Insider by Olivia Cunning

Rating: ★★★★ 

Genre: New Adult, Erotic Romance, Humor, 

Contemporary Romance

Synopsis:

Toni wants to be an insider.
Logan just wants inside her.

She’s finally ready to rock...
Toni Nichols set aside her dreams to raise her little sister, but now she's reaching for the stars as the creator o

f a revolutionary interactive biography about Exodus End. She’s on tour with the rock band to immerse herself in their world, but how will she ever gain the trust of four veteran superstars who've been burned by the media before? Nobody said this was going to be easy. Then again, good things can come in hard packages.

He's always ready to roll…
Adrenaline junkie Logan Schmidt lives for the rush of playing his bass guitar before thousands of screaming fans. When he's not performing onstage or in the bedroom, he's looking for his next thrill in extreme sports. So why does a sweet, innocent journalist get his heart pumping and capture his full attention? Is Toni the real deal or just digging up dirt on his band? Logan’s eager to rock Toni’s world and roll her in the sack, but when she starts to get too close to his heart, she takes her insider look to a place he may never be willing to go.

  

Review:  

This book was really good. I have been waiting for this book for a long time, it finally came out, and it lived up to my expectations, even if it was not Dare or Max’s book.

Toni and Logan are super cute and sexy together. Logan makes Toni come alive and helps her live and she would not have that chance if she never went to interview them. 

  

Toni is writing a book for the band and she has to interview them and follow them around. When her Editor Susan starts to tear her down, she wants to prove that she can complete the job. She does a good job until they hit a really big speed bump, which happened because of her mother. Let us just say that is does not end well for Toni and she gets fired, but there is a happy ending to the book so need to fret :)

Toni’s life before Exodus End is boring, plain and nothing ever happens to her. She has a best friend and she takes care of Birdie who is her sister. She stays home and completed her schooling from home because she had to take care of Birdie.

Birdie was born with Down syndrome and her mother closed off once her father passed away. Her mother did not want to put her heart into anything and did not want to love her children fully because she was scared of heartbreak, so she threw herself into her work.

Toni had to put her life on hold to raise Birdie and while doing that she missed many opportunities, she meets Logan when she gets on the Tour bus and they click. Before she got on the bus, she was a virgin and she just wanted to get rid of it. What started as a quick (pardon my language) fuck, became something more pretty fast.

Logan is the man whore of the band... maybe not as much as Steve, but still pretty close. He never thought he would commit to one woman, he also never thought he would be able to say those three words.

 He has commitment issues, when he was younger he would see his dad go through countless women and he did not want to commit to one women and lie to them  if he could not stick to just one. Being in a band made it simple for Logan to go from woman to woman and he did not have to remember their names until Toni.

Her mom eventually comes around and starts acting like a mother and spending time with her family, which was great because throughout the book I tried hard to keep liking her, it got hard though.

I do recommend this book and I am sure the whole series is going to be good. Olivia Cunning is great author, writing about bands is her thing, and it is great. She needs to keep doing what she does best

Rock Chick Revolution by Kristen Ashley

Synopsis:

 Ally Nightingale has secrets. Secrets she doesn't even share with the Rock Chicks. But two men know what she's up to. One has her back. The other has her heart, but he doesn't know it.

As Ally rewinds the last year of her life, she knows two things. One, she’s never going to get what every Rock Chick should have—her own Hot Bunch guy. And two, she’s a Nightingale through and through. She just isn’t sure what to do about that.

But as her secrets are revealed, the men in her life react. Darius Tucker, a lifelong friend, as usual takes her back. Ren Zano, the man she loves, isn’t quite so sure. The Rock Chicks, Hot Bunch and the entire gang at Fortnum’s weigh in, and a Rock Chick Revolution starts brewing.

It’s up to Ally to control it and prove what she knows down to her bones.
She’s a Rock Chick, she deserves her hot guy and she’s going to keep the one she wants…
Because she’s a Nightingale.

Rating: ★★★★★

Genre: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Funny, Adult

Review:

This is the last book in the series and I am so sad to see the series finish, but it was well worth the read. Ally and Ren are perfect for each other. Honestly, I did not think that Ally would end up with Ren, but it works and I am happy that it did because everybody was getting their happy ending except for Ally. I would have been upset if Ally did not get her own book, but she  did and I am a happy camper.

Ally and Ren have been on and off and it was kept a secret from the other Rock Chicks for a while which, was sad because they share everything with Ally. Ally is more secretive and does not open up easily. Ren has to try to figure out how to get into Ally’s heart without his being broken. Lucky he figures that out and they have some difficulties... mostly ups that is even better.

Not everyone is happy about Ren and Ally being together... mostly her brothers because they are over protective and do not want Ally getting involved in Ren’s family business. They get around to it though because they see that Ren is it for her and her for him.

