TEXTING & TALKING TUESDAY: Rock Chick Revolution Edition

We say all of the time that we love Kristen Ashley. It is 100% true. We do. Well...here is the insanity that was our emotions while reading Rock Chick Revolution aka..the end of the world as we know it. It was a beautiful finale to a series/people I love. 

I'm also thinking while this post is epic...there are spoilers!!! Beware the spoilers! Please! 

Here is our official review but keep scrolling for the unofficial one! :)

S: The acknowledgements ...gah!

C: That's what I read this a.m., it is beautiful
S: Warning ...reading slow to savor it so don't worry about leaving me in the dust.
C: I am too! This is the weirdest feeling ever!
S: Haha
C: I dont want it to end
S: Me either:(
S: Omg. Why do my kids keep talking to me ???? Lol! Can they not see I'm in RC mode??!!

C: I know!!!! Derek was reading aloud over my shoulder

I freaked & told him I would not let him ruin this beautiful experience for me 

S: Haha!!! Our families are jerks
C: Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!! 
C: What does OTT mean, I can't remember
S: Dunno
S: Lol

C: Over the top! Lol..I had to google 
C: *Lots of crying emojis*

S: Not there yet. I'm guessing. My kids are so needy. Haha

C: You'll know.

C: You will know!! :-(

C: Do you picture duke as Sam Elliott?
S: I hadn't really put a name to him but that totally works! Good pick
C: I kinda love Sam Elliott 

S: Okay!!! Eep. Ready to start chapter 6. And whatcha got to tell me?
S: That this is awesome!!! That's what!!!! Lol

C: What do I need to tell you? 

C: K I was just so sad when he broke up with her..
S: That we are moving to Denver to be RC C: Oh yeah! Yes!!!
S: That was sad. And the Ava thing. And the Sadie thing
C: I know!!! Reliving that was hard! And I can't believe he f**king said her name...(Ava's name)
S: :(

C: The kevster!!!
S: Lol!!!

C: "His ride was sah-weet" I heart how she enunciates her words like me!

C: Ahhhhhh he's breaking my heart again

S: Me too! I love "macho alpha maneuver"!!!

S: Awwwwww

C: Right there with ya sista! Darius might steal the show on my swoon

S: So sweet
C: !!! Yes!!!
S: The kevster is so funny dudette!
C: Hahaha 

S: Haha I love the scene in Lee's office!!

C: The kevster' lol I'm right there now
S: Ahhh Tex!!!
C: I've been waiting for him
S: Daisy!!!!
C: & her!
C: OMG her & indy....
S: I know!!
C: :( rock chick drama!
S: She and Indy are making up at Starbucks  .. Haha
S: Finally able to read! How was your day? Where are u in RC?
C: 38% and OMG! *crying emojis* I'm so sad
S: Uh oh!! At 36% so I bet I know what's coming.
C: Yeah...I'm such a f**king baby...holding out my hand!
S: Holding it sistah.C: I don't even know, I knew something would happen because it's only in the 30's and too happy but shee it
S: God I'm so mad at Ren..,how could he ask her to not do what she loves? And I'm mad at her bc I totally understand his view! Gah!!! KA strikes again!!
C: I know!!!! They could meet in the middle! I'm more mad at him though because they all act like a woman can't be as good as them
S: I know! Ugh! 

C: Lee & hank included..Thank f**k for Darius

S: Exactly! Alpha males!!!!
S: They need to step off
C: They do!!! Ahhhhh
C: Although she's following that shit up with a talk with her Dad, shirleen & smithie so I am smiling through my heartbreak
C: & these alpha males are gonna lose they f**king minds!
C: OMG he's making me cry again at 40
S: Right behind you! 38%
C: !!!!!!!
C: Sry I'll shut up...OMG!!!
S: No!! It's fine! :)
C: Ohhhh tex!!!!
S: Smithie!!! LoL
C: Told ya!!!!
C: & this wedding! OMG I'm laughing a lot!
S: *Big smiley face emojis*

