REVELRY (Taint Book 1)

Wow, just wow. Carmen Jenner you never disappoint.

You took me on one hot, sexy ride and I just wanted it to keep going. It had everything I love in a story. I was totally hooked from the moment I started reading and just could not put it down.

I loved this story. I loved Cooper and Ali and Levi. Their dynamic, their story and what they found in each other.

Adored the Australian banter between these characters and every secondary character. They each had a huge role in this story.

I laughed so much through this story at the way these characters spoke to each other. Their antics and their comradery. Just loved it.

Ms Jenner – it was fant-bloody-tastic. So refreshing to read something so vivid and intense. But it didn’t go without heartache and drama which just added to this brilliant story. You are brilliant in giving us stories with such an Australian mark. So superb the way you draw the reader in and keep them wanting more.

Cooper, Levi, Zed and Ash (Taint) – what a hot little number they are together.

Cooper is the hot, sexy rock star, heartbroken from his ex leaving him and taking their child. He just can’t let anyone in. He wants to be normal - but can he ever have a normal life?

Ali is down on her luck and trying to make a name for herself. She is one gutsy redhead who gives as good as she gets and she is one fiery firecracker. Just loved her.

And Levi – OMG Levi…. Carmen where did you find him? He’s one hot, sexy beast.

The three of these guys are so exciting and explosive together that the pages were burning right in front of me. But there is so much more to their story.

Carmen – I loved that you kept me on my toes at every turn in this book.

Absolutely loved it. I need more.

Highly recommended.

I loved this book!! It had me laughing, swooning & heartbroken. Cooper & Ali were such an explosive couple, right from the beginning too. Ali was sassy, kind hearted & strong. She fought through her feelings throughout the whole book, but she's always been in love with Cooper. I think she loved him before she even realized it haha. I loved that she never took his or the band's crap, she dished it right back at them. She stood her ground, but she was also vulnerable especially when it came to Cooper. Cooper, he was sexy, stubborn & his head was stuck in the past. Cooper needed to get over his past before he could truly move on with Ali. He also fought through his feeling throughout the book, but Ali was his constant and he loved her. There were factors in their relationship throughout this book that I didn't really like, but at the same time I think it was crucial to have it go down like that. I absolutely loved the guys in the band, but I didn't necessarily care for Cooper's sister. I am so excited for the next book in this series!!

Sometimes love is found in the strangest of places, with the least likely of people. Ali sure isn't looking for anything besides keeping her dream job at Harbour Records, finding a place to live and coexisting with her late grandmothers bastard cat.

"Wax on, wax off. My arse."

Cooper Ryan decides to change her entire future the day she fell into Taint's meeting at the record company. Cooper is the sexy, quiet, closed-off frontman of Taint, Austrialia's hottest rock band. He sees something in Ali that he can't ignore and he won't stop until he gets what he wants.

"Stupid egotistical, average-in-every-way rock stars"

Ali finds herself in the middle of a triangle that I really didn't see happening. She's trying to deal with love, lust and keeping her name out of the tabloids. She knows where her heart lies but she doesn't want to admit it to him or herself. After finally coming to the conculsion that road life isn't for her, Ali makes the hard decision to go home, face the music and live a normal life...as normal is it can be.

"Why do we do this to one another? Why couldn't we all just walk away? Why couldn't I just walk away, before this thing ruined not just our careers, but our lives too?"

Once again, Carmen Jenner does not disappoint. I have a thing for Aussie writers, I'm not sure what it is but I absolutely love them! I really felt like I connected with Ali. She's unsure of her future, where she needs to be, and she's a huge fangirl when she needs to be. We originally learned about Cooper in her Sugartown Series, focusing on his ex Holly and their baby but now we get his side of the story and it's really great. I'm very excited for more of the Taint series.

I received an advanced readers copy from the author for an honest review.

I may be in the minority when it comes to this book but I can't give it any more than 3.5 Stars. I was super excited when I started this book and realised it was Cooper, I hadn't realised it was going to be his book and I did a little happy dance at getting to review it. When I first started this book it completely captivated me but about a 3rd of the way through it went in a totally different direction that I wasn't so fussed on!

