Review: Drake’s Journey out of Darkness and Despair Brings More Drama to the Demon’s Wings
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2013
The third book in “The Rocker…” series focuses on guitarist Drake Stevenson. Readers know from the previous two books that Drake indulges in excessive drinking to numb his painful past. The prologue further reveals how tragic the gang’s life was prior to stardom, establishing the reason for Drake’s decent into alcoholism.The Rocker That Needs Me, while still delivering the HEA at the end, is a lot darker than the two previous books but, given Drake’s struggles, it fits the story however shocking the scenes play out. There are definitely times you’re left gasping, “Oh no, he didn’t do that!”Lana is young so some of her actions I’m assuming are to be chalked up to inexperience and immaturity.  Still an inclusion of Lana’s thoughts over her repeated lax approach to birth control might have been helpful to her character development. It was just a little hard to buy that a smart college driven girl was so unconcerned about getting pregnant. It left me wondering if she wanted to get pregnant to “keep” Drake.Like Jesse’s story, Drake’s offers alternating POV, although not as successfully done in this one as it tends to be a bit of story telling repetition once the book gets further along.  There is also a little bit of plot repetition.  *Spoiler: Drake and Lana’s first night together feels a little too reminisce of Nik and Emmie’s as well Drake and Lana’s ending mirrors Jesse and Layla’s a little too closely. Plus, Lana must deal with the rocker father that abandoned her like Layla did, although she has a better outcome.Drake’s book is full of drama and real fans will cheer on the fight scene between the girls, which has the rocker boys looking like kitty cats.  Emmie, Nik, Jesse, and Layla have minor roles for the most part once the setting shifts to New York City where the stage is set for Shane’s story in the next book.  Shane’s friendship with Lana is a nice touch. You can feel the rocker family growing.