Love and the Dream Come True Book Blog Tour, Review, and #Giveaway #LoneStarLit

Contemporary Christian Fiction / Clean Romance

Publisher: Bethany House

Pages: 368 pages

Publication Date: August 2, 2022

 

Four years after getting the biggest break of his life, Cameron Lee’s music career has taken a nosedive, leaving him two options: become a sellout or give up on his lifelong dream. He reluctantly returns home for his sister’s wedding, hoping to avoid his past and find his love for music again.

Single mom Lexie Walters has suffered her fair share of tragedies and setbacks, but she has finally scraped together the money to achieve her dream of going into business with her cousin as an interior designer. When Lexie’s life is at an all-time high, she runs into her teenage crush, Cameron Lee.

Lost in the emotional turmoil of failure, Cameron is immediately drawn to Lexie and her infectious smile and optimistic spirit. Moreover, he adores her mouthy, no-holds-barred daughter. But fantasies only last so long, and soon Lexie and Cameron must face the real world, the one fraught with heartbreak, disappointment, and questions that sometimes can only be answered by a leap of faith.

 

LOVE AND THE DREAM COME TRUE is a character-driven romance between Cameron, a down on his luck musician, and Lexie, a single mother and close friend of Cam’s younger sister. Oh, and Lexie has had a crush on Cam for years!

I quickly connected with Morgan, Lexie’s 13-year-old daughter. Morgan is integral to bringing Lexie and Cam together. I valued how Cam treated Morgan, making sure there was no ‘creepy old dude’ vibe when Morgan was in the treehouse in his yard. I can relate to Lexie wanting to keep Morgan safe on the internet with her phone and not on social media, even with Morgan’s repeated requests. Morgan adds some very real-world elements to the novel.

I did notice that this is the third book in the STATE OF GRACE series. But unlike some romance series, the characters in this book are their own, with minimal interaction with the characters in the other books. LOVE AND THE DREAM COME TRUE can easily be read as a stand-alone. Though, I’m curious enough about the other novels in the series to add them to my TBR list!

Even though Cam and Lexie were in adjacent social circles as teenagers, it didn’t feel like they had enough time together in this novel as adults for their relationship to progress so quickly. While Insta-love is a trope many readers enjoy, I am not a fan. I want more time for the relationship to build. I struggled with the beginning of Cam and Lexie’s relationship, at least when told from Lexie’s side of the story. It reads like her fantasy come to life, and not the reality of meeting someone, getting to know them, and then developing feelings. Lexie goes so far as to say she “can’t let go of” her crush. That seems like a considerable challenge to the relationship, and it’s never addressed in the story, which left me feeling concerned about their happily ever after.

Thanks to author Tammy L. Gray and Lone Star Book Blog Tours for providing this opportunity to review LOVE AND THE DREAM COME TRUE. I received the novel free in exchange for my honest review.

Tammy L. Gray lives in the Dallas area with her family, and they love all things Texas. Her nine modern and true-to-life contemporary romances include the 2017 RITA Award-winning My Hope Next Door. When not taxiing her three kids to various events, Tammy can be spotted crunching numbers as the financial administrator at her hometown church.

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