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Rock Chick
by Kristen Ashley
3.5 starts despite everything.
Believe me, there's a lot inclded in this "Everything".
I've gathered from other reviews and comments that Ashley's books are like crack. And, well, it's true. They're like a fat cheeseburger of cliches and feelings we all love to read about. But do not look for a deep reading here. In the end, it's a big mix of good unhealty stuff, but eventually it's just that: crack. Not even of prime quality, I might add.
Anyway, lately I've complained about nonexistent plots in books. You know, those novels where nothing really happens. Rock Chick is definitely not one of them. Tons of things happen in this novel. Which is great... until it becomes ridiculous and the and even the author gets out of some parts with very ruches sentences and tht's that. Eventually you develop a numbness of sort when it comes to the traumatic events.
God, if Sorensen had to write a book with so many traumas, she'd probably couldn't fit all of them in a twenty-novels series. But I'm digressing.
Back to the book in question. Some things I noticed were:
1: Ashley loves her parenthesis. Seriously, I don't think I've ever read a book with so many parenthesis in it. Usually, a pair of commas would have resolved the issue, no biggie, but apparently Ashley doesn't have such a good relationship with the little helpful guys.
2: Repetitions. I'll post an example: Carl had a bachelor’s, majoring in biology and political science and was now studying forensics. Carl was tall, big, blond-haired and blue-eyed. Carl’s hair was always a bit of a mess, Carl had a killer, dry sense of humor and Carl had a way of looking at you like he knew what you looked like naked. In other words, Carl was very sexy. If I hadn’t been so hung up on Lee, Ally’d have had competition for Carl. And this is done every time a character is introduced. Same with rooms. They are described to the Ts. I'm not saying it is necessarily a bad thing, but if you consider this in light of the generally poor writing, it becomes clear it wasn't a wanted effect.
Oh, and do we want to talk about the "Yikes!" I didn't count them, but there were too many. I get it, it's something "Character specific" and it's supposed to give Indy and edge or something, but after the thirtieth one I was ready to cut the words right out o the printed page. With dull-bladed scissors, in order to hurt them in the proces.
3: It reads like a fanfiction. The editing is poor, there are lots of repetitions and unpleasant constructs, like "He was thinking thoughts." Wow, really! No shit. And here I was, utterly sure he was thinking ponies into existence. Anyway, the main fanfiction-ish thing was the utter lack psychological consequences to Indy's mind. She gets repeatedly kidnapped and hurt and whatever. Still, she's as peachy as they come.
4: Indy. She's... a pain in the ass most of the time. Lee is the saving grace of this book. Though I wouldn't go as far as saying I loved his character.
5: The steam. When things get interesting after hundreds of verbal foreplay, we get the dreaded 'fade to black'. It's amazing how writers who write with tons of verbal smack and build up magistrally to it then lack the ability to match up the expectations.
6: Indy and her Golden Vagina. She's a good looking chick. We know this from the very beginning, but somehow as soon as she gets together with Lee, she stats attracting studs like bees and honey. Lee... Eddie... Vance... she's one flirty gal, always trying to get a rise out of guys by flirting with them. There's nothing wrong with it, but after a while, it became childish. Especially since she claims "I couldn't stop. It was second nature."
7: The Flash. So... Lee and Indy get together and in a matter of a couple weeks he's already talking about moving in, marriage and babies. I think the author thought portraying a character willing to commit to such a degree would bring us readers to our knees. Reality, though, is that if a guy talked about marriage this soon in our relationship, I'd Taser him and knee him in the family jewels. Then I'd pack and sayonara. The only excuse could be that they'd known each other all their lives. That aspect of their relationship was well-shaped, I'll admit to it.
So... after beating the book to a pulp as I just did, why three and a half stars, you'll wonder? Mainly for that fat cheeseburger thing I was talking about earlier. It's an adrenalinic book, full of crazy characters, an heroine you'll want to punch but that will make you crack up in laughter. Lee is definitely one hot, dangerous man and their interactions are hot. The world building isn't nothing to spit on and the plot was the good kind of twisted.
