Review: The Girl's Got Secrets by Linda Kage (Forbidden Men #7)
Note: This ARC was provided by Tasty Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.
Auditioning to be the drummer for her favorite band means a great deal for Remy Curran. She knows how good she is and she knows every single song that Non-Castrato has ever come out with. But when she's shot down simply because of her gender, Remy decides to take drastic measures to prove to the three members of the band how much of a mistake they made. With the help of her best friend (and a latex mask and "package"-enhancing underwear), she transforms into "Sticks", and not only passes the audition but is quickly offered to become part of Non-Castrato. It looks like Remy's dream is coming true, but what she doesn't count on is developing feelings for lead singer and songwriter Asher Hart. He's falling for her alter ego "Elisa", but with all the secrets and lies, will Asher ever want her as Remy or will the truth break them?
The Girl's Got Secrets is the seventh novel in the popular Forbidden Men contemporary romance series from author Linda Kage. Because of my packed review schedule, I wasn't able to read the first six books before heading into this one, and if you're familiar with my past reviews, I prefer reading books in a series in order. There were quite a few couples mentioned in this book, couples that I assume were main characters in any one of the previous six novels, and I did find myself wondering more than once what their back stories were. In short, those first six books in the Forbidden Men series are going on my to-be-read list and hopefully I'll be able to get to them sooner rather than later. Fortunately, most of these side characters weren't too significant and didn't deter from my overall enjoyment of this seventh installment.
Remy Curran wanted to be the drummer for Non-Castrato, but doesn't even get to audition because she's a female. This leads her to come up with the doomed-from-the-start plan of pretending to be a guy, and while she does end up nailing the audition, her desire to be nailed by lead singer Asher Hart wreaks havoc on her, both emotionally and physically, making it pretty clear that her charade can't last that long. To complicate matters, Asher already noticed Remy previously--when she sang karaoke at the bar that his half-brother owns--and even wrote a song about her and has been on the look out for her ever since. He does get to see Remy as a woman and not as Sticks the drummer, but he doesn't recognize her and hears her being called Elisa. What I don't get is how he failed to recognize that Elisa was Remy in the first place.
I actually expected some sort of attraction to happen between Asher and Sticks, but I did end up liking the general direction that the story went. After all, not getting what we expect doesn't automatically equate to disappoint. There were a few more surprises in the story, and the additional complication brought about by the re-appearance of Asher's ass of a father in his life makes this more than a simple rock star romance. There's a fair bit of angst from both Asher and Remy, but also a good amount of humor in the story. Asher was my favorite character, and I could empathize with how he handled the situation concerning Remy/Sticks/Elisa, plus he was a non-conformist in the pet department and had Mozart the squirrel. All in all, The Girl's Got Secrets was a good read and had me curious about the rest of the series. Four stars! ♥
Date Read: 02 December 2015
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