Review: Rock Chick Regret (#7) by Kristen Ashley

I was surprised when I read the blurb for this. I wasn't expecting Hector Chavez to have his own book. No idea why, I just didn't.

Now this installment? This one moved me. Big time. I thought Stella and Mace's story was emotional, shit, that was all sunshine and daisies compared to this! Seriously, I was a wreck. I didn't want to read it, Sadie's pain was almost too much for me. Sure, I expected something, I mean, it's a Rock Chick after all. I just didn't anticipate for it to be so darn emotional. It was deep. It was perfect!


Sadie is known as The Ice Princess, and she's made sure she's worked hard enough to maintain the reputation. It's expected, she's lived her whole life under her drug lord fathers thumb. It makes sense. Until it doesn't. Now it's bye bye daddy, hello freedom. Why? Because one night she decided enough was enough, and she showed Hector the real Sadie. And he likes what he saw, enough to know he wasn't gonna let her slip away.

When faced with the ultimate choice, continue to be The Ice Princess or let herself live a life surrounded by Rock Chicks and Hot Bunch guys, she chooses wisely. For a while. It's hard to let people in when she's always felt so alone. Eventually, everyone wears her down. Of course, not before all the famous Rock Chick drama occurs! And you know you're gonna laugh and laugh hard.

“Hector? You call him Hector?”
“Well, I can hardly call out, ‘Agent Chavez, oo Agent Chavez,’ When he makes me climax, now can I?” 

...


“I looked up at Lee when we stopped in front of Hector and informed him helpfully, “You might want to take your arm away. Blanca tells me Hector doesn’t like men touching me.” 
“Blanca told you that?” Lee asked, his smile (and arm) still firmly in place.
“Yes. She’s known Hector, like, his whole life so I think she’s in the position to know.” 
Lee nodded, his smile somehow bigger like he was trying not to laugh then his eyes moved to Hector and he said, “I tried to stop it.”
Hector looked at Lee then looked at me then he muttered, “Oh fuck.”
“It was Ally’s idea,” Lee told Hector.
“What was Ally’s idea?” Hector asked Lee.
“It was not Ally’s idea!” I cried.
“It wasn’t!” super-power-eared Ally yelled from the open back window of Lee’s Explorer. “It was Sadie’s idea. I just was offering moral support.”
“Shut up, Ally!” Indy shouted out the open passenger side window.
“I will not shut up! I’m not taking the fall for this one!” Ally shouted back.
I turned to the car, dislodging Lee’s arm and lifted both my hands and pressed down. “No one’s going to take a fall. Everyone calm down. It’s all okay. It’s rock ‘n’ roll!” I screamed.
“Righteous!” Ally screamed back.
“Rock on, sister!” Indy screamed too.
“It’s rock ‘n’ roll?” Lee asked, sounding as amused as he looked.
“You all wanna quit screamin’ at three o’clock in the mornin’ in my fuckin’ neighborhood?” Hector suggested.
Mm, well maybe we were being an eensy bit loud.
“Time for beddie by,” I announced (sounding like Ralphie), got up on tiptoe, kissed Lee’s cheek (like Ralphie and Buddy would do to me), turned and gave Indy and Ally a double devil’s horns (like Ava taught me) and shouted, “Rock on!” 
They shouted back in unison, “Rock on!”
“Christ,” Hector muttered.” 


I don't want to go into too much detail with this one, because everyone is going to react to it a different way. The basics of it are the same as the rest of the Rock Chick books, we know this. But the big ass moment that makes her make a decision? It's hard. It hurts. It breaks your damn heart and leaves you wondering when it will feel okay again.

I swear, it does. It just takes time.
I cried like a baby. True story. I don't know how I managed to read this without breaking down in a pile of snot and tears, or having to take a break every five minutes. I connected with Sadie. There was so much more detail, that it was impossible not to. So when the ending comes, and everythings fucking perfect for her? That is what made all the pain and suffering worth it. Sure, the funny moments and sweet times all added to it, they always do. But the bad times, they were what made this story for me.

5+ stars!