Review : Lick by Kylie Scott (NA)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17983690-lick

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Book Blurb

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 as hell never meant to wake up on the bathroom floor with a hangover to rival the black plague, a very attractive half-naked tattooed man, 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 for certain, being married to rock and roll’s favourite son is sure to be a wild ride.

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Toot's Review

Evelyn has turned twenty-one and takes a trip to Vegas with roommate Lauren to celebrate. Ev had a night of tequila shots and more. Unfortunately she doesn’t remember. She wakes up in her hotel room in the bathroom with a massive hangover and a strange guy in the room with her. He is David, guitarist in the famous band Stage Dive, and he is her new husband. Ev is in shock and in panic. This is not part of her grand plan for her life. She is the good child, her brother is the bad boy. David is concerned and angry that she doesn’t remember anything. He storms off after they decide that it was a mistake, leaving her in her shocked state. She wants to just forget it ever happened. Denial is a wonderful thing, until she lands in the Portland airport with the paparazzi chasing her. Her secret comes out and everyone knows. The paparazzi camps out on her parents’ front door and she has no where to hide. David sends his security team to the rescue and whisks her away to LA.

She enters his world of rock and roll. Immediately she realizes that she doesn’t belong and it appears that David doesn’t want her there. She is there to sign annulment papers. When they are presented to her, she refuses to sign them. She doesn’t want any of David’s pay off money. She escapes with band drummer Mal. He keeps her hidden until David arrives. David decides to take her somewhere else while they wait for new papers to be drawn up. Alone, they get to know each other and what happened that night in Vegas. They have to decide to continue being married or part ways. They are from different worlds and it appears neither belongs in the other.

I absolutely loved this book. The characters were complex and came with their own issues. The plot was intriguing. It makes the reader ask themselves ‘what would I do in this situation?’. It was fun for me to watch the story unfold and the characters develop. The author portrayed the world of the famous in a more realistic light then some people see. I loved how she took a ‘normal’ person and placed them into that environment. It was fascinating to watch the interactions and hostility that was aimed at Evelyn since she was the outsider. I look forward to more books about this band. 

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I give it 5 out of 5