Review: That Cover Is Boss!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2014
Update: LOOK AT THE AWESOMENESS ON THE COVER! THIS, is what The Fountain Pen Diva wants to see MORE of in IR! I just hope Sioux Dupree lives up to my expectations, which when it comes to female rockers, is just as high as it is for male ones. I don't accept wimpy chicks with guitars. If your characters don't bring it like Joan Jett, Lita Ford or Diamond Rowe, we can't talk. Period!  Still, the cover is all kinds of BOSS!Okay, I liked the book. I liked that Sioux Dupree had battle scars from years of addiction. I liked that the author didn't gloss over her daily struggle for sobriety, especially for someone who'd spent most of her life in the public eye. I liked that there was no "magic bullet" for getting clean and staying that way. In that way Sioux was pretty damn deep. I liked that she went after what she wanted--both the chance to prove her rock cred by touring with Storm Crow, and by her going after Thad.Unfortunately, this was just Too. Damn. Short!I wouldn't say that if the story or the characters were lackluster. Thad and Sioux really deserve a longer story. The insta-lust/love fell flat in light of Sioux's personal demons. It was nice to revisit the guys of Storm Crow again, though I was pretty surprised at how jerkish Bryan behaved towards Sioux. I've always viewed him as being all about the underdog. Thad came off as just "there", again due to the brevity of the story.Funny how author Roslyn Hardy Holcomb was light years ahead of the game before damn near everyone started [attempting] to write rock n' roll romance. Sad how she doesn't get the credit for it because OMG it was INTERRACIAL and too many readers couldn't wrap their tiny brains around that.But I digress...I mentioned previously that I needed for my rocker heroines to bring it! I'm a woman who has one of the godmothers of metal-Ann Boleyn of Hellion-as her alarm (Stormrider is still a classic heavy-ass tune). I had no idea what Sioux sounded like save for being described as sounding like Tina Turner (not a bad thing), but I'm not pleased because there were no Marshall stacks nor Flying V's. If you're gonna rock, don't be half-assed. With all the stuff Sioux went through, she should definitely be screaming for vengeance, lol.But still, the cover IS boss!