Sigh, I still can't decide which emotions are the most prominent in this series, but I think I can honestly say there were more tears from laughter than sadness in this book, which I can't say for the first two (which are both 5 Guitar/5 Star/5 Whatever reads as well.) The emotions, oh the emotions....it continues to be the roller coaster that I am not sure anyone other than Ms. Marshall can bring out in me.
I can't focus on the rough things right now....just can't do it. It wouldn't be in the Guitar Face series without a few ugly cry moments, and a handful of WTF moments....I think I was hurt almost as bad as Hen with a certain characters' drunken rampage of hatefulness. I had to walk away and catch my breath, as if it had happened to me personally. I have gotten way too attached to these characters, but I have to say that is testament to the rare talent that Ms. Marshall is unleashing on an unexpecting world. Honestly, I don't know that I could handle many more authors who could play with my emotions the way she does. I have an ex husband who never brought out this level of emotion in me. That deserves major respect amd I am showing it the best way I know how.
Kipley Takes Coney Island may be the most epically awesome scene ever written. I would probably have to give this book 5 Guitars on that alone. If you can read through all of that without laughing out loud, repeatedly, I really don't think we can be friends. I need to see at least that night on the small screen at the very least. It is taking extreme restraint on my part not to say anything else, so I will move on to another scene that continues to make me laugh, even after finishing Book 4 as well - sorry, I just couldn't stop to write a review before diving in. I almost did the same on into Book 5, but I didn't want to take a chance on confusing what belongs to which book.
Okay, jungle peepers. And malaria. That is all I am going to say directly from the book. I laughed so hard I woke my daughter up, and her room is upstairs and on the other side of the house. And everytime thjose things were mentioned again, I laughed hysterically, to the point of tears, more than once.
Oh how I long to be in that studio with Red and Hen. I want to hang out with Red, period. Maybe because my love for the guitar (translate: guitarists)comes from my grandpa who has been gone much too long, and who brought Johnny Cash into my life, though in a more ephereal way than Red brought him into Henley's.
Touching moments with Caleb. Enough said. I am amazed with the way she is able to keep him in the heart of all of these books.
I want a bulldog more than I ever have, and I have always wanted one, so that's saying a lot. I promise I will name him Cash if I ever get the chance to have one of those amazing creatures grace my life.
The video shoot. Beyond amazing. I really, really want to see this video, if only for the costumes. No, I haven't COMPLETELY forgotten that this is a work of fiction, but I would be first in line for meet 'n greets if they were real. I might even have to move to Macon, Georgia.
This is all just the highlights of the highlights. This series is a must read for all my rocker romance girls. MUST READ.
For the over 18 and not easily offended crowd. The hot times continue to be hot, and there are plenty of other things that just need an adult perspective, even if these idiots don't act like adults very often. Hey, they are now my idiots. I don't know that there has ever been a series that has drawn me in more, and I know no other series has come close in the quantity of moisture leaking from my eyeball orifaces, either from laughter or pain. Amazing, absolutely amazing. Star with Guitar Face, continue on with There's No Crying in Rock 'n Roll and then this one, and I am sure you will move right on to River of Deceit.