Ally also looks into getting a different type of Job, which her brothers are not thrilled about and it is not a surprise that she wants to go into that since she has been doing it through all the books

Even Darius gets a happy ending that may be a spoiler so I am sorry about that, but I did not want you guys thinking that it was a horrible ending for him. It is a twist yes, but a good twist.

This book was overall very good as was the series and I would recommend it a billion times to anyone that likes witty and strong women and very protective men, but also very sweet.

Rock Chick Regret by Kristen Ashely

Synopsis: Sadie Townsend is known by all as The Ice Princess and she’s worked hard to earn her reputation. Her father, a now-incarcerated Drug Lord, has kept her under his thumb her whole life and she’s learned enough from living in his world to give everyone the cold shoulder. But one inebriated night, she shows the Real Sadie to the undercover agent she knows is investigating her father, the handsome Hector Chavez, and he knows he’ll stop at nothing to have her.

Hector makes one (huge) mistake; he waits for Sadie to come to him. Tragedy strikes and Sadie’s got a choice, she can retreat behind her Ice Fortress or she can embrace the Rock Chick/Hot Bunch World. Guided by Hector, the Rock Chicks, the Hot Bunch and her new gay roommates, Buddy and Ralphie, Sadie negotiates a life out from under her father’s thumb, a life that includes poison, arson and learning how to make s’mores.

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Humor, Adult

Rating: ★★★ 

Review: Sadie... Sadie. She got on my nerves quite a bit. I understand that she was hurt and the ice princess, but she annoyed me so much. I felt sorry for Hector because he had to deal with her getting close then pulling away. Sadie also annoyed me with the Rock Chicks because they do nothing but try to let her in and she blows them off or ignores them and nobody should be that mean. Yes, I understand that the Ice princess was her way of coping and she is used to that persona, but after a while, it was time to drop it.

Sadie tries hard to be the ice princess because of her father that is the way she deals with things. She meets Hector during an investigation that was happening on her father and things become heated with them, but she runs away because she gets scared.

Throughout the book I have no clue how many Sadie’s you meet all I know is she needs to become one Sadie all together because the multiple personalities is a pain in the ass. I personally liked when she was Hector’s Sadie because she was not trying to hide anything from Hector, so it made life easier when she was normal Sadie.

The sex in the book is pretty awesome, steamy and perfect between Hector and Sadie because she was the perfect girl, he was the more gritty man whom had a couple rough edges, and they complimented each other so well.

Hector had to deal with a lot when it came to Sadie I am not going to spoil it for you, but some shitty things happen to Sadie throughout the book, which is horrible for both of them because they have enough to work through. They work through their problems though and they come out stronger than ever.

This book is good, but out of the series I have read better and she really pushed my buttons, I felt sorry for Hector throughout the book. I kept wondering if he knew what he was getting into, but the book turned out okay, would I re-read that book... probably not.

Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley

Synopsis: Stella’s the lead singer and lead guitarist of The Blue Moon Gypsies and Stella used to be Mace’s girl. Mace broke up with her, though, and the loss of him rocked her world. But Stella gets a call, late at night (again) from one of the members of her crazy band. She has to go play clean up (again) and runs into Mace and a shed load of police, and ends up getting shot.

Mace finds he doesn’t like it much that his ex-girlfriend got shot right in front of him but it’s worse. A very bad man has thrown down the gauntlet and all the Rock Chicks are in the firing line. Stella doesn’t want Mace to be the one to keep her alive, but she has no choice. Mainly because Mace isn’t giving her one.

Rating: ★★★★

Genre: Adult, Contemporary Romance, Humor

Review:

This book was good and interesting mind you I am kind of getting tired of all the women being in trouble for relationships to start. I understand that is how the guy and girl meet, but why can it not be the guy getting in trouble for one book. There girls are always the ones that need help and protection. I really am hoping for Ally’s book that she does not need protecting. A little change would be great.

This book was good, but I was a little annoyed with Stella because she kept trying to get away from Mace and kept trying to push him away. I do not understand how these girls work. They are handsome men and yes a little pushy, but if they want you then you accept and be happy. I am starting to sound like Shirleen. There are too many reasons that Stella makes up to not be with Mace, but he does not listen. What Mace wants, Mace gets and he always wins.

Mace’s father is an ass, in the end, he redeems himself kind of, but he is still an ass. Mace has some demons that he has to work through and the only person that can help is Stella, but she has to stick up to her band and tell them to deal with their own problems. She needs to focus on the music and on Mace because those are the two things that are going to keep her sane and safe.

This series has two books left and it is slowly ending. In a way, I will be happy not to have to deal with shooting and attacks, but in another way, I am going to miss the Rock Chicks and the Hot Bunch. It is worth the read though all eight books and I highly recommend them to people that like funny, stubborn and independent women and men that are protective, caring and rough at the same time.