3/5⭐
4/5🎧

Me gustó la premisa, a pesar de que es el primer libro que leo de la autora y se trata de una serie de autoconclusivos interconectados pude engancherme facilmente con la trama. El trasfondo de ambos protagonistas y sus historias parecían ser la receta perfecta para un romance muy interesante pero siento que se quedó un poco corto el desarrollo y crecimiento de ambos. De todas formas fue bastante entretenido.

Los narradores hicieron muy buen trabajo en el audiolibro (ingles) es en modo dual.

📖 ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇ – ᴇᴠᴀ ꜱɪᴍᴍᴏɴꜱ
📚 ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ: ᴇɴᴇᴍʏ ᴍᴜꜱᴇ (ʙᴏᴏᴋ #4)
🎤 ɴᴀʀʀᴀᴛᴏʀꜱ: ᴅᴇꜱɪʀᴇᴇ ᴋᴀᴛᴄʜᴜᴍ & ᴄᴏɴɴᴏʀ ʙʀᴏᴡɴ
🎧 ᴀʟᴄ
👄 ᴘᴏᴠ: ᴅᴜᴀʟ 1ꜱᴛ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ (ʀᴏᴍ & ʟɪʟʏ)
⏱️ ʟᴇɴɢᴛʜ: ~8.5ʜ

✨🎧 Endless thanks to the amazing Eva Simmons and NetGalley for the early audio copy of this gem! 💕📖
So grateful for the chance to experience Rom & Lily’s story ahead of release — it was absolutely worth it. 🎸🩰

Just finished Worth the Trouble and I’m officially obsessed. This book gave me everything I love in a romance: emotional depth, crackling tension, and characters that feel real. Rom is a broody, broken rockstar with layers that drew me in, and Lily is a graceful, disciplined ballerina with surprising complexity. Their slow-burn opposites-attract romance worked beautifully.

I hadn’t listened to the earlier audiobooks in the series, but I wasn’t lost at all. The story stands strong on its own, and after meeting all the other characters, I’m eager to go back and experience the whole series.

Desiree Katchum is one of my favorite narrators. Every time I see her name, I know I’m in good hands—and here, she delivered perfectly. Her performance as Lily was expressive and in tune with the character’s strength and vulnerability.

This was my first time hearing Connor Brown, and I was seriously impressed. His voice as Rom had the perfect mix of edge and emotion. He brought Rom’s inner world to life and made every scene hit harder.

If you love any of the following tropes, you’re going to fall hard for this book!:
🎸 Rockstar Romance
🩰 Ballerina Heroine
⚡ Opposites Attract
💔 Tortured Hero
👄 Enemies to Lovers (ish)
☀️😒 Grumpy/Sunshine
🎭 Forced Proximity
👥 Found Family

4.5🌟 and definitely one of my favorites this month.

I always love seeing a “bad boy” turn over a new leaf.
This was good, Rome grew up with a father who treated him horrible, which then made him unaccepting and unwilling to love. And Lily comes out of nowhere and her life is complicated because she has no control over any decisions in her life. They both were so unwilling to let each other in but in the end love conquers all. I need to read the rest of the books in the series but this makes me excited. The drama, the spice, the real life connections, made it a really good read.

Tropes:
-rockstar romance x dancer
-reformed playboy
-mutual trauma
-healing
-opposites attract
-found family
-dual POV

Eva has quickly become one of my favorite authors. I have read some of her other series, but this was the first one I read from this series. I loved it, and now I can’t wait to read the rest. I loved the other band members and would love to read their stories. They all seem like they’ll be incredible.

Rome and Lili are from different worlds, but they have a lot more in common than meets the eye. They are both broken souls who find healing in each other. I was sucked in the whole time. The narrators did a wonderful job bringing the characters to life, and I enjoyed the audio.

Thank you, Eva and Net Galley, for allowing me to listen to the audiobook. I am always honored to get selected. This book is available to read for free on KU. The audiobook will be released on May 27. I hope you will read this and love it, too.

Thank you to NetGalley for the chance to review this ALC! Bad boy meets good girl in this rockstar + professional dancer romance. Rome is a wild and crazy rock star who refuses to settle down. Loves to party and loves women. Lili is a buttoned up professional dancer in need of a release. They meet and can’t get enough of each other. What starts out as a little fun turns into something more serious… love. But is love enough?

I found myself connecting with the two main characters very early on! Rome has a hard exterior, but is a sweetheart deep down. He has a lot of trauma from his childhood that he has yet to deal with properly when we meet him. He uses women and drugs to drown out the pain. Lili definitely helped him to move on from that life. It was cool to see his transition and growth throughout the book. I felt sad for Lili.. her relationship with her mom was classic “my daughter will do anything to be perfect” even though she didn’t want that… she was forced by those close to her to be held to this unattainable standard. Her mom literally pushed her into an eating disorder from the age of 7. WHAT!? Makes me so angry. It takes falling in love with Rome to make her realize that she deserves better. This is their redemption story! I felt that in my bones.

