Finding Jackson - Review

Finding Jackson
By Anne Holster
Released October 30th, 2019

It’s 1977 – Star Wars is breaking records at the box office, Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run tour is taking the country by storm, and born-and-bred Jersey girl Annalise Keller has fallen in love for the first and last time. Hot and charismatic with dreams of making it as a rock star, Keith “Ace” Foxx is everything a teenage girl dreams of. He falls as hard for Anna as she does for him and the two decide to run off to California in search of his big break. Fate has other plans though, and several years and three kids later, Ace has traded in his guitar for a job at the local post office, and Anna has become a symbol of all he has given up. Ace spends most nights at the local bar, trying to drink away his anger and resentment.

Flash forward a decade, and their youngest child, Jackson, is headed nowhere fast. In a life filled with meaningless jobs and too much partying, music is his only true escape from the pain of a childhood that abruptly ended one rainy night. The accident had destroyed his family and left him with a slew of unanswered questions.

Everything changes the night Jackson meets Leah. Shy and reserved, she doesn’t smoke and barely drinks; she certainly doesn’t put out. Not exactly the girl from the Bon Jovi videos he watched as a kid. Yet before he knows it, she has become his world.

Then, just when it looks like his dreams might come true, betrayal and loss once again threaten everything he holds dear. As Jackson struggles to keep his world from spinning out of control, he knows one thing for sure, the choices he makes now will either be the start of a whole new life, or it just might be the end of him.

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Amount of sex 1.5 / 5
How explicit is the sex 1 / 5
Story 5 / 5
Overall: 5 / 5

Finding Jackson is an amazing coming of age romance and unlike any that I’ve read before. The story centers around Jackson Foxx, who dreams of being a famous guitarist. At the beginning of the book, the story flips back and forth between the past and present. However, it’s not in a way that’s confusing to the reader. I believe it actually helped me understand Jackson better.

Finding Jackson is a character-rich love story, and I had a difficult time putting it down. There were several twists along the way, which had me guessing what was going to happen next.  I don’t want to go into too much detail, as I think you should read this story without any spoilers. So, grab a snack, get comfy, and prepare yourself for a great ride.

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Anne Holster resides in Northern New Jersey with her husband and two children. When she’s not writing she enjoys spending time with her family, playing tennis and reading angsty romance novels. She is currently working on her fourth book.

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