Okay since I just finished Rock Chick Revolution (Rock Chick
#8) by Kristen Ashley, I thought I would write about the series as a whole
since this is the last book in the series.
Basic Summary: This book takes place in Denver, Colorado the
first book the back drop being a bookstore named Fortnum’s. The series starts with the Nightingale
family, whole throughout the series even though are tons more characters and
stories involved, it all kind of rotates around the Nightingales. If you have read other Kristen Ashley books,
Lee Nightingale and Ally Nightingale are mentioned throughout her other
books. Basically each book starts out
with a beautiful girl, falling in with one of Lee Nightingale’s boys or Lee
himself (the first book), since Lee is the president of his own special ops
private investigations company there are tons of hot men falling in love with
hot girls. The girls form a family/group
called The Rock Chicks hence the name of the series. Great rock-n-roll is the backdrop of most
books, and with each rock chick comes new dangers and hijinks. There is always trouble to had for each girl,
and each girl has a hero there to rescue her.
Basically, someone gets hurt, kidnapped, shot at, and beat up in almost
every book.
What I love about
this series: Amongst all the
shooting, yelling, punches, kicks, etc. There are some really great raw moments
as well, where the main character which is usually the girl experiences
something soul changing. In Rock Chick
redemption the damsel in distress Roxie has a very real moment involving her
tied handcuffed and beat up in a dirty motel.
In Rock Chick Renegade, Jules the lovely lady in the book has a very
dramatic scene where you are not quite sure if she will even live. I don’t want to go into too many details
because then I will totally spoil it for you but you get the drift here.
On top
of all this, there some hilarious scenes and I mean hilarious!!!!! Tex is
probably one of the best supporting characters that has ever existed. He is definitely the comic relief in the
books, even though the main characters can make you make you laugh all on their
own sometimes he just adds the awesome to it.
There are so many amazing supporting characters that you don’t just fall
in love with the main characters but everyone too. You become so emotionally invested in
everyone’s stories and you want every single person of that Fortnum’s crowd to
have a happily ever after as well.
My favorite book is really hard to
choose from because I love each one for different reasons. I think my favorite bad boy is Luke Stark in
Rock Chick Revenge (Rock Chick #5), he’s just hot with a capital H! The most
tragic bad boy back story is probably Mace in Rock Chick Reckoning (Rock Chick#6), his back story deals with his
half-sister being murdered right in front of him and your heart just breaks for
him and his struggle. Mace ends up
falling in love a true Rock Chick named Stella who becomes a famous singer and ends
up moving to LA where a new series will involve their adventures on the west
coast. Other than Jules dramatic moment,
I think one of the most heart wrenching Rock Chick moments takes place in Rock
Chick Regret with Sadie who sadly is sexually assaulted. Being a woman and reading that scene was very
difficult and just completely heart breaking.
Rock
Chick is the very last book, and as the series began with a Nightingale, it
ends with one as well. Each epilogue and the books show you a happy future for
each character and it’s awesome to read that.
It’s great to see that not only do these people who you truly grow to
love have a happily ever after but they have formed a family around them that
just grows and grows. Each couple
continues their lives together happy and content and many times children are
definitely involved. My favorite
epilogue was probably in Rock Chick Reckoning where it involved each couple not
just the main ones in that story line.
Most of these books are written from the perspective of the damsel in
distress lately, sometimes they switch it up and have the bad boys point of
view scattered throughout the books. In
Rock Chick Reckoning you get the point of view of past main characters and it
makes you realize just how much you miss them all. Kristen Ashley is very good at switching
point of views to add to the story which makes her books all the more
magical. I absolutely worship the ground
this author walks on. There is no other
author like her, her books are tragic, bitter sweet, funny, heartfelt, serious,
sarcastic, and so much more all in one.
The sex scenes are awesome as well, not too detailed if you aren’t into
erotica but just enough to get you going.
I will never forget this series, and I cried a little as I ended Rock
Chick Revolution knowing that although I might see these characters again I’m
going to miss Fortnum’s and the hilarity that ensues when a new Rock Chick
comes to town.
Cons: I don’t have too many negative things to say
about these books, maybe at some points I felt like it’s bogged down in
details. I felt like I could skip a
whole paragraph and not miss anything because of all the details. I know I complain about lack of details and I
do compare a lot of books details to Kristen Ashley books because I love how
her details can really create the atmosphere of a scene but sometimes I’m like
okay I get it already move on. Also
sometimes I feel the beginnings of the books are a little slow going but when
it gets to the crook of the story it goes full speed ahead which makes up for
that part.
Overall: I love this series!!!!!!!! I absolutely
love this series!!! I cannot thank Kristen Ashley enough for creating this series,
for bringing the bad boys hot bunch, and the rock chicks into my life!! I love these books so much that I am ready
this very minute to pick and move to Denver and live there the rest of my
life. Kristen Ashley didn’t just create
compelling story lines but a whole world so rich with love, laughter, tears,
heart break, new beginnings, and so much more.
I don’t just love the individual stories, I love the family that these
series has created even though they may not all be blood relatives, this groups
of characters is so strong there is no breaking them apart. Luke Stark is probably my favorite hot bunch
bad boy, but Mace’s story was probably the most the compelling for me. I will always love the couple that started it
all though, Indy and Lee. It’s sad to
see this series come to end, but they definitely went out with a bang! I know that Fortnum’s and the gang will be
seen throughout the other series that Kristen Ashley has created but it won’t
be the same. Good bye Rock Chicks and
Hot Bunch, I will probably read this series over and over again for years to
come!!!
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