Review: Series Review for Hard Rock Roots
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2014
I have recently read the first four books in this series, Hard Rock Roots, and I am loving it.  C. M. Stunich has a voice, and it's not like any other voice in "rock star romance" today. She is raw, she is brutal, she is seductive and vulgar, poetic and plain. Real Ugly is an amazing read.Turner Campbell is a drugged out, hard drinking, tattooed front man with an arrogant strut and a natural affinity for the stage.  Naomi Knox is a beautiful young woman who plays the guitar like a goddess and takes her work seriously; she likes a good line or a good lay as much as the next rock star, too.  Neither one of them is looking for anything like what they stumble upon in one another.  At least, not at first...There's a back story I won't go into, but suffice it to say that Naomi hates Turner and believes she has good reason. I actually disagree with her, I think they share equal responsibility for the situation, but apparently I'm the only one. Anyway. Both characters have had hard lives and rough patches, and both are on their way to winning the brass ring, a real-live, hard-core, sex-and-drug filled Rock and Roll fantasy career. They've worked hard and played hard, done some drugs and made some mistakes, seduced the crowds and the groupies, and they are reaping the rewards. But what happens when TNT and C4 meet? Real Ugly happens.I love that Turner is so open to change, despite not knowing that he is. That he is pretty honest with himself. I don't think that Naomi understands herself as well as Turner does, but that sort of makes them more fun.  That they are both beautiful, strong, and determined just makes them more real.There are humorous moments, of course, and some sex scenes that are right in keeping with the rock 'n roll theme, and then there are the ultra-hot, mega-hot, uber-hot scenes between Naomi and Turner. Oh, my goodness, some of those scenes could melt your Kindle!One thing I realized about halfway through is that Stunich makes the bands seem so real and the lyrics she writes for them are so good, I can practically hear the music in my head and I want to go see these guys play.  Our author does a great job of making this real.Ultimately, Stunich is a really good author with a very good understanding of who her characters are and she allows them to grow and change in fairly organic ways. I am waiting ANXIOUSLY and with BATED BREATH for book 5 in this series, Born Wrong. Stunich makes a great world here, and a great set of characters and, if there are excesses? Well, it's rock 'n roll, baby! Read it!