ROCK ME by Cherrie Lynn

Rock Me by Cherrie Lynn
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I liked this book much more than Unleashed , the first in the Ross Siblings series. I think I connected with the characters much more. Candace was so sheltered by her family. I still don't really understand why. Her brother went to the public school in their community, yet Candace was home schooled. It's almost as if she was Rapunzel in an ivory tower. There was no real reason why her parents were so controlling of her actions. She even states that although she and her mother were never the closest, that her mother changed towards her when she was in high school (although the author says she was home schooled and it was hard to convince them to let her go to college).

Brian grew up in the same affluent community, but as mentioned in the previous book in the series, something changed with him when he was fourteen and Evan left for collage. He went a little wild and it wasn't until recently that he'd gotten himself together. He now has his own tattoo business and that's where Candace, who is Brian's old girlfriend Michelle's cousin. She goes for her birthday. Candace is ready to break out of her shell a bit. Plus she wants to see Brian, whom she's been in love with since Michelle introduced them, almost two years ago.

One of Candace's friends, Samantha, is all for the relationship, while the other, Macy, isn't. Not that she doesn't want Candace to be alone. She doesn't think she should rock the boat with her parents. And rock the boat is exactly what she does.

The moment she tells her mother that she cares for Brian, the entire family goes on the defensive. Strangely, they don't take her feelings into account on anything to do with her life. I almost felt like she gave them too much consideration. To the point she was willing to walk away from Brian in order to keep the peace with them. Especially after Brian punches her brother for calling her a whore, which was completely uncalled for, and her brother vandalizes Brian's shop.

Brian grows up a lot. Knowing what he wants and being in love with Candace is something that opens him up to the idea of fitting into a family, his and or her's even a little bit. He will do anything for her even give her the space she needs to figure out if she wants the relationship to progress. He's even willing to let her walk away if she thinks its best for her, which as he says goes completely against his nature.

I love that Brian was Candace's first sexual experience and that he took such care with her. He didn't think he was good enough to deserve being her first, but soon they both can't take it anymore and he feels like she's given him the gift of life. I though it was so sweet.

I would say this is more like a 3.5 rating and the only reason I didn't give it 4 stars is because I don't really understand the motivation behind her family's treatment of her. It would be one thing if they loved her too much. But when she tells them that one of the guys her mother would approve of, almost raped her, they don't believer her. Her brother even says the guy wast "just drunk" and they were in a room full of people. Not taking into consideration that the guy having his hands on her at all when she didn't want him to, was a violation in itself. And her mother just poo poo's it off. I just don't know what they wanted from her and why they were so controlling of her actions.

Anyway, I liked this one much more as I previously stated and am looking forward to Ghost and Macy's story next.

Yay!

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