Love triangle stories are not easy to pull off. Some readers flat out won't read stories about infidelity. But that's sometimes where the biggest love stories live, and when I read the blurb for Beat, it lured me in enough to give this title and author a try. 
 One fateful night, Flynn Beckham meets Lucky Valentine at her karaoke bar, and it's just about all over for him. He's fallen hard for Lucky from the minute he meets her and even though she's involved with Dylan Ryder, rockstar, she's falling for him, too. Only Dylan holds Flynn's future in his hands, and he's got big long-term plans for Lucky. I really liked that Vi Keeland didn't make Dylan a total jerk, because that made the situation between these three that much more interesting. 
 The beautiful part of this book is Flynn and Lucky falling in love. If you believe in fate and that some things are just meant to be, you might like this story. Flynn is an extremely likable character and so is Lucky. This really turns into more of a "she's with the wrong guy" story. There's some great conversations between them and I just felt them falling in love with each other, as much as I felt their pain when things got a bit tricky between them. 
 Flynn's really kind of perfect, and it was easy to want Lucky to be with him. The book doesn't skirt the fact that Lucky is seeing one guy while falling for another, and I liked that too. There's a lot at stake for Flynn and Lucky --will they choose love? That is the question that kept me turning the pages until the very end. 
 Beat can be read as a standalone, but I liked Beat enough I think I'm going to go back and read the first book in this series. If you like rockstar stories (and rockstars) with a lot of heart, you might like Beat by Vi Keeland. 
 ARC provided for review.