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Vanni: A Prequel (Groupie) Kindle Edition

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Before the groupies. Before the rock stardom. He was, simply, Vanni. Giovanni Carnevale knows what it means to struggle. Since his father abandoned the family when he was a child, Vanni’s been in and out of trouble, trying to carve his place in the world. That all changes when he moves to Brooklyn, to live with his beloved great Aunt Susan. After introducing Vanni to music, Susan realizes his talent and pushes him to reach his full potential. But her sudden death leaves him adrift, unable to connect with anyone, friends and girlfriends alike. His personal life slowly deteriorating, Vanni focuses on his music and dream of being a rock star. After so many betrayals, he’s determined to keep everyone who might hurt him at arm’s length—at the time people want him the most.

You already know how his story ends. Now read how it begins with VANNI: A PREQUEL. Ginger Voight takes us back to where it all began, with an intimate look at one of your favorite book boyfriends—from his perspective. Intended for readers 18+ due to sexual content.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B010CYU5BM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ivy Lane Media, LLC
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 24, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 753 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 313 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings

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Ginger Voight
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"Ginger has the amazing ability to write in a variety of genres, from hot romance to straight horror to hilarious comedy, which is a talent few writers possess. Some of Ginger's work is bold and sometimes uncomfortable, because she often deals with issues many of us would rather turn away from. Yet in other works, she gives us one hell of a good time with characters you can never forget once you've met them!" - writer/producer Marie D. Jones, Where's Lucy? Productions

Ginger Voight is a screenwriter and bestselling author with nearly thirty published novels. Having covered everything from travel to politics as a nonfiction freelancer, she is unafraid to explore multiple genres like romance, paranormal, and dark, "ripped from the headlines" mainstream fiction with surprising depth.

Ginger discovered her love for writing in sixth grade, courtesy of a Halloween assignment. From then on, writing became a place of solace, reflection, and security. This was never more true than when she found herself homeless in L.A. at the age of nineteen. There, she wrote her first novel, longhand on notebook paper, while living out of her car.

In 1995, after she lost her nine-day-old son, she worked through her grief by writing the story that would eventually become The Fullerton Family Saga.

In 2011, she embarked on a new journey--to publish romance novels starring heroines who look more like the average American woman. These "Rubenesque" romances have developed a following thanks to her bestselling Groupie series. Other titles, such as the highly-rated New Adult series, Fierce, tap into the "reality-TV" preoccupation in American entertainment, which gives her contemporary stories a current, pop culture edge.