And yes, this one is SPICY! And we love that.

This is technically the fourth book in the Enemy Muse series but it can be read as a stand alone! The audiobook is dual narration and very well done!

Triggers: discussion of past domestic assault, eating disorder, drug and alcohol addiction, discussion of past SA

Fast paced rockstar romance. I enjoyed the chemistry between the two main characters and was the right amount of spice, would definitely read more from the author

Rome Moreno is a band member of Enemy Muse. All the other band members are now in a happy relationship but he is still making his way through all the women.
After he ran into Lili in the streets, he felt something he never felt before. He couldn’t get enough of Lili and kept trying to meet up with her and get closer to her.

Lili is a world-class dance princess. Her mother has forced her into this world from a young age. Everything is decided for Lili by her mother; what she does, what she eats, and who she meets up with.
Rome is distracting her from everything she needs to do, but she can’t get enough of him. She knows he is the forbidden fruit but that only makes her more intrigued.
He is nothing but trouble, but maybe he is worth the trouble.

I don’t really know how to describe this book but I enjoyed it a lot. It’s a romance book but it explores many more topics and problems.
I liked both the main characters. They both had great backstories and problems that made them real. The chemistry between Rome and Lili was great. The book was written in dual POV so you get the story from both sides.
I listened to this book as an audiobook and the production was great. I really liked both the narrators.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book!! This book had my heart, it was sooo good the chemistry was off the charts. Both characters were hurt and didn't want to commit but this was such a great connection and slow burn but also burning hot with passion which i wasn't expecting as i have not read from this author in the past so i would like to read more from this author.

The story of Rome and Lili was such a good one. Although they're complete opposites in personality, career, and family life, the two find commonality nonetheless. I wish the book had gone on longer because the "tragic moment" felt rushed and unresolved. The last 25% did not match the effort of the first 75%.

Would I recommend it? I'm not sure.
Overall rating; 3.5 stars

Worth the trouble
Author: Eva Simmons
Narrators: Desiree Ketchum and Connor Brown
Publication Date: May 27 2025

Lili Chen and Rome Moreno

Desiree did a fantastic job voicing Lili. You knew everything from Lili's mom to her dancing was draining her. Desiree was able to capture that tone in her voice.

Tropes:
- Modern Dance Princess x Rock Star
- Reformed Playboy
- Clashing of Social Classes
- Spicy
- Pain, Restriction, and Healing

You have two individuals on paper should everything they ever wanted. In reality you have two broken souls for different reasons.

To the rest of the world, Rome Moreno is the Riff King. An icon, a Rock God. When I met him, he mistook me for a stripper and asked me to ride his lap. So, consider me unimpressed. I didn't mean for him to take that as a challenge.

There's no place for a tattooed hunk of trouble like Rome in the regimented life of a world-class dance princess. My days run on a carefully timed clock—where I go, when I practice, what I eat. I sold my soul to the devil to pay for my dreams, and I've accepted it.

Lili had never felt freedom until she was able to spend time with Rome. The only issue is both of them know there will be a time limit on their time together. Lili would be leaving town to go to the next city in just a few weeks.

Rome is used to only spending one night with a female and moving on to the next. He has loved that life until Lili walked into his life. He knew one night would not be enough with Lili. He did fight it for a little bit but just like he bandmates he feel fast.

There are darker themes in this book. Please check content warnings.

Thank you to Eva Simmons, NetGalley, and Tantor Audio for this ALC in exchange for my honest review.

#WorththeTrouble #NetGalley

This was my first book of this series and it can absolutely be read / listened to as a stand alone. First off...I loved this story. The story line was well timed and I appreciated the fact that things were up in the air the whole time. There aren't many books that keep me guessing and I didn't know how this was going to play out. Second...these characters were so full of depth and there was an easy emotional connection to both of them. Rome is the ULTIMATE rockstar playboy. I felt his struggle when it came to everything Lily-related. Lily had a slew of trauma, some obvious and some not so much. Great character and relationship progression. And last, but not least...bust out those pearls because you will need something to clutch when listening to these steamy scenes!!

The audio was also pretty good. Desiree Ketchum was amazing as always. She is so skilled in a solo of dual-style narration as every character she voices is so unique and beautiful to listen to. I did have to get used to the femme voice from Connor Brown and the speed didn't quite match up between the FMC POV chapters and the MMC POV chapters. I had to adjust the speed in the beginning for each change. I was able to really get into the audio about halfway through without these being an issue anymore and it was a good thing because I was sucked into the story by that point.

Overall it was a really good story and I do recommend it either reading with your eyes or your ears.

