Innocent, twenty-four year old Emily Bronwyn is thrown into the world of Rock N Roll. When her best friend Stacy calls upon her to help him co-manage Stricken’s, music tour. It doesn't take long for her to bump heads with the hottest rock star on the planet. Stricken’s lead singer Johnathan Striker who’s most famous for being a womanizing male whore. But what he doesn't realize is, he’s just met his match. When Emily refuses to tolerate his mouthy antics or bed him. Even though it’s hard to resist the charms of such a handsome and infuriating man.
Returning home to Indiana during a short tour break, Emily gets shoved into a different life she never thought possible. Passion is the new driver in her life and her innocence is officially a thing of the past. What will she do now? But embrace the new cards she’s been dealt.
Caution: This book contains heavy adult sexual content, profanity and bisexuality. For audiences 18+
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**This review may include
some spoilers. I usually try to control myself but this time, I can’t.**
Good grief. My head is
spinning.
I picked up Stricken Desire after reading a short
novella by the same author. Hell, it was $.99, it’s kinda hard to go wrong at that price.
We’ll start with the Cons:
1. Very little of this story deals with Johnathan
Stricker, the lead singer of this totally popular rock band. Most of it focuses
on Stacey, Emily’s super confused best friend and the band’s manager. (What
kind of name is Stacey? Can we make this issue #2? Seriously, I’m not diggin’
that name.) This story was all over the place, jumping between these men and
Emily, and even other women. It was just – everywhere.
2. I already claimed this one for Stacey. Don’t name your
little boy Stacey. It’s just not nice.
3. Emily has infertility issues. I can relate. I also
have infertility issues. That little fact made me feel a little closer to this
snarky little redhead. That is until she magically found herself pregnant with
not just one but TWO kids. If it were only that easy to skip over your medical
issues and make all your dreams come true. It happens,
I know. I’ve watched I Didn’t Know I was
Pregnant. Yes, it can happen, but
seriously… It’s kind of like a tiny slap in the face to all of us out here in
reality.
4. If Emily called Johnathan misogynistic one more time...
Use more descriptive words please. There’s no need to monopolize one words. We
have a beautiful thing called a thesaurus. USE IT.
5. Orgasms: 12 orgasms in a 4 fuck period is RIDICULOUS! I am all for fantasy; all for reading about
two people coming at the same time or having multiple orgasms. Hell, it’s a
fantasy for a reason, but adding in 12 orgasms is just unrealistic. I actually
remember laughing at the page. It was over the top.
6. Holy crap!
Enough with the Emily is so tiny bit. 5’2” isn’t THAT small. It’s not
like she’s Snooki and stands at around 4’9”. Yeesh.
7. The editing was
HORRENDOUS! Some major editing needs to
be done on this one. It seemed to get worse as the story unfolded. Maybe the
author was trying to quickly pump it out. (Ha!) I dunno. If you’re putting out
a novel for the world to read, at the very least have it edited. It makes you
look like you don’t have a clue when you push out something that has repeated
errors. We all make mistakes. I know I
do. Just please edit next time.
Pros:
1.
The sex was hot.
There’s something for everyone in this novel: M/M, M/F, F/F – It has it all.
You mostly just hear recounts of the M/M, which is probably a good thing... I don’t think that’s for everyone, then again, neither is F/F.
2.
The relationship
between Stacey and Emily, while completely fucked up, is what we all hope to
find in another person. They’re soul mates on a deeper level, and I found that
inspiring.
3.
Emily’s parents
rock.
4.
Keith (one of the
band members) seemed pretty cool.
5.
I was never sure
what would happen next.
6.
Emily is snarky
and quick with a comeback. I love that
in a heroine. Weak minded women make me want to pull my hair out. I’m over
joyed that Emily had a little ‘tude to sling around.
I can’t say I’d recommend
this one. It just has too much going on. A baby (or two), bisexuality, abuse (physical,
mental, and child), drug use… It was like a crap storm overload. There is no HEA in this book. There is,
however, “cheating” and lies… It’s just a lot. Too much. I have mixed feelings
about continuing the series.
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