Plus, I kind of fell in love with Tex, though he's nuts.
Believe me, there's a lot inclded in this "Everything".
I've gathered from other reviews and comments that Ashley's books are like crack. And, well, it's true. They're like a fat cheeseburger of cliches and feelings we all love to read about. But do not look for a deep reading here. In the end, it's a big mix of good unhealty stuff, but eventually it's just that: crack. Not even of prime quality, I might add.
Anyway, lately I've complained about nonexistent plots in books. You know, those novels where nothing really happens. Rock Chick is definitely not one of them. Tons of things happen in this novel. Which is great... until it becomes ridiculous and the and even the author gets out of some parts with very ruches sentences and tht's that. Eventually you develop a numbness of sort when it comes to the traumatic events.
God, if Sorensen had to write a book with so many traumas, she'd probably couldn't fit all of them in a twenty-novels series. But I'm digressing.
Back to the book in question. Some things I noticed were:
1: Ashley loves her parenthesis. Seriously, I don't think I've ever read a book with so many parenthesis in it. Usually, a pair of commas would have resolved the issue, no biggie, but apparently Ashley doesn't have such a good relationship with the little helpful guys.
2: Repetitions. I'll post an example: Carl had a bachelor’s, majoring in biology and political science and was now studying forensics. Carl was tall, big, blond-haired and blue-eyed. Carl’s hair was always a bit of a mess, Carl had a killer, dry sense of humor and Carl had a way of looking at you like he knew what you looked like naked. In other words, Carl was very sexy. If I hadn’t been so hung up on Lee, Ally’d have had competition for Carl. And this is done every time a character is introduced. Same with rooms. They are described to the Ts. I'm not saying it is necessarily a bad thing, but if you consider this in light of the generally poor writing, it becomes clear it wasn't a wanted effect.
Oh, and do we want to talk about the "Yikes!" I didn't count them, but there were too many. I get it, it's something "Character specific" and it's supposed to give Indy and edge or something, but after the thirtieth one I was ready to cut the words right out o the printed page. With dull-bladed scissors, in order to hurt them in the proces.
3: It reads like a fanfiction. The editing is poor, there are lots of repetitions and unpleasant constructs, like "He was thinking thoughts." Wow, really! No shit. And here I was, utterly sure he was thinking ponies into existence. Anyway, the main fanfiction-ish thing was the utter lack psychological consequences to Indy's mind. She gets repeatedly kidnapped and hurt and whatever. Still, she's as peachy as they come.
4: Indy. She's... a pain in the ass most of the time. Lee is the saving grace of this book. Though I wouldn't go as far as saying I loved his character.
5: The steam. When things get interesting after hundreds of verbal foreplay, we get the dreaded 'fade to black'. It's amazing how writers who write with tons of verbal smack and build up magistrally to it then lack the ability to match up the expectations.
6: Indy and her Golden Vagina. She's a good looking chick. We know this from the very beginning, but somehow as soon as she gets together with Lee, she stats attracting studs like bees and honey. Lee... Eddie... Vance... she's one flirty gal, always trying to get a rise out of guys by flirting with them. There's nothing wrong with it, but after a while, it became childish. Especially since she claims "I couldn't stop. It was second nature."
7: The Flash. So... Lee and Indy get together and in a matter of a couple weeks he's already talking about moving in, marriage and babies. I think the author thought portraying a character willing to commit to such a degree would bring us readers to our knees. Reality, though, is that if a guy talked about marriage this soon in our relationship, I'd Taser him and knee him in the family jewels. Then I'd pack and sayonara. The only excuse could be that they'd known each other all their lives. That aspect of their relationship was well-shaped, I'll admit to it.
So... after beating the book to a pulp as I just did, why three and a half stars, you'll wonder? Mainly for that fat cheeseburger thing I was talking about earlier. It's an adrenalinic book, full of crazy characters, an heroine you'll want to punch but that will make you crack up in laughter. Lee is definitely one hot, dangerous man and their interactions are hot. The world building isn't nothing to spit on and the plot was the good kind of twisted.
Plus, I kind of fell in love with Tex, though he's nuts.