Wednesday 10 June 2015

Review: Stick Me Baby...One More Time (Has-Been Series #2) by Kat DeSalle & Kristin Leigh Jones

*****5 Stars*****
 
 
I love this series and was really looking forward to Rod’s story, after his little tantrum in Tony’s book I really wanted to know what Rod’s issues were and these ladies did not disappoint. Stick Me Baby is an emotional rollercoaster as we ride every high and hit every come down with Rod, it was laugh out loud funny in parts and really tough reading in others.
I was expecting Rod’s story to reveal more of his past and his difficult childhood but I soon learned that Rod doesn’t like to face up to issues, he’d sooner hide in a haze of booze, drugs and loose women. So what we find is Rod running from dealing with his concerns that his friends are all settling down and as the oldest of the pack it seems he missed that bus along with the fact that his career in the porn industry in winding down too.
And Amber I wanted to rag her about violently, you know when your friend has a new beau and you know you are watching a train crash just waiting to happen that is how I felt about Rod & Amber but I held my judgement as Rod seemed to be in love and I just wanted to see him happy. Yes, that wreck happened and I wanted to kill her and just hug poor Rod, his spiral down was painful to read.
Poor Rod realises what he has in his friends when they step up for him when he hits his lowest point, the family that he needs. Yet Rod wants the happy ending his friends seem to be getting and so gives Amber another chance but is she really what he needs on his road to sobriety? It seemed Rod had to go through the final humiliation to realise which way was which and again the guys are there for him.
I loved the ending, it was just hilarious and I am again looking forward to the next book in this series.
 
 
Blurb
 
STICK ME BABY...ONE MORE TIME

Rod Stick—though his birth certificate says Rodney Moore— has everything a top-notch porn star ever wanted. Friends are his new family, money satisfies his every wish, and endless lines of willing and ready women fulfill any voids his jaded childhood left behind. Drugs and alcohol patch the remaining leaks those things can’t fix.

However, things are beginning to change. His friends and their bachelor lifestyle are fading in the hot L.A. sun. Irresponsible decisions and self-destructive actions have his career on the rocks. Like his best friend, Tony, he worries he’s going to be the next “has-been.” To complicate things further, a certain sexy and dangerous amber-haired stripper is changing him into another person—one that he isn't sure he can handle. They say you can’t make a “ho into a housewife.” But two hoes? There are better odds in Vegas.

Can Rod find the solace he's searching for in his own private dancer, Crystal Amber? Settling down with her might close the door on that dark chapter of his life forever—the one he’s been running from since he was a kid. Or, will he lose himself and everyone else around him instead creating his own version of hell?

Sometimes our own light is hiding in dark places. Will Rod find his?
  
 
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2 comments:

  1. Thank you for everything you do, you all rock! <3 ~Kat & Kristin

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