I loved Cooper, I hated the way things went with him and Holly, he had a special place in my heart from the Sugartown series. Cooper was a bit selfish at times but I think it was justified after what he went through. I loved Coop's personality and the banter he had with the band was hilarious!!

Ali was a completely different kettle of fish!! I HATED her right from the very beginning, she was a raging bitch. The way Ali treated Cooper and Levi was awful, she was so selfish and never cared about anything if it didn't benefit herself. I just couldn't find any redeeming qualities about her and I seriously couldn't understand why she acted how she did.

Overall the story did keep me entertained and I had some laughs especially with the guys circle ;) ( don't want to give any spoilers )but I wish I could have liked the heroine more.

Hopefully Levi will be next, I look forward to reading about the rest of the band!!

Thanks for the opportunity to review

Our story begins with the heartbreak of Cooper, and I felt for him from the start. He is the lead singer of a band, which eventually changes its name to Taint. The story proceeds to the point where we meet Ali, who has problems of her own. She’s destitute, living from her car, with a poor kitty who hates her (and rightly so, since she’s locked up, in a box, in a car, all day long). Ali is an assistant at the record company that manages the band. Cooper likes Ali from the start, and snags her to act as the band’s PA. Ali is furious, but she has no choice: if she doesn’t go with the band on tour, she loses her job.

Sparks fly between Ali and a few of her band mates, and she ends up in a ménage situation. This is disastrous, and I really wish she hadn’t allowed things that happened to happen. Things come to a head, as I knew they would. Both men are alpha characters, and neither really wanted to share Ali. Sadly, both fell in love with her, and of course, people got hurt. I felt so badly for the men. Ali could have prevented this, so I’m a bit miffed at her about the whole situation. I hope somehow the hurt can be healed in another book.

If you enjoy your books hot and hilarious then this book is for you.

Both Ali and Cooper are going through hard times. Ali is near destitute and Cooper is trying to drink away the pain of a lost love. Everything changes for the both of them when Cooper demands Ali work for them and come on tour to America with his band, Taint.

Ali is down to earth, fun, and has an angry cat. While she thinks the members of Taint are hot she doesn't fawn over them and beg to get in their pants. She's determined not to sleep with neither Cooper, nor Levi. So begins the chase with lots of flirting and seduction. Included is a hilarious and embarrassing, for Ali, scene and an funny scene of her having a fan girl moment over another rock star.

Cooper is Taint's hot singer with a few surprise fears thrown in. He's close with all his band mates, especially Zed who grew up with him. Cooper tries not to get too attached to Ali, though he wants to help her out, but their relationship develops despite a few setbacks. His texts to Ali were awesome.

The sex was hot, hot, hot and there were quite a few threesome scenes between Cooper, Ali, and Levi. Although some of the sex included all three of them I think there was a clear focus on the relationship between Ali and Cooper.

I can't wait to read the second book! All of the boy's were interesting and engaging and I can't wait to see them all get their HEA.

3.5 Stars
Flirty, funny, dirty, raunchy, sexy.

Close your eyes and picture your most stereotypical rock band.
Can you see it?

Hot, sexy men.
The quiet one, the outspoken one, the slut.
Groupies, drugs, booze, parties, sex, sex, sex.
Add in a heavy dose of raunch, a red kitty and some buried feelings of hurt and rejection and you’ve got yourself Revelry.

If I had to compare to other books I’ve read, just to give you an idea.. I’d say a cross between Backstage Pass and Strings! Some scenes may cause you to cringe and to some, probably warrant a warning.

"the universe is a c*ck-sucking b**ch that needs to choke on a rotten whale's vagina"

I was really enjoying the story from the beginning. The band mates have an awesome camaraderie and there's tons of funny throughout. Unfortunately at a certain point, things take a bit of a turn that I just didn't understand. Things also turn a bit crass and crude, still keeping heavy on the funny, but some of it just turned me off.

