hometown that put her parents into the hospital sent her driving straight back to Texas from her Nashville flat... But in the storm, she backended another car, only miles from home, and came to meet the Greer family... // Matt Greer is still dealing with the aftermath when his ex-wife ran off, leaving their teenage son and him, to pursue her "music career". He's had enough musicians for one lifetime... but Kyra is making him reconsider. But Kyra is dogged by hate mail and other problems, including a stalker who definitely didn't want her on her comeback tour. When both her Nashville flat and Matt's auto shop were broken into and defaced, it's clear someone is close by, and her entire family is targeted... and new information about the car accident six years ago shows that perhaps someone wants to keep the truth buried...

There's a MAJOR problem about the initial premise, that accident that changed everything, and the idea almost works, but something just didn't quite make sense. The plot just didn't *quite* feel right.

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There were two cars, and somehow a semi was involved, and one car crashed, and Kyra was somehow found in driver's seat of one of the cars, even though she did not remember driving, or even drinking much. She was somehow convicted of manslaughter. Six years later, she found out that other survivors of the trip received threats that they had signed some sort of affidavit or NDA and they'll be ruined if they try to discuss the case. At the very end, we finally found that it was her main rival, another country teen star, who was in the other car, that set them up. They were supposed to die as they were drugged at the party. The other car's occupants were staging them when the semi plowed into them both. When Kyra went into hiatus, the other star decided not to pursue any further, but she's not ready to share the limelight again, so her boyfriend was the stalker, and also tried to sabotage her family by befriending Kyra's sister... and threaten her family...

I like the back and forth, but some bits of the suspense didn't quite work for me.

Category: Contemporary

Overall Rating: 4/5

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