Sunday, November 26, 2017

Lick (Stage Dive, #1) by Kylie Scott

Narrated by Andi Arndt
Synopsis (via Goodreads): Waking up in Vegas was never meant to be like this.

Evelyn Thomas's plans for celebrating her twenty-first birthday in Las Vegas were big. Huge. But she sure never meant to wake up on the bathroom floor with a hangover to rival the black plague, a very attractive h
alf-naked tattooed man in her room, and a diamond on her finger large enough to scare King Kong. Now if she could just remember how it all happened.

One thing is certain, being married to one of the hottest rock stars on the planet is sure to be a wild ride. 

“I was going to kill him. Slowly. Strangle him with the overpriced thong. A fitting death for a rock star.”  
Lick is another audiobook I stumbled across on Overdrive (it's synced to your library with your library card). Overdrive is free, which is awesome, and they offer ebooks and audiobooks. I know a lot of people use Audible, but Overdrive lets me pull from most of my local libraries with one library card.

I was looking for a quick romance with steamy sex scenes, and that's exactly what I got. ๐Ÿคค There was also a deeper story there that I wasn't expecting, and it made everything else more meaningful. It was also completely believable. I could honestly see myself reacting similarly to their situation. There wasn't an ista-love, or anything like that, it was just two people that fell in love twice.

One of my favorite quotes from David is, “It’s not fair that I remember and you don’t, Evelyn.” He knew exactly what he was doing when he spontaneously married Evelyn. David, a rock star with girls begging to be with him, chose to marry her. It kills him to remember the reasons why, and what they did together, only to find out that she can't even recall who he is. I would have been furious if that had happened to me.

Ev is understandably shocked when she starts putting the pieces together, and I love how careful and kind she was. She desperately wanted her memories from that night to come flooding back to her, but I thought it was sweet the way she would remember just a fraction of a story only to have him elaborate and give her more details. Those moments were special to him, they meant something.

It didn't take me long to get through this book, so if you have an afternoon to spare, read this. Seriously. I giggled and laughed, swooned a little, and cheered them on from the sidelines. I borrowed the audiobook from my library, but now I own physical copies of the entire series.

I think the next book, Play, is from Mal's perspective. I loved his character in this book, even though his appearances were brief, and I'm excited to read about him on a more personal level.

“Mal!"
"What?"
"Close the door down there and lock it," David yelled. "Don't you come up here under any circumstances. Not till I tell you it's okay. Understood?"
There was a pause then Mal yelled back. "What if there's a fire?"
"Burn.”
  

10 comments:

  1. I found this a fun read, and I adored watching Ev and David fall in love.

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    1. I wish she would have eventually remembered their "wedding night." The brief glimpses we saw sounded so sweet!

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  2. I read Lick years ago. I remember loving it. Evelyn and David's antics were hilarious :)

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    1. She didn't put up with his crap just because he was a rock star. She challenged him, and that made their relationship fun!

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  3. I can't remember if I liked this one or not but I loved Play!

    For What It's Worth

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    1. I'll get to it soon! I loved Mal in this, so I can't wait to read a book dedicated to him. :)

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  4. This does sound like a fun read to spend an afternoon with! Adding to my TBR so thanks for the review :)

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    1. Nice! I'm trying to finish what I'm currently reading so I can start the other books in this series.

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  5. Oh nice. This sounds like something I would enjoy and you totally sold me when you said it had humor in it. Love that in romances.

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    1. ROMCOM! They're the best! I definitely recommend this--so fun!

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