I’ll be flat out honest this book has me way more nervous than any previous books and I’m not liking that feeling too much right now. ~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures
Description:
Only one woman has ever refused him…and she’s the only one he wants.
Now that he’s successful beyond his wildest dreams with his band Oblivion, Simon Kagan is happy to enjoy his all-access pass to the groupie train. After getting more fists in the ribs than hugs growing up, he discovers having a warm female in his bed is an easy way to escape the loneliness.
Until Margo.
From the moment the classy, buttoned up violinist entered his sphere, he knew she was different. After one amazing night in the studio, he feels like he’s finally connected with someone on a deeper level—only to have her walk away without a backward glance.
As a member of the Boston Symphony orchestra, Margo Reece’s life revolves around the regimented structure of a second chair violinist. But Simon’s uncanny ability to crawl into a song and create a smoky, sin-filled experience translated into the hottest night of her life. She walked away afterward because that’s what she was supposed to do.
And Margo always does what she’s supposed to.
Until Simon.
When she’s called on again to blend her sound with Oblivion’s, she has to make the decision to play it safe or let her wild side free. Especially when her first meeting with Simon shows that sometimes rigidly contained passions create the most dangerous sparks…
Review copy provided for an honest review
Destroyed is exactly how I feel after finishing the latest installment in Cari Quinn and Taryn Elliott’s Lost in Oblivion series. This has been an ongoing series and while each book as left us with pretty much a HFN ending, I didn’t get that feeling from this book and it wrecked me. As the band is reaching new heights in their careers, changes are happening all around them; new tour, new stage, new busses, a guest artist who has a history with their lead singer, said lead singer having an issue with his voice and a former band member making trouble. Not unlike anything you might expect from an up and coming band that basically has crawled out of oblivion and into the limelight but I’ll be flat out honest this book has me way more nervous than any previous books and I’m not liking that feeling too much right now.
As one of the original band members Simon Kagan has been through a lot in his life and while he’s enjoying the spoils of everything his new found fame has gotten him he’s also trying to forget the one woman he can’t seem to have. On top of that he’s noticed that his voice isn’t holding up quite like it use to and he’s not sure how to handle it or what to do other than self medicate with the vodka he loves so much and loosing himself in women. Discovering that their label and their manager Lila have decided to bring in a guest artist to sit in for some pre-tour warm up shows really throws him and she is the last person he needs around, the one he wants with abandon, and the one that’s made it perfectly clear he doesn’t fit into her nice, neat world.
Being let go from her position with the Boston Philharmonic should have been more of a crippling blow but if Margo Reece was being honest she is ready for a change; she just hopes she can get enough work to make up for her loss of salary. Being asked to do a few pre tour shows with Oblivion will help and will raise her exposure and hopefully lead to some more studio work but for now she has to concentrate on getting through these shows and seeing Simon again; the one man who is never far from her mind.
This is the first book in this series where while there was no denying the intensity of the heat between these two and the absolute sexual abandon they found in each other, I really didn’t see a relationship forming between them. Sure there was some general concern for each other and at times they had each other’s backs for various reasons but so much of their time together was strictly physical and they didn’t spend a whole hell of a lot of time getting to know one another on a non sexual level. There’s no doubt they harbor some feelings but I really would have liked to see a few more heart to heart talks between them like we’ve seen with the couples in the other books. Individually I loved both Simon and Margo. Simon is just crazy fun, a complete showman yet there is also a serious side to him that most don’t see; the one that remembers the pain from the past and tries to drown it with alcohol and women. The metamorphosis of Margo was brilliantly written and I loved watching her layers be peeled back and her finding her true self under everything that had been forced upon her for so many years. I loved her sassiness, her professionalism and her talent and most of all I love the way she stood up for herself and the music when she needed to.
This was a very intense and busy book with the group promoting their new work, gearing up for a tour and the start of the tour and the romance between Margo and Simon kind of got lost in all of that, however it is still an amazing story. From beginning to end Destroyed had me on the edge of my seat; I felt every note they played, sang every lyric right along with them and I wept at the possibility of what might come next and despite being unsettled by this turn of events I will be the first one jumping up and down and cheering when Consumed is released because I am that much of a fan of this series and these authors.
Thanks Slick for the review