I kept an open mind and continued reading, although I didn't agree with what was happening, in the end I got what I wanted and finally understood the method to the madness.

"strange how you can be adored by millions and yet completely alone all at the same time."

I'm bracing myself for more of the raunchy, crudeness.. because I want to know more about these guys! Who's up next? Bring on the next member of Taint!

*An advanced copy was provided by the author for an honest review

Revelry - Taint Book 1

This story is so darn good! HOT HOT HOT -Very hot band members!

Cooper Ryan~ life is going downward and drowning in booze and fame
Ali~living in her car, personal assistant to Cooper

"The fact that she wants me, that she loves me, without pause or hesitation, it makes me harder than f**** diamonds."

Cooper Ryan is left heart broken. We all first meet Cooper Ryan in the Sugar Town series. Cooper is the lead singer from Taint. But he is left half a man when his first love left him and took his baby.

Ali Jones is a penniless red head who is living out of her car and working for the record company that Cooper has signed to. Ali has always wanted to work in the music industry. But is it all that it is cracked up to be.
Will Ali be left heart broken and will Cooper be able to move on and find love again?
I really got lost in the storyline. Loved it. Congrats on another job well done Miss Carmen Jenner a writing Queen.

Holy fiery hotness and hilarity batman!

I absolutely love ever book Carmen write and each one just seems to get better and better. She out does herself with the humor in Reverly several times. I can't stop talking about these hilarious moments with friends. But along with the funny bits, she also has some seriously hot sex scenes and sweet love scenes to balance the story out. I'm can't wait to read Hurt!!

Cooper Ryan is left heart broken. We all first meet Cooper Ryan in the Sugar Town series. Cooper is the lead singer from Taint. But he is left half a man when his first love left him and took his baby.

Ali Jones is a penniless red head who is living out of her car and working for the record company that Cooper has signed to. Ali has always wanted to work in the music industry. But is it all that it is cracked up to be.
Will Ali be left heart broken and will Cooper be able to move on and find love again?
I really got lost in the storyline. Loved it. Congrats on another job well done Miss Carmen Jenner a writing Queen.

Holy fiery hotness and hilarity batman!

I absolutely love ever book Carmen write and each one just seems to get better and better. She out does herself with the humor in Reverly several times. I can't stop talking about these hilarious moments with friends. But along with the funny bits, she also has some seriously hot sex scenes and sweet love scenes to balance the story out. I'm can't wait to read Hurt!!

Wow. The book took a very unexpected event for me. I didn’t read the back cover. I just knew I wanted to read this book. I loved all of the Sugartown series. So when I saw a book about Coop I knew I wanted to read it. Its not what I normally read but I love how the author took time out of my norm and introduced me to these type of book. If you love a steamy read. With a great love story in it. I highly recommend this book!!!

I immediately fell in love with this book finding it hard to putdown. I found myself loving all the characters, well except one. There's so much raw hotness between Ali and her men. I'm excited for the release of the 2nd book. I highly recommend this book to all esp if you love a MFM. Even if you don't you'll still love this book.

Proceed with caution!! Hot sex scenes are a must! I mean seriously I loved this book. The characters are hard to not like. Ali is lost and when Taint falls into her hands or more like shoved into she gets just what she needs without realizing.

I loved this book. First because it made me laugh out loud like a hyena (thank goodness I was home alone!), second because the heroine made sense to me, and third because it made me cry. More than once. I now have to buy everything Carmen Jenner has available.

Sad, slutty behavior by the heroine. Totally turned me off. She keeps saying she's not going to have sex with the men, then turns around and does exactly that. With the hero she hates. And his rival, that she says she hates, too. Not appealing.

Truly amazing read !!! Dirty, panty dropping, fantasy filled, rock stars !!!!! I could not get enough of REVELRY. Right from the start it grabs you and sucks you in. There is something about Cooper that makes my heart ache and for Ali I just loved her from the get go. Don't miss out on this series !!! Hurry up Taint 2 !!! Way to go !!