Known for writing gut-twisting angst, Ginger isn't afraid to push the envelope with characters who are perfectly imperfect. Whether rich, poor, sweet, selfish, gay, straight, curvy or svelte, her characters are beautifully flawed and three-dimensional. They populate her lavish fictional landscapes and teach us more about the real world in which we live simply through their interactions with each other. Ginger's goal with every book is to give the reader a little bit more than they were expecting, told through stories they'll never forget.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2015
    I have read the Groupie Trilogy and the Fierce Trilogy. I had a hate/love view on Vanni! Did I think he deserved Andy...no! Not at first. He was a class A jerk most of the first book! I felt bad for Andy and how he treated her like she was less. Then Vanni started to grow and evolve into someone who is better. He did (finally) have an epiphany that he was "embarrassed" by Andy on some level, that is why he treated her the way he did. I still wish there was a scene that he truly apologized to Andy for his treatment of her. That would of sealed his growth for me. By the end of the third book I was team Vanni all the way! He won me over!
    When I saw that there was a fourth book, which was a prequel, I almost didn't buy it. But, there's just something about Vanni! Why was he the way he was? What led him to do the things he did?
    Most of my internal questions were answered in this book. It explained how the loss of his mother and aunt devastated him. The first women in his life cheated and/or used him? He became a caricature of himself in a lot of ways! He lost himself and did not believe that he deserved happiness!
    I love this series and would recommend it to anyone! The characters are well rounded and written. If your looking for a hot rocker....then Vanni I'd definitely your man! Lol
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2015
    Vanni, A GROUPIE SAGA PREQUEL, GINGER VOIGHT
    Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews
    Genre: Romance,
    Ages back I read the Groupie trilogy. I remember being so angry at Vanni much of the time. Its one of those reads that’s so OTT in parts, so non stop drama filled that you just have to keep reading, kind of like watching a car crash when you know what's going to happen but can’t stop looking. I knew things were going to go badly for Andy, knew Vanni was going to be a lying rat and break her heart and yet...I just couldn’t stop reading, however improbable the actions of the characters. I never felt Vanni was really good enough for Andy til the very end, and even then he never really apologised to her IMO, not properly anyway for all the drama and stress he caused to her, all the heartbreak from his jerk behaviour. So this read, showing his early days and told in his words, I hoped might make me understand him more. I’ve re added the trilogy to my kindle from the cloud for re reading to see if what I know now changes how I feel about him...be interesting to see that.
    So, we meet him age 26, just lost his much loved mum, and living with his aunt who he holds dear. She taught him about music, taught him to love it and encouraged him to go for his dream. When she dies he’s distraught, absolutely gutted. His girl friend Lori wants stability, says music should be a hobby and he should knuckle down to an ordinary job for “them”. I didn’t like Lori, she seemed to be shaping him into someone he wasn’t, and especially once his aunt died and left him the house and money I though she was an opportunist. He tries to change for her, but he finds it soul destroying and Vanni and the corporate world just don’t gel. At this point Vanni’s a nice guy, respects his family, adores his Lori and believes in Love. He can’t forget his dreams though and slowly things change and he gets closer. The things he has to do though change him, the things that happen shape the misogynistic guy we meet in the Groupie books, the one that sees ladies as sex toys mainly and just doesn’t trust them. ( I still think he’s a jerk to Andy in Groupie, she never gives him reason to mistrust her and yet he blames her the same as the ladies in his past)
    I found it hard to believe that he’s got to 26 with this burning dream and yet really not done anything about it, not researched how to achieve it, not strived for success more than singing in local places. Usually someone with that kind of ambition has more drive, has done more by that age, and it was a bit hard to take his ambitions seriously. I did feel for him though when he was let down time and again by the ladies in his life, and I kind of understand why he became the man/jerk we saw later.
    Its an interesting read, and showed so well how hard it is to reach the top, how much needs to be sacrificed, how sheer talent just isn’t enough, but so much is drudgery, hard work, marketing and playing up to the people who can help, taking advice but also knowing how much of the original self to keep. After all its their band, their lives and they needed to keep what they wanted to do at the forefront, otherwise they’d just be a generic band, shaped in someone else's ideals. Things like the name change, and the clothing advice were good, and even though ultimately things didn’t go as promised the band still learned much from the experiences.
    I’m glad it was told by Vanni, it gave an insight into his thoughts, into his struggles with the changes and how he felt about the things that happened. There’s always two sides to a story, and now we’ve seen a bit of the inside of him I can see some of the things I remember from Groupie in a different light. Its a book well worth reading for Groupie fans, but not one I’d reread.
    Stars: Four, an interesting read which shed light on who the “real” Vanni was, and how he got there.
    ARC supplied by Netgalley and publishers
    If you enjoyed my review I'd love it if you would please click “Like” and if you didn't I'd love to know why, in case I've inadvertently added a spoiler and need to edit.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2022
    Great story. I cried when Vanni faced tragedy, I cheered when he finally succeeded in getting gigs for his band, and again cried when he never found love. But through his rough beginnings one question kept circling around in my brain. Is the Fame going to be worth the pain?? I guess I'll have to read on to find out the answer.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2015
    I read the trilogy and wasn't going to buy it but I couldn't stop thinking about the Vanni Character. Any of us who knows bad boys know we always want to know why they are. Loved it. Couldn't put it down
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2015
    Even though this is book #4 in the Groupie Trilogy I read it first since I had the opportunity to review it. Evidently it is a good thing that Ginger wrote this book so that you can understand what happened to shape Vanni into the rock star that he became. From my take on what others thought of Vanni once he made it to rock stardom he was not exactly loved as a great guy. Don’t get me wrong a douche bag is a douche bag no matter what but it is always interesting to see what happened that made him into that douche bag he became. (if that made sense at all?!) So with all douche bag talk aside I was just introduced to Vanni and his beginning and I have to say that I really did feel sorry for him at different points throughout the book. It was nice to see the love and respect he had for the two women in his life that raised him. Yes, he did lose sight of his upbringing at times, as most of us do, but eventually he realized it and would try to integrate that into the person that he needed to be in order to make it in the rock world.

    You were also introduced to some women in Vanni’s life who both hindered and try to help him in making his dream come true. Lori, Pam, and Sasha weren’t the only women who influenced Vanni on his struggle to make it, there also was the cougar that almost brought Vanni to his knees and would have stolen his dream if he would have let her.

    This was a really good and fast read and I’m looking forward to getting started on the Groupie Trilogy right now. I have to see how his dream turned out…if it was actually a dream or did it really end up to be a nightmare with no one true love in his life besides the music.

    This book was provided as an ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

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