Blog Tour: Review with Giveaway - Come Back (Rock Savage #1) by Candy J. Starr

Book info:
Title:  Come Back
Author:  Candy J. Starr
Series:  Rock Savage #1
Publication date: July 2nd 2017
Genres: Rock Star Romance

Synopsis:

Asher Savage, you’ve probably heard of him. He was in that boy band until they broke up then he went totally off the rails. He wouldn’t even be on my radar except my editor offered me the ultimate bribe, working with the rock star of my dreams, if I spend a month photographing Savage’s come back. I’ll take the job but it’ll be pure hell until I get my reward. Savage’s charms will never work on me.

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Women dream of me. Hell, they name their vibrators after me! I’d never met a woman who hadn’t fallen at my feet, until I got stuck with this hardass photographer. Alice Cain, she thinks she’s way too good for me, and God knows, she’s probably right. But I need her on side for my come back to be a success and I need her in my bed if I want to keep my ego intact. She will be mine.

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My Review:
My rating:  4 stars 

As I've mentioned many times lately, I'm really enjoying rock star romances.  I've read one other by this author, Too Many Rock Stars.   While I did enjoy that one, this time, I really liked the story a lot!  It was fun following a former boy band star becoming a rock star.  As I am more of a boy band person in real life, this totally hit perfectly for me.  I really liked Ash, but at times Alice irritated me a bit.  But in the end, both characters were perfectly created to fit this story.  The ending had a little twist that I didn't necessarily see coming, and it definitely left me ready to read book two.  My only complaints about the book were that there was a certain type of phrase, I don't know what to call it, but a certain way that the author said certain lines that was a little awkward to read.  The characters would say something like "I'd not do that."  Just didn't flow for me, and it was several times in the story, both characters like that.  And then, I don't really want to think about a "juice box" as being called that. But I guess each story/person/character has to have their own idiosyncrasies or quirks, so it could work.  :-)   

If you like a good rock star romance, this is definitely one you should pick up as soon as you can!

Author Bio:

Candy J. Starr used to be a band manager until she realised that the band she managed was so lacking in charisma that they actually sucked the charisma out of any room they played. “Screw you,” she said, leaving them to wallow in obscurity – totally forgetting that they owed her big bucks for video equipment hire.
Candy J Starr has filmed and interviewed some big names in the rock business, and a lot of small ones. She’s seen the dirty secrets that go on back stage. She’s seen the ugly side of rock and the very pretty one. But, of course, everything she writes is fiction.

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Blog Tour - Review: Too Many Rockstars by Candy J. Starr

Book info:

Title:  Too Many Rockstars  
Author:  Candy J. Starr
Genre:  New Adult Romance
Published:  October 30th, 2015
Source:  Copy provided by Reading Addiction Virtual Book Tours

Synopsis:
I don’t date rockers. Don’t sleep with them. Don’t even swap spit. I’ve been working as a band booker at Trouble -- the coolest indie rock club in town -- long enough to know what a bunch of screwed up, egotistical jerks they are.

That would be fine if Razer didn’t keep popping into my office, making himself so annoyingly attractive. And he only gets more insistent when the mysterious, leather-clad Alex hits town.
 
While they compete for both rock glory and my affection, I get stuck in the middle but all I really want to do is save the club from financial ruin. That means I have to play along with their stupid games.

That’s the trouble with my life: too many rock stars.

This is book 1 in the Access All Areas rock star series. For the best, non-spoiler it is best to read the series in order but each book is a complete story with no cliffhangers.

Purchase links:
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0164OJYMA
 
Barnes and Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/too-many-rock-stars-candy-j-starr/1122824517;jsessionid=40309AAA03D30F2763E41BAB0CD3E842.prodny_store01-atgap02?ean=2940152673067

iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1050646550

Kobo - https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/too-many-rock-stars

My Review:
I have recently started reading a lot of these rock star romance books, and this one was a pretty good addition to the list of ones I've read. 

The main character is Violet.  It is her viewpoint you're reading in the synopsis above.  We meet her first in the club, sleeping back in the office, where she is interrupted by one of the other main characters, one of the rock stars, Razer.  Razer is a regular at the bar, and he always seems to be hitting on Violet. But Violet has a bad history with rock stars, and so she has sworn all of them off.  No matter how sexy they are, no matter how much they may try to get her to go out with them.  Things change a bit when a new rock star, Alex, walks into the bar and asks for a chance to perform.  Not only that, but he also decides to flirt with Violet.  Again, he's hot, wearing leather pants and clothing like you'd expect on a rock star. 

When Razer sees Alex flirting with Violet, the girl he does really like, and has been trying to "woo" for a while  now, it brings out the competitive side in both of the men.  They argue about who is more popular, and the better musician. They decide the only way to settle it is with a competition at the bar.  But the prize, the prize they want is for Violet to go on a date with the winner.  But, according to her promise to herself, she refuses to be a part of it.  But her boss, just about to lose the bar for financial reasons, insists that she needs to.  We learn a bit about each of the boys, because they each get their own chapters throughout the book.  And it may be kind of hard to pick which you want to win. 

In the end, while Violet may end up having to go on a date with the winner, that doesn't mean he has won her heart.

I enjoyed the read, it was a quick one, hard to put down.  There were a few issues I had, mostly with things that could have been fixed with an extra editor's eye probably. The story worked though, again with a few things that could have used some sharpening up. But even with the issues, I did really enjoy it, and will probably at some point read the other books in the series.

Excerpt:

Our bodies almost touched. I waited for him to try to kiss me again. I prepared to fight. I didn't want to kiss him. I didn't want him to make those kinds of moves. I sure didn’t want him to make me feel those kinds of feelings. Our breathing fell into time with each other. My heart still beat so hard. I wanted to move away from him but my legs had turned to jelly. From that ride on the back of the bike, of course. I'd been clenching my muscles so hard they no longer worked.

A bird squawked in the distance somewhere. The wind blew through the trees. The smell of eucalyptus filled the summer air. I stayed perfectly still. The moment drew out and he didn't move. He just stood beside me until my anticipation turned to disappointment.

 
I didn't want him to kiss me but he could at least try. Maybe he'd lost interest in me and only saw me as a friend. That's what I wanted. That's the only thing I wanted. So why did my heart feel like a big, heavy stone weighing me down? I couldn't handle this tension and walked away from the bike, my footsteps crunching on the gravel.  

Author Bio:

Candy J. Starr used to be a band manager until she realised that the band she managed was so lacking in charisma that they actually sucked the charisma out of any room they played. “Screw you,” she said, leaving them to wallow in obscurity – totally forgetting that they owed her big bucks for video equipment hire.

Candy has filmed and interviewed some big names in the rock business, and a lot of small ones. She’s seen the dirty little secrets that go on in the back rooms of band venues. She’s seen the ugly side of rock and the very pretty one.

But, of course, everything she writes is fiction. 

Contact Links:
Blog: candyjstarr.com
Twitter: @candyjstarr
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candyj.starr.9
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7181055.Candy_J_Starr