It's time for my all time favorite KA hero. And this is saying A LOT coming from me because, let's face it, it's hard not to love all of her heroes.
Rock Chick Revenge (Rock Chick #5)
This is Luke
and Ava's
story.
First off, Ava...can totally relate to her. She had a crush on her hot neighbor boy Luke Stark when she was a young, chubby girl with low self esteem thanks to her mean mother and sisters. When she overhears her sisters saying how gross she looks with Luke, she decides to turn her life around and lose the weight.
Turns out, she's a bombshell and one kick ass chick. When her best friend gets in a bit of trouble, she decides to look up Luke and see if he can help.
and ladies - Luke Stark?
HOT, HOT, HOT!
Seriously, Holy Alpha Male.
"“Did you pay for the repairs on my Range Rover?” I asked him.
“Yeah.”
“Why?”
“Why not?” he answered.
I felt my hold on my temper slip.
“Luke, it’s my car.”
“Ava, you’re my woman.”
I ignored the melty feeling that gave me too.
“So?”
“So you’re my woman, I take care of you.”
“Luke – “
“This isn’t up for discussion.”
“It sure as hell is!”
“I’m thinkin’, as payback for the hickey, I want you in that pink teddy thing tonight.”
Was he for real?
“Luke!”
“Later.”
Disconnect."
“Yeah.”
“Why?”
“Why not?” he answered.
I felt my hold on my temper slip.
“Luke, it’s my car.”
“Ava, you’re my woman.”
I ignored the melty feeling that gave me too.
“So?”
“So you’re my woman, I take care of you.”
“Luke – “
“This isn’t up for discussion.”
“It sure as hell is!”
“I’m thinkin’, as payback for the hickey, I want you in that pink teddy thing tonight.”
Was he for real?
“Luke!”
“Later.”
Disconnect."
-Rock Chick Revenge, Kristen Ashley
But, he's also one of the sweetest guys around too.
“I've liked you since you were eight years old. You made me laugh. You understood me. You looked out for me when no once else fuckin' bothered and you acted like you thought I could move mountains and I needed someone who thought that about me.”
-Rock Chick Revenge, Kristen Ashley
Ava is hesitant to trust how Luke feels. She's had a bad history with men. Cue evil ex who kidnaps her and violates her. Billy is seriously one AWFUL guy. I loved that we got to see Lee bond with someone other than Indy.
5 flipping awesome stars!
IF you are going to read one book, I'm all about this one. But seriously, read them all.
Now onto...
Rock Chick Reckoning (Rock Chick #6)
If I had to pick one in the series, this would probably be my least favorite. But, that isn't saying much because there is no book in this series I want to give less than four stars to.
This is Mace
and Stella's
story.
Oh, AND we get a little snippet from each of the past Rock Chick's. Each previous Rock Chick has a chapter from their point of view. It was AWESOME to be able to see our favorite girls again.
So back to Stella and Mace. A while ago they used to be together and they were both quite in love. Then Mace ended it. Stella was in a band and her band was a little messed up...they got into trouble a lot. So she assumes since Mace tended to take care of their shit while they were together, that he got sick of it and left her. Not the case. Mace does reveal why in the story, but I'll let you find that out yourself :)
On her way to take care of something for one of her band members, she shows up at his house to see Luke and Mace hanging out outside. Cue gunfire. Turns out one of the enemies of Nightingale Investigations wants to retaliate by getting the Rock Chicks. During their escape, we find out that all the Rock Chicks have been ambushed. Luckily everyone is ok. Well except Stella who was shot. She tries to tell Mace but he keeps interrupting her, then she decides not to tell him. Well he finds out and he's pissed.
Lot's more drama. I mean, this book out of all of them is super action packed. And Mace wants Stella back, big time. And like all of the Hot Bunch, Mace refuses to give up.
We get some cool music influence in this book since Stella does covers.
4 stars for this one!
Onto another GREAT one.
This is Hector Chavez (Eddie's brother)
and Sadie's
This one is a heartbreaker. Hector, now out of the DEA, is working for Nightingale Investigations. Sadie's father, a career criminal, was his last case. He busted the drug kingpin and now he's in prison. Sadie is running her own art gallery. But she's not as out of the life as she wants to be. The Balducci brothers are stalking her because they think the one to score Sadie deserves to be the new head of the organization.
She goes to Lee for help but no one is very happy with her because they think she is an Ice Princess who hurt Hector. So when she can't explain to Lee exactly why she needs help (as Hector is in the meeting with them), Lee says no and refers her to someone else.
Well here is where the story breaks your heart. And it's only in the first couple of chapters.
Ricky Balducci decides to take what he wants...Sadie goes running back to the Nightingale offices bloody, beaten, and seriously injured. And yes, she was also raped.
Hector and Lee both blame themselves for various reasons. Sadie goes to live with Ralphie and Buddy (LOVE them, they are like Todd and Stevie) and becomes a new person. Hector gives her time to heal and, well, it's no secret she's the one for him. With Hector comes the Rock Chicks and Sadie's never had friends. Hector gives her everything she had been missing.
My initial read of this was only four stars but after the second read, I bumped it up.
5 Stars. Because Sadie is one strong Mamita and Hector is just plain awesome.
And last, but DEFINITELY not least
This is the one we've been waiting for since Rock Chick!
This is Ally Nightingale
and Ren's
Story.
Now, in the past couple of books we had been given the low down on the fact that Ally and Ren were together. BUT that doesn't make their story any less AWESOME.
Ally is a bit lost. She has tried just about every career choice you can try, but the only thing she's good at is the family business - investigating. And damn if she isn't good at it.
Enter Ren. We met him back in Luke and Ava's story. He had it bad for Ava but she chose Luke. So Ally takes care of Ren after his and Luke's fight and they end up getting down and dirrrrty. But oops, he says Ava's name while he's asleep. Ally's pissed and heartbroken because she thinks she's found 'the one'. We finally clear up the misunderstanding, she tells Ren what she wants to do with her life, and he's not down with that. The job comes with it's own set of dangers and he doesn't want Ally in danger.
Ally is one strong woman. She knows what she wants in life and NO ONE is going to tell her otherwise. Not Ren and not even her brothers.
Throughout the series we have grown to love Ally. She is smart, loyal, funny and totally crazy but in an awesome way. This book made me love her even more and want to BE her. She is a super strong heroine which I absolutely love in a book, and an aspect that isn't easy to find. She stayed true to herself and what she wanted without compromising that for anyone. It's impossible not to respect and admire that.
I think hot, sweet Ren said it best:
“Had no fuckin’ clue how deep you ran.”
“What?” I whispered.
“Everything you do, what you eat, what you drink, how you live, how you love, how you work, all of it runs deep. You give it everything. It means everything to you.” His hand suddenly caught mine that was resting on my thigh and he gave it a squeeze. “Come here, baby.”
I bent to him and his hand went to the small of my back, sliding up my spine and into my hair.
“Teach that to our kids, will you?”
-Rock Chick Revolution, Kristen Ashley
5 Stars. A kickass chick who has a deep sense of self worth and a hot Italian? Makes for one FUN story and hot read!
So, that's it for this series. I'm sad that it's over, BUT KA revealed at the end of Rock Chick Revolution that we will get to go to LA and see Mace's crew. New Hot Bunch?! I sure hope so!
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