Review: As Dust Dances (Play On Series Book 2) by Samantha Young

As Dust Dances by Samantha Young
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What Happens When Fame is Too Much

This was a really interesting and well written book. This book looks at what happens to those that fame chews up and spits out.

Skylar is homeless. She’s been busking in Glasgow and living in a tent for the summer months. She’s been lucky so far because no one has paid her much attention. But as the cold weather arrives a man keeps approaching her trying to get her to talk about her music. It turns out that Killian is a A & R guy at a local Label. He wants to sign her. When life gets too much and living on the streets becomes too hellish she reaches out to Killian and he sweeps her up and ‘rescues’ her.

It turns out that Skylar is running away from fame. She signed her record contract at age 18 not realising that fame can devour you whole, so she ran away. Killian got her to sign a single album contract so she wouldn’t have to access her money and have her location revealed to her old band mates who she hadn’t spoken to in 18 months.

This is a complex and interesting plot. It’s full of difficult subject matters and you really feel for Skylar. She’s incredibly talented and also damaged. Killian is cold, manipulative and at the same time kind. He has so many hidden depths that are slowly unravelled throughout the book.

Both characters are created with great depth and sensitivity. The author handles difficult issues with understanding and compassion.

I loved this book and stayed up reading it far too late. I’m delighted to see there are more books written in this series and I’m definitely going to read more of this author.

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