C: Shirleen!!!!! Epic!!!!! 
C: Gonna go get me some food then get on the blog 
S: Ok! 
S: Ren just came back and made up with her! Awwwww 
C: Was that not the best thing ever!
S: Best!
C: I'm right past breakfast in bed when you get there 
S: Ok :)
S: Bahahaha Sadie and Hector were gonna use the same closet at the reception that R and A were. Lol
S: Awww Tex!!!
C: I know!!!!! That was awesome! & all the guys are like kill me f**king now
S: Haha
C: Dude you're not online! Lol
S: Getting there. Lol. Lost track of time 
S: Turning on now
C: Lol! I know! I wouldn't have stopped reading either had I not been starved 
S: Haha!
S: Just waiting on AT and fucking T 
C: Oohhh! Lol I was like I feel like we're speaking in code & I forgot the code! Hahaha
C: Oh btw 47% in RC & OMG! Gonna get funny here in a sec! Epic funny
S: Can't wait! Lol


Random but funny note from when we exercise together in spirit...
C: So squats suck but tell Lauren I can feel my ass falling right off! Lol
S: Those f**king one minute things make me hate 60 secs

C: OMG tex
C: Lol
S: Can't wait to get to it!!!!
C: & OMG ally & Jane...f**k Shelley, made me cry...it is beautiful...just wow
S: Awwww. 
C: Where you be
S: 54...she just Darius she wouldn't give up on him
C: Awwwww <3 I love this book
S: Me too. Sigh. Don't want it to ever end


For once I am the one up texting in the middle of the night..

C:Omigah, duke... I don't know why but I wasn't ready for that, sh*t
C: OMG lee is making a speech, I may fall over dead 
& OMG Darius...

C: Blanket OMG, I love these people

C: 500 million stars! Wow

Just fucking wow

I hope I don't wake you up, but I had to tell you I heart you, & I heart KA 

That is all 

S: Duke!!!!!! Perfection 
C: Righteous right! 
C: F**king love him 
S: Roam and Sniff!!! Lol
C: & that's yet another convo with shirleen 
S: Awww. Darius named his son after Lee and Eddie
C: *tear* beautiful right 
S: 78%...so close. I've been stealing 5-10 minutes here and there at work today. Eeep
S: Hank !!! So damn sweet
C: I heart hank & the rest of the book is a big love fest, I freaking love this book
S: ❤❤❤❤❤
C: Also, my abs hurt 
S: :)
C: And my ass 
S: Lol


S: I'm at 86%...so close. Ahhhhh

S: I love how she fucks with Dawn.

S: Also finished and fuuuuck! It was so good! Darius! The epilogue ! All of the babies! And the mace and Stella stories!!! Omfg. I cannot wait. And am sad this part is over!:(

So...there you have it. We find out that this is only sort of the end...and we get to follow Mace and Darius to LA to Mace's new security outfit...and we cannot wait! Rock Chick's forever! 

REVIEW: ROCK CHICK REVOLUTION BY KRISTEN ASHLEY (ROCK CHICK #8/SERIES FINALE)

If you've followed this blog for any amount of time, then you know that we are moderately...okay...okay...could get jail time obsessed with Kristen Ashley. The series that literally revolutionized us comes to an end in Rock Chick Revolution. It is truly much more than a book series to us, and it is like saying goodbye to some of our very best friends. *tear* Here is our farewell and review of the 8th book of one of the best series on the planet.

Ally Nightingale has secrets. Secrets she doesn't even share with the Rock Chicks. But two men know what she's up to. One has her back. The other has her heart, but he doesn't know it.

As Ally rewinds the last year of her life, she knows two things. One, she’s never going to get what every Rock Chick should have—her own Hot Bunch guy. And two, she’s a Nightingale through and through. She just isn’t sure what to do about that.

But as her secrets are revealed, the men in her life react. Darius Tucker, a lifelong friend, as usual takes her back. Ren Zano, the man she loves, isn’t quite so sure. The Rock Chicks, Hot Bunch and the entire gang at Fortnum’s weigh in, and a Rock Chick Revolution starts brewing.