I was a bit sceptical at first because I honestly believe a narrator can make or break a book but I absolutely loved Rome and Lillys love story. Captured my heart ❤️ two tortured souls who know they shouldn’t be together, shouldn’t work together but gravitate towards eachother. The complete opposites attract, bad boy good girl love trope

This wasn’t it. It wasn’t the worse thing, but I just didn’t enjoy it. And the forced moans of the narrator made me uncomfortable. Which isn’t anything new, I already knew I wasn’t a fan of adult romance audios.

That being said, I might consider buying a copy.

This book is a raunchy good time. Rome is the quintessential rocker of every girl's dreams. Lili is portrayed in a way that makes her incredibly relatable when it comes to the pressures parents heap on their children. When they come together they are explosive. The voice actors who portray them in the audiobook make for an incredibly immersive experience. Connor Brown's voice is so deep and sends a million shivers down your spine while making you feel like the only girl in the world. As an added bonus it is set just up the road from where I live in Denver. Definitely a fun listening experience that I'd recommend time and time again.

This is my first Eva Simmons book and I can’t wait to go back and read her other books.

As an avid spicy book reader, if you’re listening to this in shared spaces, you’re going to want to wear headphones 😉.

I will admit the first few mins of dialogue of the MMC I was worried it was going to be all troupe no feelings, things came around pretty quick and I was cheering for him in no time.

I really appreciated a lot of the dialogue the author used when each character was noticing the other, it felt genuine. There were a few parts where I even paused the book to appreciate a well crafted line.

The narrators are great. With audiobooks a bad narrator can really detract from a book and make it unbearable to listen to. This pairing was great and I look forward to hearing more of their work.

I really enjoyed this one. I like the banter between them and of course the bad boy who is trouble! It was a good change of pace; I always love when the audio books go back and forth between Rome and Eva. It was a quick read that I really liked!

Worth the Trouble comes with all the good tropes, and although it left me slightly underwhelmed, I know this is going to be a favourite for many.

The sweet and dutiful dancer FMC and the messed up, emotionally stinted bad boy rock star MMC. She has no freedom, her career domineers her life and she wants to break out. He is called the Riff God, has stripper poles in his living room and scars not only on his body and is annoyed that all his band mates are suddenly in relationships. Worth the Trouble uses a formula that works often and well.

The characters are simple enough. They work, the dynamic works and they both have enough space for the character development they need. Which is also what drives the story: Their dynamic and how they're bumping into each other sets of events and changes that drive the story.

The writing is smooth and light and although I didn't read the previous books in the series, I didn't feel lost and liked the glimpse we get of the side characters/previous main characters. It's also a book that works great in audio format and the narration was really good.

All that being said... I sadly found myself underwhelmed. It might be because I do read a loooot but while the book was good, it was nothing special, didn't hold my attention, didn't make me jump to read the other books in the series. This, however, is very much a me thing!
The only tangible point of critique I want to make is the continuous use of the term 'pussy whipped' and how the MMC keeps using it and its neither called out nor reflected on when things between him and the FMC progress.

Overall, Worth the Trouble was a quick and easy read, especially as an audiobook. It was a bit of a let down for me personally and couldn't quite hold my attention, but the characters are intriguing and the story works. Which is why I do understand the popularity it has already gained and am sure, it will have a vast fan base and be loved by many.

Thank you to NetGalley, Tantor Audio and Eva Simmons for an ALC of this book.

*♡Thank you to to Eva Simmons and Tantor Audio for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion♡*

Worth the Trouble is book 4 in the Enemy Muse series, but it can be read as a standalone. I haven't read any of the other books in the series and I followed the storyline with no problem, and I really enjoyed it.
Bad boy rockstar who will never settle down and has a different girl every night falls for the prim and proper dancer who is looking to find herself. Sounds like a trope that has been written a hundred times, but Eva Simmons does an amazing job at making you feel like it's the first time you have read it.
Desiree Ketchum and Connor Brown have done an amazing job at narrating the parts of Lily and Rome, they are one of the reasons I felt truely emersed in the story.
The spice hits just right too, sooo good!!

The narrators did so well portraying Lily and Rome. I read this book a year ago and listening to it brought out new elements. I really felt the emotions of the characters and they did an excellent job adjusting their voices for other side characters both male and female. I’m not sure if I have listened to books with these narrators before but I’m looking up other works by them now. Fantastic job. I love the pristine dancer image of Lily against the tattooed bad boy rockstar of Rome. Despite their different lifestyles they fit so perfect together. I loved watching Rome accept how head over heels he was for Lily. Their chemistry bleeds through the words and the narration just drove it home. This book gave me all the feels.

I really enjoyed Worth the Trouble—an emotional, steamy rockstar romance that pulls you in from the start. Rome and Liliana's chemistry is intense, and their journey through trauma, healing, and love is beautifully told. The audiobook narration was spot on; both voices suited the characters perfectly. I just wish it had been true dual narration to better distinguish their perspectives.

The story blends emotional depth with spicy scenes and strong character development, making it a great listen for fans of passionate, character-driven romances.

4.5 stars – heartfelt, steamy, and well-performed!