The Flowers Lied

Normally when I win a book on Goodreads I read and review it rather quickly. This didn't take me a while to read, I just had to wait for my mailbox robbing best friend to finish it first. She was getting my mail for me at the time this was delivered, saw that it was a book (she reads even more than I do), opened it, and had to read it. She loved it. For me it was good, but not the same love she had, but I think part of this is due to her love of all things rock and roll. At 34 she is still a groupie for husband's band, ran naked at the last Ozzfest.

This is the second book in what will be a trilogy. I do feel that I may have liked this more had I read the first as it is a continuation of the first. This follows “Writerman,” a young man obsessed with all things rock and roll. This is a coming of age story not for teens due to the content; drug and alcohol use.

This story is almost chaotic at times the way it bounces around, but I think this is intentional to help with the overall feel of the book. The writing itself is solid, and no editing errors stood out to me.

Recommended to anyone who is curious, or wants a flashback of the 70's and it's rock and roll culture.