It’s up to Ally to control it and prove what she knows down to her bones.

She’s a Rock Chick, she deserves her hot guy and she’s going to keep the one she wants…

Because she’s a Nightingale.

Where to find RC 8: 

Goodreads | Amazon | B&N

Our Review: 

I cannot even begin to put into words how perfect the technically "series finale" is for Rock Chick through Rock Chick Revolution...but we will try! I was looking through some stuff and I saw that Shelley got me started on my Rock Chick journey on or about April 1st of this year. I think it is the fastest I have ever blown through one author's books...ever. AKA It didn't take long to read Rock Chick (while saving a couple because I didn't want to be 'done' ya know) then moving through the Dream Man series, and then the Chaos series (Rock Chick characters appear in those, FYI) . She interweaves the lives of these people to where they truly, genuinely feel like they are your friends and family and makes Denver a huge character in the book to the point that we are begging our husbands to let us all move there and start our own Rock Chick family. Shee-it, it would be epic. 

And epic it was, Courtney. I was so stoked to see that the Kindle fairy had delivered the book over night on Monday night that I was nervously tapping my fingers to clear out of work and get to reading. As Courtney tweeted her eagerness to start I was madly picking up my daughters, plying them with snacks and barricading myself in my hiding spot to get down the business of reading. I savored every word and am still in my Rock Chick haze.

Then she admitted, "I was beginning to get scared-me...Shirleen-that suddenly their fangs would come out and those vampires would lay waste to the entire guest list." - Shirleen

Rock Chick Revolution though is Ally Nightingale's story. Ally has been an amazing best friend through all of the other Rock Chick Ride's that we have been on, but we started to wonder if she would get her happily ever after. She never had her thing that she loved to do, or a love like the other Rock Chicks and her parents where the guy is just it. Enter Ren Zano, who we have met before in other series as well.

Ren. Wow. He was hot in Ava's story but Kristen Ashley held nothing back with him and Ally in RC Revolution. Ren was just perfect with Ally. He knew when to give and when to push; he could read her so well. And just as good as Ren was with Ally, Ally was with Ren. She knew her man and after she quit denying herself and him their shit got real...as in real good.

You know, just sayin', you said this shit to me like you just said it to me rather than yellin' at my ass until the only option I have to stop you from yellin' is to tap your ass, it might have penetrated about ten months ago." - Ren

"You've got your way, the way you are and the way you are with the ones you care about. And that tells me, a man gets in there, you give that to him, the children you give him, that man will be all kinds of lucky. And I've decided we're gonna see if that man is me" - Ren

Ren made me cry but even more than all of their relationships we get a little taste of wisdom from all of our favorite characters...and do you know how often I happy and sad cried in the last two days? A lot. Tex would be dubbing me Loopy-Loo instead of Jet, because the water works just wouldn't quit. Darius, Duke, Lee, and Hank were among many of my favorite scene stealers as they always are. It's just something about being a Hot Bunch Bad Ass I guess that when they speak, you shut up and listen. No words are wasted with those guys, but they love just as fiercely and the love for this girl who is their sister is just as powerful and beautiful as it is for their chosen Rock Chick.

This was like a reunion for me. The entire gang got these perfect little spotlights of time to remind me of exactly why I loved them. Tex and Duke and Darius and Smithie...even Roam and Sniff..and of course the Rock Chicks and their Hot Bunch were all present in this final episode (or what I consider a love note from Kristen to her characters) to see Ally not only get her man but find her niche in the bad ass world she inhabited.

"Since then, a load of shit has gone down. As it did, we always knew two things. One, we wouldn't be able to guess what mayhem would happen next. Two, Tex would be there." Lee pinned Tex with his eyes and stated, "We knew Tex would always be there." - Lee 

So if there was anything I wished for you, Tex" Lee continued. "The kind of man you are, the kind who deserves it, I wished that for you.." - Lee

One of my top 5 favorite parts, because there are seriously so freaking many, is Ally's scene with Jane. Jane is a Fortnum's staple just like everyone else, but she never gets in there with the drama even though she always witnesses it. Her words about the life of a writer, and sharing things with people that make them feel and help them through a time of need were seriously moving. I cried at this, because I just cry okay, but also because Kristen Ashley just get us as readers. *wipes tear*

I couldn't help but think of Jane's observations as Kristen's observations. I imagined her lovingly living this ride with her characters and I could feel the care and love she breathed into every word and action of these characters (or as I like to think of them...my friends). I really have too many favorite scenes--like the whole entire book is my favorite--but there was a fantastic scene with Duke, a heartwrenching one with Smithie, and Shirleen cracked my ass up more times than I'd like to count. Oh! And the epilogue was superb!!

"It's a gift," she said, her voice funny, deep with emotion. "Watching you all get close, witnessing all that happened making you closer, feeling that love. But it was another gift, maybe even a bigger one, precious, knowing that sharing it makes people I don't know laugh. It makes them happy. Some of them right to me. They tell me bad things are happening in their lives. But they read my book and it takes them away. It makes them smile. Laugh. Even if for moments, or better yet hours, they can forget the bad, be with us here at Fortnum's and laugh."  - Jane

"What happened, babe?" I asked. - "People..readers..they say it makes them laugh." She paused. "Out loud." Ally & Jane 

Dang right it makes us laugh out loud. And it will forever have it's place in my heart and my life as I will re-read it again and again. I honestly wish I had the time right now to do a full eight book read through...*eyes the schedule*.... :) 

These novels will always reside in special place in my heart. They are my chicken noodle soup or my warm chocolate chip cookie when I need to go that place where I feel safe and warm and happy and loved. I cannot wait to take the Rock Chick ride again--whether it be through rereading this series or reading about them as they pop up in future stories, I'll always be up for the ride. 

"How'd you get in? Ren asked instead of saying hello, and all eyes came to us. -- "Did a stint in juvvie 'cause of the skills I got to get us in." Daisy answered.

Courtney*Rock Chick for Life* 5 Billion Stars*
Shelley*Rock Chick Bad Ass for Life *5 Billion Stars times infinity

About the Author:

Kristen Ashley was born in Gary, Indiana, USA. She nearly killed her mother and herself making it into the world, seeing as she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (already attempting to accessorise and she hadn't taken her first breath!). 

Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana but has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus she has been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write.

Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multi-generational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland and existed amongst the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched).

Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up. 

And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.

SWOON THURSDAY 10: Rock Chick Revolution

It's Swoon time again! And we do that alot! Here is how to play from YA Bound: 

It's that time again! We created a HOT meme, and if you're new to the game, here's how to join in the fun:

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.

Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag #YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the steamy button above and share it on your blog. We want to know!

We're back at it again, swooning over our favorite book boyfriends and the moments that flat out made us giddy when we read them. So sit back, enjoy, and then play along by leaving YOUR favorite swoon worthy moments this week in the comments!

Courtney is swooning over: Darius from Rock Chick Revolution by Kristen Ashley:

So Darius is a scene stealer for me. I always love the friendships between the Rock Chick's and their "guy", you know the one that will do anything for them, but is not their guy. Yeah. You get me. 

"Ally," Darius called and I turned back. - "Yeah?" - "Believe in it," he said softly, "and be happy."

"Darius?" I called, even though he was looking at me. - "Right here, Ally." - "I love what I do. I'm going to love doing it for a living. But thing I love most is that you always believed in me." - Darius held my eyes a beat before he looked down to the seat. When he lifted his eyes again, I took in a hissed breath at the unconcealed pain there. - "And I love it that you always believed in me," he whispered.

Shelley is swooning over: Ren also from Rock Chick Revolution by Kristen Ashley

"Anyone who could feel that badly about being mean and care so deeply about another human being's fucked up life I knew was the woman for me. You gave me a run for my money, and once I stopped finding it a pain in my ass and stated enjoying it, I did nothing but, I enjoyed every fuckin' second, Ally. And every fuckin' second I've never doubted how I was feeling. And just to be clear, how I was feeling, every day through this game we've been playing, was that I was falling deeper in love with you."